Offni Stelle

• Listening to English audio recordings and provide transcriptions of speech and non-speech events.
• Deliver projects within scheduled deadlines.
• Work remotely (on-line, preferably UK mainland) for a minimum of 8 hours per week.

• Candidates must be native UK speakers.
• Previous experience with transcription and annotation of speech corpora is a big plus.
• Computer literate.
• Comfortable working independently and collaborate remotely.
• Must have good spelling skills.
• Must have the ability to follow our internal transcription guidelines.

• BA in Linguistics or a relevant field.
• Knowledge of phonetics/phonology is a plus.

• working with clients and partners as contact reference for all technical aspects of SPitch products and solutions
• elaborating technical and feature requirements of the target use-case with customer/partner for speech-enabled applications
• working with the Sales Managers and the Professional Services team to develop work estimates and High-Level Solution description for tailored speech applications and technology integration based on preliminary requirements
• providing technical content to sales proposals
• product demos support and presentation to customers / partners
• technical support case qualification and providing technical support locally
• assist with Request for Proposal (RFP), Request for Quote, tender responses
• presentation assistance - research customers, track down and document existing systems, organize info etc.
• providing customers with technical training and workshops
• providing feedback to the Product Management and R&D organizations on the technical requirements in the market and application ideas.

• knowledge in the area of PBX systems (Avaya, Genesys, Cisco and other) is required
• familiarity with artificial intelligence, natural language processing is a plus

• a proven track record of relevant industry experience (Speech Technology, Call Centres, Customer Experience)
• at least 3 years of engineering experience and approved certificate with one of top PBXs brands (Avaya, Genesys, Cisco)
• experience using Unix/Linux
• ability to work on system integration requirements
• interest in automated speech recognition applications
• technical management & customer facing experience and skills
• familiarity with web and mobile application technology and architecture (standards, platforms, processes, etc.)
• eager and able to work in a multicultural environment
• very good communicator
• fluent in English (written and spoken)
• a self-disciplined and self-motivated individual, able to work in a team with a minimum of direct supervision
• ready and able to travel (mostly in Germany, occasionally Switzerland)

• Locate, identify, develop and gain new customer opportunities for the Spitch solution portfolio
• Locate and develop ISV partnerships for Spitch products
• Strengthen and expand market awareness
• Close collaboration with our solution delivery team and integration partners
• Negotiating contracts and agreements

• Committed and open-minded personality
• Excellent listening, negotiation and presentation skills
• Ability to identify and develop client opportunities from A to Z
• Ability to demonstrate business benefits
• Ability to be present and communicate credibly and effectively at all organization levels
• Ability to discuss at C-level
• Ability to adapt ideas individually according to customer needs and desires
• Customer and sales oriented behaviour
• Ability to manage multiple client projects simultaneously while maintaining attention to the detail
• Strong business sense and ability to gain industry-related expertise
• Ability to work in a geographically dispersed international team
• Perfect French in written and spoken forms
• Good command of spoken and written English
• German is an advantage
• Experience in selling software and/or solutions

• Deployment of our Linux based and applications within customer environments at customer’s premises or hosted in the cloud
• Develop and maintain technical project documentation (HLD / LLD)
• Writing of scripts in Python
• Writing project specific deployment tests
• Data processing and preparation, jointly with data annotation team members
• 1st and 2nd level support interfacing in house R&D, located at the same office in Zurich
• Support integration with IP telephony and other IT Systems i.e. CRMs
• Support customers and partners with testing and installations
• Ensure system stability through technical maintenance and upgrade, bug fixes, improvements
• Incident, problem, change and capacity management for the deployed applications

• 2-5 years or more IT, IVR and PBX VoIP & SIP technical background
• Proven track record in deployment and support work in a customer facing team
• Experience using Unix/Linux and in programming i.e. python
• Systems administration and partner / customer technical tier 2 support experience
• Fluent in German and English, both written and verbal. French or Italian is a plus
• IVR and Telephony knowledge is an advantage
• Technical part project coordination and consulting skills will help
• Ability to work autonomously in a geographically distributed international team
• Ability and willingness to travel in Switzerland and occasionally Central Europe
• Self-motivated and able to come up with new ideas

What can you expect

• Work with an upbeat energetic international team, mainly based in Zurich
• Work in a fast growing and technological forefront segment
• Close collaboration with R&D and Sales
• Career path into a Project Coordinator, Client Support Officer or Technical Consultant

Employment

Full-time, 3-month probation

Location

Only online direct applications accepted