Saila Paakala

QA Manager

Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland18 yrs 5 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • 14 years of experience in mobile game development.
  • Expert in QA strategies and team management.
  • ISTQB certified with strong organizational skills.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned QA Lead in the Gaming industry.

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Mobile GamesGame DesignVideo GamesGame DevelopmentCasual GamesLevel DesignGameplayConsoleSocial GamesComputer GamesGame MechanicsPhotographyOnline GamingArtJIRA

About

ISTQB certified QA specialist with over 14 years of professional experience in mobile game development. As a Lead in the QA org my strengths are in; organizational skills, prioritizing, time management, adaptability, team management and capability to see the big picture.

Experience

18 yrs 5 mos
Total Experience
4 yrs 3 mos
Average Tenure
1 yr 3 mos
Current Experience

Next games, a netflix game studio

2 roles

Senior QA Lead

Promoted

Jun 2026Present · 0 mo · Helsinki

Senior QA Analyst

Mar 2025Jun 2026 · 1 yr 3 mos · Helsinki

Ubisoft redlynx

Development Quality Control Lead

Nov 2023Feb 2025 · 1 yr 3 mos · Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland

Electronic arts (ea)

3 roles

Development Manager, QA

Promoted

Jun 2020Nov 2023 · 3 yrs 5 mos

  • Responsibilities include:
  • + QA product owner for variety of projects
  • + Coordinating external QA teams
  • + People management and coaching team members
  • + Forecasting, working with partners to assess budget and resourcing
  • + Building QA strategies
  • + Setting up project appropriate flexible processes
  • + Driving new innovations to improve processes
  • + Driving data driven approaches, RBT model usage and automation as part of the testing strategy
  • + Collaborating with all stakeholders and keeping them informed on QA status

QA Project Manager

Jun 2018Jun 2020 · 2 yrs

  • Responsibilities include:
  • + Being the QA product owner
  • + Coordinating external QA teams
  • + People management
  • + Forecasting
  • + Informing all stakeholders of the QA status
  • + Working on new innovations to improve the processes
  • + Driving data driven approaches in testing

Senior Quality Analyst

Oct 2016May 2018 · 1 yr 7 mos

  • Responsibilities include:
  • + Coordinating client and server updates
  • + Coordinating external QA teams
  • + Coordinating testing for live services
  • + Informing all stakeholders of update status
  • + Early risk flagging and mitigation
  • + Working on innovations to improve the processes
  • + Driving data driven approaches in testing
  • Project:
  • SimCity BuildIt

Rovio entertainment ltd.

4 roles

Senior QA Tester

Promoted

Jun 2014Oct 2016 · 2 yrs 4 mos · Espoo, Uusimaa, Finland

  • Lead QA on a match-3 title with a biweekly release cadence
  • Responsibilities included:
  • + Test case design, creation, scheduling and management
  • + Overseeing all internal and external testing for the project
  • + Issue tracking, prioritizing and maintenance of JIRA
  • + Providing visibility to the development team in all stages of the development cycle
  • + Working with stakeholders from multiple departments to assure a successful and great quality product

QA Tester

Promoted

Jan 2013May 2014 · 1 yr 4 mos · Espoo, Uusimaa, Finland

  • A member of the Bad Piggies testing team

Junior QA Tester

Oct 2012Dec 2012 · 2 mos · Espoo, Uusimaa, Finland

  • Tester on multiple Angry Birds titles

QA Trainee

Jun 2012Sep 2012 · 3 mos · Espoo, Uusimaa, Finland

  • Tester on multiple Angry Birds titles

Alko oy

Sales Person

Jan 2006Jan 2011 · 5 yrs

Self employed

Freelance Photographer

Jan 2004Jan 2012 · 8 yrs

  • Technical Skills & Experience:
  • Applications: Fully competent using all Microsoft Office applications; Adobe Photoshop & Lightroom, PC and Mac literate; knowledge of all blogging platforms
  • Processing: Fully competent B&W and C41 darkroom printing, 35mm, medium format, large format films
  • Lighting: Location and studio lighting, Metz, Broncolour…
  • Equipment: Fully competent in the use of 35mm, medium and large format film cameras, Hasselblad HD4, Canon 5D
  • + Extensive knowledge of photographic practice
  • + Finnish driving licence
  • + Considerable knowledge of current artists, photographers and theorists
  • + Experience in exhibition project management; self-funding/gaining sponsorship, designing and distributing marketing collateral, event management, installing artwork and coordinating artists
  • Photographer, Rumba, Helsinki, May 2007 – Aug 2009
  • Assistant trainee, studio Kuvaamo, Helsinki Aug 2008 – Oct 2008
  • Photographer trainee, Voltti magazine, Helsinki Jan 2008 – Feb 2008
  • Exhibitions & Publications:
  • + Joint exhibition “Seinää vasten” May 2006, Lahti Finland
  • + Variety of pictures used to promote Lahden Kansanopisto (print & video) 2006-2014
  • + Variety of pictures in rock-pop magazine Rumba (Finland) 2007-2009
  • + Variety of images in gay-lesbian-bi-transsexual magazine VOLTTI (Finland) 2007-2008
  • + Joint exhibition “Pieni” February 2008, Tuusula Finland
  • + Joint exhibition “Valo ja Kuva” April - May 2009, Helsinki Finland
  • + A picture on the website of www.adressa.no (Norwigian internet magazine) 12.08.2009
  • + Joint exhibition “Keep In Mind” February 2011, Rochester, Kent, UK
  • + Joint Exhibition “3rd year photography major project” May 2012, Rochester, Kent, UK
  • + Variety of pictures on the Helsinki International Film Festival website (hiff.fi), September 2014
  • + Variety of pictures on the Helsinki International Film Festival website (hiff.fi), September 2015

Education

University for the Creative Arts

Photography

Jan 2009Jan 2012

Pekka Halosen akatemia

Photography

Jan 2006Jan 2009

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