Director of Customer Operations

Austin, TX

Our client is a fast-growing technology company.  Compensation package will include base, generous equity, bonus, as well as 100% paid Health insurance, vision, and dental coverage. 

People Leadership

  • Manage a multidisciplinary operations team
  • Define team OKRs, set performance targets, and hold regular performance reviews.
  • Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and professional growth.

Deployments

  • Act as the primary client point of contact for all new implementations.
  • Lead cross-functional coordination (clinical, product, operations) to ensure seamless deployment and readiness.
  • Travel to client sites as needed to support launches, training, and quality assurance.

Customer Success and Operations

  • Own end-to-end operations for existing clients — efficiency, quality, and KPI management.
  • Develop and monitor key operational metrics (SLA compliance, utilization, cost per engagement, satisfaction scores).
  • Drive continuous improvement through root-cause analysis and process optimization.
  • Serve as the point of contact for escalated customer issues, ensuring timely resolution and communication.

Recruiting and Workforce Planning

  • Define hiring priorities and staffing models based on volume forecasts and strategic initiatives.
  • Collaborate with internal recruiters and external agencies to meet timelines and quality standards.
  • Oversee candidate evaluation standards

Onboarding and Training

  • Own new-hire onboarding processes ensuring operational compliance, readiness, and scalability.
  • Continuously refine training content and delivery methods to enhance clinical, operational, and cultural alignment.

Performance Management and Optimization

  • Monitor productivity and quality metrics; identify performance gaps and execute improvement plans.
  • Analyze profitability drivers (utilization, time allocation, client mix) and recommend optimizations.
  • Collaborate with Finance and Data teams to align resource allocation with business goals.

Strategic and Cross-Functional Collaboration

  • Partner with Product and Engineering to identify technology and automation opportunities.
  • Manage operational ROI reporting.
  • Analyzing billable hour data and optimizing for profitability and compliance. 
  • Support leadership in long-term capacity planning and organizational design.

Requirements:

  • You are a strong people leader and know how to motivate a team to perform. 
  • Fast-paced, external, customer-facing Operations / CX / Implementation experience. 
  • Experience working in resource-constrained environments. Doing more with less.
  • Hungry and scrappy. Able to independently make things happen without hand-holding.   
  • Nimble thinker and problem solver. You can figure things out. 
  • An appreciation for the risk/reward of an early-stage startup. Someone who naturally biases towards equity vs guaranteed salary and winning together.
  • Science background is appreciated - The ability to pragmatically digest evidence and make decisions based on facts and data
  • Ability to travel throughout the US as-needed.