Manager, Knowledge Systems & Automation

SurveyMonkey

4h • Remote

About The Position

SurveyMonkey is the world’s most popular platform for surveys and forms, built for business—loved by users. They combine powerful capabilities with intuitive design, effectively serving every use case, from customer experience to employee engagement, market research to payment and registration forms. With built-in research expertise and AI-powered technology, it’s like having a team of expert researchers at your fingertips. Trusted by millions—from startups to Fortune 500 companies—SurveyMonkey helps teams gather insights and information that inspire better decisions, create experiences people love, and drive business growth. At SurveyMonkey, the company is empowering millions of people to unlock value from their data through intuitive, intelligent self-service experiences. They are looking for a forward-thinking leader to execute their self-service strategy across their Help Center and 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.

Requirements

• 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).
• 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.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with HTML/CSS, templating, and analytics tools to track user behavior is a plus.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Benefits

• 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
• other company benefits
• CHOICE Fund to help employees thrive in work and life

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees