Head of Client Experience, Symmetry

About Gusto At Gusto, we're on a mission to grow the small business economy. We handle the hard stuff — payroll, health insurance, 401(k)s, and HR — so owners can focus on their craft and their customers. With teams in Denver, San Francisco, and New York, we support more than 400,000 small businesses nationwide and are building a workplace that reflects the people we serve. All full-time employees receive competitive base pay, benefits, and equity (RSUs) — because everyone who helps build Gusto should share in its success. Offer amounts are determined by role, level, and location. Learn more about our Total Rewards philosophy . AI is a fundamental part of how work gets done at Gusto. We expect all team members to actively engage with AI tools relevant to their role and grow their fluency as the technology evolves. AI experience requirements vary by role and will be assessed during the interview process. Symmetry Software is part of Gusto. Symmetry is the payroll infrastructure for software payroll platforms powering the paychecks of over 64 million workers each year. Our fully integrated suite of payroll tax APIs and software tools allows companies to solve tax compliance issues and build applications across the entirety of the payroll process. About the Role: We are searching for a transformational leader and technical builder who is motivated about reimagining client experience in an AI-native world.The Head of Client Experience will design and execute a vision of how best to serve and delight our clients now and into the future. About the Team: The Client Experience team – made up of the Support, Enablement, and Client Success teams – accelerates our clients' time to value on our products by helping them get up and running quickly, providing timely and accurate communication, and ensuring they know how to quickly and easily get the most of our products and services. Striking the right balance of technology and humanity, this role partners closely with our CEO to drive Symmetry's AI transformation both within our Client Experience (CX) organization and across the company. You'll define what agentic-powered client experience looks like at Symmetry, and most importantly, execute that vision alongside your team. The right person leads transformation and drives outcomes for the betterment of our clients and team, ensuring that the human touch and client empathy is front and center. Here’s what you’ll do day-to-day: Agentic CX Enablement Set the vision for CX at Symmetry - define "agentic client experience" with a balance of technology and human judgment, enabling a content strategy that delivers customer value Build toward 24/7 AI-powered support where clients get what they need through intelligent agents Partner with Product and Engineering as a technical collaborator, shaping how our AI products integrate with client workflows Drive and measure client satisfaction through both AI and human interactions Team Leadership Development Lead approximately 10 people across Software Support, Enablement, and Client Success, including managers and individual contributors Lead, coach and develop team members to high performance standards Technical Execution Operational Excellence Use the same tools as your team, including debuggers, log files, and client environments Enhance team efficiency with AI and automation Bring operational rigor to fundamentals including response time expectations, escalation policies, and documentation standards Executive Partnership Client Engagement Serve as a member of senior leadership, helping guide overall business strategy and staying synchronized with company-wide transformation Act as a technical bridge between CX, Product, and Engineering, bringing client insights to product decisions Build relationships with key enterprise clients to gather feedback on AI adoption, and represent Symmetry's CX vision externally while bringing industry perspective back to the organization Her ... (truncated, view full listing at source)