Solution Specialist

Posted 4 Days Ago
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Austin, TX
In-Office
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Sales • Software • Automation
We fight for small businesses!
The Role
The Solution Specialist drives customer acquisition and manages onboarding, focusing on ensuring customer success within the first 90 days. Responsibilities include consultative sales, onboarding training, customer retention, and cross-functional collaboration.
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About the Role

We are seeking a Solution Specialist to play a hybrid role at the intersection of Sales, Onboarding, and Customer Success. This role is critical to ensuring customers realize value in the first 90 days - the most important period in their lifecycle. The Solution Specialist will own both new customer acquisition and the early customer experience, ensuring customers adopt our solutions, receive world-class onboarding, and are set up for long-term success.

Key Responsibilities
  • Customer Acquisition & Growth
    • Drive net-new customer acquisition, with a focus on SMB and marketing-generated leads.
    • Conduct consultative sales conversations to uncover needs, demonstrate value, and close deals.
  • Onboarding & Implementation (First 90 Days)
    • Own the full onboarding journey for new accounts, with an initial focus on AI solutions and expansion to all products over time.
    • Deliver onboarding calls, training, and account setup in collaboration with internal Builder resources.
    • Ensure smooth activation and that usage milestones are met in the first 90 days.
  • Customer Retention & Expansion (Early Lifecycle)
    • Proactively manage customer relationships during the early stage, resolving issues and driving adoption.
    • Identify opportunities for expansion (e.g., Integrations, Instant Responders, Live Receptionist, etc) during onboarding and early lifecycle.
    • Serve as a support contact for non-managed accounts beyond 90 days.
  • Collaboration & Handoff
    • Partner with Customer Success Managers and Key Account Managers to transition managed accounts after 90 days.
    • Collaborate with Marketing teams to refine inbound and overall lead processes.
    • Provide structured feedback to Product and Engineering teams to accelerate roadmap delivery.
What Success Looks Like
  • Customers are fully activated and realizing value within 90 days.
  • Retention and expansion goals in the early customer lifecycle are consistently achieved.
  • Net-new acquisition targets are met, with a strong emphasis on inbound and partnership channels.
  • Reduced clawbacks and churn due to smooth handoffs and strong early adoption.
Qualifications
  • 2-4 years of experience in Sales, Customer Success, or Solutions Consulting (SaaS or tech preferred).
  • Proven ability to manage both customer acquisition and early-stage onboarding/implementation.
  • Strong consultative skills with the ability to uncover customer needs and align solutions.
  • Excellent communication and relationship management skills.
  • Comfortable working cross-functionally with Marketing, Product, and Engineering.
  • High energy, proactive, and adaptable in a fast-paced environment.
Why Join Us
  • Be part of a redefined Sales and Customer Experience model where your success is directly tied to customer outcomes.
  • Help shape how we onboard and support customers in their most critical first 90 days.
  • Opportunity to work closely with Product, Engineering, and Marketing teams, driving innovation and growth.
  • Join a high-growth company on track to provide SMBs with a Communications and Back-Office solution, simplifying their lives at every opportunity

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The Company
HQ: Austin, TX
40 Employees
Year Founded: 2010

What We Do

Here at Signpost, we’re passionate about helping local businesses thrive.  Our mission is to empower small to medium-sized enterprises, of all industry-types, with the resources needed to connect with more customers and drive more revenue. 

We provide unparalleled live receptionist and online chat support at affordable rates so that our clients, nationwide, are empowered to offer optimal service and support to their own customers 24/7/365.  

Why Work With Us

We need talented, passionate, and disciplined leaders who are looking for a worthy challenge at a place where they can learn, grow, and have real ownership.

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