Senior Quality Assurance Manager

Position Overview

Hudl is seeking a Senior Quality Assurance Manager to lead the software quality team responsible for the end-to-end experience and capabilities of our Hudl Focus camera product family. This role is crucial for driving the development of world-class software products used by athletes and fans globally, providing seamless, real-time access to video and performance insights. You will ensure high-quality software across the entire stack, including on-device applications, cloud services, and mobile apps, by collaborating closely with cross-functional squads to deliver reliable and innovative solutions.

Key Focus Areas

• Improving Quality: Enhance the development process by boosting quality, accelerating delivery, and tracking results. Guide teams in making informed decisions, staying current with best practices, and leveraging knowledge to improve quality and velocity.
• Coaching: Utilize technical and quality expertise to guide and mentor team members, helping them level up their skills. Influence and challenge teams to incorporate quality best practices as the primary point person for product quality.
• Automation Strategy & Execution: Own and evolve the test automation strategy to align with development pace. Make informed decisions on automation priorities, approaches, and implementation, balancing speed, coverage, and maintainability.

Requirements (Must-Haves)

• Focus on Quality: A deep understanding of quality in the broader context, with a drive to improve both quality and velocity. Utilize data, metrics, and user insights to identify improvement areas and drive changes that enhance the overall product experience.
• Collaboration: Ability to collaborate with cross-functional leaders to plan and deliver product enhancements, integrating diverse perspectives to drive innovation and ensure high product standards.
• Drive Technical Excellence: Guide teams in developing robust, scalable automation frameworks and quality solutions across the product ecosystem. Possess technical expertise to identify gaps, solve complex challenges, and integrate quality throughout the development lifecycle. Champion engineering best practices, ensure testability, and enable faster, more reliable delivery through intelligent automation and data-driven insights.
• Customer Focus: Critical thinking regarding user experience, ensuring the testing approach adapts to customer workflows.
• Team Leadership & Development: Proven people leadership experience, including managing direct reports through hiring, onboarding, performance evaluation, and fostering team growth. Demonstrated ability to mentor and elevate the skills of individuals within a team.

Nice-to-Haves

• A working knowledge of U.S. sports, such as basketball and American football.

Location

• Omaha and Lincoln, Nebraska.
• Remote candidates will be considered in Kansas City, Chicago, Austin, or Dallas.

Company Information

At Hudl, we build great teams by hiring the best talent, ensuring a culture of continuous learning and trust. We empower our employees to work in their own way, pushing the boundaries of what's possible. Hudl fosters a supportive culture, recognized by Newsweek as one of the Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplaces. We are dedicated to supporting the lifelong impact of sports, including the lessons in teamwork, dedication, the influence of coaches, and opportunities for growth. Hudl helps teams worldwide see their game differently through products that simplify video capture, data analysis, highlight sharing, and more for coaches and athletes at all levels.