Senior Customer Marketing & Advocacy Manager

Overview

We are seeking a proactive and experienced Customer Marketing & Advocacy Manager join our team. In this role, you will be responsible for developing and managing programs that engage and build relationships with our customers. You will play a critical role in driving customer loyalty and satisfaction, enhancing our brand presence and fostering customer advocacy.

This is a remote opportunity - must be US based in MST, EST or CST timezones.

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Please note that for this position, we are only accepting direct applications. Submissions from agencies will not be considered.
The Opportunity

We are seeking a strategic and hands-on Customer Marketing & Advocacy Manager to lead initiatives that deepen customer relationships, drive engagement, and amplifycustomer voices. This role is ideal for a seasoned marketer who thrives in a cross-functional environment and is passionate about building programs that turn customers into advocates. This role has an equal split between customer marketing programs and customer advocacy.

This person will report directly to the CMO and will be the primary owner of the customer marketing function, with support from the broader marketing team. The right candidate thrives in a lean, fast-paced environment as a strategic IC owning the customer marketing function.
Core Responsibilities
Customer Marketing (50%)

- Build and execute customer marketing campaigns and programs that drive ARR growth through expansion and upsell motions

- Measure and report on marketing-influenced ARR and pipeline from customer programs

- Partner with Demand Gen and Thought Leadership teams to ensure marketing activity translates to the customer side

- Collaborate with the Product Marketing Manager on customer communications for seasonal product releases

- Synthesize NPS survey data and deliver findings and recommendations to leadership

- Work cross-functionally with Customer Success and Account Management on enablement, campaign calendar sharing, and product release updates

Customer Advocacy (50%)

- Build and manage a referenceable customer pool to support the sales process -- reference calls, case studies, and peer review platforms

- Drive G2 review and Gartner Peer Insights strategy and maintain quarterly review volume targets

- Identify, recruit, and nurture customer advocates and ambassadors

- Expand the referenceable client list and improve time to fill for reference requests

- Support customer speakers for events, webinars, and thought leadership opportunities

Qualifications
Required

- 8+ years of total marketing experience, with a minimum of 5 years in a dedicated customer marketing and advocacy role in B2B SaaS

- Proven track record on both sides of the function -- customer marketing programs tied to