VP of Customer Success

VP of Customer Success
August 9, 2019 Carolyn Granieri

About our Client: Our client is a high growth Saas platform for enterprise clients with a focus on change management, learning and training.  They are currently building out their NYC office and offer a fun office environment, full benefits, matching 401k, and more. They are well funded and this is an amazing opportunity to get in early and make an impact.

About the Role: The VP of Customer Success is the ultimate owner of the client success team and customer success center of excellence. You will manage a NYC CS team, build out the CS structure even further and grow with a super charged startup.

Responsibilities for VP of Customer Success:

  • Develop and nurture strategic relationships with our most valuable customers. Become a trusted advisor & consultant.
  • Build and manage our amazing US team of Customer Success Managers and and Implementation Specialists
  • Work within organization in order to build the best Customer Success Center of Excellence. Manage and implement best practices to ensure informed decisions are being made
  • Ensure a seamless experience through all phases of the customer relationship.
  • Collaborate with our technical support teams overseas to make sure communication flow is effective
  • Deeply understand customer goals and help them meet their objectives by providing strategic guidance on our platforms best practices, use cases and organizational workflow.
  • Manage assigned technical resources to execute implementation/success plan and provide customer support and all account implementation needs.
  • Engage with key influencers and decision makers across different teams within the customers organization. Conduct business reviews and goal-setting meetings.
  • Be an expert in the offering, technologies and competitor offerings
  • How will you be measured?
    • Renewals & Upsells
    • Documented customer success stories/examples.
    • Platform adoption
    • Customer Success team members are happy, learning, growing and advancing

Requirements for VP of Customer Success:

  • Experience building/managing Customer Success Teams and Customer Success center of Excellence.
  • Experience managing client relationships and ensure client satisfaction and retention from deployment phase and on to renewal and expansions
  • Experience managing relationships with large Enterprise Strategic Accounts and C-level Executive
  • Prior history working for a SaaS company, large systems integration firm, or consultancy
  • Proven ability to drive continuous value
  • Experience working with Fortune 500 clients
  • Project management – Ability to meet and keep track of deadlines with many moving parts, rally resources, appropriately set and manage expectations and have fun along the way.
  • Amazing written and verbal communication skills and excellent presentation skills
  • Detail-oriented and analytical and excellent troubleshooter
  • Strong team player and self-starter and excellent time management skills for yourself and others
  • Thrives in a multi-tasking environment and can adjust priorities on-the-fly
  • Availability for some travel is required

Benefits

  • Competitive salary
  • Health and wellness initiatives
  • Employee Options Plan, meaning all employees have a financial stake in the business
  • Casual dress
  • Generous paid time off policy
  • Generous staff referral program
  • Job-related training in-house
  • Snacks, coffee and drinks

Compensation: competitive base, bonus + competitive employee benefits

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