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Cresta

AI Deployment Manager

Cresta is hiring an AI Deployment Manager for a remote role open to applicants in United States. It pays $120k-$175k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Cresta.

Level's read on this job

  • On Level's scale, this role is Works on AI ●●●○: the daily work is on AI products, without building the model.
  • This is listed as a remote role.
  • The posting mentions Vertex AI and AI agents among its tools and skills.
  • Cresta has 86 other open roles on Level.

AI in this role

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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:

At Cresta, shipping AI is only half the story. Deploying it successfully is where the real impact happens.

As an AI Deployment Manager, you’ll own the moment where cutting-edge AI becomes real-world results. You’ll lead customer deployments end-to-end, turning ambitious AI initiatives into live, adopted solutions that drive measurable business outcomes.

This role is perfect for someone who loves leading complex projects, working directly with customers, and seeing technology make a tangible difference. You’ll be hands-on, customer-facing, and deeply embedded in how Cresta delivers value at scale.

What Success Looks Like:

  • Customers launch AI solutions that actually get used—and drive real business outcomes

  • Deployments run smoothly, on time, and against clearly defined success metrics

  • Customers leave deployment confident, excited, and ready to scale

  • Internal teams rely on you to bring clarity, structure, and momentum to complex initiatives

  • You consistently turn complexity into forward progress

Qualifications We Value:

  • Experience leading technical or AI-driven SaaS implementations

  • Strong project management skills paired with a consultative, customer-first mindset

  • Comfort working with technical concepts, data, and analytics

  • Ability to translate complex technology into clear, actionable plans

  • Bias toward execution, outcomes, and ownership

  • Thrives in fast-paced, high-growth environments

Why You’ll Love This Role:

  • You’ll own some of the most visible and impactful work at Cresta

  • You’ll work hands-on with cutting-edge AI used by leading enterprises

  • You’ll partner deeply with customers and see the impact of your work firsthand

  • You’ll collaborate with world-class teams across product, engineering, and GTM

  • You’ll help define what “great AI deployment” looks like at scale

Perks & Benefits:

  • Medical, dental, and vision plans designed to support you and your family

  • Paid parental leave

  • Monthly Health & Wellness allowance

  • Work-from-home office stipend

  • Lunch reimbursement for in-office employees

  • Flexible PTO

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.

Salary Range: $120,000 - $175,000 + Bonus + Equity

Our use of AI in recruiting: We may use AI tools in our recruiting process, which require human review and oversight. If you have questions about our use of AI or wish to opt out, please contact recruiting@cresta.ai (if you are opting out, please use the subject ‘Opt-Out’ in your email).

Recording & AI transcription: We do not authorize candidates to record or use AI transcription of any interview by phone, notetaker app, AI glasses, or other device. Candidates may request an exception or accommodation for review during the interview process as needed.

Recruiting impersonation scams: 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.

How we rate this

AI Deployment Manager at Cresta rates 76 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Works on AI (AI Level 3 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Works on AI. The daily work is on AI products, without building the model.

  1. ●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
  2. ●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
  3. ●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
  4. ●○○○ Little AI0 to 39

Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Read the description and count the AI tools, models and workflows it names.

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Skills and AI tools this role asks for

AI agentsVertex AI

Questions you could be asked

  1. How do you decide when an AI agent can act on its own versus asking for approval first?
  2. Walk me through how you've used Vertex AI in your day-to-day work.
  3. Describe a typical day in a role like this one: which parts run through AI directly?
  4. If you removed AI from this role, what would be left, and how do you decide what still needs a human?

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  • List these exact terms on your resume: AI agents and Vertex AI. An applicant tracking system matches the wording, not the idea.
  • Attach one line of real, concrete experience to at least one of them. A tool named with nothing behind it rarely survives a human read.
  • Show where AI is part of your daily process, not a one-off project. This role expects it to be a running habit.

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