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CX AI Optimization Partner
Full-time
This is a Utah-based hybrid position which will require some regular in-office days each week.
AI at BambooHR
At BambooHR, we're all about setting people free to do great work, and we believe AI is a powerful partner in that mission. We're leaning into intelligent tools to streamline our workflows, giving us more time for high-impact innovation. We look for curious, forward-thinking people who are ready to explore how AI can elevate their work and help us reimagine the future of HR.
Essential Job Duties
We're looking for a CX Digital Optimization Analyst to help improve the quality, reliability, and effectiveness of BambooHR's AI-assisted service experiences. This role will serve as a key partner across Customer Experience, Product, Engineering, Knowledge Management, and Operations teams to identify performance issues, validate improvements, and ensure our AI experiences continue to evolve alongside customer needs.
BambooHR is building an AI-forward operating model where innovation, experimentation, and continuous improvement are core expectations. Employees are expected to actively leverage AI tools and emerging technologies to improve efficiency, decision-making, customer outcomes, and business performance while maintaining sound judgment and accountability.
Diagnose and Improve AI Experiences
Evaluate AI-assisted service experiences to identify recurring performance issues and customer friction points.
Investigate issues such as misrouting, incorrect escalations, weak retrieval, poor grounding, low-confidence responses, and hallucination risks.
Perform root cause analysis and translate findings into actionable recommendations.
Partner with technical and business stakeholders to improve AI behavior and customer outcomes.
Lead Testing and Validation Efforts
Develop and execute test plans for prompt changes, routing updates, retrieval improvements, and new AI capabilities.
Validate expected versus actual behavior before production releases.
Identify risks, document findings, and recommend improvements.
Support release readiness efforts and help reduce avoidable regressions.
Drive Experimentation and Continuous Improvement
Support pilots, A/B tests, and iterative rollouts of AI capabilities.
Define hypotheses, success criteria, and measurement approaches.
Analyze results and provide recommendations for scaling, adjusting, or retiring solutions.
Ensure decisions are informed by both customer outcomes and business impact.
Translate Technical Insights into Business Action
Communicate AI performance issues in ways that resonate with technical and non-technical audiences.
Create structured recommendations, issue summaries, and performance narratives.
Help stakeholders understand tradeoffs, risks, and opportunities.
Influence prioritization decisions through evidence-based recommendations.
Improve Customer Journeys Through AI
Partner with service design, journey management, and knowledge teams to ensure AI experiences align with customer needs and intended service outcomes.
Help optimize escalation paths and self-service strategies.
Identify opportunities to reduce customer effort while improving resolution quality.
Monitor Performance and Emerging Risks
Track key performance indicators such as containment, digital resolution, customer sentiment, escalation trends, and AI accuracy signals.
Identify emerging issues early and recommend mitigation strategies.
Provide clear context around what changed, why it matters, and what should happen next.
AI Fluency and Agility
Actively leverage AI tools to improve workflows, analysis, and decision-making.
Stay informed on evolving AI technologies, trends, and best practices.
Help BambooHR continuously improve how AI is used to support customers and employees.
What You Need to Get the Job Done
5+ years of experience in customer experience operations, digital support, systems optimization, product operations, service design operations, technical program management, analytics, or a related field.
Experience diagnosing complex system behaviors and driving measurable improvements through influence and cross-functional partnership.
Working knowledge of AI-assisted support systems, including prompt behavior, retrieval and grounding concepts, routing logic, escalation patterns, and common AI failure modes.
Experience evaluating AI systems, chatbots, virtual assistants, or automated workflows in production or production-like environments.
Experience designing and supporting testing efforts, pilots, experiments, A/B testing, or iterative rollouts.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to connect technical findings to customer and business outcomes.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Strong stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration abilities.
Ability to operate effectively in ambiguity and influence without direct authority.
Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
What Will Make Us REALLY Love You
Experience working directly with conversational AI, chatbot optimization, agent-assist tools, or AI evaluation platforms.
Familiarity with retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), prompt optimization, grounding techniques, or AI quality evaluation practices.
Experience with knowledge management, content architecture, taxonomy design, tagging strategies, or retrieval optimization.
Experience partnering with AI, Machine Learning, Data Science, Product, or Engineering teams.
Experience using customer journey analytics, behavioral insights, or operational performance data to drive decisions.
Experience working within SaaS, technology, e-commerce, or digital service environments.
Strong systems-thinking mindset and natural curiosity about how complex systems behave.
Experience communicating technical concepts to executive and non-technical audiences.
Demonstrated passion for AI and emerging technologies, including hands-on experimentation and learning.
What You'll Love About Us
A great company culture that has been recognized by multiple organizations like Inc, and Salt Lake Tribune
Comprehensive health, life, and disability insurance
Generous leave policies that include 4 weeks of vacation, 12 company holidays, parental leave, and volunteer time off
401k plans with company match
Paid-Paid Vacation bonus
EAP through Headspace
