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Delia OteleaDO

Delia Otelea

Customer Experience Consultant

€500/day
Eindhoven, NL
8-15 years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Delia

I'm Delia - a CX leader turned independent consultant helping early-stage startups fix foundational Customer Experience before it costs them growth.

What I bring to the table:

  • 10+ years in SaaS, HR tech, and eCommerce across EU & UK markets
  • Scaled CX from scratch:
→ 2000% user growth
→ €1M ARR
→ Churn <5%

  • Redesigned onboarding & support at Drover → boosted retention from 40% to 65%
  • Built and led teams of 30+ across CS, support, and renewals
  • Consistently 9.5+ CSAT, praised for ultra-fast, tailored support (often <5 min response time)
  • Cross-functional operator: worked across Product, Ops, Sales, and Engineering to fix root-cause CX issues
  • Content-first mindset: created knowledge bases, videos, decision trees to deflect support volume & scale customer education
  • Trusted by founders to be the glue during chaotic scaling phases

How I work with startups now:

  • CX Audit Sprints: 1–2 week teardown of your onboarding/support flow with prioritized quick wins
  • Done-for-you Onboarding Flows: Strategy + builds in Notion/HelpDocs/Intercom
  • Fractional CX Leadership: Own and optimize CX while you focus on product and growth

You're likely a fit if...

  • You’re pre- or post-Series A, scaling fast, and support is getting noisy
  • Customers aren’t sticking - or they’re sticking but not expanding
  • Your CS team is in over their heads, or doesn’t exist yet
  • You need a plug-and-play operator who can bring clarity (and peace) to your customer journey
  • Let’s make your CX a growth lever - not a fire to put out.
  • English

    Native or bilingual

  • Romanian

    Native or bilingual

  • French

    Conversational

Can work on-site
Eindhoven (up to 50km)

Experience

  • Self-employed
    CX Consultant
    January 2025 - Today (1 year and 5 months)
    • Currently building a lean CX consultancy focused on helping early-stage and scaling startups improve retention, onboarding, and customer satisfaction.
    • Developed three core service offerings: CX Audit Sprints, Onboarding & Retention Interventions, and Fractional CX Leadership.
    • Designing and iterating a lead generation system from scratch — including cold outreach, LinkedIn content, and email funnels.
    • Creating playbooks, templates, and educational content for future client work while testing positioning and messaging.
    • Seeking a full-time leadership role where I can bring a founder mindset, strategic CX thinking, and hands-on execution to help build and scale customer-centric teams.
  • Zelt
    Head of Customer Experience
    January 2022 - January 2025 (3 years)
    • Solely managed onboarding from start to finish with no support infrastructure, building workflows, templates, and systems from scratch.
    • Delivered hands-on implementation for fast-scaling startups and enterprise clients, ensuring every customer was set up for success.
    • Created documentation, demo videos, and structured communication processes to reduce reactive support load.
    • Drove company growth with measurable impact: 2000% increase in active users, €1M ARR, <5% churn.
  • Cazoo (formerly Drover)
    Senior CS Specialist
    January 2021 - January 2022 (1 year)
    • Managed 30+ support specialists, improving SLA performance by 80% and CSAT by 15%.
    • Designed and implemented escalation protocols for complex support cases, cutting unresolved tickets by 20%.
    • Partnered with Product and Sales on issue triage, improving internal coordination and support delivery.
    • Facilitated regular knowledge sharing and process documentation to improve team autonomy and efficiency.

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Education

  • Bachelor's Degree in Communication Studies
    University of Bucharest
    2015
    Bachelor's Degree in Communication Studies

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