About the Role
This is a commercial and strategic role focused on Parloa's Professional Services business. As a Client Solutions Manager, you will lead the full services sales cycle, from opportunity identification through scoping, SOW negotiation, and contracting, while serving as a trusted advisor throughout delivery. The role involves understanding customer transformation goals, guiding them through Parloa's PRISM methodology, and ensuring they build the right organizational foundation for AI agentic delivery.
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain a healthy services pipeline in partnership with enterprise sales teams.
- Lead commercial conversations for all Professional Services engagements.
- Maintain rigorous forecast hygiene and accurately report on numbers.
- Coach internal stakeholders on Professional Services sales motion, deal structure, and timeline expectations.
- Run structured and AI-powered discovery to identify customer motivations, desired business outcomes, and platform integration requirements.
- Translate discovery into compelling services proposals that quantify value.
- Write Statements of Work (SOWs) that are precisely scoped, commercially sound, and set delivery teams up for execution.
- Navigate complex enterprise legal and procurement processes.
- Build trusted relationships with CX, IT, and Operations leaders at enterprise accounts.
- Lead executive business reviews and steering committee sessions.
- Ensure seamless knowledge transfer from pre-sales into Parloa's PRISM delivery methodology.
- Own Customer Satisfaction (CSAT) outcomes and proactively surface risks.
- Engage Parloa's partner ecosystem as an extension of the delivery team.
- Collaborate with the Partner Delivery Success team to develop partner capabilities and share field learnings.
- Develop deep command of Parloa's PRISM delivery methodology and contribute feedback for refinement.
- Build repeatable assets such as proposal templates, scope frameworks, pricing models, success stories, and enablement content.
- Contribute to Parloa's external point of view on enterprise AI adoption, conversational AI ROI, and CX transformation.
Requirements
- 5+ years selling or scoping professional services within an AI-native or enterprise software company, strategic consulting firm, or large-scale systems integrator.
- Proven track record writing SOWs and navigating enterprise procurement (MSAs, DPAs, multi-stakeholder legal review, commercial negotiations).
- Comfortable building relationships at the C-suite and VP level and recognized as a trusted advisor.
- Commercially sharp with an understanding of services margin, attach rates, and how delivery quality drives software expansion.
- Fluent in enterprise software deployment patterns.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, able to engage both technical and executive audiences.
- Self-directed and energized by ambiguity; able to build the playbook while running the plays.
- Comfortable operating in a fast-moving, high-growth environment with shifting priorities.
- Willing to travel up to 50%.
Skills
- Conversational AI
- Contact center technology
- CCaaS platforms (Genesys, NICE, Avaya, Five9, Amazon Connect)
- CX transformation programs
- Agentic AI concepts (orchestration, LLMs, prompt engineering, tool use, intent classification)
- Enterprise platform integration (Salesforce Service Cloud, SAP, ServiceNow, Workday, Microsoft Dynamics)
- Project or program management
- PMP, Scrum, or SAFe certification
- Driving software expansion through PS delivery outcomes
- Scale-up environment operations
Location
- USA
Work Type
- Full-time
- On-site
Experience Level
- 5+ years
Salary/Compensations
- $120,000—$145,000 USD OTE
Benefits
- Equity package
About the Company
- Parloa's mission is to make every customer conversation feel effortless for both customers and the companies serving them.
- Parloa is shaping the foundation of a new era in customer experience with agentic AI.
- Parloa has powered over ONE BILLION interactions between global enterprise brands and their customers.
- Companies like Booking.com, Allianz, SAP, BarmeniaGothaer and TUI are deploying Parloa at scale.
- We are at the beginning of a new era in customer experience where AI understands, reasons, and takes action.
- We are building agentic AI that enterprises trust with their most important customer moments.
- We aim to raise the standard for customer interactions, making every conversation seamless, intelligent, and helpful.
- Ownership means being accountable for outcomes, not just tasks.
- We operate in a fast-evolving category with high bars and complex problems.
- We hire people who think in solutions, communicate with clarity, and follow through.
- We have kept the intensity of a startup with 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 have a clear ambition to become the global category leader in enterprise-grade conversational AI.
- We are committed to upholding the highest data protection standards for client and employee data.
- All employees are instrumental in ensuring utmost care, GDPR, and ISO compliance (including ISO 27001) in handling sensitive information.
- Parloa is an e-verify employer in the USA.
Equal Opportunity
- We provide equal opportunities to all qualified applicants regardless race, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion, national origin, disability status, socioeconomic background and other characteristics.
