Strategic Engagement Manager

About Parloa

Parloa’s mission is to make every customer conversation feel effortless for both customers and the companies serving them. As agentic AI accelerates, Parloans are shaping the foundation of a new era in customer experience — one where customer support is no longer transactions, but meaningful exchanges. It is not just a vision; Parloa has powered over ONE BILLION interactions between global enterprise brands and their customers, with companies like IKEA and Booking.com already deploying Parloa at scale. 

About the role:

As a Strategic Engagement Manager, you will own the success of Parloa’s most strategic enterprise customers—driving long-term partnerships, measurable business outcomes, and multi-year growth. You’ll operate at the intersection of strategy, delivery, and expansion, guiding organizations through complex AI and CX transformations.

This is your opportunity to work with leading enterprises at the highest level—translating AI vision into tangible impact, shaping large-scale deployments, and positioning Parloa as a long-term transformation partner.

Areas of ownership:

• Strategic Account Ownership: Own Parloa’s most strategic enterprise relationships, driving success plans, KPIs, and measurable business outcomes across the full customer lifecycle.
• Executive Advisory: Partner with senior stakeholders to translate AI and CX strategies into enterprise-wide initiatives across multiple business units and geographies.
• Delivery Orchestration: Oversee complex implementations by aligning Product, Engineering, Deployment, and partners to ensure smooth, on-time, high-impact rollouts.
• Value Realization & Storytelling: Quantify and communicate business impact through data-driven insights, executive business reviews, and clear success narratives.
• Expansion & Growth: Identify and drive expansion opportunities, scaling successful use cases across regions, teams, and functions.
• Cross-functional Leadership: Collaborate closely with Sales, Solution Engineering, Value Consulting, and partners to align on strategy, execution, and long-term growth.

Who you are:

• 8+ years of experience in enterprise software, consulting, or customer success, managing large and strategic accounts
• MBA or Master’s degree in Business, Engineering, or a related field
• Proven track record of translating executive vision into measurable business outcomes and commercial impact
• Strong ownership mindset, with the ability to operate effectively in complex, ambiguous environments
• Experience engaging and influencing senior stakeholders, including executive and board-level audiences
• Ability to align cross-functional teams around a shared strategy and drive execution at scale
• Strong understanding of AI, automation, and enterprise systems, with the ability to translate technical capabilities into business value
• Structured, proactive, and collaborative working style, with a focus on outcomes and long-term partnerships
• Native or bilingual in German and fluent in English

Our Recruiting Process:

Talent Acquisition → Hiring Manager → Technical Interview(s) → Bar Raiser

Why Parloa?

We’re at the beginning of a new era in customer experience, one where AI doesn’t just respond, but understands, reasons, and takes action. We’re building agentic AI that enterprises trust with their most important customer moments: complex questions, high volumes, real stakes. When millions of people reach out to a brand, those interactions aren’t just support tickets; they’re defining experiences. We’re here to raise the standard: making every conversation seamless, intelligent, and genuinely helpful. If you care about shaping how businesses and customers connect at scale—and want your work to matter in real, everyday moments—this is where you do it.

At Parloa, ownership isn’t a buzzword; it means being accountable for outcomes, not just tasks. We operate in a category that’s evolving fast, where the bar is high, and the problems are complex. We hire people who think in solutions, communicate with clarity, and follow through. People who are comfortable making decisions, taking responsibility, and raising the standard for themselves and those around them.

We’ve grown beyond the earliest startup phase, but we’ve kept the intensity: fast execution, direct feedback, and a strong expectation to contribute meaningfully from day one.

Backed by leading global investors like General Catalyst, EQT Ventures, and Altimeter Capital, we’re scaling with a clear ambition: to become the global category leader in enterprise-grade conversational AI.

Do you have questions about Parloa, the role, or our team before you apply? Please feel free to get in touch with our Hiring Team.

Parloa is committed to upholding the highest data protection standards for our clients' and employees' data. All our employees are instrumental in ensuring the utmost care, GDPR, and ISO compliance, including ISO 27001, in handling sensitive information.

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* We provide equal opportunities to all qualified applicants regardless race, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion, national origin, disability status, socioeconomic background and other characteristics.