Manager, Knowledge Systems & Automation

What we’re looking for

At SurveyMonkey, we’re empowering millions of people to unlock value from their data through intuitive, intelligent self‑service experiences. We’re looking for a forward‑thinking leader to execute our self‑service strategy across our Help Center and our customer‑facing chatbot.

In this role, you’ll design and run the information architecture and knowledge systems that power AI‑driven support. Leading a team of technical writers and conversational designers, you’ll ensure customers get the right answer at the right time, through content, automation, or a seamless handoff to support, while driving down transactional contacts and maintaining strong customer satisfaction.

What you’ll be working on

• Strategy & Roadmap Execution: Partner with the Director to execute the self-service roadmap, owning the day-to-day delivery of a cohesive Help Center and chatbot experience. You will balance automation with human support to hit targets for resolution, deflection, and customer satisfaction.
• Information Architecture & AI Readiness: Audit and evolve the Help Center’s IA, taxonomy, and metadata to ensure content is intuitive for users and optimized for AI systems like LLMs, RAG, and search.
• Chatbot & Conversational Design: Oversee continuous chatbot improvements by leading conversational designers to optimize intents, flows, and routing. The goal is to resolve high-volume, low-value contacts while ensuring high-value issues reach the support team.
• Content Lifecycle & Quality: Own the end-to-end process for article creation, updates, and retirement. Ensure all content is accurate, discoverable, on-brand, and aligned with current product capabilities.
• AI Operations & Innovation: Develop workflows that leverage AI tools for drafting, translating, and tagging content and bot responses, maintaining "human-in-the-loop" quality assurance.
• Data Analytics & Insights: Analyze search trends, "no-result" queries, click-paths, and transcripts to identify gaps. Use these insights to prioritize the backlog and execute a roadmap that reduces transactional contacts.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Coordinate with Support, Product, Engineering, and Marketing to ensure documentation and chatbot experiences are fully prepared for every feature launch and product change.
• Team Leadership & Development: Lead and coach technical writers and conversational designers. Act as a "player-coach" by getting hands-on with the CMS or chatbot as needed while building repeatable processes and long-term team capabilities.

We’d love to hear from people with

• 5+ years in Knowledge Management, Technical Documentation, or Content Strategy (SaaS preferred), with proven experience owning a Help Center or self-service function.
• Technical & Platform Expertise: Proficiency in KB platforms (Zendesk Guide), CRMs (Salesforce), and conversational AI/chatbots (Ada, Intercom). Experience with HTML/CSS, templating, and analytics tools to track user behavior is a plus.
• IA & Data-Driven Strategy: Strong information architecture skills with a track record of building scalable knowledge structures. You use metrics and experimentation to prioritize workflows, manage risk, and validate decisions.
• Hands-on Leadership: Ability to manage content and chatbot flows directly while building the processes and team needed to transition into an orchestration and coaching-focused role.

The base pay provided for this position ranges from $101,150/ year - $119,000/ year depending on the geographic market and assuming a full-time schedule. Actual base pay is based on a number of factors including market location, job-related knowledge, education or training, skills, and experience.

Bonuses and commissions may also be offered as part of the total compensation package, in addition to a competitive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance; 401(k) retirement plan; flexible spending & health savings account; paid holidays; paid time off; employee assistance program; and other company benefits.

SurveyMonkey believes in-person collaboration is valuable for building relationships, fostering community, and enhancing our speed and execution in problem-solving and decision-making. As such, you will be required to work from our Portland office up to 1 day per week.

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