Full-Time

International Customer Solutions Associate

Ancestry

Ancestry

1,001-5,000 employees

Genealogy platform with DNA testing

Compensation Overview

€32k/yr

+ Bonus + WFH Allowance + Wellbeing Reimbursement + WiFi Reimbursement

Remote in Ireland

Remote

Remote-first role based in ROI; quarterly in-person team meetings.

Category
Sales & Account Management (2)
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Required Skills
Sales
Customer Service
Requirements
  • A Natural Closer: You are comfortable in a sales environment and enjoy turning a support call into a growth opportunity. You match member needs with the right product so offers feel like help, not a pitch.

Ancestry provides a genealogy platform with tools to build family trees, access historical records, view photos, and analyze DNA to learn about ancestry. Users subscribe for access to records and tree-building features, while DNA kits are purchased separately and analyzed to show ethnic backgrounds and relative connections. The platform combines the world’s largest online collection of family history records with integrated DNA testing in one place to help users connect with living relatives and uncover documents. The goal is to help people understand their roots and trace their lineage using data-backed genealogical tools and DNA insights.

Company Size

1,001-5,000

Company Stage

Acquired

Total Funding

$6.5B

Headquarters

Lehi, Utah

Founded

1983

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • AI-guided storytelling and tree-building nudges increase engagement and retention.
  • iMemories acquisition adds media digitization, expanding family preservation offerings.
  • Subscription model ($24.99–$49.99/month) generates predictable recurring revenue streams.

What critics are saying

  • FamilySearch's free AI Research Assistant erodes Ancestry's subscription conversion funnel.
  • Nemcik class action (Dec 2025) alleges unauthorized yearbook photo use in ads.
  • Multimodal AI commoditizes proprietary record indexing within 24–36 months.

What makes Ancestry unique

  • Largest consumer genomics network with 4M DNA users and 20B historical records.
  • AI Stories feature narrates 940M+ records in multiple languages for discovery.
  • Kelly Campbell (ex-Peacock president) joins board to scale D2C subscriptions.

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Company News

Genwithai
Dec 1st, 2025
AI + Genealogy Monthly Review - December 2025

AI + Genealogy monthly review - December 2025. Dec 31, 2025 December felt like a "new interface" month for family history: less search box only, more AI-guided storytelling, tree-building nudges, and machine-reading at scale. In this issue. * Ancestry turns records into narrated "AI Stories" * FamilySearch adds tree-extending hints powered by its AI Research Assistant * Genealogy education keeps leveling up (plus an Internet Archive + AI workflow) * Manuscripts meet machine learning: Cairo Geniza / MiDRASH momentum 1) Ancestry launches AI Stories (narrated audio from records). Ancestry introduced AI Stories in beta, generating a short narrated story from a historical record. Ancestry said 940M+ records are currently eligible for audio narration, and the feature supports multiple languages. Ancestry+1 Why it matters: this is AI being used as a presentation layer - helping families understand records faster, and making discoveries easier to share with relatives who won't read a census page for fun. 2) FamilySearch adds tree-extending hints via its AI Research Assistant. FamilySearch announced new home-page hints designed to surface record hints that could add a new spouse, parent, or child - with a workflow that still routes you back through review + source linking. familysearch.org Why it matters: it's a shift from "here's a record" to "here's what this record might unlock," which can reduce the time you spend staring at gaps in your tree. 3) Canada's 1931 Census index shows what "AI at scale" looks like in archives. Library and Archives Canada described the rollout of a free, searchable index for the 1931 Census of Canada (built in collaboration with Ancestry and FamilySearch) as part of its phased accessibility plan. Canada+1 Why it matters: beyond consumer genealogy sites, large institutions are now routinely using OCR/handwriting recognition + structured extraction to turn massive collections into searchable data. 4) the "machine finally learned to read" conversation goes mainstream (genealogy edition). A popular December post from AI Genealogy Insights argues that newer multimodal models (discussed there as "Gemini 3") are crossing a threshold for reading messy, real-world documents - while still requiring careful verification. AI Genealogy Insights Why it matters: for genealogists, the practical question isn't "is it perfect?" - it's "is it good enough to speed up my workflow without adding new errors?" 5) A smarter way to use AI: decompose first, prompt second. Another AI Genealogy Insights post offered a framework for breaking big research questions into smaller, testable tasks - so you can validate outputs step-by-step instead of trusting one giant answer. AI Genealogy Insights Try it: take one hard problem (e.g., "Who were John Smith's parents?") and turn it into mini-tasks: extract facts from each record | build a timeline | compare conflicts | propose hypotheses | list what evidence would confirm each. 6) Genealogy education keeps professionalizing around AI. Legacy Family Tree Webinars highlighted practical "best uses" of AI for genealogy - document understanding, extracting details, and turning research into readable narratives - plus a look at what to watch next year. Legacy Family Tree Webinars Why it matters: the community is moving from novelty prompts to repeatable, teachable methodology. 7) Internet Archive + AI: turning big books into working indexes. A webinar-focused deep dive showcased how AI can help build a surname index from a long digitized genealogy book and extract structured data (like migration routes) into spreadsheet-ready output. Legacy Family Tree Webinars Why it matters: this is "DIY indexing" - the kind of work that used to take days now becomes an afternoon project (with verification!). 8) medieval manuscripts meet deep learning: Cairo Geniza + MiDRASH momentum. Coverage this month spotlighted AI-assisted transcription and reconstruction of Cairo Geniza fragments (hundreds of thousands of manuscript pieces), including the MiDRASH effort and related "transcribe-a-thon" work using specialized manuscript platforms. Reuters+2RNS+2 Why it matters: it's a reminder that genealogy-adjacent breakthroughs often come from the wider archives/manuscripts world - and the tooling eventually trickles down into family history workflows. Key takeaways for December. * AI is becoming the "wrapper" around records (audio, summaries, guided prompts) - not just a search aid. Ancestry * Platforms are nudging users toward tree-building actions, while still keeping humans in the proof loop. familysearch.org * The biggest long-term unlock remains machine-reading at scale - especially for handwritten and semi-structured archival material. Canada+1 Ancestry AI Stories announcement (Dec 15, 2025): https://www.ancestry.com/corporate/blog/ancestry-brings-family-history-to-life-with-new-ai-powered-stori Semafor coverage (Dec 12, 2025): https://www.semafor.com/article/12/12/2025/ancestrys-new-ai-feature-narrates-ancestors-stories FamilySearch tree-extending hints (Dec 22, 2025): https://www.familysearch.org/en/blog/ai-research-assistant-home-page-hints LAC "1931 Census phase two complete" (Jul 30, 2025): https://www.canada.ca/en/library-archives/corporate/updates/2023/1931-census-phase-two-complete.html AI Genealogy Insights (Dec 16, 2025): https://aigenealogyinsights.com/2025/12/16/when-the-machine-finally-learned-to-read-gemini-3-and-the-question-of-good-enough/ AI Genealogy Insights framework (Dec 18, 2025): https://aigenealogyinsights.com/2025/12/18/the-art-of-breaking-things-apart-a-framework-for-ai-assisted-genealogical-research/ Legacy webinar: Best Uses of AI for Genealogists (Dec 19, 2025): https://familytreewebinars.com/webinar/the-best-uses-of-ai-for-genealogists/ Reuters on MiDRASH / Geniza (Nov 26, 2025): https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/vast-trove-medieval-jewish-records-opened-up-by-ai-2025-11-26/ Religion News Service (Dec 17, 2025): https://religionnews.com/2025/12/17/ai-is-enlisted-to-rescue-jews-cultural-heritage-and-give-new-life-to-ancient-languages/ Times of Israel (Nov 25, 2025): https://www.timesofisrael.com/scholars-transcribe-hundreds-of-thousands-of-cairo-geniza-fragments-some-never-read-before/

The Dead Pixels Society
Jul 30th, 2025
Ancestry acquires iMemories

Family history giant Ancestry announced its acquisition of iMemories, a media digitization and cloud-based content preservation services company.

Genealogy TV, LLC
Mar 6th, 2025
Ancestry New Networks: A Powerful New Research Tool

Ancestry has just introduced Networks, an innovative feature designed to help genealogists create and organize groups of connected individuals.

SL Enterprises
Jan 25th, 2025
Ancestry announces CEO transition

The board of directors of Lehi-based family history and DNA testing platform Ancestry has named Howard Hochhauser to succeed Deb Liu as the company's president and CEO.

GlobeNewswire
Jan 13th, 2025
Relationship Genetic Tests Market Report 2024, Featuring Profiles Of Laboratory Corporation Of America, Quest Diagnostics, Cleveland Clinic, Myriad Genetics, Invitae And More

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