Customer Experience & Support
CX Director
Recruiting cx director talent for mid-market and enterprise clients across US, UK. Project-based.
Tier: Project-based
Built per engagement with senior search consultants. Ramp time is three to four weeks. Best run as a defined-scope project with executive-search rigor.
Benchmarks
Salary range, time-to-fill, market coverage.
Sourced from public benchmark data (BLS, Robert Half guide, Levels.fyi public data, Glassdoor) plus our internal placement history. Updated annually.
- Salary range (USD)
- $155K to $265K
- Time to fill
- 50 to 85 days
- Top markets
- US, UK
Median around $210K
Median around 68 days
How we source CX Director
A three-step approach calibrated to the role.
- 01
Calibrate the search
We spend the first 5 to 7 business days aligning on persona, must-haves versus nice-to-haves, target compensation band against the $155K to $265K market range, and the must-go and no-go company list. Output is a signed-off role brief.
- 02
Source against the brief
Volume sourcing through our delivery-center talent pools, accent and language assessment for voice roles, technical aptitude testing for support engineer roles. For CX Director specifically, we expect to deliver 60 to 100 qualified contacts within the first three weeks of an active search.
- 03
Screen, present, support the close
Phone-screened candidates with structured screen reports, panel coordination, candidate prep and debrief, offer drafting and negotiation support. Median time-to-fill on this role is around 68 days when search is run as a focused engagement.
Compensation transparency
How we calibrate offers.
We benchmark against the $155K to $265K range with adjustments for tenure, geography, and equity stage. We do not lowball offers to win a close. If your target band is below market for CX Director in US, we will tell you in the calibration call and offer the trade-off honestly: accept the band and a smaller pool of candidates, or adjust the band and reach the full pool. The conversation is on the table from week one, not after a failed offer.
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