[Hiring] Customer Success Specialist @STAR Autism Support LLC

Role Description

STAR has an internal opening for a Customer Success Specialist!

• Schedule: Full-Time; 40 per week
• Location: Remote (U.S.) - Preference for candidates in the Central Time Zone.
• Reports to: Customer Success Manager
• Salary Range: $65,000 - $75,000 base salary, with annual on target bonus earnings of $10,000

The Customer Success team is a growing, collaborative group dedicated to building lasting relationships with districts and educators. We're passionate about ensuring our customers have the tools, training, and support they need to create meaningful outcomes for students with autism.

Each team member contributes to our shared success by managing their responsibilities with excellence while staying aligned with STAR's broader mission to empower educators and improve student outcomes.

Qualifications

• Genuinely enjoys building relationships and helping others succeed
• Brings curiosity, empathy, and a problem-solving mindset to your work
• Takes pride in creating a positive experience for every customer
• Builds trust quickly and communicates clearly with a wide range of stakeholders, from educators to administrators
• Stays organized and follows through, even when managing multiple priorities or shifting timelines
• Is comfortable navigating ambiguity and finding solutions when things aren’t fully defined
• Takes initiative—proactively identifying customer needs, risks, or opportunities rather than waiting for direction
• Uses both data and intuition to understand customer behavior and guide your next steps
• Approaches their work with a growth mindset, always looking for ways to learn, improve, and refine your approach

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent years of experience
• 1-3 years’ experience in a related field (customer service, customer success, sales, training, etc.)
• A proven track record of gaining customer trust and respect by consistently demonstrating sound critical thinking skills and maintaining composure in stressful situations
• Experience in building and maintaining customer relationships
• Experience working with a diverse set of customers with varying needs and communication styles

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience or interest in K-12 education and/or special education industry
• Experience in EdTech and/or professional services industries
• Knowledge of the principles and methods for promoting and selling products and services
• Experience with Salesforce
• Experience working with a national company with a distributed remote workforce and customer base

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Strong verbal and written business communication skills
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate effectively
• Has a growth mindset, is curious, and interested in ongoing learning and development
• Adaptable and easily able to pivot as needed
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
• Self-motivated and proficient at working both independently and as part of a team
• Intermediate Microsoft office skills and competence in a digital environment
• Ability to streamline workflows by leveraging automation and AI tools to enhance efficiency and accuracy

Travel

This position requires approximately 6–20% travel to visit customers and attend regional trade shows and conferences.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The job is performed in a home office at a workstation with a telephone, headset, and computer. Home offices should be secure, quiet, and distraction-free as possible. Your work area should be ergonomic, clean, safe, and free of obstructions and hazardous situations.

Physical Demands (Capability Requirements)

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to enter text or data into a computer by means of a keyboard. The employee is required to sit for long periods of time. The employee is required to express or exchange ideas verbally to impart oral information and to convey detailed spoken instructions. Specific vision abilities required by this job include clarity of vision including reading small print and the use of computers. Specific hearing abilities required include the ability to hear, understand, and distinguish speech in person and over the phone.