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Customer Success Programs Lead

180k – 280kSan Francisco, CACustomer SuccessOnsite4+ YOE
Summary

Build and scale customer education, community, and champion programs from scratch to drive adoption, retention, and NRR at a fast-growing AI SaaS company.

About the role

You Will

Customer Education

  • Build scalable programs that reduce CSM lift and empower customers to self-serve through onboarding academies, playbooks, in-product education, webinars, and office hours—driving faster time to value and product adoption.

Community Programs

  • Build and grow customer communities that foster peer learning, advocacy, and virality through forums, Slack groups, user events, and customer-led content.

Champion Programs

  • Identify and activate customer champions with exclusive access, recognition, and opportunities such as CABs, betas, events, case studies, and references to drive adoption and expansion.

You Have

  • 4+ years in a CS Programs, Customer Education, Community, Champions or Lifecycle role at a fast growing company.
  • Experience building at least one of these motions from scratch, not just inheriting one.
  • Executive presence and the ability to hold a room with senior stakeholders.
  • Strong content and communication instincts: you know how to make complex things simple and engaging.
  • High energy with the ability to juggle many projects and conversations at once.
  • Founder mentality: comfortable operating before the playbook exists. Comfortable operating independently without a lot of structure.
  • A point of view on what great community and education looks like and the portfolio to back it up.
Skills
Customer SuccessCustomer EducationCommunity BuildingCustomer AdvocacyProgram ManagementContent CreationStakeholder ManagementOnboarding ProgramsWebinarsSlack Community Management
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