Strategist, Agent Development (French speaking)

ABOUT US At Sierra, we’re creating a platform to help businesses build better, more human customer experiences with AI. We are primarily an in-person company based in San Francisco, with growing offices in Atlanta, New York, London, Paris, Madrid, Munich, Singapore, Japan, and Sydney. We are guided by a set of values that are at the core of our actions and define our culture: Trust, Customer Obsession, Craftsmanship, Intensity, and Family. These values are the foundation of our work, and we are committed to upholding them in everything we do. Our co-founders are Bret Taylor https://www.linkedin.com/in/brettaylor/ and Clay Bavor https://www.linkedin.com/in/claybavor/. Bret currently serves as Board Chair of OpenAI. Previously, he was co-CEO of Salesforce (which had acquired the company he founded, Quip) and CTO of Facebook. Bret was also one of Google's earliest product managers and co-creator of Google Maps. Before founding Sierra, Clay spent 18 years at Google, where he most recently led Google Labs. Earlier, he started and led Google’s AR/VR effort, Project Starline, and Google Lens. Before that, Clay led the product and design teams for Google Workspace. WHAT YOU'LL DO As a member of our Agent Strategist function at Sierra, you will be responsible for partnering with our Agent Product Managers and Agent Engineers to scope, build, and ship AI agents that handle thousands of customer conversations a day. You’ll play a central role in agent development, combining product strategy, conversational design, and customer insight to bring high-quality agents to life. - Be a trusted advisor to our customers and drive their AI strategies. - Build, design and refine conversational AI agents, gaining direct exposure to how these products are developed and improved. - Drive execution and delivery of multiple complex, high-visibility agent development projects. - Coordinate across technical and non-technical stakeholders through the full agent development lifecycle process. - Ensure clear communication across all stakeholders while developing strong relationships. - Contribute data-driven, strategic insights to customers and internal team decisions. WHAT YOU'LL BRING - Outstanding Communication Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication skills to convey complex technical information to non-technical stakeholders, fostering collaboration and driving projects forward with clarity. - Technical Expertise: Strong understanding of software development, product management and engineering principles, enabling you to act as a strategic partner to customers and internal teams as we turn visionary ideas into agents. - Problem-Solving and Analytical Skills: Strong analytical and critical thinking skills to grasp complex concepts, and to identify risks and issues, develop mitigation strategies, and handle unexpected challenges across customer relationships and products. - Leadership and Team Management: Proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, leading and inspiring teams to deliver innovative ideas and exceptional agents. - Foundational Expertise: - Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience that demonstrates comparable expertise is a strong plus. - MBA or comparable experience at the intersection of technology and operations is another strong plus. OUR VALUES - Trust: We build trust with our customers with our accountability, empathy, quality, and responsiveness. We build trust in AI by making it more accessible, safe, and useful. We build trust with each other by showing up for each other professionally and personally, creating an environment that enables all of us to do our best work. - Customer Obsession: We deeply understand our customers’ business goals and relentlessly focus on driving outcomes, not just technical milestones. Everyone at the company knows and spends time with our customers. When our customer is having an issue, we drop everything