Customer Care AI Program Lead

The Impact You Can Have

Guest Services (Customer Care) supports millions of guest interactions each year across phone, chat, text, email, and social media. Our front-line Service Specialists are at the heart of this work, delivering care and expertise to every customer. We continue to evolve the function by leading with data, using AI responsibly, and innovating to create better guest experiences. We are seeking a strategic and execution-focused operator to support the next phase of Customer Care’s evolution through AI.

• Identify performance gaps, experience friction, and automation opportunities through analysis of AI interaction data.
• Translate performance insights into prioritized improvement initiatives.
• Partner with engineering, product, and Customer Care operations to identify and prioritize guest and agent journeys that should be automated.
• Support the design, launch, and optimization of new AI workflows across digital support channels.
• Ensure new AI workflows are integrated seamlessly with existing support ecosystems.
• Collaborate with Knowledge Management teams to ensure AI systems leverage accurate, structured knowledge sources.
• Drive design and implementation of a scalable AI quality program to evaluate interaction accuracy, experience quality, and resolution effectiveness.
• Operationalize AI quality monitoring through internal teams and BPO partners responsible for executing audit programs and establish audit-the-auditor practices and calibration processes to ensure scoring consistency and continuous improvement.

Essentials for Success

• 5+ years of experience in customer support, contact center operations, or digital support environments, with a strong understanding of customer experience, service metrics, and operational workflows.
• 2+ years of experience working with AI, automation, or conversational platforms (e.g., chatbots, virtual assistants, agent assist), with direct involvement in improving performance or scaling use cases (a plus).
• Demonstrated ability to identify and prioritize customer journeys for automation, balancing customer experience, complexity, and business impact.
• Experience working cross-functionally with product, engineering, and operations teams to launch or improve support workflows (human or AI).
• Experience designing and implementing performance frameworks, KPIs, or quality programs for support operations (AI or human).
• Experience operationalizing QA or performance programs through BPO/vendor partners, including calibration, audit-the-auditor practices, and continuous improvement loops.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate interaction data into actionable insights and measurable improvements.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to present performance insights and recommendations to senior stakeholders.
• Familiarity with conversational AI platforms (e.g., Gladly, Sierra, Ada, LivePerson, Dialogflow, etc.) a plus.

Pay & Benefits

The pay range for this position is $79,900.00 - $106,000.00 / Year with the opportunity for eligible associates to earn additional compensation pursuant to the Company’s bonus plan. Exact pay will be based on factors including, but not limited to relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, level, shift, geographic location, and business and organizational needs. Full-time positions are eligible for paid time off, health, dental, vision, life and disability benefits. Part-time positions are eligible for dental, vision, life, and disability benefits. For additional information concerning our benefits, visit our Benefits and Career Development page: https://learn.bswift.com/ulta.