Expel

Principal Customer Success Manager

Expel

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Salary

💰 $134,700 - $195,300 per year

Job Level

About the role

  • You're responsible for the gross retention of your book of business, ensuring customers renew with Expel because they recognize us as indispensable to their security program.
  • You accomplish this by owning the strategic relationship with economic buyers and key decision-makers, orchestrating internal resources to deliver technical value.
  • You lead quarterly business reviews, accurately forecast renewals, and identify expansion opportunities for Account Executives to pursue.
  • When technical depth is needed, you partner with Technical Account Managers or pull in Security Solutions Engineers and Technical Support Engineers.
  • You drive structural improvements to how Customer Success operates by identifying systemic gaps in the customer journey, designing solutions, and driving implementation across the organization.
  • Your success is measured by At-Bat Renewal Rate (ABR) and Dollar-Based Gross Retention (DBGR) within your portfolio.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of customer success or account management experience, a significant portion of which carrying renewal quota
  • At least 4 years in the security industry (operations, products, consulting, GRC, or incident response)
  • Experience managing complex B2B customer relationships with multiple stakeholders, including C-level
  • Track record of driving retention, identifying growth opportunities, and improving team/organizational performance
  • Thorough understanding of the cybersecurity market including MDR, major product categories (EDR, SIEM, NDR, Cloud), and competitive dynamics
  • Sufficient technical fluency to field most customer questions, escalating only deep technical issues.
Benefits
  • Unlimited PTO
  • Equity for everyone
  • Work location flexibility
  • Up to 24 weeks of parental leave
  • Excellent health benefits

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
customer successaccount managementrenewal quotaB2B customer relationshipsretention strategiesgrowth opportunitiescybersecurity knowledgetechnical fluencyMDREDR
Soft skills
strategic relationship managementcommunicationleadershiporganizational performanceproblem-solvingcollaborationforecastingcustomer journey improvementstakeholder managementimplementation