Director, Customer Experience & Implementation
Customer Experience
About the Role
R1 is the leading provider of technology-driven solutions that transform the patient experience and financial performance of hospitals, health systems, and medical groups. We are the one company that combines the deep expertise of a global workforce of revenue cycle professionals with the industrys most advanced technology platform, encompassing sophisticated analytics, AI, intelligent automation, and workflow orchestration.
The Director, Customer Experience & Implementation leads the Customer Engagement strategy and execution throughout the customer onboarding journey, partnering with Deployment, Operations, Customer Executives, Marketing, and Shared Services to deliver a seamless and differentiated experience from contract signature through stabilization. This role creates a high-touch onboarding model that builds customer confidence and supports long-term partnership success. Following implementation, the Director supports Enterprise Customer Engagement teams throughout the contract lifecycle through a white-glove framework that enhances the overall customer experience.
Heres What You Can Expect
Own the enterprise customer onboarding and customer experience strategy across all Enterprise customers, establishing standards, governance, and operating models from contract signature through lifecycle maturity.
Serve as a senior point of contact for customer executives and key stakeholders during onboarding and implementation activities.
Define and govern enterprise onboarding methodology, customer engagement standards, communication frameworks, and executive governance models across customer implementations.
Facilitate customer readiness reviews and post-implementation assessments.
Lead executive-level intervention strategies for high-risk customer relationships, driving enterprise alignment and sustainable resolution of systemic customer experience issues.
Own onboarding and engagement outcomes, including NPS, KLAS impact, customer adoption, executive engagement, and implementation experience indicators.
Establish enterprise-wide white-glove customer experience standards and governance across Enterprise and R37/Phare customer relationships.
Partner with the VP and Customer Optimization & Satisfaction team on experience reviews and strategic business reviews with R1 executive stakeholders, including internal sentiment analysis for Customer Engagement teams.
Partner with Marketing to create customer-facing materials, executive communications, and engagement campaigns.
Lead enterprise customer experience improvement initiatives, directing cross-functional priorities and influencing operational, technology, and service investments.
Develop strategies that improve retention, executive engagement, customer advocacy, and long-term partnership growth across R1 strategic accounts.
Build and scale the Customer Experience function, including future leadership and organizational design responsibilities.
Perform additional duties and responsibilities as assigned.
Qualifications:
Healthcare Revenue Cycle Management experience.
Bachelors degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
10+ years of experience in customer onboarding, implementation, customer success, healthcare operations, consulting, or a related field.
10+ years of leadership experience managing teams and cross-functional initiatives.
Proven success leading customer transitions, large-scale operational programs, or account management teams.
Strong executive presence, communication, relationship management, and problem-solving skills.
Ability to influence across a matrixed organization and manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
Experience building customer experience, onboarding, or service delivery programs preferred.
Experience partnering with customer executives and senior operational leaders preferred.
Change management, Lean, Six Sigma, or project management certification preferred.
For this US-based position, the base pay range is $122,366.00 - $178,767.22 per year . Individual pay is determined by role, level, location, job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.This job is eligible to participate in our annual bonus plan at a target of 20.00% The healthcare system is always evolving and its up to us to use our shared expertise to find new solutions that can keep up. On our growing team youll find the opportunity to constantly learn, collaborate across groups and explore new paths for your career.
Our associates are given the chance to contribute, think boldly and create meaningful work that makes a difference in the communities we serve around the world. We go beyond expectations in everything we do. Not only does that drive customer success and improve patient care, but that same enthusiasm is applied to giving back to the community and taking care of our team including offering a competitive benefits package.
R1 RCM Inc. (the Company) is dedicated to the fundamentals of equal employment opportunity. The Companys employment practices , including those regarding recruitment, hiring, assignment, promotion, compensation, benefits, training, discipline, and termination shall not be based on any persons age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, medical condition, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. Furthermore, the Company is dedicated to providing a workplace free from harassment based on any of the foregoing protected categories.
If you have a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the job application process, please contact us at 312-496-7709 for assistance.
CA PRIVACY NOTICE: California resident job applicants can learn more about their privacy rights California Consent
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Originally posted on Himalayas
The Director, Customer Experience & Implementation leads the Customer Engagement strategy and execution throughout the customer onboarding journey, partnering with Deployment, Operations, Customer Executives, Marketing, and Shared Services to deliver a seamless and differentiated experience from contract signature through stabilization. This role creates a high-touch onboarding model that builds customer confidence and supports long-term partnership success. Following implementation, the Director supports Enterprise Customer Engagement teams throughout the contract lifecycle through a white-glove framework that enhances the overall customer experience.
Heres What You Can Expect
Own the enterprise customer onboarding and customer experience strategy across all Enterprise customers, establishing standards, governance, and operating models from contract signature through lifecycle maturity.
Serve as a senior point of contact for customer executives and key stakeholders during onboarding and implementation activities.
Define and govern enterprise onboarding methodology, customer engagement standards, communication frameworks, and executive governance models across customer implementations.
Facilitate customer readiness reviews and post-implementation assessments.
Lead executive-level intervention strategies for high-risk customer relationships, driving enterprise alignment and sustainable resolution of systemic customer experience issues.
Own onboarding and engagement outcomes, including NPS, KLAS impact, customer adoption, executive engagement, and implementation experience indicators.
Establish enterprise-wide white-glove customer experience standards and governance across Enterprise and R37/Phare customer relationships.
Partner with the VP and Customer Optimization & Satisfaction team on experience reviews and strategic business reviews with R1 executive stakeholders, including internal sentiment analysis for Customer Engagement teams.
Partner with Marketing to create customer-facing materials, executive communications, and engagement campaigns.
Lead enterprise customer experience improvement initiatives, directing cross-functional priorities and influencing operational, technology, and service investments.
Develop strategies that improve retention, executive engagement, customer advocacy, and long-term partnership growth across R1 strategic accounts.
Build and scale the Customer Experience function, including future leadership and organizational design responsibilities.
Perform additional duties and responsibilities as assigned.
Qualifications:
Healthcare Revenue Cycle Management experience.
Bachelors degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
10+ years of experience in customer onboarding, implementation, customer success, healthcare operations, consulting, or a related field.
10+ years of leadership experience managing teams and cross-functional initiatives.
Proven success leading customer transitions, large-scale operational programs, or account management teams.
Strong executive presence, communication, relationship management, and problem-solving skills.
Ability to influence across a matrixed organization and manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
Experience building customer experience, onboarding, or service delivery programs preferred.
Experience partnering with customer executives and senior operational leaders preferred.
Change management, Lean, Six Sigma, or project management certification preferred.
For this US-based position, the base pay range is $122,366.00 - $178,767.22 per year . Individual pay is determined by role, level, location, job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.This job is eligible to participate in our annual bonus plan at a target of 20.00% The healthcare system is always evolving and its up to us to use our shared expertise to find new solutions that can keep up. On our growing team youll find the opportunity to constantly learn, collaborate across groups and explore new paths for your career.
Our associates are given the chance to contribute, think boldly and create meaningful work that makes a difference in the communities we serve around the world. We go beyond expectations in everything we do. Not only does that drive customer success and improve patient care, but that same enthusiasm is applied to giving back to the community and taking care of our team including offering a competitive benefits package.
R1 RCM Inc. (the Company) is dedicated to the fundamentals of equal employment opportunity. The Companys employment practices , including those regarding recruitment, hiring, assignment, promotion, compensation, benefits, training, discipline, and termination shall not be based on any persons age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, medical condition, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. Furthermore, the Company is dedicated to providing a workplace free from harassment based on any of the foregoing protected categories.
If you have a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the job application process, please contact us at 312-496-7709 for assistance.
CA PRIVACY NOTICE: California resident job applicants can learn more about their privacy rights California Consent
To learn more, visit:
Visit us on Facebook
Originally posted on Himalayas