Senior Technical Onboarding & Engagement Manager

Algolia is the retrieval intelligence layer that turns intent into trusted, decision‑grade outcomes. Powering more than 1.7 trillion queries a year for over 18,000 customers with millisecond latency and 99.999% reliability, we are the recognized leader for Search and Product Discovery by top industry analyst firms. The Algolia platform turns a company’s products, content, and business rules into data that humans, applications and AI agents can act upon.

The result is trusted customer experiences with stronger conversions for measurable business impact.

Algolia’s Engagement Management Practice plays a critical role in helping customers successfully adopt Algolia and realize value from their investment. We partner with technical and business leaders throughout the onboarding journey to transform customer objectives into structured implementation programs and guide organizations from initial mobilization through successful production launch.

• Partners with Account Executives and Solution Engineers on a structured pre‑to‑post sales handoff, validating scope, customer objectives, success criteria, resource commitments, implementation readiness, and any delivery risks.
• Defining AI Search requirements and detailed project plans in collaboration with Professional Services teams.
• Own a portfolio of strategic customer onboarding programs from mobilization through production launch, establishing delivery strategy, governance, milestones, dependencies, success criteria and contingencies to ensure go live predictability.
• Partner with Solutions Architects, Business Consultants, Engineering, Global System Integrators, and other stakeholders to translate customer business and technical requirements into actionable implementation plans and scalable delivery approaches.
• Operate independently in ambiguous delivery environments, balancing customer objectives, technical constraints, and competing priorities while maintaining execution momentum.
• Build trusted partnerships with customer leadership, providing clear communication on project health, dependencies, trade‑offs, and recommended actions across technical, business, and executive stakeholders.
• Anticipate and mitigate delivery risks, leading escalations and navigating difficult conversations around timeline to drive alignment and get delivery back on track.
• Apply strong knowledge of Algolia architecture, AI Search, data, APIs, integrations, and implementation patterns to advise customers and internal teams on technical trade‑offs and implementation strategies.
• Lead structured post‑launch transitions while identifying opportunities where additional Professional Services support may improve customer outcomes due to expanded scope, implementation complexity, or delivery requirements.
• Improve onboarding at scale by identifying recurring operational gaps, strengthening methodologies, tooling, governance, and playbooks, and mentoring peers through reusable frameworks, lessons learned, and delivery best practices.

• 8+ years of professional experience, including 7+ years leading technical projects or customer‑facing software implementations, with demonstrated leadership across complex onboarding programs and cross‑functional initiatives.
• Extensive experience leading complex customer implementations and establishing strong delivery governance across project planning, dependencies, risk management, forecasting, resources, escalations, and executive communication.
• Strong technical understanding of software implementation life cycles, search, data, APIs, integrations, and AI technologies, with the ability to translate business and technical requirements into scalable implementation strategies.
• Demonstrated ability to…