Rico Hodges-Smikle

UK | Jamaica | Remote

Summary

Strategic Customer Success & Product Leader with 5+ years owning the full post‑sales lifecycle for B2B SaaS. Proven record of guiding Enterprise customers—from hands‑on developers to C‑suite—through onboarding, adoption, renewals, and expansion. Drives 85 % faster time‑to‑value and ~92 % retention across $5 M+ ARR portfolios by translating technical concepts (CI/CD, API integrations) into business outcomes and scalable processes.

Experience

Sourcemap – Senior Product Manager

06/2022 – Present | Remote (US‑East)

Global supply‑chain SaaS (20k+ enterprise & supplier users)

  • Primary post‑sales owner for top 15 enterprise logos (>$3.2 M ARR). Crafted outcome‑based success plans, KPI dashboards, and quarterly executive business reviews, delivering 97 % logo retention, 118 % NDR, and clear C‑suite ROI storytelling.
  • Led white‑glove onboarding for Fortune 500 customers, cutting time‑to‑first‑value from ~90 → ~14 days by introducing a structured onboarding process and self‑serve product enablement material.
  • Acted as Voice of the Customer—triaged 200+ technical issues with Product, Engineering, Solutions Eng & Support, prioritizing roadmap features that cut support tickets by +35%.
  • Partnered with Sales to identify expansion whitespace; drove $850k upsell through packaging and compliance add‑ons.

Acquire.io – Customer Success Manager & Product Manager

02/2021 – 06/2022 | Remote (US‑East)

  • Managed a mix of 40+ enterprise & SMB accounts in CX automation space, owning renewals and growth; renewed $500k ARR during a major product rewrite.
  • Designed a self‑serve onboarding academy, boosting feature adoption by 30% and shrinking onboarding effort by 60%.
  • Introduced a health‑score framework (usage, NPS, support SLA) that surfaced at‑risk accounts 4 weeks earlier, improving retention by 10 %‑points.

Quadmark (Google Account) – Instructional Designer / Account Manager

06/2018 – 03/2020 | London / Remote

  • Built a 24‑part global certification program for Google channel partners (1.5M+ completions, NPS 92).
  • Collaborated with engineers to refine platform UX, test logic, and localization in 15 languages, ensuring consistent global rollout.

Earlier Roles

  • Principal Researcher, CHIRP Maritime Trust – Led behavioral studies adopted as global safety guidelines.
  • Volunteer PM, Connective Realities – Led 10 engineers building gamified learning platform.

Education

University College London | Bachelors of Arts and Sciences (09/14-05/18)

Primary foci: Behavioural science and technology impact (3.9 GPA eq)

Hitotsubashi University | Tokyo JP | (09/16-06/17)

Primary foci: Economics, international relations and globalisation