At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead the development of AI agents that enhance customer experiences and solve complex business challenges.
- Company: Join a cutting-edge AI company with a strong focus on customer-centric solutions.
- Benefits: Enjoy flexible paid time off, health benefits, and a supportive work environment.
- Other info: Be part of a diverse team that values trust, craftsmanship, and family.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by transforming businesses with innovative AI technology.
- Qualifications: Strong communication skills and a passion for understanding customer needs.
About us
At Sierra, weβre building a platform to enable every company in the world to build better, more human customer experiences with AI. We partner with industry leaders such as SoftBank, Uber, Rivian, CLEAR, and Sutter Health. We are primarily an in-person company based in San Francisco, with growing offices across North America, Europe, and Asia.
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.
What you'll do
- As an Agent Strategist, you own how Sierra's AI agents come to life for our customers β from first pilot to a production agent handling thousands of conversations a day.
- Own the Agent Development Life Cycle. Take agents from initial scope through conversation design, tooling, and evaluation, to launch and continuous iteration in production β translating business goals into an agent that outperforms, and tuning relentlessly until it's the best version of itself in the real world.
- Be the trusted strategic advisor to enterprise leaders. Sit shoulder-to-shoulder with our customers' executives, understand what success actually means to their business, and shape the AI strategy that gets them there.
- Partner with the customer's working teams day to day. Run working sessions, troubleshoot the agent as issues come up, and make the calls that keep the build on track for launch.
- Directly impact product. Surface unmet needs from your customer work, and feed them back to research and platform to shape where Sierra goes next.
Example projects
- Scope and launch a subscription-retention agent for a large telecommunications or media company that consistently outperforms human agents at saving at-risk customers.
- Stand up an agent for a commerce customer that troubleshoots a broken device end-to-end and personalizes product recommendations in the same conversation.
- Redesign the conversation flows for a financial services agent so it can handle complex, regulated interactions β and convert a pilot into a multi-team production deployment.
- Partner with product on a net-new capability β a new agent architecture or self-service tooling β using a live customer as the design partner.
- Define the evaluation and quality bar for a new agent, then use those metrics to drive a measurable lift in outcome week over week.
What you'll bring
- Customer obsession. Genuine energy being in front of customers β understanding their business and needs, thriving in complex organizations, and building trusted relationships.
- Communication. Clear, direct, and persuasive across technical and non-technical audiences.
- Strategic problem-solving in ambiguity. Strong analytical and critical-thinking skills to break down complex problems, spot risks early, and adapt as things change fast.
- Technical aptitude. Comfortable engaging directly with technical concepts - reading API documentation, understanding data models and system architecture, and following engineering tradeoffs in a design discussion.
- Ownership and delivery. A track record of running multiple complex, high-visibility projects at once and driving them to outcomes.
Even better...
- Experience building or deploying AI/LLM agents in production β hands-on with the tools behind them (eval frameworks, agent tooling, RAG, prompt engineering) β working closely with technical counterparts.
- You've been a founder, founding team member, or operator β you know how to balance craft, ownership, and speed.
- A degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience β and/or an MBA or comparable experience at the intersection of technology and business.
Our values
- Trust: We build trust with our customers with our accountability, empathy, quality, and responsiveness.
- Customer Obsession: We deeply understand our customersβ business goals and relentlessly focus on driving outcomes, not just technical milestones.
- Craftsmanship: We get the details right, from the words on the page to the system architecture.
- Intensity: We know we donβt have the luxury of patience. We play to win.
- Family: We know that balance and intensity are compatible, and we model it in our actions and processes.
What we offer
- Flexible (unlimited) paid time off
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits for you and your family
- Life insurance and disability benefits
- Retirement plan dependent on country of employment
- Parental leave
- Fertility and family building benefits through Carrot
- Lunch, as well as delicious snacks and coffee to keep you energized
- Discretionary benefit stipend giving people the ability to spend where it matters most
- Free alphorn lessons
Be you, with us
We're working to bring the transformative power of AI to every organization in the world. To do so, it is important to us that the diversity of our employees represents the diversity of our customers. We believe that our work and culture are better when we encourage, support, and respect different skills and experiences represented within our team. We encourage you to apply even if your experience doesn't precisely match the job description.
Strategist, Agent Development (Norwegian speaking) in London employer: Sierra
At Sierra, we pride ourselves on being an exceptional employer, fostering a culture rooted in trust, customer obsession, and craftsmanship. Our San Francisco office offers a vibrant work environment with flexible paid time off, comprehensive health benefits, and unique perks like free alphorn lessons, all designed to support your personal and professional growth. Join us to be part of a team that values diversity and encourages innovation, making a meaningful impact in the world of AI.