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Head of Onboarding (Director or VP level, depending on experience)

United StatesCustomer SuccessRemote5+ YOE
Summary

Lead and scale customer onboarding for a SaaS Resident Experience Platform. Build scalable implementation programs, reduce time-to-value, and drive activation rates while managing a team and collaborating cross-functionally.

About the role

Key Responsibilities

  • Develop and implement a best-in-class onboarding strategy aligned with company objectives and customer success metrics
  • Identify and refine onboarding workflows to increase efficiency, reduce time-to-value, and improve customer experience
  • Work closely with Sales, Product, Customer Success, and Support teams to ensure seamless customer transitions
  • Design scalable, tailored onboarding programs for different customer segments with proactive engagement
  • Leverage automation and technology to scale onboarding while maintaining personalization
  • Establish and monitor KPIs such as time-to-value, activation rates, and customer satisfaction
  • Recruit, mentor, and develop a high-performing onboarding team
  • Gather customer feedback to identify pain points and drive onboarding improvements

Requirements

  • 5–7 years leading onboarding, process improvement, or customer success operations with proven track record of scaling departments
  • 3+ years directly managing and developing high-performing teams
  • Deep expertise designing and deploying scalable implementation frameworks for complex enterprise clients
  • Highly proficient in data manipulation and business intelligence; translate data into actionable insights
  • Proven experience in process mapping and optimization
  • Exceptional communication skills with ability to align cross-functional executives

Nice-to-Haves / Preferred Mindset

  • AI-first mindset; proactively leverage AI and automation to eliminate manual bottlenecks
  • First principles thinking; build the right way rather than iterating on legacy systems
  • Strong bias for action and hands-on problem-solving
Skills
Customer OnboardingProcess OptimizationTeam LeadershipKPI TrackingCross-functional CollaborationAutomationData AnalysisBusiness IntelligenceStakeholder ManagementProgram Architecture