Senior Consultant, Customer Transformation, UX Product Manager, IXD, Belfast or Derry, Londonderry Location: Belfast Other locations: Primary Location Only Date: 5 Mar 2026 Requisition ID: At EY, we're all in to shape your future with confidence. We'll help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go. Join EY and help to build a better working world. The opportunity This is your chance to join a team that's transforming how businesses connect with their customers. At EY, our Customer Transformation team helps clients reimagine their customer facing functions through developing and implementing Customer & UX strategies, digital solutions, user centric services, operating models, and optimised products, experiences, marketing, and sales. You'll work on exciting projects that shape customer experiences and drive sustainable growth. Your key responsibilities Collaborate with clients to understand the market and customer needs, and business objectives. Define the product vision and strategy, aligning it with business goals and customer needs. Utilise human centred design methodologies to ideate, co design and conceptualise innovative product solutions. Create user journey maps to identify customer pain points and opportunities. Design prototypes to validate solutions. Facilitate workshops to engage and inspire stakeholders in the value of a design led process. Conduct user testing to gather feedback and turn them into actionable steps to refine product solutions. Collect, prioritise and translate comprehensive product requirements into features and user stories. Skilled in creating and maintaining product roadmaps, managing budgets, identifying risks and developing mitigation strategies. Foster open dialogue, active listening, and a culture of innovation to create a collaborative environment, co designing solutions to drive successful outcomes. Work closely with cross functional teams, including UX designers, developers, and business analysts, to ensure alignment on project goals and successful product delivery. Facilitate various client workshops, discussions and effectively present concepts and solutions to multiple stakeholders. Build strong relationships and advocate for user centred design principles, ensuring that the product meets user needs and provides a positive experience. Skills and attributes for success UX Design: proficient in creating prototypes that communicate user requirements effectively, and test prototypes to enhance user satisfaction. Strategic Thinking and Business Acumen: ability to develop and implement strategies and expertise in leveraging strategic thinking to identify opportunities and drive business growth. Strong strategic planning and execution skills. Product Management: ability to manage and deliver products and implementation projects across the entire lifecycle. Strong organisational and time management skills. Strong understanding of user centred design principles, design thinking methodology. Familiarity with project management methodologies (Agile, Waterfall) and experience in leading cross functional teams. Strong analytical, problem solving and creative thinking abilities, with a focus on delivering outcomes and results. A passion for innovation and a relentless drive to deliver exceptional client outcomes. Leverage data to provide companies with fresh insights, empowering the creation of personalised customer experiences. Strong communication and presentation skills, expertise in developing and facilitating client workshops. Ability to create future visions for products and services that inspire and meet service user needs. Stakeholder and Client Engagement and Management: Ability to engage directly with senior client stakeholders. Strong relationship building and interpersonal skills. What we look for Moderate amount of experience in customer practice at Senior Consultant Level. Degree in Business augmented by a qualification in STEM (e.g. Computer Science, UX Design, Product Design, Human Factors Engineering) or a related field. If only one qualification, then proven experience in an augmented or related field e.g., a business degree with a background in technology delivery or UX design Proven track record of designing and delivering successful products or delivering digital transformation projects from strategy to implementation. Experience in working with developers, designers, business analysts, and testers to deliver customer centred technology solutions, digital transformations and design led innovation. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage and influence stakeholders at all levels. Understanding of CMS platforms (e.g. AEM, Sitefinity), CRM platforms (e.g. Microsoft Dynamics, Salesforce), digital and emerging technologies, AI, and data & analytics. Experience with using Figma and Microsoft Azure Inclusion & Diversity We hold a collective commitment to foster an environment where all differences are valued and respected, practices are equitable and everyone experiences a sense of belonging: Inclusion, diversity, and equity are part of who we are at EY. We believe that the highest-performing teams maximize the power of different perspectives and backgrounds. These teams are both diverse and inclusive and are willing to invite and learn from other perspectives. Our ability to include various viewpoints into our mindsets, behaviours and operations is fundamental to driving innovation, building strong relationships, and delivering the best solutions for our clients. We recognise the strength that comes from having a diverse workforce and building a culture where we support all our people to achieve their potential. You'll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs. As an equal opportunities' employer, we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. Reasonable accommodations are offered at every stage of our recruitment process. Are you ready to shape your future with confidence? Apply today. EY Building a better working world
Apr 02, 2026
Full time
Senior Consultant, Customer Transformation, UX Product Manager, IXD, Belfast or Derry, Londonderry Location: Belfast Other locations: Primary Location Only Date: 5 Mar 2026 Requisition ID: At EY, we're all in to shape your future with confidence. We'll help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go. Join EY and help to build a better working world. The opportunity This is your chance to join a team that's transforming how businesses connect with their customers. At EY, our Customer Transformation team helps clients reimagine their customer facing functions through developing and implementing Customer & UX strategies, digital solutions, user centric services, operating models, and optimised products, experiences, marketing, and sales. You'll work on exciting projects that shape customer experiences and drive sustainable growth. Your key responsibilities Collaborate with clients to understand the market and customer needs, and business objectives. Define the product vision and strategy, aligning it with business goals and customer needs. Utilise human centred design methodologies to ideate, co design and conceptualise innovative product solutions. Create user journey maps to identify customer pain points and opportunities. Design prototypes to validate solutions. Facilitate workshops to engage and inspire stakeholders in the value of a design led process. Conduct user testing to gather feedback and turn them into actionable steps to refine product solutions. Collect, prioritise and translate comprehensive product requirements into features and user stories. Skilled in creating and maintaining product roadmaps, managing budgets, identifying risks and developing mitigation strategies. Foster open dialogue, active listening, and a culture of innovation to create a collaborative environment, co designing solutions to drive successful outcomes. Work closely with cross functional teams, including UX designers, developers, and business analysts, to ensure alignment on project goals and successful product delivery. Facilitate various client workshops, discussions and effectively present concepts and solutions to multiple stakeholders. Build strong relationships and advocate for user centred design principles, ensuring that the product meets user needs and provides a positive experience. Skills and attributes for success UX Design: proficient in creating prototypes that communicate user requirements effectively, and test prototypes to enhance user satisfaction. Strategic Thinking and Business Acumen: ability to develop and implement strategies and expertise in leveraging strategic thinking to identify opportunities and drive business growth. Strong strategic planning and execution skills. Product Management: ability to manage and deliver products and implementation projects across the entire lifecycle. Strong organisational and time management skills. Strong understanding of user centred design principles, design thinking methodology. Familiarity with project management methodologies (Agile, Waterfall) and experience in leading cross functional teams. Strong analytical, problem solving and creative thinking abilities, with a focus on delivering outcomes and results. A passion for innovation and a relentless drive to deliver exceptional client outcomes. Leverage data to provide companies with fresh insights, empowering the creation of personalised customer experiences. Strong communication and presentation skills, expertise in developing and facilitating client workshops. Ability to create future visions for products and services that inspire and meet service user needs. Stakeholder and Client Engagement and Management: Ability to engage directly with senior client stakeholders. Strong relationship building and interpersonal skills. What we look for Moderate amount of experience in customer practice at Senior Consultant Level. Degree in Business augmented by a qualification in STEM (e.g. Computer Science, UX Design, Product Design, Human Factors Engineering) or a related field. If only one qualification, then proven experience in an augmented or related field e.g., a business degree with a background in technology delivery or UX design Proven track record of designing and delivering successful products or delivering digital transformation projects from strategy to implementation. Experience in working with developers, designers, business analysts, and testers to deliver customer centred technology solutions, digital transformations and design led innovation. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage and influence stakeholders at all levels. Understanding of CMS platforms (e.g. AEM, Sitefinity), CRM platforms (e.g. Microsoft Dynamics, Salesforce), digital and emerging technologies, AI, and data & analytics. Experience with using Figma and Microsoft Azure Inclusion & Diversity We hold a collective commitment to foster an environment where all differences are valued and respected, practices are equitable and everyone experiences a sense of belonging: Inclusion, diversity, and equity are part of who we are at EY. We believe that the highest-performing teams maximize the power of different perspectives and backgrounds. These teams are both diverse and inclusive and are willing to invite and learn from other perspectives. Our ability to include various viewpoints into our mindsets, behaviours and operations is fundamental to driving innovation, building strong relationships, and delivering the best solutions for our clients. We recognise the strength that comes from having a diverse workforce and building a culture where we support all our people to achieve their potential. You'll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs. As an equal opportunities' employer, we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. Reasonable accommodations are offered at every stage of our recruitment process. Are you ready to shape your future with confidence? Apply today. EY Building a better working world
Job DescriptionCustomer experience is transforming through AI-driven innovation. At Zendesk, we don't just embrace this change - we lead it. Our Professional Services team is revolutionizing how we help our customers implement and adopt AI by building an AI Delivery team and methodology. As the Manager, you will be leading a team of consultants who deliver quick time to value while guiding their customers through technical configuration and optimization. This role blends deep product expertise with people leadership: you'll be both the product authority for your team and the coach who develops their skills to deliver at scale. MissionYou will manage and grow a high-performing team (6-10 direct reports) that consistently delivers fast, measurable customer outcomes on Zendesk AI. You will set clear strategy, standards, and operating rhythm for AI delivery, ensuring the right people are staffed to the right work, projects are tightly scoped and executed predictably, and risks/blockers are escalated and removed quickly. You will align with Sales, Customer Success, and Product on customer roadmaps and success metrics. You will be responsible for continuous improvement in methodology, enablement, and quality so we increase adoption, customer satisfaction, retention, and expansion at scale. Ways of working: Strategic alignment is key from day one. We have a hybrid approach to working with 2-day in-office presence but during your first 90 days we would expect 3-4 days a week to ensure you are deeply embedded in the business and can drive outcomes immediately. Overarching Objective For The Role: Scale a high-performing AI Delivery organization: Hire, onboard, coach, and retain AI Services Consultants; build clear roles, capacity planning, and career development. Deliver predictable, measurable customer outcomes and time to value: Ensure projects are staffed and executed on time and within scope with clear success metrics tied to business impact. Proactively manage risks, technical blockers, and stakeholder alignment to keep implementations moving and value realized through scale. Drive cross-functional alignment and a repeatable AI delivery motion: Partner with Sales, Customer Success, and Product to align on customer AI roadmaps, handoffs, and expansion paths. Use customer insights and delivery data to improve packaging, playbooks, and forecasting-supporting retention and growth. How You'll Make an Impact Strategic Responsibilities Build and scale the AI Delivery operating model: Define and evolve the delivery methodology, standards, templates, and governance to ensure consistent quality and repeatability across customers and consultants. Own capacity, prioritization, and staffing strategy: Forecast demand, balance utilization vs. customer outcomes, assign the right consultants to the right work, and proactively manage escalations and tradeoffs to protect time-to-value and margin. Drive outcome-based execution and accountability: Ensure your team delivers high quality solutions, delivery meets timelines, scope, and measurable business impact based on the AI Success Roadmap. Lead cross-functional alignment for a unified AI go-to-customer motion: Partner with Sales, Customer Success, and Product on handoffs, customer AI roadmaps, risk management, and expansion plays, creating shared accountability for retention and growth. Develop team capability and product authority at scale: Coach and enable a team of 6-10 consultants through skills development, knowledge management, and technical/product readiness; create feedback loops from the field to improve product, tooling, and enablement. What You'll Need to Succeed Strategic Skills & Expertise People leadership & team scaling: Proven ability to hire, onboard, coach, and retain consultants; set clear expectations, drive performance, and build career paths and progression frameworks. Technical and product authority in AI implementations: Strong fluency in AI-enabled customer service workflows, integrations, data readiness, and configuration best practices-able to guide solution design decisions and unblock complex escalations. Operational delivery: Define and run team playbooks, KPIs, and SLAs; own tooling or dashboards that provide a single source of truth for delivery and risk. Delivery management excellence: Expertise in running multi-workstream delivery with strong scoping, resourcing, risk management, change control, and executive stakeholder communication to ensure predictable outcomes. Outcome-based consulting & value realization: Skilled at translating customer goals and roadmaps into technical solutions, defining scope and timelines, and delivering quality implementations. Cross-functional influence & GTM alignment: Ability to align Sales, CS, Product, and Services on customer roadmaps, handoffs, and expansion motions; leverage delivery insights to improve packaging, forecasting, and product feedback loops. Qualifications Fluent in German or French or English (written and spoken). 7+ years in Professional Services / Technical Account Management / Solutions Consulting in enterprise SaaS; 2+ years in AI-related roles or working on AI product adoption. 2+ years of people management experience leading customer-facing teams (6-10 direct reports). Previous experience in go-to-customer/GTM roles in enterprise technology / SaaS - either customer success management, professional services/consulting, technical account management, or solutions engineering/pre-sales consulting Demonstrated experience in using adoption and health analytics to forecast churn and expansion; surface early risk signals and recommended mitigations to secure retention and growth. Bachelor's degree in Business, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field; advanced degrees; certifications in AI strategy or project management preferred. Demonstrated product expertise: ability to translate generative AI features, integrations, and technical requirements into business outcomes. Proven cross-functional influence with Product and Engineering; experience surfacing product feedback and driving prioritization. Track record of building predictive adoption models, using analytics to forecast churn/expansion and operationalizing mitigations. Excellent communication skills; ability to distill complex AI concepts for executives and technical teams.Hybrid: In this role, our hybrid experience is designed at the team level to give you a rich onsite experience packed with connection, collaboration, learning, and celebration - while also giving you flexibility to work remotely for part of the week. This role must attend our local office for part of the week. The specific in-office schedule is to be determined by the hiring manager. The intelligent heart of customer experience Zendesk software was built to bring a sense of calm to the chaotic world of customer service. Today we power billions of conversations with brands you know and love.believes in offering our people a fulfilling and inclusive experience. Our hybrid way of working, enables us to purposefully come together in person, at one of our many Zendesk offices around the world, to connect, collaborate and learn whilst also giving our people the flexibility to work remotely for part of the week.As part of our commitment to fairness and transparency, we inform all applicants that artificial intelligence (AI) or automated decision systems may be used to screen or evaluate applications for this position, in accordance with Company guidelines and applicable law.Zendesk is an equal opportunity employer, and we're proud of our ongoing efforts to foster in the workplace. Individuals seeking employment and employees at Zendesk are considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation,
Apr 02, 2026
Full time
Job DescriptionCustomer experience is transforming through AI-driven innovation. At Zendesk, we don't just embrace this change - we lead it. Our Professional Services team is revolutionizing how we help our customers implement and adopt AI by building an AI Delivery team and methodology. As the Manager, you will be leading a team of consultants who deliver quick time to value while guiding their customers through technical configuration and optimization. This role blends deep product expertise with people leadership: you'll be both the product authority for your team and the coach who develops their skills to deliver at scale. MissionYou will manage and grow a high-performing team (6-10 direct reports) that consistently delivers fast, measurable customer outcomes on Zendesk AI. You will set clear strategy, standards, and operating rhythm for AI delivery, ensuring the right people are staffed to the right work, projects are tightly scoped and executed predictably, and risks/blockers are escalated and removed quickly. You will align with Sales, Customer Success, and Product on customer roadmaps and success metrics. You will be responsible for continuous improvement in methodology, enablement, and quality so we increase adoption, customer satisfaction, retention, and expansion at scale. Ways of working: Strategic alignment is key from day one. We have a hybrid approach to working with 2-day in-office presence but during your first 90 days we would expect 3-4 days a week to ensure you are deeply embedded in the business and can drive outcomes immediately. Overarching Objective For The Role: Scale a high-performing AI Delivery organization: Hire, onboard, coach, and retain AI Services Consultants; build clear roles, capacity planning, and career development. Deliver predictable, measurable customer outcomes and time to value: Ensure projects are staffed and executed on time and within scope with clear success metrics tied to business impact. Proactively manage risks, technical blockers, and stakeholder alignment to keep implementations moving and value realized through scale. Drive cross-functional alignment and a repeatable AI delivery motion: Partner with Sales, Customer Success, and Product to align on customer AI roadmaps, handoffs, and expansion paths. Use customer insights and delivery data to improve packaging, playbooks, and forecasting-supporting retention and growth. How You'll Make an Impact Strategic Responsibilities Build and scale the AI Delivery operating model: Define and evolve the delivery methodology, standards, templates, and governance to ensure consistent quality and repeatability across customers and consultants. Own capacity, prioritization, and staffing strategy: Forecast demand, balance utilization vs. customer outcomes, assign the right consultants to the right work, and proactively manage escalations and tradeoffs to protect time-to-value and margin. Drive outcome-based execution and accountability: Ensure your team delivers high quality solutions, delivery meets timelines, scope, and measurable business impact based on the AI Success Roadmap. Lead cross-functional alignment for a unified AI go-to-customer motion: Partner with Sales, Customer Success, and Product on handoffs, customer AI roadmaps, risk management, and expansion plays, creating shared accountability for retention and growth. Develop team capability and product authority at scale: Coach and enable a team of 6-10 consultants through skills development, knowledge management, and technical/product readiness; create feedback loops from the field to improve product, tooling, and enablement. What You'll Need to Succeed Strategic Skills & Expertise People leadership & team scaling: Proven ability to hire, onboard, coach, and retain consultants; set clear expectations, drive performance, and build career paths and progression frameworks. Technical and product authority in AI implementations: Strong fluency in AI-enabled customer service workflows, integrations, data readiness, and configuration best practices-able to guide solution design decisions and unblock complex escalations. Operational delivery: Define and run team playbooks, KPIs, and SLAs; own tooling or dashboards that provide a single source of truth for delivery and risk. Delivery management excellence: Expertise in running multi-workstream delivery with strong scoping, resourcing, risk management, change control, and executive stakeholder communication to ensure predictable outcomes. Outcome-based consulting & value realization: Skilled at translating customer goals and roadmaps into technical solutions, defining scope and timelines, and delivering quality implementations. Cross-functional influence & GTM alignment: Ability to align Sales, CS, Product, and Services on customer roadmaps, handoffs, and expansion motions; leverage delivery insights to improve packaging, forecasting, and product feedback loops. Qualifications Fluent in German or French or English (written and spoken). 7+ years in Professional Services / Technical Account Management / Solutions Consulting in enterprise SaaS; 2+ years in AI-related roles or working on AI product adoption. 2+ years of people management experience leading customer-facing teams (6-10 direct reports). Previous experience in go-to-customer/GTM roles in enterprise technology / SaaS - either customer success management, professional services/consulting, technical account management, or solutions engineering/pre-sales consulting Demonstrated experience in using adoption and health analytics to forecast churn and expansion; surface early risk signals and recommended mitigations to secure retention and growth. Bachelor's degree in Business, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field; advanced degrees; certifications in AI strategy or project management preferred. Demonstrated product expertise: ability to translate generative AI features, integrations, and technical requirements into business outcomes. Proven cross-functional influence with Product and Engineering; experience surfacing product feedback and driving prioritization. Track record of building predictive adoption models, using analytics to forecast churn/expansion and operationalizing mitigations. Excellent communication skills; ability to distill complex AI concepts for executives and technical teams.Hybrid: In this role, our hybrid experience is designed at the team level to give you a rich onsite experience packed with connection, collaboration, learning, and celebration - while also giving you flexibility to work remotely for part of the week. This role must attend our local office for part of the week. The specific in-office schedule is to be determined by the hiring manager. The intelligent heart of customer experience Zendesk software was built to bring a sense of calm to the chaotic world of customer service. Today we power billions of conversations with brands you know and love.believes in offering our people a fulfilling and inclusive experience. Our hybrid way of working, enables us to purposefully come together in person, at one of our many Zendesk offices around the world, to connect, collaborate and learn whilst also giving our people the flexibility to work remotely for part of the week.As part of our commitment to fairness and transparency, we inform all applicants that artificial intelligence (AI) or automated decision systems may be used to screen or evaluate applications for this position, in accordance with Company guidelines and applicable law.Zendesk is an equal opportunity employer, and we're proud of our ongoing efforts to foster in the workplace. Individuals seeking employment and employees at Zendesk are considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation,
Job DescriptionCustomer experience is transforming through AI-driven innovation. At Zendesk, we don't just embrace this change - we lead it. Our Professional Services team is revolutionizing how we help our customers implement and adopt AI by building an AI Delivery team and methodology. As the Manager, you will be leading a team of consultants who deliver quick time to value while guiding their customers through technical configuration and optimization. This role blends deep product expertise with people leadership: you'll be both the product authority for your team and the coach who develops their skills to deliver at scale. MissionYou will manage and grow a high-performing team (6-10 direct reports) that consistently delivers fast, measurable customer outcomes on Zendesk AI. You will set clear strategy, standards, and operating rhythm for AI delivery, ensuring the right people are staffed to the right work, projects are tightly scoped and executed predictably, and risks/blockers are escalated and removed quickly. You will align with Sales, Customer Success, and Product on customer roadmaps and success metrics. You will be responsible for continuous improvement in methodology, enablement, and quality so we increase adoption, customer satisfaction, retention, and expansion at scale. Ways of working: Strategic alignment is key from day one. We have a hybrid approach to working with 2-day in-office presence but during your first 90 days we would expect 3-4 days a week to ensure you are deeply embedded in the business and can drive outcomes immediately. Overarching Objective For The Role: Scale a high-performing AI Delivery organization: Hire, onboard, coach, and retain AI Services Consultants; build clear roles, capacity planning, and career development. Deliver predictable, measurable customer outcomes and time to value: Ensure projects are staffed and executed on time and within scope with clear success metrics tied to business impact. Proactively manage risks, technical blockers, and stakeholder alignment to keep implementations moving and value realized through scale. Drive cross-functional alignment and a repeatable AI delivery motion: Partner with Sales, Customer Success, and Product to align on customer AI roadmaps, handoffs, and expansion paths. Use customer insights and delivery data to improve packaging, playbooks, and forecasting-supporting retention and growth. How You'll Make an Impact Strategic Responsibilities Build and scale the AI Delivery operating model: Define and evolve the delivery methodology, standards, templates, and governance to ensure consistent quality and repeatability across customers and consultants. Own capacity, prioritization, and staffing strategy: Forecast demand, balance utilization vs. customer outcomes, assign the right consultants to the right work, and proactively manage escalations and tradeoffs to protect time-to-value and margin. Drive outcome-based execution and accountability: Ensure your team delivers high quality solutions, delivery meets timelines, scope, and measurable business impact based on the AI Success Roadmap. Lead cross-functional alignment for a unified AI go-to-customer motion: Partner with Sales, Customer Success, and Product on handoffs, customer AI roadmaps, risk management, and expansion plays, creating shared accountability for retention and growth. Develop team capability and product authority at scale: Coach and enable a team of 6-10 consultants through skills development, knowledge management, and technical/product readiness; create feedback loops from the field to improve product, tooling, and enablement. What You'll Need to Succeed Strategic Skills & Expertise People leadership & team scaling: Proven ability to hire, onboard, coach, and retain consultants; set clear expectations, drive performance, and build career paths and progression frameworks. Technical and product authority in AI implementations: Strong fluency in AI-enabled customer service workflows, integrations, data readiness, and configuration best practices-able to guide solution design decisions and unblock complex escalations. Operational delivery: Define and run team playbooks, KPIs, and SLAs; own tooling or dashboards that provide a single source of truth for delivery and risk. Delivery management excellence: Expertise in running multi-workstream delivery with strong scoping, resourcing, risk management, change control, and executive stakeholder communication to ensure predictable outcomes. Outcome-based consulting & value realization: Skilled at translating customer goals and roadmaps into technical solutions, defining scope and timelines, and delivering quality implementations. Cross-functional influence & GTM alignment: Ability to align Sales, CS, Product, and Services on customer roadmaps, handoffs, and expansion motions; leverage delivery insights to improve packaging, forecasting, and product feedback loops. Qualifications Fluent in German or French or English (written and spoken). 7+ years in Professional Services / Technical Account Management / Solutions Consulting in enterprise SaaS; 2+ years in AI-related roles or working on AI product adoption. 2+ years of people management experience leading customer-facing teams (6-10 direct reports). Previous experience in go-to-customer/GTM roles in enterprise technology / SaaS - either customer success management, professional services/consulting, technical account management, or solutions engineering/pre-sales consulting Demonstrated experience in using adoption and health analytics to forecast churn and expansion; surface early risk signals and recommended mitigations to secure retention and growth. Bachelor's degree in Business, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field; advanced degrees; certifications in AI strategy or project management preferred. Demonstrated product expertise: ability to translate generative AI features, integrations, and technical requirements into business outcomes. Proven cross-functional influence with Product and Engineering; experience surfacing product feedback and driving prioritization. Track record of building predictive adoption models, using analytics to forecast churn/expansion and operationalizing mitigations. Excellent communication skills; ability to distill complex AI concepts for executives and technical teams.Hybrid: In this role, our hybrid experience is designed at the team level to give you a rich onsite experience packed with connection, collaboration, learning, and celebration - while also giving you flexibility to work remotely for part of the week. This role must attend our local office for part of the week. The specific in-office schedule is to be determined by the hiring manager. The intelligent heart of customer experience Zendesk software was built to bring a sense of calm to the chaotic world of customer service. Today we power billions of conversations with brands you know and love.believes in offering our people a fulfilling and inclusive experience. Our hybrid way of working, enables us to purposefully come together in person, at one of our many Zendesk offices around the world, to connect, collaborate and learn whilst also giving our people the flexibility to work remotely for part of the week.As part of our commitment to fairness and transparency, we inform all applicants that artificial intelligence (AI) or automated decision systems may be used to screen or evaluate applications for this position, in accordance with Company guidelines and applicable law.Zendesk is an equal opportunity employer, and we're proud of our ongoing efforts to foster in the workplace. Individuals seeking employment and employees at Zendesk are considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation,
Apr 02, 2026
Full time
Job DescriptionCustomer experience is transforming through AI-driven innovation. At Zendesk, we don't just embrace this change - we lead it. Our Professional Services team is revolutionizing how we help our customers implement and adopt AI by building an AI Delivery team and methodology. As the Manager, you will be leading a team of consultants who deliver quick time to value while guiding their customers through technical configuration and optimization. This role blends deep product expertise with people leadership: you'll be both the product authority for your team and the coach who develops their skills to deliver at scale. MissionYou will manage and grow a high-performing team (6-10 direct reports) that consistently delivers fast, measurable customer outcomes on Zendesk AI. You will set clear strategy, standards, and operating rhythm for AI delivery, ensuring the right people are staffed to the right work, projects are tightly scoped and executed predictably, and risks/blockers are escalated and removed quickly. You will align with Sales, Customer Success, and Product on customer roadmaps and success metrics. You will be responsible for continuous improvement in methodology, enablement, and quality so we increase adoption, customer satisfaction, retention, and expansion at scale. Ways of working: Strategic alignment is key from day one. We have a hybrid approach to working with 2-day in-office presence but during your first 90 days we would expect 3-4 days a week to ensure you are deeply embedded in the business and can drive outcomes immediately. Overarching Objective For The Role: Scale a high-performing AI Delivery organization: Hire, onboard, coach, and retain AI Services Consultants; build clear roles, capacity planning, and career development. Deliver predictable, measurable customer outcomes and time to value: Ensure projects are staffed and executed on time and within scope with clear success metrics tied to business impact. Proactively manage risks, technical blockers, and stakeholder alignment to keep implementations moving and value realized through scale. Drive cross-functional alignment and a repeatable AI delivery motion: Partner with Sales, Customer Success, and Product to align on customer AI roadmaps, handoffs, and expansion paths. Use customer insights and delivery data to improve packaging, playbooks, and forecasting-supporting retention and growth. How You'll Make an Impact Strategic Responsibilities Build and scale the AI Delivery operating model: Define and evolve the delivery methodology, standards, templates, and governance to ensure consistent quality and repeatability across customers and consultants. Own capacity, prioritization, and staffing strategy: Forecast demand, balance utilization vs. customer outcomes, assign the right consultants to the right work, and proactively manage escalations and tradeoffs to protect time-to-value and margin. Drive outcome-based execution and accountability: Ensure your team delivers high quality solutions, delivery meets timelines, scope, and measurable business impact based on the AI Success Roadmap. Lead cross-functional alignment for a unified AI go-to-customer motion: Partner with Sales, Customer Success, and Product on handoffs, customer AI roadmaps, risk management, and expansion plays, creating shared accountability for retention and growth. Develop team capability and product authority at scale: Coach and enable a team of 6-10 consultants through skills development, knowledge management, and technical/product readiness; create feedback loops from the field to improve product, tooling, and enablement. What You'll Need to Succeed Strategic Skills & Expertise People leadership & team scaling: Proven ability to hire, onboard, coach, and retain consultants; set clear expectations, drive performance, and build career paths and progression frameworks. Technical and product authority in AI implementations: Strong fluency in AI-enabled customer service workflows, integrations, data readiness, and configuration best practices-able to guide solution design decisions and unblock complex escalations. Operational delivery: Define and run team playbooks, KPIs, and SLAs; own tooling or dashboards that provide a single source of truth for delivery and risk. Delivery management excellence: Expertise in running multi-workstream delivery with strong scoping, resourcing, risk management, change control, and executive stakeholder communication to ensure predictable outcomes. Outcome-based consulting & value realization: Skilled at translating customer goals and roadmaps into technical solutions, defining scope and timelines, and delivering quality implementations. Cross-functional influence & GTM alignment: Ability to align Sales, CS, Product, and Services on customer roadmaps, handoffs, and expansion motions; leverage delivery insights to improve packaging, forecasting, and product feedback loops. Qualifications Fluent in German or French or English (written and spoken). 7+ years in Professional Services / Technical Account Management / Solutions Consulting in enterprise SaaS; 2+ years in AI-related roles or working on AI product adoption. 2+ years of people management experience leading customer-facing teams (6-10 direct reports). Previous experience in go-to-customer/GTM roles in enterprise technology / SaaS - either customer success management, professional services/consulting, technical account management, or solutions engineering/pre-sales consulting Demonstrated experience in using adoption and health analytics to forecast churn and expansion; surface early risk signals and recommended mitigations to secure retention and growth. Bachelor's degree in Business, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field; advanced degrees; certifications in AI strategy or project management preferred. Demonstrated product expertise: ability to translate generative AI features, integrations, and technical requirements into business outcomes. Proven cross-functional influence with Product and Engineering; experience surfacing product feedback and driving prioritization. Track record of building predictive adoption models, using analytics to forecast churn/expansion and operationalizing mitigations. Excellent communication skills; ability to distill complex AI concepts for executives and technical teams.Hybrid: In this role, our hybrid experience is designed at the team level to give you a rich onsite experience packed with connection, collaboration, learning, and celebration - while also giving you flexibility to work remotely for part of the week. This role must attend our local office for part of the week. The specific in-office schedule is to be determined by the hiring manager. The intelligent heart of customer experience Zendesk software was built to bring a sense of calm to the chaotic world of customer service. Today we power billions of conversations with brands you know and love.believes in offering our people a fulfilling and inclusive experience. Our hybrid way of working, enables us to purposefully come together in person, at one of our many Zendesk offices around the world, to connect, collaborate and learn whilst also giving our people the flexibility to work remotely for part of the week.As part of our commitment to fairness and transparency, we inform all applicants that artificial intelligence (AI) or automated decision systems may be used to screen or evaluate applications for this position, in accordance with Company guidelines and applicable law.Zendesk is an equal opportunity employer, and we're proud of our ongoing efforts to foster in the workplace. Individuals seeking employment and employees at Zendesk are considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation,
Job Description# Manager - AI Services Consulting (Manager) Customer experience is transforming through AI-driven innovation. At Zendesk, we don't just embrace this change - we lead it. Our Professional Services team is revolutionizing how we help our customers implement and adopt AI by building an AI Delivery team and methodology. As the Manager, you will be leading a team of consultants who deliver quick time to value while guiding their customers through technical configuration and optimization. This role blends deep product expertise with people leadership: you'll be both the product authority for your team and the coach who develops their skills to deliver at scale. MissionYou will manage and grow a high-performing team (6-10 direct reports) that consistently delivers fast, measurable customer outcomes on Zendesk AI. You will set clear strategy, standards, and operating rhythm for AI delivery, ensuring the right people are staffed to the right work, projects are tightly scoped and executed predictably, and risks/blockers are escalated and removed quickly. You will align with Sales, Customer Success, and Product on customer roadmaps and success metrics. You will be responsible for continuous improvement in methodology, enablement, and quality so we increase adoption, customer satisfaction, retention, and expansion at scale. Ways of working: Strategic alignment is key from day one. We have a hybrid approach to working with 2-day in-office presence but during your first 90 days we would expect 3-4 days a week to ensure you are deeply embedded in the business and can drive outcomes immediately. Overarching Objective For The Role: Scale a high-performing AI Delivery organization: Hire, onboard, coach, and retain AI Services Consultants; build clear roles, capacity planning, and career development. Deliver predictable, measurable customer outcomes and time to value: Ensure projects are staffed and executed on time and within scope with clear success metrics tied to business impact. Proactively manage risks, technical blockers, and stakeholder alignment to keep implementations moving and value realized through scale. Drive cross-functional alignment and a repeatable AI delivery motion: Partner with Sales, Customer Success, and Product to align on customer AI roadmaps, handoffs, and expansion paths. Use customer insights and delivery data to improve packaging, playbooks, and forecasting-supporting retention and growth. How You'll Make an Impact Strategic Responsibilities Build and scale the AI Delivery operating model: Define and evolve the delivery methodology, standards, templates, and governance to ensure consistent quality and repeatability across customers and consultants. Own capacity, prioritization, and staffing strategy: Forecast demand, balance utilization vs. customer outcomes, assign the right consultants to the right work, and proactively manage escalations and tradeoffs to protect time-to-value and margin. Drive outcome-based execution and accountability: Ensure your team delivers high quality solutions, delivery meets timelines, scope, and measurable business impact based on the AI Success Roadmap. Lead cross-functional alignment for a unified AI go-to-customer motion: Partner with Sales, Customer Success, and Product on handoffs, customer AI roadmaps, risk management, and expansion plays, creating shared accountability for retention and growth. Develop team capability and product authority at scale: Coach and enable a team of 6-10 consultants through skills development, knowledge management, and technical/product readiness; create feedback loops from the field to improve product, tooling, and enablement. What You'll Need to Succeed Strategic Skills & Expertise People leadership & team scaling: Proven ability to hire, onboard, coach, and retain consultants; set clear expectations, drive performance, and build career paths and progression frameworks. Technical and product authority in AI implementations: Strong fluency in AI-enabled customer service workflows, integrations, data readiness, and configuration best practices-able to guide solution design decisions and unblock complex escalations. Operational delivery: Define and run team playbooks, KPIs, and SLAs; own tooling or dashboards that provide a single source of truth for delivery and risk. Delivery management excellence: Expertise in running multi-workstream delivery with strong scoping, resourcing, risk management, change control, and executive stakeholder communication to ensure predictable outcomes. Outcome-based consulting & value realization: Skilled at translating customer goals and roadmaps into technical solutions, defining scope and timelines, and delivering quality implementations. Cross-functional influence & GTM alignment: Ability to align Sales, CS, Product, and Services on customer roadmaps, handoffs, and expansion motions; leverage delivery insights to improve packaging, forecasting, and product feedback loops. Qualifications 7+ years in Professional Services / Technical Account Management / Solutions Consulting in enterprise SaaS; 2+ years in AI-related roles or working on AI product adoption. 2+ years of people management experience leading customer-facing teams (6-10 direct reports). Previous experience in go-to-customer/GTM roles in enterprise technology / SaaS - either customer success management, professional services/consulting, technical account management, or solutions engineering/pre-sales consulting Demonstrated experience in using adoption and health analytics to forecast churn and expansion; surface early risk signals and recommended mitigations to secure retention and growth. Bachelor's degree in Business, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field; advanced degrees; certifications in AI strategy or project management preferred. Demonstrated product expertise: ability to translate generative AI features, integrations, and technical requirements into business outcomes. Proven cross-functional influence with Product and Engineering; experience surfacing product feedback and driving prioritization. Track record of building predictive adoption models, using analytics to forecast churn/expansion and operationalizing mitigations. Excellent communication skills; ability to distill complex AI concepts for executives and technical teams.Hybrid: In this role, our hybrid experience is designed at the team level to give you a rich onsite experience packed with connection, collaboration, learning, and celebration - while also giving you flexibility to work remotely for part of the week. This role must attend our local office for part of the week. The specific in-office schedule is to be determined by the hiring manager. The intelligent heart of customer experience Zendesk software was built to bring a sense of calm to the chaotic world of customer service. Today we power billions of conversations with brands you know and love.believes in offering our people a fulfilling and inclusive experience. Our hybrid way of working, enables us to purposefully come together in person, at one of our many Zendesk offices around the world, to connect, collaborate and learn whilst also giving our people the flexibility to work remotely for part of the week.As part of our commitment to fairness and transparency, we inform all applicants that artificial intelligence (AI) or automated decision systems may be used to screen or evaluate applications for this position, in accordance with Company guidelines and applicable law.Zendesk is an equal opportunity employer, and we're proud of our ongoing efforts to foster in the workplace. Individuals seeking employment and employees at Zendesk are considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation,
Apr 02, 2026
Full time
Job Description# Manager - AI Services Consulting (Manager) Customer experience is transforming through AI-driven innovation. At Zendesk, we don't just embrace this change - we lead it. Our Professional Services team is revolutionizing how we help our customers implement and adopt AI by building an AI Delivery team and methodology. As the Manager, you will be leading a team of consultants who deliver quick time to value while guiding their customers through technical configuration and optimization. This role blends deep product expertise with people leadership: you'll be both the product authority for your team and the coach who develops their skills to deliver at scale. MissionYou will manage and grow a high-performing team (6-10 direct reports) that consistently delivers fast, measurable customer outcomes on Zendesk AI. You will set clear strategy, standards, and operating rhythm for AI delivery, ensuring the right people are staffed to the right work, projects are tightly scoped and executed predictably, and risks/blockers are escalated and removed quickly. You will align with Sales, Customer Success, and Product on customer roadmaps and success metrics. You will be responsible for continuous improvement in methodology, enablement, and quality so we increase adoption, customer satisfaction, retention, and expansion at scale. Ways of working: Strategic alignment is key from day one. We have a hybrid approach to working with 2-day in-office presence but during your first 90 days we would expect 3-4 days a week to ensure you are deeply embedded in the business and can drive outcomes immediately. Overarching Objective For The Role: Scale a high-performing AI Delivery organization: Hire, onboard, coach, and retain AI Services Consultants; build clear roles, capacity planning, and career development. Deliver predictable, measurable customer outcomes and time to value: Ensure projects are staffed and executed on time and within scope with clear success metrics tied to business impact. Proactively manage risks, technical blockers, and stakeholder alignment to keep implementations moving and value realized through scale. Drive cross-functional alignment and a repeatable AI delivery motion: Partner with Sales, Customer Success, and Product to align on customer AI roadmaps, handoffs, and expansion paths. Use customer insights and delivery data to improve packaging, playbooks, and forecasting-supporting retention and growth. How You'll Make an Impact Strategic Responsibilities Build and scale the AI Delivery operating model: Define and evolve the delivery methodology, standards, templates, and governance to ensure consistent quality and repeatability across customers and consultants. Own capacity, prioritization, and staffing strategy: Forecast demand, balance utilization vs. customer outcomes, assign the right consultants to the right work, and proactively manage escalations and tradeoffs to protect time-to-value and margin. Drive outcome-based execution and accountability: Ensure your team delivers high quality solutions, delivery meets timelines, scope, and measurable business impact based on the AI Success Roadmap. Lead cross-functional alignment for a unified AI go-to-customer motion: Partner with Sales, Customer Success, and Product on handoffs, customer AI roadmaps, risk management, and expansion plays, creating shared accountability for retention and growth. Develop team capability and product authority at scale: Coach and enable a team of 6-10 consultants through skills development, knowledge management, and technical/product readiness; create feedback loops from the field to improve product, tooling, and enablement. What You'll Need to Succeed Strategic Skills & Expertise People leadership & team scaling: Proven ability to hire, onboard, coach, and retain consultants; set clear expectations, drive performance, and build career paths and progression frameworks. Technical and product authority in AI implementations: Strong fluency in AI-enabled customer service workflows, integrations, data readiness, and configuration best practices-able to guide solution design decisions and unblock complex escalations. Operational delivery: Define and run team playbooks, KPIs, and SLAs; own tooling or dashboards that provide a single source of truth for delivery and risk. Delivery management excellence: Expertise in running multi-workstream delivery with strong scoping, resourcing, risk management, change control, and executive stakeholder communication to ensure predictable outcomes. Outcome-based consulting & value realization: Skilled at translating customer goals and roadmaps into technical solutions, defining scope and timelines, and delivering quality implementations. Cross-functional influence & GTM alignment: Ability to align Sales, CS, Product, and Services on customer roadmaps, handoffs, and expansion motions; leverage delivery insights to improve packaging, forecasting, and product feedback loops. Qualifications 7+ years in Professional Services / Technical Account Management / Solutions Consulting in enterprise SaaS; 2+ years in AI-related roles or working on AI product adoption. 2+ years of people management experience leading customer-facing teams (6-10 direct reports). Previous experience in go-to-customer/GTM roles in enterprise technology / SaaS - either customer success management, professional services/consulting, technical account management, or solutions engineering/pre-sales consulting Demonstrated experience in using adoption and health analytics to forecast churn and expansion; surface early risk signals and recommended mitigations to secure retention and growth. Bachelor's degree in Business, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field; advanced degrees; certifications in AI strategy or project management preferred. Demonstrated product expertise: ability to translate generative AI features, integrations, and technical requirements into business outcomes. Proven cross-functional influence with Product and Engineering; experience surfacing product feedback and driving prioritization. Track record of building predictive adoption models, using analytics to forecast churn/expansion and operationalizing mitigations. Excellent communication skills; ability to distill complex AI concepts for executives and technical teams.Hybrid: In this role, our hybrid experience is designed at the team level to give you a rich onsite experience packed with connection, collaboration, learning, and celebration - while also giving you flexibility to work remotely for part of the week. This role must attend our local office for part of the week. The specific in-office schedule is to be determined by the hiring manager. The intelligent heart of customer experience Zendesk software was built to bring a sense of calm to the chaotic world of customer service. Today we power billions of conversations with brands you know and love.believes in offering our people a fulfilling and inclusive experience. Our hybrid way of working, enables us to purposefully come together in person, at one of our many Zendesk offices around the world, to connect, collaborate and learn whilst also giving our people the flexibility to work remotely for part of the week.As part of our commitment to fairness and transparency, we inform all applicants that artificial intelligence (AI) or automated decision systems may be used to screen or evaluate applications for this position, in accordance with Company guidelines and applicable law.Zendesk is an equal opportunity employer, and we're proud of our ongoing efforts to foster in the workplace. Individuals seeking employment and employees at Zendesk are considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation,