
Director of Customer Success
Reality Defender (YC W22)
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: New York City • New York • United States
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Salary
💰 $180,000 - $220,000 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Define and execute the overall Customer Success strategy aligned with company growth and retention goals.
- Build, lead, and mentor a team of Customer Success Managers and onboarding specialists.
- Develop scalable processes for onboarding, adoption, health monitoring, renewals, and expansion.
- Drive expansion in existing customers through upselling existing capabilities, cross-selling new capabilities or driving adoption and utilization by our customers’ customers.
- Establish and track KPIs, including retention, net revenue retention (NRR), adoption metrics, and customer satisfaction (CSAT/NPS).
- Partner closely with Sales, Solutions Engineering, Product, and Support to ensure seamless customer lifecycle management.
- Ensure compliance, security, and operational expectations are met for regulated customers.
- Develop and implement low-touch/tech-touch programs to efficiently serve lower-tier and PLG segments while maintaining quality engagement
- Create and execute customer advocacy programs, including reference programs, case studies, and advisory boards to amplify customer voice
- Forecast renewals and expansion pipeline with accuracy, providing regular reporting to executive leadership on retention and growth metrics
- Translate customer feedback and product usage data into actionable insights for Product and Engineering teams to influence roadmap priorities
- Design and deliver Executive Business Reviews (EBRs) and Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs) that demonstrate ROI and strategic value alignment
Requirements
- 6+ years of experience in Customer Success, Account Management, or related client-facing roles in B2B technology companies.
- 2+ years of leadership experience managing and scaling customer success teams.
- Experience supporting enterprise or government customers with complex technical solutions.
- Proven track record of driving retention, expansion, and measurable customer outcomes.
- Strong operational and analytical skills with experience building KPIs and reporting frameworks.
- Excellent executive-level communication and relationship management skills.
- Exceptional executive presence with ability to lead C-level conversations that drive strategic alignment and business value
- Experience managing both high-touch enterprise accounts and scaled/digital customer success motions
- Experience with technical SaaS products including APIs, integrations, webhooks, and cloud-based technologies; ability to bridge technical and non-technical conversations
Benefits
- Healthcare plans with 100% premium coverage for employees and partial coverage available for dependents
- Dental and Vision plans with 100% premium coverage for employees and their dependents
- Short/Long-term disability and life insurance plans with 100% premium coverage for employees
- FSA/HSA and 401k programs
- Equity compensation
- 20 days of PTO per year
- 12 weeks of Parental Leave
- Learning and Development budget
- Monthly wellness benefits
- Annual company-sponsored offsite
- Daily in-office lunch through UberEats
- Commuter benefits
- Remote Fridays
- Happy Hours and other local events
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
Customer Success strategyKPI developmentretention metricsnet revenue retention (NRR)adoption metricscustomer satisfaction (CSAT/NPS)technical SaaS productsAPIsintegrationswebhooks
Soft Skills
leadershipmentoringcommunicationrelationship managementexecutive presenceanalytical skillsoperational skillsstrategic alignmentcustomer advocacyinfluencing