About the Role
As Head of Customer for EMEA at Hawk, you will own all customer-related outcomes, operating models, and team leadership within your territory. You will lead a regional team and contribute to the global customer operating model, ensuring its scalable deployment. This role involves carrying regional commercial outcomes, managing escalations, and building a globally deployable machine.
Responsibilities
- Own the regional commercial outcome, driving GRR and NRR across your portfolio of accounts.
- Contribute to Hawk's customer operating model, delivery methodology, systems, and tools for scalable outcomes.
- Lead and grow a cross-functional regional team, including hiring, onboarding, and development.
- Act as the final line of defense on customer escalations.
- Partner with Sales to act as a credibility engine, assisting with pre-sale conversations and scoping.
- Run regular business reviews with Sales and leadership covering forecasting, account health, and growth drivers.
- Collaborate with peer Heads of Customer and global model owners to ensure regional alignment.
- Own people development across the region, including performance reviews and career planning.
- Represent the region in leadership conversations, providing an evidence-based read on regional health, risk, and opportunity.
Requirements
- 10+ years leading and managing professional services or delivery organizations within B2B enterprise software.
- Experience running a PS team, owning utilization, staffing, and delivery quality.
- Experience contributing to or rolling out a services operating model across multiple markets.
- Proven track record of owning and hitting a commercial number (GRR, NRR, revenue, or bookings).
- Experience managing a team through escalations.
- Comfortable with SaaS and services financial metrics (GRR, NRR, utilization).
- Experience building or scaling a team.
- Comfort operating at C-suite level with customers and internal stakeholders.
- Strong grasp of SaaS and enterprise software delivery models.
- Experience in AML, fraud prevention, or another regulated financial services domain is advantageous.
Skills
- Leadership
- Team Management
- Customer Relationship Management
- Financial Acumen
- SaaS
- Enterprise Software Delivery
- AML
- Fraud Prevention
- Hiring
- Scaling Teams
- C-suite Communication
Location
- EMEA
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 10+ years
About the Company
- Hawk is a leading provider of AI-supported anti-money laundering and fraud detection technology.
- Banks and payment providers globally use Hawk's solution to improve AML compliance and fraud prevention.
- Hawk's technology combines traditional rules with explainable AI to identify crime and reduce false positives.
- The company offers a culture of mutual trust, support, and passion.
- Hawk provides opportunities for professional growth and making a difference.
