AVP, Customer Success

Posted Aug 11

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The AVP, Global Customer Success will contribute to the mission of BetterUp by serving our enterprise accounts with a deep understanding of the evolution of their partners’ business strategy and operations through ongoing discovery and knowledge development. The person in this role will be responsible for coaching and leading a team of Customer Success Managers. This individual will reinforce BetterUp’s vision of human transformation as a trusted advisor, aligning the Human Transformation Platform narrative to the customer’s people strategy while constructively challenging to maximize BetterUp value and impact. Leadership skills, client-service orientation, strategic consulting, project management, relationship mastery, problem-solving, and storytelling are the core skills exercised in this role.

What you’ll do:

  • Drive Strategy and execution for EMEA Customer Success team.
  • Drive a consistently excellent customer experience that reflects BetterUp Mission and Values, right-sized to customer segmentations and needs.
  • Support CSMs by participating in client meetings to ensure retention and growth of existing customers. 
  • Manage team to execute key KPI’s for the function.
  • Attract, develop, and retain world class talent as we scale the CS function.
  • Consistently develop your team by leading and modeling our best practices for managing the customer journey.  
  • Monitor the health and progress of your team’s customers, and coach CSMs on account management strategies.
  • Develop executive level relationships with customers.  
  • Serve as an escalation point for CSMs and their customers.
  • Support the team in demonstrating Business impact to the partner.
  • Participate in process innovation, development, and rollout across the broader Post-Sales team, ultimately driving efficiency and scalability of the team.
  • Support the CS team in prioritization and ensure focus on revenue-generating activities.
  • Leverage data analytics to proactively identify hot spots and develop remediation plans.
  • Collaborate East-to–West with cross-functional partners to ensure communication and alignment to solve problems and ongoing improvement.

If you have some or all of the following, please apply:

  • 5+ years of CS leadership experience primarily in non-renewal focused CS organizations, preferably with complex solutions.
  • Leadership experience with a preference for global experience.
  • Track record of building and managing high-performance teams that are effective in creating and providing value for customers and reaching their KPIs.
  • Previous work in high-growth and high-performance settings. Mix of SaaS and Services preferred.
  • Experience creating capabilities ahead of need and maximizing ability to deliver value to the business.
  • Implement systems for scale, i.e., has knowledge of tools to automate processes in order to optimize the efficacy of the CS organization
  • Low-ego collaborator, that facilitates cross-functional collaboration to build trust across the organization through strong listening and a company-first mindset. 
  • Executive presence and ability to influence across the organization.
  • Track record of attracting, developing and retaining top talent.

Benefits:

At BetterUp, we are committed to living out our mission every day and that starts with providing benefits that allow our employees to care for themselves, support their families, and give back to their community. 

  • Access to BetterUp coaching; one for you and one for a friend or family member 
  • A competitive compensation plan with opportunity for advancement
  • Flexible paid time off
  • Per year: 
  • All federal/statutory holidays observed
  • 4 BetterUp Inner Work days (https://www.betterup.co/inner-work)
  • 5 Volunteer Days to give back
  • Learning and Development stipend
  • Company wide Summer & Winter breaks 
  • Year-round charitable contribution of your choice on behalf of BetterUp

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