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Alina Y

Interim Senior Operator | Customer Success, Operations & GTM (VC-backed SaaS)

About Me

Senior operator with 15+ years of experience in VC-backed health tech and SaaS companies, most recently as Director of Customer Success. I’ve been repeatedly brought in to build or stabilize functions during periods of growth, transition, or organizational complexity. My work spans Customer Success leadership, operational build-out, and chief-of-staff–type support, with a strong track record partnering closely with founders, product, and commercial teams. I bring prior management consulting experience and am known for plugging in quickly, creating clarity, and driving execution without long-term headcount. Based in Europe and available for interim or fractional engagements.

Jurisdiction

Germany | France | Ireland | Netherlands | United Kingdom | United States

Experience

Seniority LevelDirector
Years of Experience15-20 years
Current StatusActive
Director of Client Engagement (Life Sciences)Surgo Health
2023 - 2024

- First commercial hire brought in (seed stage) to lead go-to-market for sociobehavioral product focused on diversity and equity in clinical trials. - Grew flagship Top 15 pharma relationship by 25% (services) in first 3 months (>$5M CV) while partnering with Product to oversee user research for MVP to MMP build. - Owned build-out and tooling for SaaS approach to client engagement (customer success playbook).

Director of Customer Success, Life SciencesClarify Health Solutions
2021 - 2023

- Recruited as first Director of Customer Success for Life Sciences, building the function from ground up including CS playbook design and full ownership of department metrics. - Oversaw 3x ARR growth, building a high touch delivery model which resulted in engaged customers (53.4 NPS), recognized ROI of $30M, and Clarify’s first >$1M expansion with a Top 20 pharma customer. - Recruited and coached up 2 CSMs, with additional indirect management of analysts within Insights function. - Architected Health Scores across Clarify’s Payer, Provider and LS segments, which are used in CS reporting to the Board. - Established CS-Product and CS-Sales relationships, leading to voice-of-the-customer informed Product Roadmap planning and two additional account expansions.

Senior Customer Success ManagerKomodo Health
2020 - 2021

- Owned $3.7M book of business (ARR) representing 6 Key Accounts and SMBs in biopharma. - Set overall account strategy and drove adoption of Komodo’s SaaS products (market intelligence platform and clinical alerting) for Medical Affairs, Commercial and Clinical Development stakeholders. - Coached and mentored 3 Senior Associates, including direct reports and account support relationships. - Led development of an Ongoing Value Generation Playbook to serve as resource in customer lifecycle management. - Collaborated with Product on Roadmap improvements, resulting in launch of a new feature for Komodo’s clinical alerting product.

Education

Masters of Public Health (MPH) Johns Hopkins University
2010 - 2011
Degree of Bachelor of Arts in PsychologyMcGill University
2004 - 2008

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Languages

English