Head of Customer Adoption, EMEA

Our Story In July 2019, Fourth joined forces with Hot Schedules to become the global leader in end-to-end restaurant and hospitality management technology solutions. Together, the merged company now represents the world’s largest and only provider of end-to-end restaurant and hospitality management solutions for customers across the globe and of all sizes, from a single location or franchisee restaurant to a global restaurant or hotel chain.

The combined company’s complete software-as-service (SaaS) solution suite including scheduling, time & attendance, applicant tracking, training, inventory management / procurement, HR / benefits and payroll services now serves customers in 120,000 locations worldwide and is supported by a dedicated, unified team across offices in the US, UK, Bulgaria, China, Australia, and UAE. Interested in joining our smart, fun, and talented team?

Position Overview The Head of Customer Adoption, EMEA is a senior leadership role owning the Independent and SMB segments of Fourth's EMEA customer base — approximately 25% of EMEA revenue. The role leads Independent Customer Care, SMB Customer Adoption, and Digital Customer Success across engagement models from tech-touch to relationship-hybrid, building an adoption- and ROI-focused CS model in partnership with the Senior Director, Customer Success, EMEA.

Success is measured by Net Revenue Retention across the portfolio.

Primary Responsibilities Leadership & Team Development
• Lead and coach the Customer Adoption, Digital CS, and Customer Product Marketing teams
• Set performance expectations aligned to each role's engagement model and commercial outcomes
• First escalation point for complex customer, commercial, and team-level challenges

Commercial Ownership & Revenue Retention
• Own NRR/GRR across the SMB and transactional portfolio (~25% of EMEA revenue)
• Build frameworks to identify, qualify, and convert expansion opportunities
• Report retention performance, at-risk accounts, and pipeline to the Senior Director of CSTech-Touch Strategy & Digital CS Collaboration
• Partner with the Digital CSM to design, deploy, and iterate automated, self-serve programmes
• Champion data-driven engagement using usage data, health scores, and churn signals
• Adjust the tech-touch/human balance by segment, lifecycle stage, or market condition

Adoption & ROI-Focused CS Model
• Champion an adoption-first, ROI-focused philosophy across the team
• Own the adoption maturity framework and segmentation logic with the Digital CSM
• Monitor adoption metrics, flag underperforming cohorts, and design targeted interventions

Customer Escalation & Advocacy
• Senior escalation point for complex Independent & SMB situations
• Voice of the transactional/SMB customer to Product, Marketing, and CS leadership
• Uphold a customer-first mindset with strong CSAT/NPS and consistent service standards

Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Align Customer Adoption with EMEA strategy alongside EMEA Leadership
• Represent SMB in Product and Marketing planning — roadmap, campaigns, engagement
• Partner with Emerging & Enterprise CS on smooth tier transitions, up and down

Key Skills and Competencies
• Proven senior CS leadership track record in SaaS/tech
• Led diverse teams across tech-touch and relationship-led engagement models
• Strong commercial acumen — owns NRR/GRR and renewal pipelines
• Deep expertise in tech-touch/digital-first CS models at scale
• Credible senior communicator, comfortable with escalations and C-suite
• Analytically fluent — uses data and commercial metrics to drive decisions

Preferred Experience and/or Qualifications
• Hospitality industry background or strong familiarity
• Led a function spanning multiple sub-segments with distinct dynamics
• Built or scaled a Digital…