Corina Payne

Customer Learning & Enablement | Scaled GTM Programs Across Lifecycle | Driving Adoption Through Education, Community, and Product Intelligence | SaaS Growth Strategy

Role
Sr Director, Customer Education and Community at BigPanda
Location
Pinehurst, NC, US
LinkedIn followers
500 followers

About Corina Payne

Customer lifecycle strategist with a track record of building net-new, scalable programs that align product education, community, and adoption with company growth.At BigPanda, I lead cross-functional efforts that unify technical content, training, and engagement into measurable systems of impact. My focus: building a data-informed customer learning engine that feeds into health scoring, product feedback loops, and expansion strategy.I thrive in fast-moving SaaS environments where learning is not a service layer, but a growth driver. My approach blends executional precision with customer empathy—resulting in high-performing teams, sticky programs, and measurable business outcomes.Specialties: Customer Education Strategy | Cross-Functional Enablement | Learning Systems Design | Community & Certification | Digital Experience | Growth Programs | Customer Insights | Scaled Operations

Experience

  1. Sr Director, Customer Education and Community

    BigPanda

    Nov 2023 — Present

    Built and scaled the Customer Learning & Enablement function from the ground up, supporting the full customer lifecycle from onboarding through renewal • Architected BigPanda’s product education ecosystem—including University, Certification, Technical Documentation, and Community—to support scalable adoption and retention • Led cross-functional post-sales enablement across Product, Support, Customer Success, and Sales Engineering; embedded education into customer health and feedback systems • Launched BigPanda University and global Certification program, establishing technical credibility and standardization across user roles • Designed and operationalized the BigPanda Community to drive peer support, knowledge expansion, and self-service • Lead a globally distributed team; scaled operational workflows, tooling, and content pipelines to meet evolving product and customer needs • Partnered with Product and Data teams to build intelligence loops between customer learning signals and roadmap prioritization

Education

  • University of Central Florida

    B.S., Psychology

  • University of Central Florida

    Master of Science, Modeling and Simulation

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