London preferred | Remote considered | Visa sponsorship available
We’re collaborating with a growing AI company developing advanced conversational technologies that power intelligent voice and chat systems for global enterprises. This is a senior research and leadership role for someone with deep expertise in ASR, TTS, and related speech–language technologies. You’ll head a high-impact research group, working directly with company leadership to define research priorities, guide technical direction, and translate innovations into production.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead applied research and development in speech recognition, speech synthesis, and conversational AI.
- Define the research roadmap and ensure alignment with strategic and product goals.
- Mentor and grow a team of researchers, fostering collaboration and innovation.
- Translate real-world product challenges into clear research objectives and milestones.
- Oversee data strategy, evaluation metrics, and system performance.
- Collaborate closely with product and engineering teams to deploy research outcomes.
- Represent the team externally through papers, conferences, and community engagement.
- PhD (preferred) or Master’s in Speech Technology, Computer Science, or related field.
- Proven expertise in Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) and/or Text-to-Speech (TTS).
- 3+ years of applied research experience in speech or language AI (industry or academic).
- 2+ years leading or mentoring research teams or projects.
- Strong programming skills in Python, with deep learning experience using PyTorch.
- Practical experience taking models from research to production environments.
- Experience with multilingual or low-resource speech systems.
- Familiarity with LLM integration into conversational pipelines.
- Strong engineering foundations (Git, Docker, CI/CD).
- Publications in major speech or AI conferences (e.g., Interspeech, ICASSP, NeurIPS).
