Vice President, Customer Success
Cority
Primary Responsibilities:
- Leadership and Strategy
- Develop and execute a global Customer Success strategy aligned with the company’s growth, retention and customer satisfaction objectives.
- Establish and refine best practices, frameworks, and methodologies that scale efficiently across customer segments.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives – including process optimization and automation.
- Build and sustain a high-performance, outcome-driven culture focused on long-term customer success, and value realization.
- Team Management
- Lead and grow a high-impact global team of Customer Success Managers.
- Define organizational structure, KPIs, and career development paths to promote excellence and engagement.
- Mentor and empower team members to success in a fast-paced, customer-centric environment.
- Customer Experience & Adoption
- Own and continuously improve the end-to-end customer journey, ensuring proactive engagement, value delivery, and satisfaction.
- Build and scale processes including health scoring, QBR frameworks, and playbooks tailored to each customer segment
- Serve as sponsor on strategic accounts and lead high-level escalation and retention efforts.
- Customer Retention and Growth
- Own KPIs related to NPS, retention, churn reduction, and price increases.
- Partner with Sales to drive up-sell, cross-sell, and expansion opportunities within existing accounts.
- Develop data-driven programs that extend customer lifetime value and deepen customer relationships.
- Cross Functional Collaboration
- Collaborate with Product and Engineering to influence roadmap based on customer feedback.
- Align with Finance on forecasting, budgeting, and resource planning tied to Customer Success growth metrics.
- Partner with Marketing to develop content, organize customer events and coordinate customer communications.
- Work closely with Professional Services to ensure a great onboarding experience that sets the foundation for long-term success
- Collaborate with Customer Support on critical issue escalations to ensure swift resolution and protect customer satisfaction.
Requirements & Qualifications:
- 5+ years of experience leading the customer success function in a fast growing SaaS, software company
- 15+ years of experience with B2B SaaS products with a proven track record in client-facing roles with an ability to build customer relationships.
- Demonstrated track record of building high performing teams through strategy, data and operational discipline.
- Experience driving improvements in NRR, GRR, and customer health across enterprise and mid-market segments.
- Strong understanding of customer journey design, lifecycle management, and health score methodologies.
- Expertise in building and optimizing customer-centric teams, processes, and technologies (e.g., Salesforce, ChurnZero, etc).
- Developed and built a scalable customer success teams, and business practice
- Consistent focus on continuous improvement and implementing best practices.
- Skilled at influencing cross-functional stakeholders, including C-level executives.
- Passionate about coaching, mentoring, and building high-performing teams committed to customer-centricity and innovation.
- Exceptional data analysis, communication and presentation skills.
- Hands-on, execution-oriented leadership style
- Prior experience in private equity-backed and high-growth environments is preferrable.