Senior Product Manager, AI Agents

Job Description

Job Description Zendesk is at the forefront of enabling businesses to configure, control, and personalize next-generation AI agents. As Senior Product Manager for Agent Config & Personalization, you'll take ownership of developing and delivering features that allow customers to precisely manage their AI agents' tone, empathy, behavior, and configuration – ensuring every deployment is adaptable and aligned to unique business needs. This role is focused on building robust, usable configuration frameworks and tools – from custom instructions, persona controls, and permissions to intuitive admin and user-facing settings. You'll collaborate closely with engineers, designers, and researchers to deliver secure, scalable, and flexible capabilities for customers ranging from small businesses to global enterprises. You bring a strong product discovery mindset and stay close to customers – using feedback, ongoing validation, and openness to AI-powered prototyping and tooling to quickly bring the right experience to market

Key Responsibilities

• Define and execute the product strategy for agent configuration and personalization – including advanced controls for agent personality, tone, empathy, and behavior.
• Enable customers to configure their AI agents’ conversational style and settings with intuitive tools (e.g., custom instructions, empathy controls, domain-specific guidance, localization).
• Collaborate cross-functionally to integrate configuration and personality features into LLM-driven behaviors, permissions frameworks, and admin governance.
• Develop and iterate on UI surfaces and backend frameworks supporting flexible, reliable agent configuration and management.
• Establish and measure KPIs for agent adoption, configuration depth, effective personalization, and customer satisfaction.
• Partner across Product, Engineering, Design, and Go-To-Market to ensure high-quality delivery and end-to-end alignment.

Required Qualifications

• Several years of product management experience delivering AI, automation, and/or B2B SaaS platforms.
• Strong familiarity with LLM technologies, configuration frameworks, and conversational or agentic AI – including experience building personalization or tone-related features.
• Demonstrated ability to lead zero-to-one product initiatives, rapid iteration, and ongoing customer discovery with tangible results.
• Data-driven, user-centric mindset; able to translate technical AI capabilities into practical, customer-facing controls.
• Excellent communicator and collaborator across technical and non-technical teams.

Bonus Qualifications

• Experience building UX for agent personality, tone, or persona in AI-powered products.
• Knowledge of retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), LLM prompt tuning, or agent safety and compliance.
• Background in customer service product development or platform extensibility.

Success in the Role

Deliver a configuration and personalization platform that’s recognized for usability, flexibility, security, and business value Customers deploy AI agents that reflect their requirements and branding, with fast and effective customization options Zendesk AI Agents maintain a reputation for configurable, enterprise-ready agentic AI

Interview Process

• Initial Call with Talent Team - 30 mins
• Hiring Manager Interview with a Group Product Manager, AI Agents - 30 mins
• Case Study / Workshop - 1.5 hours
• Final interview with a Director of Product, AI Agents - 45 mins #LI-MK12

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