Sr Technical Program Manager

Parloa

ABOUT PARLOA Parloa’s mission is to make every customer conversation feel effortless for both customers and the companies serving them. As agentic AI accelerates, Parloans are shaping the foundation of a new era in customer experience — one where customer support is no longer transactions, but meaningful exchanges. It is not just a vision; Parloa has powered over ONE BILLION interactions between global enterprise brands and their customers, with companies like Booking.com, Allianz, SAP, BarmeniaGothaer and TUI already deploying Parloa at scale.   ABOUT THE ROLE: As a Sr Partner Delivery Success Manager at Parloa, you will own and scale strategic relationships with our global SI, consulting, and implementation partners, ensuring they are equipped to successfully deliver transformative AI and customer experience solutions for enterprise customers. This is a highly cross-functional role sitting at the intersection of partnerships, enterprise delivery, and AI transformation. You will act as the strategic advisor and operational lead for a portfolio of partners, helping them build scalable Parloa practices, drive successful customer outcomes, and expand their long-term impact within the Parloa ecosystem. You will work closely with Partner Managers, Account Executives, Solution Engineers, Customer Success, Professional Services, and Product teams while engaging directly with partner executives, delivery leaders, architects, and project teams. This is your opportunity to shape how enterprise partners adopt, scale, and operationalize agentic AI solutions while helping define and mature Partner Success at one of the fastest-growing AI companies in the world.   AREAS OF OWNERSHIP: * Own a portfolio of strategic Parloa partners, driving both partner maturity and successful customer delivery outcomes * Build trusted relationships with partner executives, practice leads, delivery managers, architects, and customer stakeholders * Act as a strategic advisor to partners on building and scaling their Parloa services practice, including delivery methodologies, organizational structure, certifications, and go-to-market motions * Guide partners through complex enterprise AI and CX transformation programs, ensuring high-quality execution and measurable business impact * Partner with Account Executives and Partner Managers to support strategic deals, validate delivery approaches, and align implementation strategies * Monitor partner-led customer implementations, proactively identifying risks, managing escalations, and driving successful project outcomes * Drive operational rigor across partner engagements, including governance structures, success metrics, delivery reviews, and executive business reviews * Ensure close alignment between partners and internal Parloa teams including Customer Success, Professional Services, Product, and Solution Engineering * Advocate for partners internally while maintaining accountability around delivery quality, certifications, customer outcomes, and operational standards * Identify opportunities to expand successful partner initiatives across regions, business units, and enterprise accounts * Support the evolution of Parloa’s Partner Success function by helping define scalable programs, processes, playbooks, and operational frameworks * Stay current on Parloa’s platform capabilities, AI innovation, and enterprise CX transformation trends to guide partners effectively * Represent Parloa’s leadership in agentic AI and enterprise customer experience transformation during partner and customer engagements   WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE * You build trusted, strategic relationships with partner executives and delivery leaders, helping them successfully scale their Parloa practice and deliver measurable customer impact * Partner-led enterprise implementations consistently launch successfully, with strong delivery quality, proactive risk management, and clear alignment across customers, partners, and internal teams * You operate as the central point of coordination across Sales, Customer Success, Professional Services, and partners, driving accountability, operational clarity, and long-term value realization * You identify and unlock growth opportunities by helping partners expand successful AI and CX initiatives across additional business units, regions, and enterprise use cases   WHO YOU ARE: * You bring 6+ years of experience in enterprise SaaS, consulting, partner management, customer success, professional services, or strategic delivery roles * You have experience working with or alongside global systems integrators, consulting firms, implementation partners, or enterprise delivery organizations * You have a proven track record of managing complex enterprise engagements and driving measurable customer outcomes through partners * You have a strong background in Professional Services, Partner Success, enterprise consulting, or customer delivery organizations * You understand enterprise delivery models, implementation methodologies (SAFe Agile, waterfall, etc.), project governance, and services organizations * You are comfortable navigating highly cross-functional environments and aligning internal and external stakeholders around shared goals * You have strong executive presence and can confidently communicate with partner leadership, customer executives, and technical teams alike * You bring operational rigor, strong ownership, and attention to detail while thriving in fast-moving, ambiguous environments * You are highly collaborative and proactive, with the ability to influence without direct authority * You are comfortable balancing strategic relationship management with hands-on execution and operational problem solving * You have strong communication and presentation skills, including the ability to lead executive reviews and facilitate complex discussions * You have exposure to AI, cloud, automation, data platforms, or enterprise technology ecosystems, and can connect technical capabilities to measurable business impact * You understand AI, automation, enterprise software, or customer experience technologies and can translate technical concepts into strategic business value NICE TO HAVE: * Experience working with conversational AI, CCaaS, enterprise automation, or customer experience platforms * Experience supporting multi-region enterprise accounts and global delivery programs * Familiarity with partner ecosystem models including sourced, influenced, and co-delivery motions * Experience building or scaling partner programs, enablement frameworks, or delivery methodologies   OUR RECRUITING PROCESS: Talent Acquisition → Hiring Manager → Technical Case Study & Stakeholder Interview(s) → Bar Raiser   WHY PARLOA? We’re at the beginning of a new era in customer experience, one where AI doesn’t just respond, but understands, reasons, and takes action. We’re building agentic AI that enterprises trust with their most important customer moments: complex questions, high volumes, real stakes. When millions of people reach out to a brand, those interactions aren’t just support tickets; they’re defining experiences. We’re here to raise the standard: making every conversation seamless, intelligent, and genuinely helpful. If you care about shaping how businesses and customers connect at scale and want your work to matter in real, everyday moments, this is where you do it. At Parloa, ownership isn’t a buzzword; it means being accountable for outcomes, not just tasks. We operate in a category that’s evolving fast, where the bar is high, and the problems are complex. We hire people who think in solutions, communicate with clarity, and follow through. People who are comfortable making decisions, taking responsibility, and raising the standard for themselves and those around them. We’ve grown beyond the earliest startup phase, but we’ve kept the intensity: fast execution, direct feedback, and a strong expectation to contribute meaningfully from day one. Backed by leading global investors like General Catalyst, EQT Ventures, and Altimeter Capital, we’re scaling with a clear ambition: to become the global category leader in enterprise-grade conversational AI.   Compensation for this role is structured as On-Target Earnings (OTE), consisting of a base salary and performance-based variable component, in addition to an equity package. Salary Range $120,000—$150,000 USD   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Parloa is committed to upholding the highest data protection standards for our clients' and employees' data. All our employees are instrumental in ensuring the utmost care, GDPR, and ISO compliance, including ISO 27001, in handling sensitive information. Parloa is an e-verify employer in the USA. Please click here to learn more. * We provide equal opportunities to all qualified applicants regardless race, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion, national origin, disability status, socioeconomic background and other characteristics.

Parloa

ABOUT PARLOA Parloa’s mission is to make every customer conversation feel effortless for both customers and the companies serving them. As agentic AI accelerates, Parloans are shaping the foundation of a new era in customer experience — one where customer support is no longer transactions, but meaningful exchanges. It is not just a vision; Parloa has powered over ONE BILLION interactions between global enterprise brands and their customers, with companies like Booking.com, Allianz, SAP, BarmeniaGothaer and TUI already deploying Parloa at scale. ABOUT THE ROLE: As a Sr Partner Solution Engineer at Parloa, your mission is to accelerate partner success and drive Parloa’s revenue growth. You will engage with our ecosystem of partners to increase pipeline, enable them to confidently discover, demo, and design AI Agent solutions, and drive integration with key technology partners. You act as a trusted technical and solution advisor—translating Parloa’s platform capabilities into clear business value, building long-term partner relationships, and ensuring partners are successful at every stage of the pre-sales journey. By empowering partners to succeed, you directly impact pipeline creation, deal quality, and long-term customer outcomes. This is your opportunity to be at the center of Parloa’s partner ecosystem—driving technical excellence, unlocking new revenue opportunities, and shaping how AI Agents are designed, sold, and delivered at scale.   AREAS OF OWNERSHIP:  * Enable partners to confidently position, demo, and implement Parloa’s platform across diverse customer use cases * Lead technical discovery and translate business needs into scalable AI agent solutions * Support POCs, demos, and technical validations to drive successful deal progression * Act as a hands-on advisor in designing solution architectures using Parloa’s platform, sandbox, and APIs * Build partner capabilities over time to independently drive high-quality opportunities * Partner closely with Sales and Partnerships to support partner-led and co-sell motions * Shape solution design to align technical feasibility with customer and commercial goals * Communicate complex technical concepts clearly across technical and business audiences * Drive technical win conditions throughout the deal lifecycle * Build and maintain strong relationships with strategic and emerging partners * Identify and develop expansion opportunities across use cases, customers, and regions * Act as a bridge between partners and internal teams (Sales, Product, Customer) * Support development of scalable enablement assets and best practices * Capture and translate partner and customer feedback into actionable product insights * Identify trends, gaps, and opportunities to inform roadmap and go-to-market strategy * Collaborate cross-functionally to refine messaging, positioning, and solution approach * Contribute to scaling Parloa’s partner ecosystem as a core growth channel   WHO YOU ARE: * You bring 8+ years of experience in Solutions Engineering, Solutions Consulting, or a similar pre-sales role, ideally in SaaS, AI, CCaaS, or enterprise software * You have a strong technical foundation and are comfortable leading discovery, solution design, and technical validation (POCs, demos, architecture) * You can balance hands-on technical depth with high-level solution storytelling and business value articulation * You are comfortable working in enterprise sales environments, aligning technical solutions to commercial outcomes * You are a strong communicator who can engage both technical audiences and senior business stakeholders * You take a proactive, collaborative approach and enjoy enabling partners, customers, and internal teams NICE TO HAVE: * Experience working with technology or services partners in a pre-sales or enablement capacity * Familiarity with Conversational AI, contact center technology, VOIP, chatbots, or related domains * Knowledge of Salesforce (SFDC) or other CRM tools * Background in digital transformation or CX optimization initiatives   OUR RECRUITING PROCESS: Talent Acquisition → Hiring Manager → Technical Interview(s) → Bar Raiser   WHY PARLOA? We’re at the beginning of a new era in customer experience, one where AI doesn’t just respond, but understands, reasons, and takes action. We’re building agentic AI that enterprises trust with their most important customer moments: complex questions, high volumes, real stakes. When millions of people reach out to a brand, those interactions aren’t just support tickets; they’re defining experiences. We’re here to raise the standard: making every conversation seamless, intelligent, and genuinely helpful. If you care about shaping how businesses and customers connect at scale—and want your work to matter in real, everyday moments—this is where you do it. At Parloa, ownership isn’t a buzzword; it means being accountable for outcomes, not just tasks. We operate in a category that’s evolving fast, where the bar is high, and the problems are complex. We hire people who think in solutions, communicate with clarity, and follow through. People who are comfortable making decisions, taking responsibility, and raising the standard for themselves and those around them. We’ve grown beyond the earliest startup phase, but we’ve kept the intensity: fast execution, direct feedback, and a strong expectation to contribute meaningfully from day one. Backed by leading global investors like General Catalyst, EQT Ventures, and Altimeter Capital, we’re scaling with a clear ambition: to become the global category leader in enterprise-grade conversational AI. Compensation for this role is structured as On-Target Earnings (OTE), consisting of a base salary and performance-based variable component, in addition to an equity package. Salary Range $150,000—$175,000 USD   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Parloa is committed to upholding the highest data protection standards for our clients' and employees' data. All our employees are instrumental in ensuring the utmost care, GDPR, and ISO compliance, including ISO 27001, in handling sensitive information. Parloa is an e-verify employer in the USA. Please click here to learn more. * We provide equal opportunities to all qualified applicants regardless race, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion, national origin, disability status, socioeconomic background and other characteristics.

Parloa

ABOUT PARLOA Parloa’s mission is to make every customer conversation feel effortless for both customers and the companies serving them. As agentic AI accelerates, Parloans are shaping the foundation of a new era in customer experience, one where customer support is no longer transactions, but meaningful exchanges. It is not just a vision; Parloa has powered over ONE BILLION interactions between global enterprise brands and their customers, with companies like Booking.com, HealthEquity, Allianz, SAP, BarmeniaGothaer, and TUI already deploying Parloa at scale. ABOUT THE ROLE: We are looking for a Sr Technical Program Manager (TPM) to lead high complexity deployments of our Agentic AI / conversational AI platform for enterprise customers. In this role, you’ll own the end-to-end delivery lifecycle from scoping and planning through go-live and hypercare, working in a pod model alongside a Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) and an Agent Architect (AA). You will be the primary owner of timeline, scope, risk, governance, and stakeholder communication, ensuring that customers successfully transition to an Agentic OS layer for their enterprise communications. AREAS OF OWNERSHIP: Project Ownership & Delivery * Own end-to-end delivery for assigned Agentic AI customer projects (scope, schedule, budget, risk, quality). * Run the pod (TPM + FDE + Agent Architect) as a single accountable delivery unit. * Select and apply appropriate delivery methodology (Waterfall, Agile, or Hybrid) based on customer context and risk profile. * Drive project planning: work breakdown, dependencies, critical path, and resource allocations across internal and partner teams. * Maintain up-to-date project plan, RAID log (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies) and change log. Customer & Stakeholder Management * Serve as primary delivery contact for customer project sponsors, IT, and business stakeholders. * Facilitate recurring governance: status calls, steering committees, UAT readouts, and go-live reviews. * Translate technical complexity into clear business impacts for executive stakeholders. * Manage scope and change requests, ensuring commercial and delivery impacts are understood and agreed.  Cross-Functional & Pod Coordination * Coordinate with Forward Deployed Engineers on integration readiness, environment setup, performance, and production stability. * Coordinate with Agent Architects on discovery, agent design, prompt/context strategy, and conversational tuning. * Collaborate with Sales, Solution Engineering, Product, and Support to ensure a seamless customer journey from sales handoff through BAU operations. * Where partners are involved (SI/GSI/BPO), manage co-delivery responsibilities, expectations, and escalation paths. Methodology & Process Discipline * Plan and facilitate sprints, retros, and sprint reviews for Agile/hybrid projects; lead stage-gate reviews for Waterfall projects. * Enforce documentation standards (Charter, Design Docs, Runbooks, Handover Docs). * Ensure risk and compliance requirements (security reviews, data governance, regulatory constraints) are captured and incorporated into the plan. Metrics & Reporting * Define and track deployment KPIs, such as: * Time to Blueprint, Time to First Agent in UAT, Time to Go-Live * Milestone On-Time Rate * Defect and incident trends during QA/UAT and Hypercare * Report delivery status, risk posture, and mitigation plans to internal and external stakeholders. * Contribute data to capacity and utilization models to inform planning and staffing. WHO YOU ARE: * +3 years of experience in technical project management, program management, or delivery management for SaaS or enterprise software. * Hands-on experience delivering solutions involving at least one of: * Contact Center / CCaaS, UCaaS, conversational AI, IVA/IVR, or related CX platforms. * Demonstrated ability to work across technical and business stakeholders (IT, Security, Operations, Business Owners). * Solid understanding of software delivery methodologies (Agile/Scrum, Hybrid, and Waterfall) and when to apply each. * Strong skills in project planning tools (e.g., Jira, Asana, Monday, MS Project, Smartsheet) and collaboration tools (e.g., Confluence, Notion, Miro). * Excellent communication, facilitation, and conflict resolution skills. * Proven track record managing multiple concurrent projects with global, distributed teams. * Fluency in English & French is required NICE TO HAVE: * Experience delivering AI/ML, NLP, LLM-based, or Agentic AI solutions. * Background in professional services or consulting working with enterprise clients. * Familiarity with APIs, webhooks, event-driven architectures, cloud infra (AWS/Azure/GCP). * Certifications: PMP, PRINCE2, CSM/CSPO, SAFe, or equivalent. * Experience with partner co-delivery (SI, GSI, BPO, or ISV ecosystems). OUR RECRUITING PROCESS: Talent Acquisition → Hiring Manager → Technical Interview(s) → Bar Raiser   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Parloa is committed to upholding the highest data protection standards for our clients' and employees' data. All our employees are instrumental in ensuring the utmost care, GDPR, and ISO compliance, including ISO 27001, in handling sensitive information. Parloa is an e-verify employer in the USA. Please click here to learn more. * We provide equal opportunities to all qualified applicants regardless race, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion, national origin, disability status, socioeconomic background and other characteristics.