Senior Manager, Quality Assurance

At Digital Turbine, we make mobile advertising experiences more meaningful and rewarding for users, app publishers, and advertisers — intelligently connecting people in more ways, across more devices. We provide app publishers and advertisers with powerful ads and experiences that captivate consumers, fuel performance, and help telecoms and OEMs supercharge awareness, acquisition, and monetization. In a rapidly evolving industry, we are constantly innovating and creating better paths of discovery to connect consumers, publishers, and advertisers across the mobile ecosystem.

We are seeking an accomplished Senior Manager, Quality Assurance to join our Quality Assurance operations in Durham, North Carolina. This leadership role will be integral to driving a culture of excellence and ensuring that our products, processes, and systems exceed customer expectations. As a key member of the QA leadership team, the Senior Manager, Quality Assurance will be responsible for managing a high-performing team of QA professionals, participating in the development of quality strategies, and partnering with cross-functional teams to deliver world-class results.  This is a hands-on leadership role that combines technical expertise with team management to deliver best-in-class solution for our customers.

• Team Management: Lead and manage distributed quality engineering teams. 
• Ensure effective collaboration and coordination among team members across different locations. 
• Quality Assurance Expertise: Oversee the development and execution of test plans using Native test tools (Android/Kotlin - Android, ObjC/Swift - iOS) for mobile application testing, ensuring high-quality software deployment. 
• Strategic Planning: Collaborate with the rest of the Quality Engineering leadership team to develop and implement strategic QA initiatives that align with company objectives.  Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Product, Development, and Operations to define quality standards and processes.
• Process Improvement: Continuously assess and improve QA processes and tools to enhance efficiency and effectiveness in a distributed team environment.  Oversee the design, development, and execution of test automation frameworks. Ensure rigorous testing of new features, integration and system performance at scale.  Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines with robust testing mechanisms to support rapid development cycles. Evaluate and integrate cutting-edge testing tools, frameworks and methodologies to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
• Mentorship and Development: Provide mentorship and professional development opportunities for team members, fostering a culture of continuous learning and excellence.  Manage resource allocation, project prioritization, and career development for team members.  Foster a collaborative and innovative team environment.
• Reporting and Communication: Maintain regular communication with the Senior Director, Quality Engineering, by establishing and tracking key performance indicators (KPIs), such as defect density, test coverage, and release readiness.  Provide detailed reports to stakeholders on quality metrics, risks, and mitigation plans.

• 10+ years of progressive experience in Quality Assurance.
• 3+ years in a leadership role.
• Proficiency in quality tools, methodologies, and risk assessment techniques (e.g., Six Sigma, Lean, CAPA).
• Proven track record of building and leading high-performing teams.
• Exceptional communication, analytical, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills.
• Professional certifications in quality management (e.g., ISTQB, CQE, CQA, Six Sigma Black Belt).
• Experience implementing AI-driven quality systems or advanced analytics.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Quality Management, Engineering, Life Sciences, or a related field.
• Master’s Degree preferred.

About Digital Turbine:

Digital Turbine (NASDAQ: APPS) powers superior mobile consumer experiences and results for the world’s leading telcos, advertisers and publishers. Our end-to-end platform uniquely simplifies the ability to supercharge awareness, acquisition and monetization — connecting our partners to more consumers, in more ways, across more devices.

The company is headquartered in Austin, Texas, with global offices in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, London, Berlin, Singapore, Tel Aviv, and other cities around the world, serving top agency, app developer, and advertising markets. 

We are honored to have achieved numerous awards as an employer of choice, around the world, including: BuiltIn's Best Places to Work Awards in 2022, 2023 and 2024, DUNS 100 Best Places to Work in Tech for 2023 and 2024, and BDICode's 100 Best Companies to Work in 2024.

Digital Turbine is an equal opportunity employer committed to exemplifying diversity and inclusion around the world. We welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives. We embed diversity in our mindset, products, and teams to empower an inclusive, equitable, and culturally fluent environment. Building and continuously fostering this culture within our teams makes us better collaborators, partners, and innovators.

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