Voice AI Lead (Fixed-Term 6 Months)

The role

The Voice AI Lead will shape the Voice vision and implement Voice AI experiences across Oura. You will partner with Audio Design, Content Design, Engineering, and Product to define, prototype, and scale these experiences.

What you will do

• Partner with Audio Design and Content Design to shape Voice direction and persona
• Develop voice design prompts and guidance for tone, pacing, and delivery
• Audition vendor voice models and design voice performance
• Partner with Content Design and Engineering to refine conversational behavior
• Establish voice quality criteria and review methods
• Partner with Legal, Privacy, and AI/ML on responsible AI voice guidelines
• Work with product teams to identify and prioritize Voice AI opportunities
• Translate voice design needs into requirements and acceptance criteria
• Evaluate text-to-speech and speech-to-speech providers and tools
• Drive vendor and voice talent workflows, assets, and approvals

Required qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in relevant technologies
• Working proficiency with audio editing tools (Pro Tools, Logic Pro, iZotope RX)
• Hands-on fluency with AI voice platforms, LLM tools, and prototyping and evaluation environments
• Experience leading complex voice or audio design initiatives from ambiguous problems through production and testing
• Experience translating voice identity into practical design standards and production assets
• Familiarity with AI voice consent, likeness, cloning, training, data retention, and responsible AI practices
• Experience evaluating voice models and conducting quality and regression testing
• Technical fluency to translate creative and product needs into requirements
• Clear communication and sound judgment
• Experience with voice or audio training-data workflows and human-in-the-loop operations
• Experience managing production or vendor budgets

Nice to have

• Experience with wearables, hardware, health or wellness products
• Experience building asset libraries, content operations systems, evaluation programs, QA processes, dashboards, or regression workflows

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Health, dental, vision insurance, and mental health resources
• An Ōura Ring of your own during your tenure
• 20 days of paid time off
• 13 paid holidays
• 8 days of flexible wellness time off *prorated
• Paid sick leave

Before you apply

• We are not considering candidates residing in the following states: Alaska (AK), Delaware (DE), Iowa (IA), Mississippi (MS), Nebraska (NE), South Dakota (SD), West Virginia (WV), and Wisconsin (WI).

About the company

ŌURA's mission is to empower every person to own their inner potential. Their products help a global community gain knowledge of readiness, activity, and sleep quality using the Oura Ring and connected app.