Hairo Baez

Hairo Baez

$30/hr
Customer Support & Success Leader | SaaS | Onboarding | Retention | Remote Team Management
Reply rate:
-
Availability:
Full-time (40 hrs/wk)
Location:
Santo Domingo, Dn, Dominican Republic
Experience:
10 years
Hairo Baez Santo Domingo | Dominican Republic - |-https://www.linkedin.com/in/hairo-baez-97561b275/ Customer Support & Operations Leader | 10+ Years in SaaS Support & Success Led remote teams, scaled support operations, and owned tools and workflows that improved speed, quality, and customer satisfaction. Built high-performing teams, aligned with Product and Engineering, and developed systems that drove growth and retention. RELEVANT EXPERIENCE Sked Social, Remote​ (Progressively promoted through 4 roles over 10 years)​ Sked Social is a social media scheduling SaaS platform used by agencies and multi-location businesses. Head of Support Operations | Partnered with Success June 2022 – Aug 2025 ●​ Led enterprise support operations for accounts like iHeartRadio and Hearst Media, ensuring SLA compliance, fast resolution, and effective handling of billing and subscription inquiries through cross-functional collaboration ●​ Led Intercom → HubSpot Service Hub migration with zero downtime, designing SLAs, ticket routing, automations, and helpdesk structure ●​ Created ICP-based onboarding flows and segmentation strategies that reduced early-stage tickets, improved self-service adoption, and enhanced the knowledge base with targeted help content ●​ Created dashboards in HubSpot for ticket trends, account health, and underutilized features, enabling proactive outreach and expansion opportunities ●​ Managed all NPS feedback for high-value accounts, resolved concerns quickly, and surfaced customer trends and product feedback to Product and Engineering teams ●​ Mentored support team on enterprise account management, coached on accuracy and ownership, and created playbooks for support-success collaboration Senior Support Specialist ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ June 2020 – June 2022 ●​ Expanded remote support team from 3 to 6, improving global coverage and reducing first-response time by ~25% ●​ Built and maintained helpdesk articles, internal documentation, and support playbooks, enabling faster onboarding and consistent customer support ●​ Led onboarding and training for all new hires, reducing ramp-up time by ~30% and improving accuracy through structured shadowing ●​ Owned monthly support reporting (QA, SLAs, NPS, churn trends), identifying areas for improvement and surfacing insights to leadership ●​ Automated Intercom workflows for tagging, routing, and escalation, cutting manual handling by 20% and improving response efficiency ●​ Served as escalation point for complex issues and at-risk customers, contributing to churn reduction and stronger customer retention Customer Support Team Lead Feb 2017 – June 2020 ●​ Promoted from frontline role to lead and coach a remote team of 3, improving response quality through QA reviews, structured onboarding, and shadowing, cutting ramp-up time by ~25% ●​ Maintained sub-5-minute first-response times and 85%+ CSAT across 24/7 global coverage by implementing QA systems, real-time escalations, and reusable response templates ●​ Acted as primary escalation point for complex technical cases and high-value accounts, helping retain 3–5 at-risk customers monthly ●​ Led four support tool migrations (Freshdesk → Front → Zendesk → Intercom) with zero downtime, streamlining workflows and enabling better automation and routing ●​ Designed tiered support workflows to prioritize high-value customers and urgent issues, reducing time-to-resolution by ~20% ●​ Partnered with Product and Engineering to influence bug prioritization and roadmap planning based on ticket volume, account impact, and recurring issues ●​ Continued direct involvement with onboarding and account management for strategic customers, bridging the gap between support and success during Sked’s scale phase ●​ Shared help content, response templates, and training videos that improved team speed and reduced repetitive questions by support and customers Customer Support Specialist Aug 2015 – Feb 2017 ●​ One of the first hires at Sked; built the company’s first dedicated support function from the ground up, including live chat, onboarding, and customer education workflows ●​ Worked closely with the founder to shape early support processes, onboarding journeys, and influence product decisions through customer feedback ●​ Took ownership of key accounts in the early stages, delivering personalized onboarding and demos that helped build trust and drive activation ●​ Created reproducible bug reports and monitored platform logs to identify trends, reducing repeat issues and stabilizing performance during rapid growth ●​ Recovered 3–5 high-risk accounts per month by responding to cancellation requests with personalized outreach, improving early retention ●​ Produced training videos and shared internal templates, cutting response time and helping teammates ramp faster while reducing support dependency ​ ​ EDUCATION ​ North Shore Community College / Liberal Arts & Sciences ​ Northern Essex Community College / Computer Science ​ Salem High School / High School Diploma ​ ​ ​ SKILLS Remote Team Leadership, Support Operations, Enterprise Support, Escalation Management, SLA & KPI Management, QA Programs, Help Desk Platforms (Intercom, HubSpot, Freshdesk, Zendesk, Front), Technical Troubleshooting, Workflow & Automation Design, Churn Reduction, Process Optimization, Customer Insights & Reporting, Internal Documentation, Training & Coaching, Onboarding Strategy, Cross-functional Collaboration, SaaS Tools, Google Workspace, Slack, Stripe, Xero
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