Director, Customer Experience

Position Type

Administration and Professionals

Date Posted

2026-07-23

Location: Administration or As Assigned

ABOUT CLEVELAND METROPOLITAN SCHOOL DISTRICT

The Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) is Ohio's third-largest public school system, serving more than 35,000 students.

CMSD strives to ensure that every child receives a high-quality education, regardless of the provider. To that end, CMSD lets families choose which District schools their children attend, with options that include STEM, the arts, single-gender education, International Baccalaureate, Montessori, and early college.

Our schools have autonomy over human and financial resources in exchange for accountability for performance. The principal has primary responsibility and accountability for establishing their school as a high-quality, high-expectation academic center focusing on personalized instruction, professional support for teachers, and school-wide practices that lead to measurable results.

CMSD ensures that students have access to technology and training to prepare them for the future. The District provides a free laptop or tablet for every student and connects every family that needs internet access. Graduating seniors leave commencement with not only a diploma but also a laptop.

In our pursuit of a more fair, just, and good system of education, we strive to ensure that all of our learners, both scholars and educators, to be challenged with academically and intellectually complex tasks that are worthy of their efforts and provide them opportunities to demonstrate their best work.

BUILDING BRIGHTER FUTURES

The Cleveland Board of Education adopted the Building Brighter Futures (BBF) initiative on December 9, 2025. Building Brighter Futures is a strategic and data-driven plan shaped by more than a year of community engagement, information analysis, and thoughtful deliberation. The goal of this plan is to strengthen enrollment and ensure scholars attend a newer school building that offers more educational opportunities, including algebra in the eighth grade, more sports and extracurricular activities, and college credits and college and career pathways in high school. BBF is ensuring academic excellence so every CMSD scholar can thrive.

THE OPPORTUNITY

Location: Administration or As Assigned

Reports to: Officer, Excellence and Culture

FLSA Status: Exempt

Salary Band: 7

Compensation: 68,891.00 - 93,003.00

Under executive leadership, directs the Customer Experience (CE) Office and the systems that will support vital service-related functions within the Cleveland Metropolitan School District. Increases the loyalty customers have to the District by using three disciplines (customer loyalty management, customer relationship management, and customer value management) to improve customer experience.

Primary Duties

• Directs the day-to-day activities and educators of the Customer Experience department. Duties include hiring, training, counseling, evaluating educators' performance, and when necessary, disciplining and/or separating educators in alignment with the evaluation process.
• Develops and implements department goals, objectives, policies, procedures and standards. Revises department work systems and procedures as necessary to improve the efficiency and productivity of the department.
• Leads districtwide adoption of the District's customer service operating model by promoting standardized service practices, shared knowledge resources, consistent response and escalation protocols, and cross-department collaboration.
• Ensure compliance with District goals and objectives, administrative procedures, Board policy, state & Federal laws, and directives of the CEO. Initiates corrective action as necessary.
• Oversees customer experience change management activities and entry points (Communicate with HEART, Welcome Center, Call Center, Ombudsman’s Office, Customer Experience special projects/initiatives).
• Develop metrics to help shape and monitor customer experience standards.
• Proactively leads CE development and sustainability through continued execution of Communicate with HEART and related components (i.e., District wide training, Employee recognition, mystery shopping, HEART refreshers, etc.).
• Research and make recommendations on CE tracking, response and feedback tools/best practices.
• Collaborate closely with key service departments in the District on heightening and enhancing customer experience.
• Assesses how the District’s key service department’s work together to deliver seamless customer service both internally and externally.
• Develop CE metrics and performance measures to drive the overall goals and outcomes of Customer Experience. Strategically interfaces with various offices/departments to align CE efforts at key entry points including but not limited to: Communications, Technology Help Desk, Customer Care Call Center, Welcome Center, and Family and Community Engagement.
• Work as part of the organization’s internal teams to continually understand, define and then refine the customer experience and delivery of service.
• Employs a variety of analysis tools (i.e., best practice surveys, etc.) to improve customer experience.
• Recommends continuous improvement practices for District implementation that allow customers to benefit from the most positive experiences.
• Ensures that the District achieves and maximizes improvement in service-related areas (i.e. enrollment, overall customer satisfaction, etc.) while maintaining our focus, interest and goal of enriching the experience of our students and families.
• Attends Board of Education (BOE) meetings as requested. Presents the status of customer experience activities to the BOE, CEO and other stakeholders. Make policy and financial recommendations as appropriate.
• Networks with peers within comparable school Districts to share best practices and explore opportunities to proactively explore new programs/services to meet the needs of students.
• Partners with District educators to coordinate facilities & operations activities and programs, resolve issues and conflicts, and exchange information to ensure an effective work environment is maintained
• Assists with preparing and administering the department budget(s). Approves purchases and ensures expenditures are within approved budgets.
• Develops and analyzes data & metrics for the division. Develops and extracts reports from databases for delivery to internal and external stakeholders. Gathers and organizes documents to satisfy public records requests or other reporting obligations.
• Collaborate with internal and external partners on special projects as assigned.
• Participate in professional development activities (i.e., meetings, seminars, conferences, etc.) to improve and remain abreast of professional & legislative advancements & innovations. Remains abreast of changing and emerging technologies.
• Provides leadership for current customer service and call center operations during the interim year, strengthening coordination across existing structures while preparing for a future unified Tier 1 call center model and ensuring continuity of family support throughout the transition.
• For current customer service and call center operations, monitoring service levels and contract expectations, establishing accountability routines, resolving performance issues, analyzing utilization and cost data, and recommending improvements that strengthen the family experience while reducing overall cost to the District.
• Coordinates cross-functional readiness for peak family engagement periods by aligning customer service, enrollment, transportation, school-based teams, and other family-facing departments around a common knowledge base, consistent messaging, standardized response protocols, and clear Tier 2 and Tier 3 escalation pathways to ensure families receive accurate, timely, and consistent support.
• Monitors real-time call center and customer service data during high-volume periods and makes just-in-time adjustments to staffing, routing, scripts, escalation processes, and workflows to maintain service levels and prevent service disruptions.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Level of Supervision

Direct all assigned staff. Leads interns and other assigned temporary staff when necessary. May direct other staff outside of span of control for special projects and/or initiatives.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in education, Business Administration/Management/Organizational Development or a related field from an accredited college or university.
• Minimum of eight years of managing multiple complexes, detail-heavy projects within a K-12 experience environment. Demonstrated experience managing teams with ambitious results. Some supervisory/leadership experience.
• Valid driver's license, reliable transportation, and auto insurance.
• Experience with driving change through a large organization.
• Experience with the Communicate with HEART model.
• Training and development experience.
• Excellent knowledge of the organizational culture and structure of the District.
• Strong analytical, organizational, decision-making, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent customer service, verbal and written communication, and presentation skills. Strong interpersonal relationship skills including cultural sensitivity & competence.
• Demonstrated proficiency with general office technologies (i.e., PC, tablets, etc.), virtual meeting platforms (i.e., Zoom, Teams, etc.), software packages (i.e., Microsoft Office). Proficiency with enterprise technologies & databases (i.e., Workday, eSchoolPlus, SchoolNet, BoardDocs, Poll Everywhere, PowerBI and others., etc.), online data management systems, and data collection methodology.
• Demonstrated supervisory skills to effectively manage the daily operations and administration of assigned function(s).
• Ability to make connections across departments, engage other District leaders to work productively across functions to implement customer experience initiatives.
• Ability to work effectively and cooperatively with diverse racial, ethnic, socio-economic, and physically disadvantaged populations.
• Ability to make formal, public presentations and to communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levels including students, District educators, parents, community & business partners, union representatives, Board members, and legislators.
• Ability to interpret, implement and enforce District policies and procedures.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with District stakeholders (i.e., parents, City legislators, BOE, and the general public).
• Ability to efficiently multi-task daily within varying degrees of ambiguity while meeting deadlines and producing quality results.
• Reputation for honesty, integrity and fiscal responsibility.
• Ability to preserve confidentiality of student and District information.
• Mathematical aptitude to develop, administer, and monitor budgets.

WORKING CONDITIONS/PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The characteristics listed below are representative of the work environment typically encountered by an individual while performing the essential duties of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

• Expected moving, walking, and standing consistent with an office environment and occasionally lifting up to 15 pounds
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk and sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms
• The employee is frequently required to talk and/or hear.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is exposed to a normal office environment.
• Local travel may be required for training/meetings.

NOTE: The above stated duties are intended to outline those functions typically performed by individuals assigned to this classification. This description of duties is not intended to be all-inclusive or to limit the discretionary authority of management to assign other tasks of similar nature or level of responsibility.

EEO STATEMENT

We believe that equity and inclusion at CMSD is an essential call to action, a catalyst to ensure value and appreciation among all our employees, so we may be fair and welcoming now and in the future. CMSD provides equal opportunities for employment, retention and advancement of all personnel by administering all terms and conditions of employment regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, national origin, sex, disability or genetic information, age, citizenship status, military status, sexual orientation or expression, socio-economic status, title, other dimensions of identity, or any other characteristic protected by law.

The District’s Policy Prohibiting Discrimination, Discriminatory Harassment, and Sexual Harassment and the District’s Title IX grievance procedures, including information on how to report or file a complaint of discrimination, how to report or file a formal complaint of sexual harassment, and how the District will respond, may be accessed on the District’s Civil Rights Notices webpage, available at ClevelandMetroSchools.org/domain/105.

The District’s Title IX Coordinator / Director of Equal Employment Opportunity may be reached at:

1111 Superior Avenue East, Suite 1800

Cleveland, Ohio 44114

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To Apply

Please submit your resume and application using Workday, our online human capital management system. Please note that an offer of employment will be subject to the successful completion of an FBI/BCI background check and drug screen.

EEO Statement

We believe that equity and inclusion at CMSD is an essential call to action, a catalyst to ensure value and appreciation among all our employees, so we may be fair and welcoming now and in the future. CMSD provides equal opportunities for employment, retention and advancement of all personnel by administering all terms and conditions of employment regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, national origin, sex, disability or genetic information, age, citizenship status, military status, sexual orientation or expression, socio-economic status, title, other dimensions of identity, or any other characteristic protected by law.

The District’s Policy Prohibiting Discrimination, Discriminatory Harassment, and Sexual Harassment and the District’s Title IX grievance procedures, including information on how to report or file a complaint of discrimination, how to report or file a formal complaint of sexual harassment, and how the District will respond, may be accessed on the District’s Civil Rights Notices webpage, available at ClevelandMetroSchools.org/domain/105. The District’s Title IX Coordinator / Director of Equal Employment Opportunity may be reached at:

1111 Superior Avenue East, Suite 1800

Cleveland, Ohio 44114

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