Director, Customer Success
This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Director, Customer Success based in the United States.
As Director, Customer Success, you will lead and scale the post-sale customer journey, from onboarding and adoption to retention and expansion.
You will build a high-performing Customer Success organization designed to deliver measurable customer outcomes while leveraging AI to increase efficiency and impact.
In this player-coach leadership role, you will develop a talented team of Customer Success Managers and establish scalable processes for enterprise and mid-market customers.
You will collaborate closely with Sales, Product, Engineering, and Support to strengthen customer relationships and influence product strategy.
By combining technical expertise, data-driven decision-making, and executive-level engagement, you will help customers maximize the value of advanced security solutions.
This is an opportunity to shape an AI-native Customer Success function in a fast-growing environment where ownership, innovation, and continuous improvement are essential.
Accountabilities:
You will own the strategy, execution, and continuous improvement of the Customer Success function, ensuring customers achieve meaningful outcomes while driving sustainable business growth. Your responsibilities will include:
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Lead and develop the team: Hire, coach, and develop Customer Success Managers, establish clear performance goals and career paths, and foster a culture of accountability, ownership, and technical curiosity.
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Build scalable operating models: Design customer segmentation, coverage strategies, and handoff processes across Sales, Solutions Engineering, Support, and Product for enterprise and mid-market accounts.
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Drive retention and expansion: Own gross revenue retention (GRR), net revenue retention (NRR), product adoption, and expansion across the customer base.
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Demonstrate customer value: Develop success plans tied to measurable security outcomes, including reduced shadow SaaS and shadow AI, faster remediation, and broader policy coverage.
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Strengthen executive relationships: Act as an executive sponsor and escalation point for strategic accounts, lead business reviews with CISOs and security leaders, and partner with Sales on renewals, expansion opportunities, and customer references.
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Coordinate cross-functional support: Work with Support to manage critical escalations and ensure customers receive coordinated responses and clear communication.
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Influence product development: Partner with Product and Engineering to translate customer feedback, integration requirements, and feature requests into roadmap priorities.
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Improve the customer experience: Monitor and enhance customer satisfaction, product adoption, and time to value throughout the customer lifecycle.
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Champion AI security capabilities: Develop expertise in AI Agent Security, AI Governance, and AI agent capabilities, coaching the team to help customers discover AI agents, establish governance policies, and respond to emerging risks.
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Maintain operational rigor: Own team metrics, forecasting, and executive reporting while continuously improving Customer Success systems, technology, and processes.
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Embed AI into team operations: Make AI fluency a core competency in hiring, onboarding, performance evaluation, and everyday customer engagement.
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10+ years of experience in Customer Success or post-sale leadership within a B2B SaaS company.
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At least 5 years of experience leading Customer Success teams.
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A demonstrated track record of owning retention and expansion metrics, including GRR and NRR, and building and scaling Customer Success organizations.
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The ability to establish credibility with CISOs and security practitioners, supported by a strong understanding of SaaS, identity technologies such as SSO, IAM, and OAuth, APIs, and integrations.
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Hands-on experience applying AI to Customer Success, including solutions such as LLM-powered workflows, predictive customer health scoring, or automated customer engagement, with measurable results.
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A data-driven mindset and experience using Customer Success platforms, CRM systems, and business intelligence tools to guide decisions and improve performance.
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Strong executive presence, communication, stakeholder management, and relationship-building skills.
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Experience leading and developing remote teams across a distributed work environment.
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A builder’s mindset, with the ability to establish processes, navigate ambiguity, and adapt quickly in a high-growth company.
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A commitment to continuous learning and the ability to coach teams through evolving AI and security technologies.
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Remote work opportunity based in the United States.
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Full-time position with leadership responsibility and the opportunity to shape and scale the Customer Success function.
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The opportunity to build an AI-native operating model that improves customer value and team efficiency.
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Direct collaboration with senior leadership and cross-functional teams across Sales, Product, Engineering, and Support.
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The opportunity to influence customer strategy, product development, and the adoption of emerging AI security capabilities.
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Salary, bonus structure, equity, healthcare coverage, retirement benefits, and paid time off are not specified in the available job description.
Requirements:
The ideal candidate combines proven Customer Success leadership with technical credibility, commercial ownership, and practical experience using AI to improve customer outcomes and operational efficiency. You should bring:
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