Special Projects, AI Agents Team

Cresta
United States
Remote

Who this role is best for

Aimed at mid-to-senior level business operators who can scale processes and lead cross-functional projects.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with experience in scaling operational processes and leading cross-functional initiatives
    — “Lead cross-functional projects at the intersection of product, go-to-market, and operations
  • Individuals who thrive in high-velocity environments with a clear trajectory for growth
    — “4–8 years of experience in a high-velocity environments; mix of builder/operator and strategic experience
  • Candidates who can act as a multiplier in team growth and hiring processes
    — “Work as a multiplier across hiring processes (funnel optimization, events)

Things to consider

  • The role requires managing both strategic and tactical responsibilities across multiple functions
    — “Comfortable at every altitude: Equally at home developing strategy as building automations
  • The position involves a significant focus on AI deployment and production-level impact
    — “drive real AI transformation — not pilots, but production deployments

How to stand out

  • Highlight your experience in building and scaling operational frameworks in your resume
    — “You've built playbooks, pipelines, automations, and scaled operational processes
  • Emphasize your track record in scaling teams and driving measurable results
    — “on a 8x headcount trajectory
  • Demonstrate your ability to create and manage knowledge systems or documentation processes
    — “Design an AI-powered “second brain” to centralize team know-how
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

Derived from job-description analysis by Serendipath's career intelligence engine.

What success looks like

  • own weekly business reviews
  • design AI-powered 'second brain'
  • develop internal tools and processes
  • lead special projects
Typical background
high-velocity environmentsbuilder/operator and strategic experience

Skills & requirements

Required

Business OperationsTeam OperationsKnowledge ManagementScale The TeamCross-functional Projects

Preferred

Ai-native ExperienceAgent-building Experience

Stack & domain

LeadershipCommunicationAICustomer Experience

About the role

Original posting from Cresta via Greenhouse

Cresta unlocks the true potential of the customer experience, turning every conversation into a competitive advantage. Cresta’s unified AI platform combines conversational AI agents, real-time human agent augmentation, and comprehensive conversation intelligence to drive revenue and efficiency gains across every channel. The world’s leading companies, including United Airlines, Cox Communications, and Marriott, use Cresta to power world-class customer experiences every day. 

Born from the Stanford AI Lab, Cresta has raised more than $270 million from the world’s leading investors, including a16z, Greylock, and Sequoia. Cresta’s leadership includes some of the leading minds in AI today. Our CEO, Ping Wu, founded and led Google's Contact Center AI and Vertex AI platforms before joining Cresta to build the future of AI-driven customer experiences.

Over the next few years, AI is going to redefine how people all over the world interact with businesses every day. Come build that future at Cresta.

About the Role:

Cresta's forward-deployed team embeds directly with enterprise customers to drive real AI transformation — not pilots, but production deployments that changes Customer Experience for F500 companies. 

We’re hiring our founding Special Projects Lead on our AI Agent Team. You'll play a critical role in scaling our AI Agent deployment motion and business: building the operational foundation for rapid team growth and leading special projects for our AI Agents team across process, product, and go-to-market.

What You’ll Do:

Business Operations

Team operations: Own weekly business reviews for the forward-deployed team, reporting on OKRs such as revenue and pilot-to-conversion performance.

Knowledge management: Design an AI-powered “second brain” to centralize team know-how. Establish clear documentation standards and drive accountability for subject-matter owners across specialized topics.

Scale the team: Develop internal tools and processes to enable scaling. Work as a multiplier across hiring processes (funnel optimization, events) for a team that is on a 8x headcount trajectory.

Special projects

Lead cross-functional projects at the intersection of product, go-to-market, and operations—deployment pattern synthesis, verticalization, AI Agent product SKUs.

Seed key initiatives, scaling them from idea to proof-of-concept before housing them in new roles (e.g., verticalization, Agent Academy for customers).

Grow the Cresta AI Agent and deployment brand by driving content & thought leadership across the team (blog posts, team spotlights, deployment case studies).

What We’re Looking For:

Bias towards action: No playbook needed — you figure it out and move.

Comfortable at every altitude: Equally at home developing strategy as building automations.

Strong operational background: You've built playbooks, pipelines, automations, and scaled operational processes. 

4–8 years of experience in a high-velocity environments; mix of builder/operator and strategic experience (business operations, strategy & operations, chief of staff, product strategy / operations, or other operator at a fast-scaling tech company)

Exceptional communication, tailored to audiences at different levels

Bonus Points:

Experience in a startup or high-growth environment

AI-native or Agent-building experience

Perks & Benefits:

We offer a comprehensive and people-first benefits package to support you at work and in life:

Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage with plans to fit you and your family

Flexible PTO to take the time you need, when you need it

Paid parental leave for all new parents welcoming a new child

Retirement savings plan to help you plan for the future

Remote work setup budget to help you create a productive home office

Monthly wellness and communication stipend to keep you connected and balanced

In-office meal program and commuter benefits provided for onsite employees

Compensation at Cresta 

Cresta’s approach to compensation is simple: recognize impact, reward excellence, and invest in our people. We offer competitive, location-based pay that reflects the market and what each individual brings to the table.

The posted base salary range represents what we expect to pay for this role in a given location. Final offers are shaped by factors like experience, skills, education, and geography. In addition to base pay, total compensation includes equity and a comprehensive benefits package for you and your family.

OTE Range: $170,000–$225,000  + Offers Equity

We have noticed a rise in recruiting impersonations across the industry, where scammers attempt to access candidates' personal and financial information through fake interviews and offers. All Cresta recruiting email communications will always come from the @cresta.ai domain. Any outreach claiming to be from Cresta via other sources should be ignored.  If you are uncertain whether you have been contacted by an official Cresta employee, reach out to recruiting@cresta.ai

Source: Cresta careers (Greenhouse)

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