P5P5 — Expert Professional
Expert – QA Manager
Set QA policy and resources across the studio.
What this level means
Expert in field; key problem solver and project leader, authority in multiple areas
- Scope
- Multiple systems or a technical domain
- Autonomy
- Sets direction within the domain
- Complexity
- Novel, high-ambiguity problems; establishes the approach
- Impact
- Org / multi-team outcomes
- Decision rights
- Authority over a technical domain
- Leadership
- Leads cross-team technical initiatives
- Typical experience
- 8–12 yrs
What you'd do
- Lead multiple QA teams, manage QA schedules and budgets.
- Implement new QA technologies.
- Set policies
- Manage resources
- Implement technologies
Skills, knowledge & tools
- Policy setting
- Resource management
- Leadership
- Technology implementation
- QA policies
- Resource allocation
- Leadership strategies
- Technology trends
- Visionary Thinking
- Organizational influence
- Quality-driven leadership
What good looks like
- 8–12 years in QA with managerial responsibility
Common titles
Quality Assurance VQuality Assurance 5Staff Quality AssuranceLead Quality AssuranceExpert Quality AssuranceExpert – QA Manager
What it pays
Market-pay benchmarks for this family × level are being recalibrated across all survey sources and will return shortly.
O*NET / SOC: 15-0000 — Computer & Mathematical Occupations (inferred)