Fractional Head of Customer Success

Reflow
United States
Remote

Who this role is best for

Best suited to experienced customer success leaders who thrive in early-stage environments and can manage teams on an hourly basis.

Best fit for

  • Former VP or Head of CS at VC-backed B2B startups targeting mid-market and enterprise.
    — “Been VP of CS or Head of CS for other VC-backed B2B startups
  • Leaders comfortable with hands-on team management and performance standards.
    — “Significant experience managing CS teams, hiring, firing, and setting performance standards
  • Candidates who can design and own the full customer lifecycle.
    — “Designed the full CS lifecycle end-to-end

Things to consider

  • Must be based in the USA or Canada.
    — “Based in the USA or Canada only
  • Requires tracking hours and working on an hourly basis.
    — “Comfortable working on an hourly basis (not retainer), tracking your hours

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience building founding CS teams from scratch.
    — “You've built out the founding CS team
  • Emphasize familiarity with data-heavy or technical enterprise products.
    — “Experience with data-heavy, workflow-heavy, or other kinds of highly technical enterprise products
  • Showcase direct partnership experience with founders.
    — “Direct partnership with the Founder
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · TeamLevel · Senior

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What success looks like

  • Manage the Customer Success team and build out the CS team.
Typical background
VP of CS or Head of CS for other VC-backed B2B startups

Skills & requirements

Required

Customer Success ManagementTeam ManagementHiring And OnboardingPerformance StandardsCustomer Lifecycle Management

Preferred

Data-heavy Enterprise ProductsFounding CS Team Experience

Stack & domain

Technical RecruitingInternational HiringEarly-stage EnvironmentsCandidate ExperienceCustomer SuccessTeam ManagementPerformanceOnboardingCustomer LifecyclePilot Through ExpansionHigh OwnershipTechnical HiringDirect PartnershipShaping HiringFlexibleRemoteFractionalHigh TrustHigh ExpectationsVc-backed B2b StartupsMid-marketEnterprise BuyersData-heavyWorkflow-heavyTechnical Enterprise Products

About the role

Original posting from Reflow via Ashby

We’re building Reflow, a workforce and workflow intelligence platform that helps teams understand and improve how work gets done. We’re a U.S.-based tech company with a high bar for talent, ownership, and execution — and we’re intentional about building a strong, globally distributed team from the start.

We’re looking for a fractional Technical Recruiter to own full-cycle recruiting for technical roles, with a particular focus on Europe and Latin America. This is a hands-on role for someone who has hired senior technical talent internationally, thrives in early-stage environments, and cares deeply about hiring quality, speed, and candidate experience.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

Problem: The founder is managing the Customer Success team today, but needs to free up his time and better set up this team for success.

Specifically, you'll:

  • Manage our two CSMs
  • Start super hands-on to learn the product, but then quickly focus on team management and performance
  • Build out the CS team, including interviewing, hiring, onboarding, and 30/60/90 day performance
  • Shadow relevant customer conversations
  • Own the full customer lifecycle from pilot through expansion
  • Act as the founder's single point of contact for Customer Success

WHO YOU ARE

  • Been VP of CS or Head of CS for other VC-backed B2B startups that sell to mid-market & enterprise buyers
  • Significant experience managing CS teams, hiring, firing, and setting performance standards
  • Designed the full CS lifecycle end-to-end
  • Comfortable working on an hourly basis (not retainer), tracking your hours, and moving with efficiency
  • Based in the USA or Canada only

Nice-to-haves:

  • Experience with data-heavy, workflow-heavy, or other kinds of highly technical enterprise products
  • You've built out the founding CS team

WHY JOIN

  • High ownership over technical hiring at an early-stage company.
  • Direct partnership with the Founder
  • Opportunity to shape how Reflow hires globally from the ground up.
  • Flexible, remote, fractional setup with high trust and high expectations.

COMPENSATION:

We offer competitive pay based on the market and where you’re located. The salary ranges in our job postings are intentionally wide because they need to cover both U.S. and international candidates. Our final offer will depend on things like your experience, skill set, and location.

Source: Reflow careers (Ashby)

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