Benefex

Head of Customer Success

Benefex

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

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Salary

💰 £80,000 - £90,000 per year

Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Lead a global team of c.30 responsible for managing a portfolio of over 400 Benifex customers.
  • Shape the strategy for how we enable the CSM team to provide further value to our customers.
  • Nurture and develop high performing Customer Success Managers, accelerating people’s career journeys.
  • Develop and execute strategies to turn customers into advocates through referral programs, testimonials, case studies, and community engagement.
  • Ensure our customers realise the full value of the product suite available to them; including onboarding and training.
  • Monitor and improve customer sentiment using NPS and other feedback mechanisms.
  • Work alongside the Head of Customer Excellence to implement and execute improvement strategies for NPS.
  • Partner with Marketing to amplify customer success stories and build a strong brand reputation.
  • Design and optimize onboarding, training, and support processes to ensure seamless customer experiences.
  • Lead initiatives to improve first-contact resolution, response times, and overall service quality.
  • Build and maintain strong, trust-based relationships with key accounts and stakeholders.
  • Act as an executive sponsor for strategic clients, ensuring their voice is heard across the organization.
  • Act as a point of escalation as needed.
  • Champion the customer internally, advocating for their needs in product development, support, and operations.
  • Define and track KPIs to measure team performance, customer health, and retention.
  • Implement scalable processes and tools to support customer lifecycle and service management.
  • Identify churn risks and proactively implement retention strategies.
  • Support the customer satisfaction programme and play a part in the initiatives as required.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with Sales, Product, and Support to ensure a cohesive customer journey.
  • Drive continuous improvement in customer service delivery and satisfaction.

Requirements

  • Proven customer success experience in B2B SaaS.
  • Proven experience in a leadership role within customer success.
  • Hiring and developing talent, nurturing a high performance culture, and embedding best practices.
  • Evidence of using technology and tooling to improve customer experience (automation, self-service, AI etc)
  • Proven experience in change management, embedding new ways of working and getting people bought into that journey.
  • Proven track record and strategies for improving customer satisfaction, retention, and advocacy across teams.
  • Advanced analytical skills with experience using customer success platforms (e.g., Gainsight, Salesforce).
  • Excellent communication, leadership, and interpersonal skills.
  • Strategic thinker with a passion for customer-centric innovation.