Director of Customer Success & Services, EMEA

Remote, United Kingdom

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Director of Customer Success & Services

Position Overview

The Director of Customer Success & Services is a strategic leader who drives customer outcomes while developing and delivering innovative service solutions. This role combines technical acumen with a customer-centric approach to shape the overall post-sales customer experience and service delivery strategy.

Core Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership & Vision

  • Set the overall vision and strategic plan for the Customer Success organization, focusing on driving product adoption, customer outcomes, and business growth.
  • Develop and articulate a clear vision for paid success plan offerings, ensuring alignment with company goals.
  • Architect the post-sales customer experience and lifecycle through world-class customer success management practices
  • Define and optimize customer lifecycle programs based on segmentation and continuous improvemen.t

Service Development & Delivery

  • Lead the design and iterative development of new and existing service offerings.
  • Build and maintain a world-class post-sales organization by implementing effective technology and processes.
  • Develop detailed customer journey maps and manage feedback loops to enhance service offering.s
  • Define and monitor KPIs for service offerings, evaluating success and identifying improvement areas.

Team Leadership

  • Lead a high-performing Customer Success Management team
  • Recruit, develop, and mentor team members across global, distributed teams
  • Foster collaboration within the team and across customer stakeholders
  • Lead enablement and operational practices to track and improve team performance

Cross-functional Partnership

  • Partner with Sales, Product, Engineering, Support, and Operations teams
  • Work closely with Sales Management on renewal forecasting and coverage plans
  • Coordinate with Marketing and Product teams on service delivery alignment
  • Address escalated customer issues by orchestrating resources across the company

Growth & Revenue Impact

  • Drive account growth through product adoption and license expansion
  • Influence future lifetime value through higher customer satisfaction and advocacy
  • Create and maintain strong relationships with sales teams to drive revenue growth
  • Manage commercial aspects of the services portfolio

Requirements

Experience & Skills

  • Demonstrated progressive experience leading customer success managers and teams of 30+ people
  • Proven track record in SaaS or subscription enterprise software companies
  • Deep understanding of the DevOps landscape and software development lifecycle
  • Strong leadership and people management skills
  • Data-driven and analytical mindset
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills
  • Strategic thinking with tactical execution abilities

Technical & Business Acumen

  • Understanding of technical product implementation and adoption strategies
  • Ability to translate customer needs into service offerings
  • Experience defining and tracking customer adoption metrics
  • Knowledge of industry trends and competitive landscape

Additional Requirements

  • Willingness to travel up to 40% as required
  • Experience managing distributed teams across cultures and geographies
  • Strong project management capabilities

Performance Indicators

  • Pipeline and revenue creation
  • Customer satisfaction metrics
  • Service renewal rates
  • Customer adoption metrics
  • Team performance and development
  • Service offering effectiveness

Hiring Process

  1. Interview with Recruiting Team Member
  2. Interview with VP Customer Success
  3. Team Interviews with:
    • Director, Customer Success, AMER
    • EMEA Sales Leader
    • Strategy & Operations Leader
    • EMEA Sales VP

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