Customer Marketing · Digital CX · Community

Maria
Ogneva

15+ years building customer marketing, community, and digital experience programs that drive retention and revenue in B2B SaaS.

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By the numbers
15+
Years leading customer marketing, community, and digital CX in B2B SaaS
20%
Increase in customer retention among community-engaged users at Invoca
70%
YoY increase in platform usage and login after community relaunch at FinancialForce
8pp
Improvement in case deflection (11% → 19%) via self-serve content programs
Areas of Expertise

I build the programs and infrastructure that turn customers into advocates, communities into assets, and digital touchpoints into revenue drivers.

01
Customer Marketing & Advocacy

Reference programs, CABs, advocacy infrastructure, and lifecycle campaigns that convert satisfied customers into active revenue contributors.

02
Community Strategy & Operations

Building communities from zero — platform evaluation, launch, governance, and ongoing programming that drives engagement and measurable retention impact.

03
Digital Customer Experience

Portal strategy, self-serve journey design, and digital hub architecture that reduce support load while increasing customer satisfaction and platform stickiness.

04
AI-Enabled Marketing Operations

Designing AI-powered workflows for VoC synthesis, content creation, and lifecycle automation — enabling leaner teams to produce at scale without sacrificing quality.

05
Cross-Functional Program Leadership

Building and leading distributed teams across functions — partnering with Product, CS, RevOps, and Sales to align customer programs to business outcomes.

06
Voice of Customer & Insights

Designing VoC loops that surface actionable signal — closing the feedback cycle between customers, product teams, and go-to-market strategy.

Career History

A track record across enterprise, growth-stage, and category-defining B2B SaaS companies.

Betterworks
2025 — 2026
Sr. Director, Customer Marketing

Built the Customer Marketing function from the ground up. Launched AI-enabled workflows across VoC synthesis, research automation, and content creation. Stood up the Work Better Champions advocacy program and Executive Customer Advisory Board. Doubled G2 references via structured lifecycle programs.

2× G2 references AI workflow design CAB launch Advocacy program
Invoca
2021 — 2025
Sr. Director, Customer Marketing & Community

Led full platform evaluation, buildout, and launch of the Invoca community hub on Khoros — consolidating fragmented customer assets into a single destination. Community-engaged users showed 20% higher retention. Launched Executive CAB and Impact Awards program. Partnered with RevOps on segmentation, automation, and measurement.

20% retention lift Khoros platform launch Impact Awards CAB
FinancialForce
2018 — 2021
Global Director, Online CX & Community

Owned technical buildout and relaunch of a global community serving 20,000+ customers. Drove 50% engagement and 70% usage increase YoY. Improved case deflection from 11% to 19%. Accelerated customer idea review rate from 7% to 85% within 30 days. Launched Champions advocacy program and Executive CAB.

50% engagement ↑ 70% usage ↑ 8pp deflection gain 20,000+ customers
LinkedIn
2016 — 2018
Global Head of Community, Sales Navigator

Built the Sales Navigator customer community from zero. 800+ customer contributions in the first 3 months. Established structured product feedback loop to the Product team.

0 → 1 community build 800+ contributions Product feedback loop
Earlier
2009 — 2016
Salesforce · Sumo Logic · Sidecar · Yammer · Nimble · Attensity

Held community, product marketing, and customer experience leadership roles at category-defining companies across CRM, analytics, and collaboration. Named #1 most influential corporate community manager. Published Community Management Playbook (100k+ Slideshare views).

#1 community manager ranking 100k+ Playbook views Sought-after speaker
What the Work Delivers

Outcomes across retention, engagement, self-serve efficiency, and advocacy — measured where it counts.

Invoca
20%
Higher retention among community-engaged customers vs. the broader base
FinancialForce
70%
Year-over-year increase in platform usage and login rates post-relaunch
FinancialForce
8pp
Case deflection improvement — from 11% to 19% — via self-serve content programs
FinancialForce
85%
Customer idea review rate within 30 days, up from 7% — closing the feedback loop
LinkedIn
800+
Customer contributions in first 3 months of a community built from scratch
Betterworks
G2 references via structured lifecycle programs in first year of function buildout
Skills &
Tools

Deep functional expertise paired with the platform and data fluency to execute at scale.

Customer Marketing
Advocacy programs Reference management CAB strategy Lifecycle marketing Expansion & upsell campaigns G2 / review programs Customer storytelling
Community & Digital Experience
Community platform evaluation Portal strategy Self-serve journey design Case deflection programs Search optimization Khoros Higher Logic Salesforce Experience Cloud
AI & Marketing Operations
AI workflow design VoC synthesis automation Lifecycle email automation Marketo HubSpot Gainsight Salesforce CRM
Strategy & Leadership
0→1 program builds Cross-functional alignment Team leadership RevOps partnership VoC program design Board-level communication
Awards & Thought Leadership
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#1 Most Influential Corporate Community Manager
Industry recognition for impact and innovation in B2B community strategy and operations.
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Community Management Playbook
Published playbook with 100,000+ views on Slideshare — a go-to resource for community practitioners.
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Sought-After Speaker
Regular speaker at B2B marketing and community conferences on customer advocacy, lifecycle, and digital CX.
Maria Ogneva

Open to Director and Senior Manager roles in customer marketing, community, advocacy, and digital CX — across B2B SaaS and beyond.