Activation Specialist

The Activation Specialist is responsible for supporting and guiding customers through the activation process. This role focuses on SMEs ensuring a smooth onboarding experience by helping them get set up, answering any technical or product-related questions, and ensuring they are ready to use the product effectively. The Activation Specialist also collaborates with various teams, such as sales, customer success, and support, to facilitate a seamless activation journey.

• →Customer Onboarding: Work closely with new customers to guide them through the activation process, ensuring clients are all set up and ready to use the service.
• →Technical Support: Provide basic troubleshooting and technical assistance to customers during the activation process, including helping with any issues related to the product and resolving them.
• →Training & Education: Deliver product demonstrations, tutorials, and training sessions to ensure customers understand the platform and can use it effectively.
• →Problem Resolution: Address any issues or challenges customers encounter during the activation process, collaborating with other departments to resolve any issue.
• →Customer Communication: Maintain clear and effective communication with customers throughout the activation journey, setting expectations, providing status updates, and building rapport and trust with them.
• →Documentation: Ensure proper documentation for individual progress.
• →Feedback Gathering: Collect and analyze customer feedback to identify areas for improvement in the activation process, making recommendations to improve customer experience.
• →Team Collaboration: Work closely with the sales teams and other departments to ensure smooth transitions from the sales process to the activation phase; and Partner with customer success managers to ensure customers are set up for long-term success.
• →Follow-Up & Activation: Monitor customer progress, ensure clients use the service, and ensure full adoption and satisfaction with the product, offering additional support as needed.
• →Retention & Referrals: Encourage clients to join referral programs as well as work on retention plans for churned clients.

• Experience: 1-3 years of experience in account management, account opening, direct sales, or similar roles, preferably in a SaaS or technology environment.
• Technical Acumen: Familiarity with CRM tools (e.g., Salesforce, HubSpot), customer success platforms (e.g., Gainsight, Totango), and other software products.
• Communication Skills: Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex concepts in an easy-to-understand manner.
• Customer-Focused: A customer-centric attitude, with a passion for helping clients succeed and ensuring their satisfaction.
• Problem-Solving: Ability to identify issues during activation and work through solutions, sometimes involving collaboration with technical or support teams.
• Team Collaboration: Ability to work well with cross-functional teams, including sales, customer success, and product teams.

• Full-time, office-based & outdoors role.
• May require working extra hours or during weekends.