Production Manager
About The Position
WPP Production is seeking an experienced Production Manager, QA to oversee testing activities for websites, platforms, and other deliverables. The role combines quality assurance, team leadership, project management, and a focus on delivering high-quality results and user experience. The Production Manager develops testing strategies, leads day-to-day decisions and high-profile launches, manages QA resources and timelines, and partners with development, product, and UX teams. The role is accountable for test automation projects and supports QA team members through technical leadership, mentoring, and career development. WPP Production is a global production company bringing together content producers, studios, and craft experts to create and deliver multi-channel content. The company describes its work environment as collaborative and borderless, with a hybrid model in which teams are in the office around three days a week. WPP offers a competitive benefits package; details are available through its benefits website.
Requirements
- At least 8 years of direct people leadership and project management experience.
- Strong leadership and mentoring skills, including experience leading a team.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to build relationships with internal partners and influence and communicate across cross-functional teams.
- Experience with automation frameworks for web and mobile applications.
- Experience with web technologies such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
- Experience with Git, SVN, CMS, and defect-tracking systems.
- Experience with testing methodologies and processes.
- Ability to organize and prioritize deliverables to balance speed during high-profile product launches.
- Ability to make key decisions and deliver results under extremely tight and stressful timelines.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
Responsibilities
- Develop testing strategies and lead the team through daily decision-making and high-profile launches with changing timelines.
- Work with cross-functional teams to understand project requirements, plan deliverables, and communicate effectively.
- Own functional areas, define testing strategies, create documentation, and maintain QA requirements.
- Build strong teams by attracting, hiring, motivating, and retaining engineers.
- Promote continuous improvement through appropriate testing tools, techniques, and automation.
- Oversee resource allotment, schedules, and delivery milestones to ensure team and deadline needs are met.
- Manage timelines and resources in consideration of priorities and team members’ strengths.
- Partner with development, product, and UX teams to build product knowledge and deepen testing collaboration.
- Manage QA resources focused on automation and gray-box testing.
- Be accountable for test automation projects and mentor and lead QA automation developers.
- Drive testing, data gathering, and project reporting for the team.
- Coordinate testing with other teams; review test plans and documentation, monitor progress, and obtain sign-offs at key milestones.
- Analyze data from multiple sources, draw conclusions, and present recommendations to leadership.
- Provide leadership, technical expertise, and career development for QA contributors.
- Manage project estimates, scheduling, sourcing, and oversight.
- Participate in QA team interviews, induction, training, and performance evaluation.
Benefits
- Competitive benefits package; specific benefits are described on WPP’s benefits website.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
