Lead, Customer Experience Strategy and Operations (High-Touch)

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3 Locations
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120K-180K Annually
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The Role
Leads strategy and operations for Klaviyo’s high-touch customer segment. Designs customer experiences, engagement programs, playbooks, and operating models; establishes metrics for adoption, retention, expansion, and sentiment; manages planning and investment decisions; and leads cross-functional strategic projects from concept through launch and measurement. Partners with Customer Success, Sales, Support, Product, and Marketing to improve enterprise customer outcomes and scale CSM effectiveness through data, automation, and AI.
Summary Generated by Built In

At Klaviyo, we value the unique backgrounds, experiences and perspectives each Klaviyo (we call ourselves Klaviyos) brings to our workplace each and every day. We believe everyone deserves a fair shot at success and appreciate the experiences each person brings beyond the traditional job requirements. If you’re a close but not exact match with the description, we hope you’ll still consider applying. Want to learn more about life at Klaviyo? Visit klaviyo.com/careers to see how we empower creators to own their own destiny.

About the role

Our high-touch customers are where the relationship, the stakes, and the revenue are biggest. This role makes sure that book is run like a business: clear on who we serve and how, deliberate about the experience we create, and measured on what it delivers.

This is half strategy, half operator. You'll design customer experiences and programs for our highest-value accounts, and you'll build the operating rhythm, metrics, and processes that keep the high-touch team effective as it grows. You'll work directly with CS leadership, CSMs, Sales, Support, Product, and Marketing, and you'll have room to shape how we serve our biggest customers.

What you'll do

Shape the high-touch customer experience

  • Design and pilot the moments that matter for high-touch customers: onboarding to value, executive engagement, business reviews, renewal and expansion plays.
  • Define what high-touch should mean: which customers qualify, what they get, and what outcome each touchpoint should create.
  • Turn customer feedback and data into specific changes to programs, playbooks, and engagement models.
  • Work with Product, Support, Marketing, and Sales to close gaps that customers feel across teams.

Run the high-touch business

  • Own the operating model for the high-touch segment: coverage, capacity, cost to serve, and how the model changes as the customer base grows.
  • Set the metrics that tell us whether it's working, such as adoption, retention, expansion, and customer sentiment, and build the cadence to review them.
  • Lead the planning cycles for the segment, and make the case for where to invest and where to automate or pool.
  • Build the playbooks, workflows, and tooling the team uses, and keep them current.

Lead projects across teams

  • Manage a portfolio of strategic and operational projects from ambiguous idea to launched, measured program.
  • Translate leadership priorities into plans with clear owners, timelines, and success measures.
  • Bring structure to cross-functional problems, flag risks early, and drive adoption of new ways of working.
  • Prepare clear, decision-ready materials for leadership, with a recommendation attached.
Who you are
  • 5-8 years in Customer Success, CS Operations, strategy, or program management, ideally in SaaS, with time close to enterprise or high-touch customers.
  • You've designed a customer program or operating model and can show what changed because of it.
  • You think in outcomes first. You can say what problem you're solving, how you'll know it worked, and what you'd stop doing to make room.
  • You're comfortable with data. You can build the analysis yourself in tools like Salesforce, Gainsight, Tableau, or Snowflake, or ask sharp questions of someone who can.
  • You influence without authority, and people across Sales, Support, Product, and CS want you in the room.
  • You write and present clearly, and you can lead with the answer for executives.
  • You like building new things and also making them stick.
  • Experience using AI or automation to scale customer engagement and CSM efficiency
Nice to have
  • Experience with customer segmentation, health scoring, or customer journey design.
  • Program or project management certification.

Massachusetts Applicants:
It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

Our salary range reflects the cost of labor across various U.S. geographic markets. The range displayed below reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for the position across all our US locations. The base salary offered for this position is determined by several factors, including the applicant’s job-related skills, relevant experience, education or training, and work location.

In addition to base salary, our total compensation package may include participation in the company’s annual cash bonus plan, variable compensation (OTE) for sales and customer success roles, equity, sign-on payments, and a comprehensive range of health, welfare, and wellbeing benefits based on eligibility. 

Your recruiter can provide more details about the specific salary/OTE range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Base Pay Range For US Locations:
$120,000—$180,000 USD

This role may require up to 10% travel for purposes such as new hire onboarding, client or partner work if applicable, team meetings, and industry events. Travel is coordinated in advance.

Get to Know Klaviyo

We’re Klaviyo (pronounced clay-vee-oh). We empower creators to own their destiny by making first-party data accessible and actionable like never before. We see limitless potential for the technology we’re developing to nurture personalized experiences in ecommerce and beyond. To reach our goals, we need our own crew of remarkable creators—ambitious and collaborative teammates who stay focused on our north star: delighting our customers. If you’re ready to do the best work of your career, where you’ll be welcomed as your whole self from day one and supported with generous benefits, we hope you’ll join us.

AI fluency at Klaviyo includes responsible use of AI (including privacy, security, bias awareness, and human-in-the-loop). We provide accommodations as needed. 

By participating in Klaviyo’s interview process, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and will adhere to our Guidelines for using AI in the Klaviyo interview Process. For more information about how we process your personal data, see our Job Applicant Privacy Notice.

Klaviyo is committed to a policy of equal opportunity and non-discrimination. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, citizenship, national origin, color, religion or religious creed, age, sex (including pregnancy), gender identity, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, veteran or active military status, marital status, criminal record, genetics, retaliation, sexual harassment or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: Our company takes the security and privacy of job applicants very seriously. We will never ask for payment, bank details, or personal financial information as part of the application process. All our legitimate job postings can be found on our official career site. Please be cautious of job offers that come from non-company email addresses (@klaviyo.com), instant messaging platforms, or unsolicited calls.
 
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Skills Required

  • 5-8 years of experience in Customer Success, Customer Success Operations, strategy, or program management
  • Experience in SaaS, ideally supporting enterprise or high-touch customers
  • Experience designing a customer program or operating model with measurable results
  • Ability to define outcomes, success measures, and prioritization decisions
  • Ability to use data and tools such as Salesforce, Gainsight, Tableau, or Snowflake
  • Ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders without direct authority
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, including executive presentations
  • Experience building and scaling new programs, processes, or operating models
  • Experience using AI or automation to scale customer engagement and CSM efficiency
  • Experience with customer segmentation, health scoring, or customer journey design
  • Program or project management certification

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Klaviyo Compensation & Benefits Highlights

How does Klaviyo ensure its pay and bonus plans are competitive?

Klaviyo supports competitive pay through a total rewards approach that combines salary, equity, bonus opportunities, benefits, learning support and a performance culture tied to measurable impact. 

  • Competitive total rewards: Klaviyo’s benefits overview highlights competitive salaries, 401(k) match, employee referral bonuses, equity, an employee stock purchase plan, flexible paid time off, commuter/transit support, fitness reimbursements, mental and emotional wellbeing programming and learning support. External reviews reinforce the value of the package, with employees citing competitive pay, bonuses, RSUs, ESPP, health insurance, parental leave, unlimited PTO and learning stipends as meaningful parts of the employee experience.
  • Pay connected to impact and outcomes: Klaviyo’s handbook frames performance around ownership, clarity and measurable results. The value “Know the score” states that results matter more than effort alone, while “Drivers wanted” emphasizes proactive ownership and “Be meticulous in your craft” reinforces a high bar for work quality. That creates a compensation and recognition philosophy where strong outcomes, not just activity, are central to advancement and rewards.
  • Equity and long-term value: Equity is a visible part of Klaviyo’s rewards story. Klaviyo offers equity packages to all full-time employees, vesting over four years, and provides an employee stock purchase plan. That ownership opportunity sits within a growing business: in Q1 2026, Klaviyo reported $358 million in revenue, up 28% year over year, and raised full-year 2026 revenue guidance to $1.514 billion to $1.522 billion. Those business results give employees a clear connection between company performance, long-term growth and the value of ownership-based compensation.
  • Rewards supported by growth and development benefits: Klaviyo’s compensation package is paired with benefits that help employees grow their careers and build long-term value. K-Pro Learn, learning stipends, mentorship, Career Architecture and manager development programs support continued skill-building. A customer success manager noted that Klaviyo offers a learning stipend for job-related coaching or training, while employee survey insights show 78% of respondents feel they are gaining the skills and experience to grow their careers.
  • External signals:
    • Compensation Sentiment: External reviews frequently praise Klaviyo’s competitive salary, bonuses, equity, RSUs, ESPP, 401(k) match, learning stipend and generous benefits. (Glassdoor; Comparably)
    • Rewards Ratings: Comparably rates Klaviyo’s compensation an A and perks and benefits an A. (Comparably)
    • Employee Value Signals: Reviews highlight PTO, health insurance, parental leave, office amenities, learning support and work-life balance as part of the overall rewards package. (Glassdoor; Comparably)

Bottom line: Klaviyo keeps compensation competitive by combining salary, bonus opportunities, equity, ESPP, retirement support, benefits and learning resources with a culture that rewards ownership, measurable outcomes and long-term impact.

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The Company
Boston, MA
2,400 Employees
Year Founded: 2012

What We Do

Klaviyo (NYSE: KVYO) is the B2C CRM. Powered by its built-in data platform and AI, Klaviyo combines marketing automation, analytics, and customer service into one unified solution, making it easy for businesses to know their customers and grow faster. Klaviyo (CLAY-vee-oh) helps over 183,000 brands like Mattel, Glossier, Daily Harvest, and Liquid Death deliver 1:1 experiences at scale, improve efficiency, and drive revenue.

Why Work With Us

We refer to our employees as ‘Klaviyos’, and we make up a diverse community united around shared values: We’re curious, collaborative, driven, innovative, fun, and fully ourselves at work. No matter which team you join, your work won’t just impact Klaviyo. It’ll help empower our customers and enable creators across the globe to own their destinies.

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