[Corpora-List] Job opening for Speech Linguistic Project Manager - Hindi

[Sibel Ciddi]

University or Organization: Google
Job Location: London, United Kingdom
Job Title: Speech Linguistic Project Manager
Job Rank: Manager

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics; Phonology

Required Language(s): Hindi (hin)

Description:

As a Linguistic Project Manager and a native-level speaker of Hindi, you
will oversee and manage all work related to achieving high data quality
for speech projects in your own language.

You will be based in London, managing a team of Speech Data Evaluators and
working on a number of projects towards TTS synthesis.

This includes:
- Training, managing and overseeing the work of your team
- Creating verbalisation rules, such as expanding URLs, email addresses,
numbers
- Creating annotation conventions
- Evaluating data quality
- Providing expertise on pronunciation and phonotactics
- Working with QA tools according to given guidelines and using in-house
tools

Job requirements:
- Native-level speaker of Hindi (with good command of the standard
dialect) and fluent in English
- Must have attended elementary school in the country where the language
is spoken
- Keen ear for phonetic nuances and attention to detail; knowledge of the
language’s phonology
- Ability to quickly grasp technical concepts; should have an -interest in
current speech, mobile, and online technology
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Good organizational skills
- Previous project management and people management experience
- Previous experience with speech/NLP-related projects a plus
- Advanced degree in Linguistics preferred; experience with Computational
Linguistics a plus
- Also a plus: proficiency with HTML, XML, and some programming language;
previous experience working in a Linux environment

Project duration: 6-11 months (with potential for extension)
**This is not a permanent position but a contract position through an
employment agency. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the
EU.**

For immediate consideration, please email your CV and cover letter in
English (PDF format preferred) with “Speech Linguistic Project Manager
Hindi” in the subject line.

Application Deadline:  (Open until filled)

Email Address for Applications: tts_jobs at google.com
Contact Information:
Sofia Bernardo
Email: tts_jobs at google.com


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