Head of Programmatic Customer Success

Anthropic · San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY · Sales · listed October 9, 2026

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The shape of it

Seniority

Manager

Where

Hybrid

Stated pay

$365,000 – $435,000 USD

Requirements listed

Length

1,475 words

In the posting’s own words

This is a new function, and you'd be its first leader. You'll report to the Head of Strategic Deployments & Success and work closely with Product, Partnerships, Growth Marketing, and Strategy to design and operate the system that moves customers from signed contract to deeply embedded, outcome centric usage.

What it asks for · 5

Proven experience leading and building programmatic, digital success, lifecycle, or PLG motions at significant scale — with direct ownership of an adoption or activation outcome
Track record of building scalable systems and programs, not just managing existing ones; you've started from a blank page before
Strong cross-functional instincts — comfortable writing briefs that other teams execute against, resolving handoff ambiguity, and influencing roadmaps without direct authority
Data-driven approach to decision-making, including experience designing experiments that distinguish real behavior change from activity metrics
Experience managing and developing teams

Also a plus

Experience spanning more than one of: digital/PLG, partner ecosystems, lifecycle marketing, or scaled CS — ideally combined into a single integrated motion
Hands-on familiarity with AI-powered workflows or automation as a force multiplier for a small team
Background working at a fast-growing technology company where the playbook was still being written
Experience with tiered coverage models and designing the handoffs between high-touch and low-touch

What the job covers

Define the customer journey and moments that matter along the journey that lead to daily usage of Claude in a way that delivers outcomes for Claude users
Define and own the programmatic CS strategy: how we tier accounts, what motion each tier receives, and how customers move between them as their needs evolve
Design and ship digital success programs, including lifecycle communications, in-product nudges and self-serve onboarding in a way that drives activation and habitual usage without human-touch coverage
Build and run AI-powered engagement plays that extend the team's reach; work with Product to clarify what this team builds versus what lives in the product itself
Set the quality bar and requirements for partner-led activation, and maintain a tight feedback loop with our Partnerships team who owns the partner ecosystem
Establish the metrics framework for programmatic success: define what "activated" means at each tier, identify leading indicators, and build the instrumentation to track them
Run a rigorous experimentation program to understand which motions actually change customer behavior
Hire and lead a small, high-leverage team while bringing cross-functional partners along on the vision and the operating model

Tools and skills named

Go to market

Customer success3×
Partnerships3×
SaaS

Ways of working

Cross-functional4×

Data

Experimentation2×

Words the posting leans on

customer12×
experience10×
success10×
motions9×
activation7×
build7×
programmatic7×
claude6×
define6×
lifecycle6×
partner6×
product6×
programs6×
tier6×
journey5×
outcome5×

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