AI Support Delivery Manager Customer Care
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Job Summary
At Preply were all about creating life-changing learning experiences. We help people discover the magic of the perfect tutor craft a personalised learning journey and stay motivated to keep growing. Our approach is human-led tech-enabled - and its creating real impact.
Weve just reached unicorn status with a $150M Series D accelerating our vision to transform education through human-led AI-enhanced learning. Today 100000 tutors teach 90 languages to learners in 180 countries - and were only getting started. As a category-defining company were shaping what the future of learning looks like at global scale.
Every Preply lesson sparks change fuels ambition and drives progress that matters. Joining Preply means helping define the future of education at global scale and building something that truly matters for millions of people every day.
AI is no longer a side customer support channel at Preply it is one of the main ones. Our customer-facing AI chatbot already handles most of our lower complexity support conversations and we are doubling down on AI as the primary way learners and tutors get help. As AI becomes central to how support works the shape of the team behind it has to change too: from one that answers questions to one that designs and continuously improves the system that answers them.
To do this well we are building a dedicated AI chatbot team within Customer Care structured around the four foundational roles needed to make AI agents perform: AI Operations Knowledge Management Conversation Design and Support Automation. As AI Support Delivery Manager (Customer Care) you will lead this team end-to-end the equivalent of an AI Operations Lead with full ownership of the function. You will report directly to the Director of Customer Care and manage AI Operations / Automation Specialists AI Content Knowledge Managers and also get direct support and coverage from the Customer Care product engineering and design teams.
This is a player-coach role. You will roll up your sleeves to analyze AI performance refine content and debug handoffs while also coaching the team through an entirely new way of working. You will treat the AI Agent/Chatbot as a teammate to manage and a product to improve not just a tool to monitor. Your immediate focus is to elevate the Customer Care chatbot improving resolution and deflection but above all the quality and customer experience of every AI interaction. Over time you will expand into more proactive AI agents/chatbot (built on Intercom FinAI and similar platforms) for use cases beyond reactive support.
Own the end-to-end performance of Preplys customer-facing AI agents/chatbot: resolution rate deflection and most importantly the quality and CX of every AI conversation
Lead and develop a multi-disciplinary team across the four pillars of AI agent performance: AI Operations Knowledge Management Conversation Design and Support Automation: setting direction coaching and unifying them around a shared roadmap
Drive the day-to-day performance loop: track AI quality tune behavior prioritize fixes and drive continuous iteration. Making small improvements compound into meaningful gains
Treat the AI Agent as a product: own its roadmap its quality standards and its evolution; not as a tool to monitor but as a teammate to manage and improve
Drive the short-term performance improvement of the Customer Care chatbot across every lever that matters: knowledge quality and coverage conversation design and tone intent recognition flow logic guardrails handoff design and the workflows the AI can execute
Define and own the AI agents roadmap prioritizing use cases beyond reactive support including proactive AI agents for tutor and learner journeys built on Intercom FinAI and adjacent platforms
Through your team ensure the AI Agent has the right inputs to succeed: accurate and well-structured knowledge content well-designed conversation flows that match Preplys brand voice and backend workflows that let the AI take action not just respond
Operate as the central node across a wide stakeholder map: work hand-in-hand with the Customer Care Product & Engineering teams (to build and ship AI capabilities) the Customer Care Data team (for performance analytics conversation analysis and experimentation) the Design team (for AI experience and brand consistency) and the CX team (for the policies and rules behind every automation) u2014 plus broader Product Marketing and Supply teams for cross-functional use cases
Define safety boundaries escalation rules and quality standards for every AI agent making sure AI handoffs to humans happen at the right moment for the right reasons
Stay ahead of the curve on conversational AI platforms and capabilities (Intercom FinAI LLM-based agents agentic frameworks RAG tool use) evaluating what is worth adopting and what is hype and owning build vs. buy decisions
Own AI performance reporting end-to-end: resolution rate deflection CSAT on AI conversations containment and the operational KPIs that link AI quality to Customer Care outcomes
Collaborate closely with the Human Support function so AI and human support operate as one seamless experience for customers
5 years of experience implementing or managing AI / conversational AI / chatbot products in a customer-facing context with at least 2 years leading a team
Deep hands-on experience with conversational AI platforms ideally Intercom Fin / FinAI but also relevant: Ada Forethought Decagon Sierra or equivalent LLM-based agent platforms
Proven track record improving AI chatbot performance across the full stack of levers: knowledge content conversation design intent and flow logic guardrails handoff design and backend actions / workflows
Strong understanding of how modern AI agents work under the hood LLMs retrieval-augmented generation tool / function calling agentic workflows enough to challenge vendors and make sound build vs. buy decisions
Demonstrated ability to balance the technical and the customer-experience side of AI: you care about resolution rate but you care equally about how the AI sounds how it handles ambiguity and how it makes the customer feel
Player-coach mindset comfortable rolling up your sleeves to analyse performance refine content and debug handoffs while also coaching and developing the people doing that work
Experience working in a customer support contact centre or customer experience environment you understand support operations KPIs (CSAT AHT deflection resolution) and how AI changes them
Strong people management skills with experience leading multi-disciplinary teams (knowledge specialists designers technical implementers AI ops)
Excellent stakeholder management and cross-functional communication skills u2014 comfortable operating as the connective tissue between Product Engineering Data Design CX policy and business teams and explaining AI capabilities and limitations to non-technical audiences
Data-driven mindset with strong analytical skills; comfort building dashboards reading conversation analytics and turning patterns into action
Builders mentality energised by a fast-moving space comfortable with ambiguity and motivated by the chance to shape AI at the heart of a 50M user platform
Hands-on configuration experience with Intercom Fin or Intercoms AI agent / workflow tooling
Background in conversation design UX writing or knowledge management for AI products
Experience launching proactive AI use cases (outbound messaging in-product AI assistants lifecycle AI agents) not just reactive support bots
Familiarity with AI evaluation frameworks prompt engineering and quality scoring methodologies for conversational AI
Experience in marketplace EdTech or subscription-based businesses
An open collaborative dynamic and diverse culture;
A generous monthly allowance for lessons on Learning & Development budget and time off for your self-development;
A competitive financial package with equity leave allowance and health insurance;
Not in Barcelona We offer an attractive relocation package to join us in our Preply Barcelona Hub
Access to free mental health support platforms;
Access to Gympass-partnered wellness and gym centers throughout Spain to promote and support well-being and physical health;
The opportunity to unlock the potential of learners and tutors through language learning and teaching in 175 countries (and counting!).
Care to change the world - We are passionate about our work and care deeply about its impact to be life changing.
We do it for learners - For both Preply and tutors learners are why we do what we do. Every day we focus on empowering tutors to deliver an exceptional learning experience.
Keep perfecting - To create an outstanding customer experience we focus on simplicity smoothness and enjoyment continually perfecting it as every detail matters.
Now is the time - In a fast-paced world it matters how quickly we act. Now is the time to make great things happen.
Disciplined execution - What makes us disciplined is the excellence in our execution. We set clear goals focus on what matters and utilize our resources efficiently.
Dive deep - We leverage business acumen and curiosity to investigate disparities between numbers and stories unlocking meaningful insights to guide our decisions.
Growth mindset - We proactively seek growth opportunities and believe todays best performance becomes tomorrows starting point. We humbly embrace feedback and learn from setbacks.
Raise the bar - We raise our performance standards continuously alongside each new hire and promotion. We build diverse and high-performing teams that can make a real difference.
Challenge disagree and commit - We value open and candid communication even when we dont fully agree. We speak our minds challenge when necessary and fully commit to decisions once made.
One Preply - We prioritize collaboration inclusion and the success of our team over personal ambitions. Together we support and celebrate each others progress.
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