It Manager, Quality Assurance

Please Note: If you are a current Spin Master employee with access to Workday, apply to this job via the Workday application.

Are you a kid at heart looking to build a career with a leading global children's toy, entertainment and digital gaming company?

At Spin Master, our unwavering commitment to open mindedness, integrity and innovation is a great part of what has made us an industry leader. How do we stay ahead of the pack? By hiring the best and brightest minds—and that’s why we want you!

What will you work on?

Launch and lead Spin Master’s Quality Assurance team as we implement a robust testing and release management practice in partnership with key business stakeholders to improve overall co-ordination, productivity, quality, client experience, and business continuity.

How will you create impact?

Release Management

SAP plays a central role in our IT landscape and is complemented with a range of core systems. These systems need to be maintained, and their access & usage by IT teams managed.

• Managing the movement of code or “transports” through the promotion path for SAP & other systems.
• Ensuring that teams are accessing & executing system activities according to the established schedule.
• Scheduling & managing the refresh of data among SAP & core system environments.
• Ensuring the integrity and synchronicity of code and data within each SAP & core system environment.
• Coordinating activities across SAP & core systems, including development, testing & maintenance work.
• Collaborating with IT teams to establish & govern standard release management procedures.
• Working with Change & Release Management teams to ensure smooth promotion events.
• Publishing & communicating the calendar of events among IT teams, business partners, & stakeholders

SAP Systems include: SAP S/4HANA, BW, BOBJ, IBP, SAC, BTP, SolMan

Core Systems include: High Radius, ShipERP, Planisware, Gentran, Informatica, Workday, Concur, Salesforce

Test Management

A heavy emphasis will be placed on automation of testing activities leveraging key technologies and automation resources.

• Scheduling, sequencing, and coordinating test & release activities with IT and business partners.
• Managing governance, co-ordination and operations of solution testing & release activities.
• Determining and driving our QA strategy and roadmap in partnership with stakeholders.
• Ensuring business continuity and compliance requirements are met.
• Contributing to change management activities and services as changes are tested and released.
• Establishing QA metrics, measuring (and reporting) performance and driving improvements accordingly.
• Conduct tests using automation resources and technologies at every viable opportunity.
• Operating and supporting test automations and associated infrastructure.

Automation Technologies include: UiPath, BAAR (Allied Media), Tricentis, Microsoft Power Automate.

General Management

• Determining and driving our QA strategy and roadmap in partnership with stakeholders.
• Establishing QA metrics, measuring (and reporting) performance and driving improvements accordingly.
• Building and managing our QA team as we strengthen our solution test & release capabilities.

What are your skills and experience?

• University Degree; Computer Science or Engineering or equivalent preferred
• 7-10+ years of experience

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What You Can Expect From Us

Our mission is to Make Life More Fun with a vision to push the boundaries of innovation, creativity, and fun.

• Growth and Career Opportunities
• Other fun Perks!
• Comprehensive Benefits
• Flexible Work Hours
• Innovation, Collaboration and Fun

What’s it like to work here?

Spin Master is a fast-paced, hands-on organization that provides many great opportunities for impactful decision-making; though our challenging start-up atmosphere isn’t for everyone, we have a proven record of opportunities for future advancement and internal transfers for our passionate and results driven team.

Everyone is welcome in our sandbox and we are committed to an accessible and inclusive hiring process that provides reasonable accommodation to all applicants.

Spin Master strives to create an accessible and inclusive application and selection process and is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to job applicants who may require provisions to participate in the recruitment, selection and/or assessment processes. Should you require an accommodation, please contact our Talent Acquisition team, by email at [email protected] or by phone at 416 364-6002 and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs.

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