Job Description:
Given our business model, where our customers pay us over time, Customer Success is absolutely vital to our long-term profitability. We will not be successful unless our customers are receiving massive value from our service. As such, we need a senior executive to own driving success for our customers. This role includes responsibilities for Customer Success activities (e.g., on-boarding, support, services, adoption, advocacy, retention, etc.) and outcomes (e.g., renewals, up-sell, etc.).
Responsibilities
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Drive Customer Success Outcomes
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Increase renewal rates and reduce churn
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Expand our revenue in accounts through cross-selling and up-sell
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Influence future lifetime value through higher product adoption, customer satisfaction, and overall health scores
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Drive new business growth through greater advocacy and reference-ability
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Define and Optimize Customer Lifecycle
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Map customer journey
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Develop listening points in the journey (e.g., usage, satisfaction, etc.)
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Standardize interventions for each point in the journey
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Define segmentation of customer base and varying strategies
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Identify opportunities for continuous improvement
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Learn from best practices in the industry
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Manage Customer Success Activities
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Measure the Effectiveness of Customer Success
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Define operational metrics for team
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Establish a system for tracking metrics
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Create cadence for review within the team
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Expose a subset of metrics to executive team, company and board
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Lead World-class Customer Success Team
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Recruit experienced leaders for each functional role
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Attract high potential individual contributors into the team
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Create rapid onboarding process for new team members
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Foster collaboration within the team and across the customer lifecycle
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Encourage continuous learning within the team
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Enhance Effectiveness and Efficiency Through Technology
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Support systems
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Customer marketing software
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Reference and advocacy solutions
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Customer Success Management platform
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Inspire Customer Success Across Company
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Create a company-wide culture of Customer Success
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Align with Marketing around marketing to existing clients
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Align with Product around driving product roadmap
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Align with Sales around cross-sell and up-sell and focus on selling with a retention focus
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Align with Finance around measurement and forecasting
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Align with Executive Team around key metrics and objectives
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Drive company-wide definition of the ideal customer
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Create a company-wide customer feedback loop
Required Experience/Skills:
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5+ years experience in leading customer-facing organizations
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Ability to manage influence through persuasion, negotiation, and consensus building
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Ideally combined background of post-sale and sales experience
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Strong empathy for customers AND passion for revenue and growth
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Deep understanding of value drivers in recurring revenue business models
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Analytical and process-oriented mindset
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Demonstrated desire for continuous learning and improvement
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Enthusiastic and creative leader with the ability to inspire others
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Excellent communication and presentation skills
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Relevant Bachelor’s degree; preference for computer science or related degrees