Senior Quality Assurance Manager - Focus

Overview

At Hudl, we build great teams. We hire the best of the best to ensure you’re working with people you can constantly learn from. You’re trusted to get your work done your way while testing the limits of what’s possible and what’s next. We work hard to provide a culture where everyone feels supported, and our employees feel it—their votes helped us become one of Newsweek's Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplaces.

We think of ourselves as the team behind the team, supporting the lifelong impact sports can have: the lessons in teamwork and dedication; the influence of inspiring coaches; and the opportunities to reach new heights. Our products make it easier for coaches and athletes at any level to capture video, analyze data, share highlights and more. Ready to join us?

We’re looking for a Senior Quality Assurance Manager to drive the development of world-class software products used by athletes and fans around the world. In this role, you’ll lead the software quality team responsible for the end-to-end experience and capabilities of our Hudl Focus camera product family. These products provide customers with seamless, real-time access to video and performance insights.

You’ll play a key role in ensuring high-quality software across the entire stack—including on-device applications, cloud services, and mobile apps—by working closely with cross-functional squads to deliver reliable and innovative solutions. In this role you will focus on:

• Improving quality. You’ll improve how we build—boosting quality, speeding up delivery, and tracking results along the way. You’ll guide teams in making smart decisions, staying current with best practices, and using that knowledge to boost quality and velocity.
• Coaching. You'll use your technical and quality understanding to guide others to level up their skills. As the point person for product quality, you’ll influence and challenge teams to incorporate quality best practices.
• Automation Strategy & Execution
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  Own and evolve the test automation strategy to align with the pace of development. You’ll make informed decisions on what to automate, how to approach it, and when to implement it—balancing speed, coverage, and maintainability.

We’re looking to hire near our offices in Omaha and Lincoln, Nebraska, but we’ll consider remote candidates in Kansas City, Chicago, Austin or Dallas.

• A focus on quality
  . You understand quality in the big picture and strive to improve quality and velocity. You will utilize data, metrics and user insights to identify areas of improvement and drive changes that enhance the overall product experience.
• Collaborate. You’ll collaborate with cross-functional leaders to plan and deliver product enhancements while integrating diverse perspectives to drive innovation and ensure high product standards.
• Drive technical excellence. You’ll guide your team in developing robust, scalable automation frameworks and quality solutions across the product ecosystem. Your technical expertise will be crucial for identifying gaps, solving complex challenges, and integrating quality throughout the development lifecycle. You’ll champion engineering best practices, ensure testability, and enable faster, more reliable delivery through intelligent automation and data-driven insights.
• A customer focus. You think critically about user experience and ensure our testing approach adapts to customer workflows.
• Team leadership & development. You’re a proven people leader. You have managed direct reports through hiring, onboarding, performance evaluation and fostered team growth. Demonstrated leadership experience includes the ability to mentor and elevate the skills of individuals within a team.

• A working knowledge of U.S. sports. A general understanding of sports like basketball and American football are a plus.
• Domain knowledge in hardware: Experience working with or alongside hardware teams—whether in product development, integration, or testing—to bridge software and hardware requirements effectively.

• Champion work-life harmony
  . We’ll give you the flexibility you need in your work life (e.g., flexible…