Customer Advocacy Manager

About Packback

Packback is an AI-powered learning platform used by 2,000–3,000 professors across the country to drive deeper student engagement and critical thinking. Our professors don't just use Packback — many of them love it, talk about it, and champion it to their peers. We're looking for someone to turn that energy into a structured, scalable growth engine.
The Role
This is a newly created role with a clear commercial mandate: own the professor advocate community and turn it into a source of pipeline, proof, and brand credibility. You'll build the program from the ground up — identifying our best advocates, giving them identity and belonging, and activating them across referrals, case studies, thought leadership, and social content.
You'll sit at the intersection of Marketing and Customer Success, reporting to the Sr. Director of Marketing, and will collaborate closely with Sales to build scalable programs that deepen customer engagement, elevate customer voices, and support long-term customer growth and retention.
This role comes with real autonomy to build advocacy from scratch, and because you're joining a lean team, you'll also have visibility into and occasional hands-on involvement in broader marketing execution like webinars and launches.
What You'll Own
Customer Advocacy + Community

Design and launch a named professor advocate program to identify, engage, and activate customer champions

Build segmented advocate pools reflecting how professors engage with Packback — as individual adopters or as part of a broader institutional relationship — with tailored engagement for each

Maintain an advocate database with engagement history, content consent, and referral status

Manage ongoing communication with the advocate community (newsletters, spotlights, exclusive previews, appreciation initiatives)

Assist in planning and management of Customer Advisory Board programs and other customer-focused events, including recruitment, communications, meetings, and follow-up activities.

Case Studies & Customer Evidence

Oversee creation of customer case studies, testimonials, video interviews, customer-generated content, and pull quotes for decks and proposals

Own the end-to-end case study pipeline — identification, outreach, interview, production, approval, and distribution planning

Drive review generation and online reputation initiatives to enhance brand credibility, and monitor and respond to reviews, using feedback to improve advocate experience

Referrals & Sales Enablement

Develop a structured referral program that converts professor goodwill into warm introductions for the sales team

Build a library of approved references, peer testimonials, and name-drop lists for sales cycles

Ensure Sales has the right professor reference, case study, or peer testimonial ready at the specific stage of the deal where it removes friction

Package customer outcomes into assets that speed up sales cycles and support retention

Thought Leadership & Social Activation

Identify professors willing to speak at ed-tech conferences, contribute to webinars, or write guest content

Activate advocates on LinkedIn and other channels — co-creating content, sharing wins, and amplifying Packback's brand

Build a speaker roster for events and panel opportunities

Customer Engagement

Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to drive customer engagement, product awareness, and adoption programs

Lead customer communications that reinforce product value including webinars, newsletters, and educational content

Gather and communicate customer insights to inform marketing, product, and customer experience strategies

Identify opportunities to improve customer satisfaction, loyalty, and retention

How Success Is Measured

Advocate count and tier distribution

Referral volume and conversion rate

Case study pipeline and production velocity

Influenced closed-won revenue

Review volume and score

Social share metrics

Reported monthly to leadership as commercial outcomes attributed to advocacy

Requirements

Required

4+ years of experience in customer marketing, customer advocacy, or community programs in a B2B SaaS environment

Demonstrated track record of building advocacy programs that produced measurable commercial outcomes (pipeline, referrals, case studies)

Exceptional relationship-building skills - professors are busy, skeptical of "marketing," and respond to genuine connection over transactional asks

Strong storytelling instincts to turn a customer outcome into a compelling narrative, guide its development, and ensure it lands with the right audience

High ownership and comfortable with sales-adjacent metrics to work successfully hand-in-hand with a revenue team

Analytical mindset with ability to track performance and derive actionable insights.

Highly organized with the ability to manage a large portfolio of relationships and concurrent projects

Nice to Have

Experience in edtech or selling to academic institutions

Familiarity with advocacy platforms (e.g., Orca, Influitive, ReferenceEdge)

Experience with LinkedIn content strategy and thought leadership programs

Background in community management or event production

Experience leveraging AI tools as a force multiplier

Additional Information:
Sponsorship: Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S without the need for sponsorship. Packback does not offer visa sponsorship for this role.
Location: Currently we are only able to hire from these states: AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, HI, IA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, MI, NJ, NC, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TX, VA, WA, WI
Salary: Base salary range of $85,000–$100,000 with an annual bonus target of 10%
Benefits
Why work at Packback?
Build a meaningful career while building the future of education as a part of a company culture that fosters the growth, safety, and creativity of its employees.
Intentional Culture
Packback knows that the single most important part of any company is its people. We take building and maintaining a conscious and intentional culture of open communication, curiosity, and leadership extremely seriously. We collectively commit to make Packback a safe environment where people can focus on doing great work instead of dealing with drama.
Career Development
Packback’s career development paths present a unique balance between clarity and guidance around defined paths, and room for our team to create their own path. Each team has its own career development tracks with support and training, and still allow for customization of these paths to create a role where a team member’s full passions and abilities are put to use!
Thoughtful Benefits

12 weeks of paid leave for welcoming new children

Multiple Health and Welfare Benefit Options (Medical, Dental, Vision)

401k plan (with employer matching)

Flexible + Remote Work Opportunities

Unlimited Paid Time Off (PTO)

Employer Assistance Program (EAP)

Calm and DoorDash subscriptions

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