Head of Software QA (all genders welcome)

We believe voice is the most natural interface between people & progress.

Are you an experienced Software QA leader who combines a strategic mindset with genuine hands-on involvement and technical credibility? Do you know how to build a quality culture that reaches across engineering, product, and leadership - and can you bring a clear, honest picture of quality risk into conversations that shape how we build and ship?

We are looking for a Head of QA to own and evolve our quality function as we continue to grow our speech recognition and voice productivity portfolio across multiple platforms and international markets.

• →You will take full ownership of our QA function, overseeing it end-to-end;
• →Manage the QA team in the full cycle - hiring, developing & mentoring engineers - at all levels through pairing, reviews & direct feedback; 
• →Work in close partnership with our CTO, Head of Product, Head of Software Development acting as the primary QA partner;
• →Be the voice on where QA stands across products, teams & releases;
• →Define & evolve our QA strategy across the full product ecosystem — SpeechLive clients (mobile, desktop and web) and hardware integrations — balancing release confidence with delivery speed & risk;
• →Lead a cross-team QA programs including release readiness, integration coverage, cross-region validation & go/no-go decisions, bringing a clear risk picture & concrete options;
• →Define the test approach for complex, cross-component work where no existing playbook exists, setting exit criteria, owning the call & coordinating across teams to see it through;
• →Identifying systemic QA signals — recurring escape patterns, automation gaps, integration blind spots & driving root-cause fixes;
• →Set QA automation strategy & guiding tooling decisions; 
• →Actively fix bottlenecks in CI pipelines, test environments & test data; 
• →Build the QA standards & mechanisms — definition of done, quality gates, escalation paths, coverage expectations — that teams across engineering can work to consistently;
• →Coordinating QA standards & release readiness with external development and technology partners.

• 7+ years of experience in QA Engineering, including meaningful experience leading QA teams;
• Solid People Leadership: experience developing QA engineers, giving direct & actionable feedback;
• Experiences in building a team Culture of Ownership & Continuous Improvement across different seniority levels;
• Ideally you have grown from hands-on testing into a leadership role & are comfortable operating at both levels;
• Excellent stakeholder management & communication skills: you can give a clear, honest account of where quality stands across products, teams & releases to both technical / non-technical audiences, and you can align multiple internal teams and external partners around shared standards;
• Strong practical understanding of testing complex, multi-platform SaaS software products — automation architecture, CI/CD integration, API testing, and end-to-end test strategy, including AI/ML-based features — sufficient to make sound technical decisions & earn the team confidence; 
• Experience in voice or speech technology is a massive plus;
• Proven track record of close, productive collaboration with Engineering & Product leadership — you are comfortable challenging scope, timelines & product decisions when the QA risk warrants it;
• Technically credible: you have a solid understanding of modern testing practices (automation, CI/CD integration, test architecture, API and mobile testing) & can have meaningful technical conversations with QA engineers & senior developers alike;
• Experience working in Agile environments at scale, ideally across international hiperdistributed teams;
• Familiarity with speech, AI/ML-based features, or hardware-software integrations is a plus;
• Fluent in English is mandatory. Other language skills – particularly German – are advantageous.