Customer Implementation Lead

Location
San Francisco
Workplace
Hybrid
Compensation
$140k – $160k + equity

About this role

We are looking for a Customer Implementation Lead with 2-5 years of experience to own the end-to-end customer onboarding journey at a fast-growing, seed-stage AI company transforming how CPA firms operate. You'll be joining at a critical inflection point — Cranston has signed hundreds of thousands of dollars in pilot revenue in just the last few weeks, and the co-founder who has been personally running onboardings can no longer keep up with demand. This is a high-impact IC role where you'll build the implementation function from the ground up, working directly with the founders in San Francisco. If you thrive in scrappy, fast-paced environments and love turning new customers into power users, this is your role.

What will you be doing?

Lead the full customer onboarding lifecycle — from signed contract through confident daily use — for accounting firms with 5-50 employees

Meet with firm owners to scope onboarding needs, then schedule and run training sessions for their teams on Cranston's AI-powered bookkeeping and tax prep software

Triage and resolve customer questions and issues post-onboarding, acting as the primary point of contact for implementation support

Build and document repeatable onboarding processes and playbooks as the founding member of the implementation team

Provide structured feedback to product and engineering teams based on real customer interactions to improve the platform

What happens next

Skip the application pile. I get you in front of the people who decide.

Confirm the fit

A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.

I pitch you to the company

I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.

A meeting lands on your calendar

When the company wants to meet, I get the call on your calendar. You just show up.

Culture & values

Small, tight-knit team built on mutual respect, intellectual curiosity, and shared drive to win

High-autonomy environment where everyone is expected to be scrappy, resourceful, and deeply engaged

Team works together in-person in San Francisco 3-4 days per week, prioritizing collaboration and speed

Culture values smart, ambitious people who move fast, respond quickly, and take ownership

Everyone has outsized impact as part of a founding team

Team lunches and Thursday happy hours as regular rituals

Well-stocked office environment

Founders value people deeply engaged with AI tools in their daily work

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