Manager, AI Services Consulting

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Job Description Why This Role? Why Now?: 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. Mission: You 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 im...