At arenaflex, we're on a mission to revolutionize the way we serve our customers and drive growth through exceptional experiences. As a Director of Customer Experience Management, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping our customer-centric approach, leading a high-performing team, and driving strategic initiatives that delight our customers and fuel business success.
**About arenaflex**
arenaflex is a leading provider of innovative solutions and services that empower businesses to thrive in a rapidly changing world. With a strong commitment to customer satisfaction and a passion for innovation, we're dedicated to delivering exceptional experiences that exceed our customers' expectations. Our customer-centric approach is built on a deep understanding of our customers' needs, preferences, and pain points, and we're constantly seeking new ways to improve and refine our services to meet their evolving needs.
**The Opportunity**
As a Director of Customer Experience Management, you'll be responsible for building and leading a customer experience 'practice' that drives innovation and excellence in all aspects of customer service, support, and experience design. You'll work closely with cross-functional teams, including Product, Engineering, and UX, to embed customer and employee data, remove root cause issues, and drive systemic change that delivers exceptional customer experiences and advocacy.
**Responsibilities**
• **Build and Execute a Vision for Customer Experience**: Develop and execute a comprehensive vision for customer experience that aligns with strategic customer segment expectations and goals, driving seamless, transparent, and frictionless experiences that sustain mutual growth.
• **Lead and Organize a Customer Experience Practice**: Lead, organize, and scale a Customer Experience (CX) practice within the organization, accountable for our Voice of Customer (VOC) Feedback Loop, eliminating pain points/friction, and optimizing customer experiences.
• **Aggregate Insights and Collaborate with Cross-Functional Teams**: Aggregate quantitative and qualitative insights, collaborating with marketing, product development, and product management to build, fix, and enhance our products, policies, and communication.
• **Disrupt and Challenge the Status Quo**: Use advocacy and inquiry to propose broad and strategic solutions that ensure product design eliminates friction and provides the best possible experience.
• **Define Optimal Frameworks and Ways of Working**: Define the optimal framework and ways of working through end-to-end customer 'value' journeys and customer education programs that drive speed to benefit through feature adoption and utilization, proactive health management, and retention programs.
• **Define Strategies for Support Excellence**: Define and build strategies to deliver a foundation for support excellence, both proactive and reactive, that meet the customer where they need to be met and delivers ground-breaking support expertise powered by both AI and live experts.
• **Optimize and Drive Change for Customer-Facing Support Teams**: Optimize and drive change for customer-facing support teams to identify, synthesize, and prioritize VOC and VOE data, building business cases for change and driving implementation of tactics and initiatives.
• **Establish Business Goals and Measures**: Establish business goals to deliver our vision through customer and employee measures, moving Customer Success from a cost center mentality to a serve-to-sell ecosystem.
• **Collaborate with Product, Engineering, and UX Teams**: Collaborate with Product, Engineering, and UX teams to embed customer and employee data, remove root cause issues, and drive systemic change that delivers exceptional customer experiences and advocacy.
• **Stay on Top of Industry Trends and Thought Leadership**: Stay on top of industry-leading trends and have curiosity in the Customer Experience and Technology industry to drive innovative thought leadership.
• **Collaborate with All Markets**: Collaborate with all markets to understand localization challenges and facilitate a true global approach to systemic change that drives up customer measures of success and shareholder value.
**Measures of Success**
• 50 PRS (Product Recommendation Score)
• 85 tNPS (transactional Net Promoter Score)
• 85 CES (Customer Effort Score)
• Time to Value
• Customer Retention
• Expansion Revenue
• Life Time Value
**Qualifications**
• This position will report to the VP of Customer Experience Management and sits on a cross-functional Global Leadership Team.
• You will drive the strategic plans and associated products and services, proactively collaborating with Product Management, Marketing, and Sales leaders to drive growth.
• You will lead a “customer-first” culture and mindset across the organization, which places emphasis on delighting customers in everything that we do.
• A critical element of your role will be to create a well-integrated and highly effective team, partnering across multiple geographies, teams, and segments.
• You will ensure an engaged workforce through frequent communication, goal setting, performance management, and creating a positive environment of trust, transparency, and clear expectations.
**Ideal Candidate**
• **Team & Talent Builder**: Has substantial senior leadership experience, managing senior-level employees and/or other managers. A talent steward with a proven history of hiring, managing, and developing high-performing and highly engaged teams.
• **Boundaryless Leader**: Cross-functional leadership experience, partnering to influence different functions at all levels. Experience working with a US-based, multi-national company would be an asset.
• **Strategic Thinking**: Defines the overall strategy to ensure business growth and utilizes powerful messages to lead and promote a culture focused on problem-solving.
• **Product Management & Experience Design Expert**: Customer champion with a design mindset and demonstrated strengths in product management or experience design (ideally with SaaS, Self-Help, or CRM environment).
• **Business Leader**: Business acumen with proven ability to deliver programs that accelerate organizational growth objectives. Must possess experience in developing clear, compelling business cases that support prioritization of work.
• **Customer Service & Support Expert**: Demonstrated strength managing or working with customer support organizations and operations (direct or via BPO).
• **Change Leader**: Experience in a dynamic work environment, managing and executing complex system and organizational change initiatives.
• **Communicator**: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including an ability to communicate complex issues simply. Proficient in MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
**Core Skills**
• Excel
• CX
• Product Management
• Product Design
• Brand
**Other Skills**
• Hiring
• SaaS
• CRM
• Customer Service
• Customer Support
**Seniority**
• Leadership
**What We Offer**
• Competitive salary and bonus structure
• Comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) matching program
• Flexible work arrangements, including remote work options
• Professional development opportunities, including training and education programs
• Collaborative and dynamic work environment
• Recognition and rewards for outstanding performance
**How to Apply**
If you're a seasoned leader with a passion for customer experience and a track record of driving business growth, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity. Please submit your resume and a cover letter outlining your experience, skills, and qualifications. We can't wait to hear from you!