We are seeking an accomplished and strategic Senior Director of EMEA Customer Success to lead and expand our Customer Success organization across the EMEA region.
As a Senior Director of EMEA Customer Success, you will...
Lead, staff, and strategically grow the EMEA Customer Success organization, encompassing multiple teams and locations across EMEA
Provide executive leadership and strategic direction to Customer Success Managers and Technical Success Managers, fostering a high-performance culture and ensuring operational excellence across all EMEA teams
Provide leadership through coaching, feedback, development goals, and performance management
Mentor managers and team members with regards to the customer journey and driving customer happiness and help the team adopt and establish value in the products and platform
Work with the internal teams like Account teams, Product, Solution Engineering, Training, and external customer stakeholders to formulate/maintain a Success Plan outlining how we address our immediate and future needs (with success metrics)
Refine and implement the methods, procedures, tools, and policies to ensure high-quality service is delivered to customers
Well-versed in using case management systems and CRMs (e.g., SFDC / JIRA) and strong analytical and organizational skills, with the ability to understand and review the financial return or ROI on the customers investment
Maintain a deep understanding of our product and roadmap, so you can guide customers to success so you can help drive up their Adoption Score, and ensure a high level of technical knowledge is maintained within the Customer Success Team
Establish and manage communication channels within and among departments. Act as the liaison to provide customer feedback to the Senior Management Team
Work with your team to schedule, prepare, and deliver Business Reviews for customers, with the top priority of proving ROI that leads to renewals, expansion, and adoption
Own and drive customer adoption and usage for the customers and help your team Increase customer adoption of key platform features and best practices to maximize ROI, ensuring the basis for retention, satisfaction, and growth
Understand the customers industry trends, business challenges with the platform, and current and potential use cases for our customers and develop and nurture our champions within your customers organization who advocate for the platform based on their positive experience
Engage customers senior decision makers to understand their evolving strategy and shaping Success Planning informed by these goals, and serve as the voice of the customer and provide internal feedback on how we can better serve them to maximize customer value and retention
Partner with the Account Team (Account Executives, Sales Engineers, Support Engineers, etc.) to ensure that customers renew and expand usage and monitor customer user trends and health to recommend to internal teams risk mitigation actions (Product, Support, Services, etc.).
Requirements: Excellent management and leadership and able to gain the respect of a high-performing Customer Success team
10+ years of experience with Customer Success Managers and Technical Account Managers for an Enterprise software company
At least 4 years in directly managing a technical team - hiring, performance issues, team motivation, attrition management, mentoring, career progressions, etc
At least 2 years of managing customer success team managers
Experience with supporting products with impact on business/productivity
Experience with supporting international enterprise customers
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
Customer orientation and excellent interpersonal skills
Excellent English verbal and written communication skills.
This position is open to all candidates.