Senior Manager, Creative Operations (San Francisco)

Senior Manager, Creative Operations

Intercom is the AI Customer Service company on a mission to help businesses provide incredible customer experiences.

Our AI agent Fin, the most advanced customer service AI agent on the market, lets businesses deliver always-on, impeccable customer service and ultimately transform their customer experiences for the better. Fin can also be combined with our Helpdesk to become a complete solution called the Intercom Customer Service Suite, which provides AI enhanced support for the more complex or high touch queries that require a human agent.

Founded in 2011 and trusted by nearly 30,000 global businesses, Intercom is setting the new standard for customer service. Driven by our core values, we push boundaries, build with speed and intensity, and consistently deliver incredible value to our customers.

What's The Opportunity?

At Intercom, you'll be at the forefront of redefining customer service through AI. As our Senior Manager of Creative Operations, you'll drive operational excellence within our Creative Studio, directly shaping how our brand comes to life across every channel. Your leadership will empower a talented team of creative producers and partners, ensuring our work is innovative, high-impact, and delivered with efficiency and strategic vision. This is a rare chance to make a tangible mark at a company that's setting the new standard in AI-powered customer experiences, trusted by over 30,000 global businesses and growing fast.

You'll join Intercom's Creative Studio - a multidisciplinary team of designers, writers, strategists, and producers- whose mission is to elevate our brand and fuel our growth as the category leader in AI customer service. Reporting to the Sr. Director of Creative Studio, you'll be a key operational leader, collaborating closely with marketing, product, and external partners. Your work will help us move at startup speed while maintaining the quality and consistency expected from a global SaaS leader. At Intercom, we value high agency, low ego, and a passion for real innovation- especially for those who see AI as transformational, not just interesting.

What Will I Be Doing?

• Defining and optimizing operational processes that enable our creative teams to do their best work, from project intake to delivery.
• Leading and mentoring a team of Brand Producers, ensuring projects are scoped, resourced, and executed on time and to the highest standard.
• Partnering with Marketing and cross-functional leaders to forecast work, plan capacity, and drive workflow efficiency.
• Introducing and implementing tools and methodologies that improve team effectiveness and foster a culture of continuous improvement.
• Building and nurturing relationships with internal stakeholders and a diverse pipeline of external partners (agencies, freelancers, vendors).
• Participating in high-level planning and strategy sessions, helping to shape the trajectory of our Brand Design team and the broader Intercom brand.
• Championing scalable, sustainable solutions that support our rapid growth and ambitious goals.

What Skills Do I Need?

Bonus Skills & Attributes

We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to applyespecially those who are excited about the possibilities of AI and want to help shape the future of customer experience.

Benefits

We are a well-treated bunch with awesome benefits! If there's something important to you that's not on this list, talk to us!

The base salary range for candidates within the San Francisco Bay Area is $193,500 - $231,125. Actual base pay will depend on a variety of factors such as education, skills, experience, location, etc. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. All regular employees may also be eligible for the corporate bonus program or a sales incentive (target included in OTE) as well as stock in the form of Restricted Stock Units (RSUs).

Intercom has a hybrid working policy. We believe that working in person helps us stay connected, collaborate easier and create a great culture while still providing flexibility to work from home. We expect employees to be in the office at least three days per week.

We have a radically open and accepting culture at Intercom. We avoid spending time on divisive subjects to foster a safe and cohesive work environment for everyone. As an organization, our policy is to not advocate on behalf of the company or our employees on any social or political topics out of our internal or external communications. We respect personal opinion and expression on these topics on personal social platforms on personal time, and do not challenge or confront anyone for their views on non-work related topics. Our goal is to focus on doing incredible work to achieve our goals and unite the company through our core values.

Intercom values diversity and is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity. Intercom will not discriminate against an applicant or employee on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, age, physical or mental disability, veteran or military status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state, or local law.