The Opportunity:

The Executive Director, Head of Quality, Europe is responsible for leading and overseeing all Quality functions across the European region, ensuring compliance with European regulatory requirements. This role provides strategic and operational leadership across GxP Quality (GMP, GDP, GCP as applicable). In addition, this role serves as the key Quality representative for Europe, partnering closely with Regulatory Affairs, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Clinical Operations, and external partners to ensure a robust and inspection-ready quality system.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and develop the European Quality organization, ensuring alignment with global quality strategy and supporting the transition from clinical to commercial operations.

• Act as the primary Quality representative for Europe, providing leadership in regional and global governance forums and serving as the main interface with European regulatory authorities (e.g., EMA, national agencies).

• Ensure Quality oversight of MAH responsibilities, including lifecycle management, product complaints, recalls, and fulfillment of regulatory commitments in close collaboration with Regulatory Affairs.

• Establish, implement, and maintain an effective EU Quality Management System (QMS) in compliance with EU GMP, GDP, GCP (as applicable), and ICH guidelines.

• Participate in cross-functional review of Global SOPs, ensuring timely harmonization and effective implementation within the EMEA region.

• Oversee key quality system processes, including deviations, CAPAs, change control, risk management, product quality complaints, and document management.

• Monitor QMS performance through KPIs, risk indictors and management review process.

• Review quality agreements to ensure compliance with EU GMP, GDP and other regulatory requirements across the supply chain.

• Define and oversee the EU QP framework, ensuring compliant batch certification and appropriate governance of internal and/or contracted QPs.

• Ensure full compliance with EU GDP requirements, including oversight of distribution activities, wholesale authorizations, and Responsible Person (RP) functions within the EU supply network.

• Provide end-to-end Quality oversight of external partners (e.g., CMOs, 3PLs, distributors), including quality agreements, performance monitoring, and risk-based governance.

• Lead inspection readiness across Europe and manage regulatory inspections and internal/external audits, ensuring consistent positioning and effective interaction with authorities.

• Support regulatory submissions and lifecycle activities by ensuring quality oversight of relevant documentation and CMC components.

• Provide Quality leadership for new product introductions, technology transfers, and commercial launches in Europe, ensuring readiness of systems, processes, and partners.

• Collaborate cross-functionally with Regulatory Affairs, Technical Operations, Supply Chain, Clinical Operations, and Global Supplier Quality to ensure integrated and compliant execution across the product lifecycle.

• Drive a strong, proactive quality culture across all European operations, promoting continuous improvement and accountability.

Required Skills, Experience and Education:

• Degree in Life Sciences, Pharmacy, Chemistry, or related field (PhD, PharmD, or MSc preferred).

• 20+ GxP Quality within the pharmaceutical industry.

• Track record of building and scaling Quality organizations.

• Track record of working in a GMP/GDP regulated environment.

• Deep knowledge of European regulatory requirements (EMA, EU GMP/GDP, ICH guidelines).

Preferred Skills:

• Biotech experience.

• Significant leadership experience, including managing regional or global teams.

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Mission

Speechify is the easiest way to listen to the world’s information. Articles on the web, documents in the cloud, books on your phone. We absorb it all and let you listen to it at your desk, on the go, at your own speed, and with tools that make learning easier, deeper, and faster.

What streaming services have done for audio entertainment, we’re doing for audio information. And whatever we’re doing seems to be working. We’re #1 in our category, and experiencing exponential growth.

Overview

We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Core Experiences Team. This team builds and maintains the foundational services and SDKs that power Speechify’s product experience across platforms. It's a critical role for someone who enjoys working at the intersection of product and infrastructure, thinks strategically, and is passionate about designing clear, reliable APIs and simple systems that directly enhance the user experience.

What You’ll Do

• Collaborate with Speechify’s Product Teams to scope projects, find ways to reduce scope to get faster feedback from customers, navigate the integration/UX tradeoffs relevant to different product teams, and deliver solutions via our cross-platform SDK
• Optimize existing functionality to ship things like faster loading and more intelligent parsing by designing more efficient abstractions and improving our algorithms
• Ship cloud functions, lightweight backend services, and jobs using Kotlin

An Ideal Candidate Should Have

• Systems thinking. You know that optimizing a system requires end-to-end design, and you believe simplicity is valuable.
• Speed. You work quickly to generate ideas and options and know how to decide which things can ship now and what things need time
• Focus. We’re a high-growth startup with a busy, remote team. You know how and when to engage or be heads down
• Collaboration. You know how to inspire, play, and negotiate with opinionated designers, marketers, and PMs
• Preferred Tech Stack:
  • Kotlin Multiplatform (Java experience is OK but role is Kotlin Multiplatform) 
  • Prior experience with GCP is a plus

What We Offer

• A fast-growing environment where you can help shape the company and product.
• An entrepreneurial-minded team that supports risk, intuition, and hustle.
• A hands-off management approach so you can focus and do your best work.
• An opportunity to make a big impact in a transformative industry.
• Competitive salaries, a friendly and laid-back atmosphere, and a commitment to building a great asynchronous culture.
• Opportunity to work on a life-changing product that millions of people use.
• Build products that directly impact and support people with learning differences like dyslexia, ADD, low vision, concussions, autism, and more.
• Work in one of the fastest growing sectors of tech, the intersection of artificial intelligence and audio.

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Speechify is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. 

Speechify does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.

The mission of Speechify is to make sure that reading is never a barrier to learning.

Over 50 million people use Speechify’s text-to-speech products to turn whatever they’re reading – PDFs, books, Google Docs, news articles, websites – into audio, so they can read faster, read more, and remember more. Speechify’s text-to-speech reading products include its iOS app, Android App, Mac App, Chrome Extension, and Web App. Google recently named Speechify the Chrome Extension of the Year and Apple named Speechify its 2025 Design Award winner for Inclusivity.  

Today, nearly 200 people around the globe work on Speechify in a 100% distributed setting – Speechify has no office. These include frontend and backend engineers, AI research scientists, and others from Amazon, Microsoft, and Google, leading PhD programs like Stanford, high growth startups like Stripe, Vercel, Bolt, and many founders of their own companies.

Overview

The responsibilities of our Platform team include building and maintaining all backend services, including, but not limited to, payments, analytics, subscriptions, new products, text to speech, and external APIs.

This is a key role and ideal for someone who thinks strategically, enjoys fast-paced environments, is passionate about making product decisions, and has experience building great user experiences that delight users.

We are a flat organization that allows anyone to become a leader by showing excellent technical skills and delivering results consistently and fast. Work ethic, solid communication skills, and obsession with winning are paramount. 

Our interview process involves several technical interviews and we aim to complete them within 1 week. 

What You’ll Do

• Design, develop, and maintain robust APIs including public TTS API, internal APIs like Payment, Subscription, Auth and Consumption Tracking, ensuring they meet business and scalability requirements
• Oversee the full backend API landscape, enhancing and optimizing for performance and maintainability
• Collaborate on B2B solutions, focusing on customization and integration needs for enterprise clients
• Work closely with cross-functional teams to align backend architecture with overall product strategy and user experience

An Ideal Candidate Should Have

• Proven experience in backend development: TS/Node (required)
• Direct experience with GCP and knowledge of AWS, Azure, or other cloud providers
• Efficiency in ideation and implementation, prioritizing tasks based on urgency and impact
• Preferred: Experience with Docker and containerized deployments
• Preferred: Proficiency in deploying high availability applications on Kubernetes

What We Offer

• A dynamic environment where your contributions shape the company and its products
• A team that values innovation, intuition, and drive
• Autonomy, fostering focus and creativity
• The opportunity to have a significant impact in a revolutionary industry
• Competitive compensation, a welcoming atmosphere, and a commitment to an exceptional asynchronous work culture
• The privilege of working on a product that changes lives, particularly for those with learning differences like dyslexia, ADD, and more
• An active role at the intersection of artificial intelligence and audio – a rapidly evolving tech domain

Think you’re a good fit for this job? 

Tell us more about yourself and why you're interested in the role when you apply.
And don’t forget to include links to your portfolio and LinkedIn.

Not looking but know someone who would make a great fit? 

Refer them! 

Speechify is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. 

Speechify does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.

The mission of Speechify is to make sure that reading is never a barrier to learning.

Over 50 million people use Speechify’s text-to-speech products to turn whatever they’re reading – PDFs, books, Google Docs, news articles, websites – into audio, so they can read faster, read more, and remember more. Speechify’s text-to-speech reading products include its iOS app, Android App, Mac App, Chrome Extension, and Web App. Google recently named Speechify the Chrome Extension of the Year and Apple named Speechify its 2025 Design Award winner for Inclusivity.  

Today, nearly 200 people around the globe work on Speechify in a 100% distributed setting – Speechify has no office. These include frontend and backend engineers, AI research scientists, and others from Amazon, Microsoft, and Google, leading PhD programs like Stanford, high growth startups like Stripe, Vercel, Bolt, and many founders of their own companies.

Overview

We're looking to hire for our Data side of our AI team at Speechify. This role is responsible for all aspects of data collection to support our model training operations. We are able to build high-quality datasets at petabyte-scale and low cost through a tight integration of infrastructure, engineering, and research work. We are looking for a skilled Software Engineer to join us.

What You’ll Do

• Be scrappy to find new sources of audio data and bring it into our ingestion pipeline
• Operate and extend the cloud infrastructure for our ingestion pipeline, currently running on GCP and managed with Terraform.
• Collaborate closely with our Scientists to shift the cost/throughput/quality frontier, delivering richer data at bigger scale and lower cost to power our next-generation models.
• Collaborate with others on the AI Team and Speechify Leadership to craft the AI Team’s dataset roadmap to power Speechify’s next-generation consumer and enterprise products.

An Ideal Candidate Should Have

• BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or a related field.
• 5+ years of industry experience in software development.
• Proficiency with bash/Python scripting in Linux environments
• Proficiency in Docker and Infrastructure-as-Code concepts and professional experience with at least one major Cloud Provider (we use GCP)
• Experience with web crawlers, large-scale data processing workflows is a plus
• Ability to handle multiple tasks and adapt to changing priorities.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.

What we offer

• A fast-growing environment where you can help shape the company and product.
• An entrepreneurial-minded team that supports risk, intuition, and hustle.
• A hands-off management approach so you can focus and do your best work.
• An opportunity to make a big impact in a transformative industry.
• Competitive salaries, a friendly and laid-back atmosphere, and a commitment to building a great asynchronous culture.
• Opportunity to work on a life-changing product that millions of people use.
• Build products that directly impact and support people with learning differences like dyslexia, ADD, low vision, concussions, autism, and more.
• Work in one of the fastest-growing sectors of tech, the intersection of artificial intelligence and audio.

Think you’re a good fit for this job? 

Tell us more about yourself and why you're interested in the role when you apply.
And don’t forget to include links to your portfolio and LinkedIn.

Not looking but know someone who would make a great fit? 

Refer them! 

Speechify is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. 

Speechify does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals is a leading global gastrointestinal (GI) healthcare company on a mission to advance the treatment of GI diseases and redefine the standard of care for GI patients. We are pioneers in the development of LINZESS® (linaclotide), the U.S. branded prescription market leader for adults with irritable bowel syndrome with constipation or chronic idiopathic constipation. Ironwood is also advancing apraglutide, a next-generation, long-acting synthetic GLP-2 analog being developed for rare gastrointestinal diseases, including short bowel syndrome with intestinal failure. Building upon our history of GI innovation, we keep patients at the heart of our R&D and commercialization efforts to reduce the burden of GI diseases and address significant unmet needs. 

Founded in 1998, Ironwood Pharmaceuticals is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, and has operations in Basel, Switzerland.

Purpose/Summary: The Clinical Operations Lead owns program delivery & operational CRO/vendors oversight oof one or more development programs.

The Clinical Operations Lead has hands-on accountability and responsibilities in overseeing clinical trials execution within the program(s), especially the oversight of the trials/Program CRO, consultants and contractors to secure excellence in the delivery of their services to meet the trial milestones while adhering to quality, timeline, and budget. Leads by example with strong partnering and communication capabilities.

Key responsibilities:

• Takes a lead role in managing clinical program(s) and collaborating globally and across departments such as clinical development, regulatory, data management, biostatistics, drug supply, medical writing, and drug safety, etc.
• Supports creation and maintenance of the clinical development plan in collaboration with the Clinical Development Lead by providing input on operational aspects of the program and trials, including, but not limited to, budget, timelines, and vendors.
• Oversees CTT performance, including metrics, milestones and compliance with relevant regulatory standards, including ICH‑GCP, protocol requirements and company procedures.
• Collaborates with the Global Clinical Trial Managers (gCTM) and functions in the following activities, among others:
  • Support decision-making in the selection of study
  • oversight of CROs, vendors, consultants and contractors, including negotiation of Scope of work (SOW), ensuring delivery against contracted SOW, budgets, performance management and issue
  • Development and management of program timelines, budgets and
  • Oversight of trial subject retention
• Constantly scans for possible risks and implementation of mitigations; while identifying best practices and opportunities for trial efficiencies and opportunities for enhanced quality.
• Leads by example, onboarding, coaching, and mentoring other Development Operations team members, , fostering a team culture of ownership, engagement, and continuous improvement, ensuring recognition of team successes.
• Provides immediate supervision and line management to one or more employees, , including employee development, company goal setting, and performance management processes.
• Contributes to strategic vision and long-term plans of Development
• Supports in determining the best utilization and prioritization of resources, and the optimal organization of infrastructure and staff, leveraging experience working in varying resource models (i.e. Hiring, Functional Service Provider, CRO Full Package Outsourcing, etc.).
• Identifies and eliminates any impediments that obstruct or distract the team from delivering value; report and escalate issues, concerns, and roadblocks to management as needed.
• Regularly interacts with senior management on matters concerning functional areas and/or vendors.
• Contributes with the development and implementation of policies and standard operating procedures (SOPs) to be used in Development Operations
• Other duties as assigned

Prerequisite Education, Experience, & Skills:

• A highly motivated and results-oriented leader with a Bachelor’s degree and 14 years of pharmaceutical/Biotech clinical development and operations experience.
• Broad experience in global level clinical trial management, and knowledge of principles and practices of Program and Project Management. 
• Significant experience managing all aspects of activities in Phase I-IV trials, oversight of CROs and vendors at global level.
• Advantageous to have rare disease trial experience.
• Proven ability to effectively manage a large team comprised of permanent employees, consultants, contractors and oversight/partnering with CROs and teams within their varying levels.
• Intense drive and organizational expertise are necessary to manage the diverse group of functional activities involved in the international clinical trials program.
• Strong proficiency in GCP/ICH, U.S. drug development process and regulatory expectations related to global clinical trials execution .
• Excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills.
• Ability to drive high-level decision-making, think strategically, and take initiative in the face of incomplete information
• Able to motivate teams to do their best work through active collaboration, healthy debate, and continued learning.