Senior Product Manager, Voice AI Agents
Senior Product Manager, Voice AI Agents
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Job Description
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Role
Zendesk is pioneering the future of agentic AI for customer experience and voice is the next frontier. As Senior Product Manager for Voice AI Agents youll help shape how millions of users interact with brands through intelligent human-like conversations. Join us to build not just features but a fundamentally better way to serve and support people everywhere.
Voice remains the most powerful and personal channel for customer service and Zendesk is building the next generation of voice automation with AI at its core. This is a true zero-to-one opportunity: youll define the product vision shape the user experience and bring to life a conversational AI system that delivers natural responsive and high-quality voice interactions. Youll lead the development of our first native voice channel for Zendesk AI Agents and work across our existing voice ecosystem from Zendesk Talk to third-party voice platforms to build a cohesive experience that automates customer service with speed and empathy.
Key Responsibilities
Own the end-to-end product strategy for Zendesks voice AI agents from vision and roadmap to zero-to-one market delivery aligned with our broader AI and omnichannel strategy
Lead deep customer and market discovery to identify voice-specific opportunities translating insights into product requirements and features
Champion voice UX excellence partnering with product design to create intuitive natural conversational experiences
Collaborate with AI researchers and engineers to integrate speech technologies while optimizing for real-time performance
Define and track success metrics across adoption latency user satisfaction and automation efficacy
Build strong cross-functional partnerships with Engineering AI Research Customer Success and GTM teams to ensure cohesive execution and market readiness
Implement continuous discovery and development practices maintaining high product quality through iterative testing and data-driven refinement
Required Qualifications
Several years product management experience with 2 years building AI-powered or voice products in B2B SaaS
Track record leading cross-functional teams through zero-to-one product development
Strong discovery and data-driven mindset with demonstrated user-focused outcomes
Exceptional communication skills to align stakeholders and articulate complex voice AI value propositions
Bonus Qualifications
Deep knowledge of voice technology (telephony SIP VoIP ASR/TTS) and real-time UX performance factors
Experience with LLM capabilities in voice contexts
Background in customer service or CX product development
Success in the Role
Establishing leadership within the voice AI domain becoming the go-to expert for conversational voice strategy
Driving significant adoption of our voice AI channel making it a preferred option for customer service interactions
Creating a natural efficient voice user journey that improves automated resolution rates while delivering exceptional customer experiences
Differentiating Zendesk in the market through innovative voice AI capabilities that seamlessly integrate with our omnichannel ecosystem
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.
Zendesk 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.
Zendesk is an equal opportunity employer and were proud of our ongoing efforts to foster global diversity equity & inclusion 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 marital status medical condition ancestry disability military or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We are an AA/EEO/Veterans/Disabled employer. If you are based in the United States and would like more information about your EEO rights under the law please click here.
Zendesk endeavors to make reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities and disabled veterans pursuant to applicable federal and state law. If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to submit this application complete any pre-employment testing or otherwise participate in the employee selection process please send an e-mail to with your specific accommodation request.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
