Job Description
Job Description
Salary : $140,000 - $160,000 base with VC; OTE is $220,000
Criteria Corp is entering a critical phase of growth and transformation, expanding beyond product innovation into a truly customer-centered organization. We are seeking a Director, Global Customer Marketing to build and lead our first fully integrated customer marketing functionuniting advocacy, lifecycle, community, and expansion strategies. This role will own the end-to-end customer journey post-sale, driving retention, loyalty, and revenue growth for our global customer base across North America, Australia, and Europe.
This is a builder role. The ideal leader is both strategic and hands-on, capable of designing scalable programs, aligning cross-functional teams, and operationalizing customer insights into measurable business impact.
Key Responsibilities
Program Development & Execution
- Advocacy & Reference Programs : Build loyalty, reference, and advocacy programs to activate customer champions, generate case studies, and influence pipeline.
- Community Building : Launch and nurture customer community experiences (forums, events, peer groups) to foster engagement and connection.
- Lifecycle & Email Marketing : Partner with lifecycle and email teams to guide what customer stories, proof points, and advocacy assets are used at key journey moments ensuring automated campaigns (nurtures, retention plays, upsell triggers) are fueled by the right insights, segments, and voice-of-customer content.
Customer Experience Strategy & Vision
Develop and own a unified customer marketing strategy that spans onboarding, adoption, expansion, and advocacy.Define customer personas, journey stages, and value milestones to ensure consistent, relevant engagement across the lifecycle.Partner with Product Marketing, Revenue, CS, and Sales to bring a cohesive customer experience to market.Growth, Upsell & Cross-Sell Enablement
Collaborate with CS and Account Management to operationalize plays that drive expansion, renewals, and multi-product adoption.Create customer proof points, content hubs, and advocacy assets aligned to sales and renewal motions.Partner with RevOps on segmentation, health scoring, and journey analytics to identify expansion opportunities.Cross-Functional Collaboration & Leadership
Work closely with Product, Sales, CS, Brand, and Demand Gen to ensure alignment on customer goals and messaging.Lead, mentor, and inspire a small but high-impact customer marketing team (initially leveraging shared resources across content, email, and demand).Establish stakeholder rhythms, governance, and visibility into program performance.Customer Insights & Analytics
Use customer data, feedback, NPS, and engagement trends to inform strategy and optimize programs.Partner with RevOps to improve data hygiene and build dashboards for retention, expansion, and advocacy metrics.Report results to executive leadership, tying customer programs to revenue impact.Qualifications
8+ years in Customer Marketing, Customer Experience, or Advocacy within B2B SaaS.Proven experience building customer programs that drive retention, expansion, and loyalty.Strong cross-functional leadership, with deep collaboration across Product, Sales, CS, and Marketing.Track record of creating scalable frameworks, processes, and content systems.Comfortable operating in evolving environments and building from the ground up.