Senior Manager, Customer Onboarding
Functieomschrijving
This position is posted by Jobgether on behalf of a partner company. We are currently looking for a Senior Manager, Customer Onboarding in Netherlands.
This role leads the end-to-end onboarding experience for mid-market and enterprise customers within a fast-scaling SaaS environment. You will be responsible for building and guiding a high-performing onboarding team that ensures customers achieve rapid time-to-value and long-term success. Acting as a key bridge between Sales, Product, Customer Success, and Support, you will help shape a seamless customer journey from post-sale through full adoption. The position combines strategic leadership with hands-on operational ownership, requiring a strong focus on process design, scalability, and customer satisfaction. You will also use data and customer insights to continuously refine onboarding performance and identify opportunities for expansion. This is a highly visible role where your work directly impacts customer experience, retention, and business growth.
Accountabilities
In this role, you will lead the onboarding organization and ensure customers experience a smooth, efficient, and value-driven implementation process. You will:
- Lead, mentor, and develop a team of Customer Onboarding Managers, ensuring strong performance, accountability, and customer satisfaction outcomes
- Design and continuously improve scalable onboarding frameworks tailored to different customer segments, including mid-market and enterprise clients
- Oversee the full onboarding lifecycle, ensuring clear communication, structured project execution, and successful product adoption
- Partner closely with Sales, Product, Customer Success, and Support teams to deliver a unified and seamless customer experience
- Monitor onboarding KPIs, customer feedback, and operational metrics to identify improvement opportunities and drive process optimization
- Conduct training and enablement sessions for onboarding teams to ensure consistency, product expertise, and best practices adoption
- Work directly with customers to understand business needs and tailor onboarding approaches accordingly
- Identify upsell and expansion opportunities during onboarding and collaborate with Sales to support revenue growth
- 5+ years of experience in customer success, account management, onboarding, or related SaaS roles
- 3–5 years of people management experience, with a proven ability to lead and develop high-performing teams
- Experience designing and improving onboarding or implementation processes in a SaaS environment
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build trusted relationships with clients and internal stakeholders
- Data-driven mindset with the ability to analyze KPIs and translate insights into actionable improvements
- Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic, and evolving environment
- Strong organizational and project management skills, with attention to detail and execution excellence
- Bachelor’s degree in business, communication, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
- Competitive base salary aligned with experience and market benchmarks
- Remote work flexibility with hybrid connection opportunities and periodic team gatherings
- Comprehensive health coverage including medical, dental, vision, and prescription plans
- Paid time off, parental leave, and medical leave for personal and family needs
- 401(k) retirement plan with employer matching contributions
- Flexible spending accounts (FSA) and health savings accounts (HSA) options
- Wellness support, including mental health resources and fitness stipends
- Home office setup support after one year of employment
- Professional development and continuing education support
- Inclusive, collaborative, and mission-driven team culture
Requirements
The ideal candidate brings strong leadership experience in SaaS customer onboarding or customer success, along with a data-driven and customer-centric mindset. You will need: