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