Head of QA — Speech Tech & Quality Leader

speech; Wien; On-site; EUR 68,000 - 83,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Hybrid working model with 2 home-offic

Meal allowance

Mavie.care

Pension scheme

Gym membership

Free on-site parking

Team events

Job summary

speech in Vienna seeks a Head of Software QA to own and evolve our quality function across SpeechLive on mobile, desktop, web, and hardware integrations. You will lead a global QA organization, set strategy, and partner with CTO, Head of Product, and Head of Software Development to drive quality across releases.

You will hire, mentor, and grow QA engineers, foster a culture of ownership and continuous improvement, and ensure clear risk communication to leadership.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of QA engineering experience with leadership.
• Solid people leadership: developing QA engineers and giving feedback.
• Experience building culture of ownership and continuous improvement.
• Hands-on testing background and leadership across levels.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience with multi-platform SaaS, automation architecture, CI/CD, API testing, and end-to-end strategy.
• Experience in voice or speech technology is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Take full ownership of the QA function end-to-end.
• Manage QA team: hiring, developing, mentoring engineers.
• Partner with CTO, Head of Product, Head of Software Development as primary QA partner.
• Be the voice on QA status across products and releases.
• Define and evolve QA strategy across SpeechLive clients and hardware integrations.
• Lead cross-team QA programs including release readiness and risk assessment.
• Define test approaches for complex cross-component work and coordinate across teams.

Skills

QA Leadership

People Leadership

QA Engineering

Cross-functional collaboration

English fluency

German language

Tools

CI/CD tooling

API testing

Automation frameworks

Job description

speech in Vienna seeks a Head of Software QA to own and evolve our quality function across SpeechLive on mobile, desktop, web, and hardware integrations. You will lead a global QA organization, set strategy, and partner with CTO, Head of Product, and Head of Software Development to drive quality across releases.

You will hire, mentor, and grow QA engineers, foster a culture of ownership and continuous improvement, and ensure clear risk communication to leadership.