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About The Position

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in Customer Success, post-sales, or sales leadership in SaaS, with a focus on Enterprise or Strategic segments.
• 6+ years of direct client management experience with enterprise-level customers.
• Demonstrated ability to design, build, and scale global organizations and processes.
• Track record of owning retention and growth metrics, including experience partnering with renewal and sales teams on commercial execution.
• Experience building and modeling cohesive account team motions across CS, Sales, and Renewals.
• Proven executive leadership and decision-making capabilities with strong operational rigor.
• High emotional intelligence and a people-first leadership style — you lead with empathy, build trust quickly, and bring out the best in the people around you.
• Strong communication and storytelling skills, with the ability to influence internal stakeholders and engage with C-level executives.
• Deep familiarity with SaaS businesses, including metrics, challenges, and lifecycle dynamics.
• Experience working cross-functionally with Product, Sales, Services, and Marketing to deliver seamless customer outcomes.
• Familiarity with MEDDPICC or comparable sales methodologies and their application within a Customer Success context.
• Successful history of hiring, developing, and retaining world-class talent across leadership and frontline roles.
• Strong technical and product acumen, including experience with CRM platforms (Salesforce/Dynamics 365) and sales enablement technologies.
• Entrepreneurial mindset, adaptable to change, with a focus on solutions and opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Ensure every customer experiences consistent, high-quality engagement throughout their lifecycle.
• Partner with Sales, Renewals, and Services leadership to drive adoption, retention, and expansion across the customer base.
• Model and coach a cohesive account team approach — ensuring CSMs, TAMs, Account Executives, and Renewal Managers operate as a unified team aligned on customer outcomes.
• Provide executive sponsorship for strategic accounts and serve as a trusted advisor to C-level customer stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain deep knowledge of Highspot's platform and its integrations within customer environments.
• Ensure the CSM organization is equipped to provide best practices, training, and guidance that maximize customer value and adoption.
• Champion product expertise as a differentiator, reinforcing credibility and trust with customers at every level.
• Lead with a people-first mindset — genuinely investing in the development, wellbeing, and career growth of every member of your team.
• Hire, coach, and develop top talent at every level of the CSM org, leading with high emotional intelligence and self-awareness.
• Set and uphold high performance and engagement standards, balancing accountability with empathy.
• Cultivate a culture that embodies Highspot’s guiding principles, especially “Enjoy the Ride.”
• Lead a team in owning and exceeding a dedicated customer retention target for your assigned strategic portfolio.
• Drive adoption of MEDDPICC sales methodology.
• Ensure your CSMs run proactive renewal validation — confirming stakeholder alignment, surfacing risk, and documenting customer value — in close partnership with their Renewal Managers.
• Maintain forecasting accuracy for renewals and expansion, providing reliable, data-driven insights to leadership.
• Drive your CSMs to surface and qualify expansion opportunities in partnership with Account Executives who own the commercial relationship, stepping in to support key deals as needed.
• Partner with Product leadership to channel customer insights into product strategy and innovation.
• Work with Marketing and Sales to align on customer advocacy, referenceability, and expansion opportunities.
• Collaborate with Operations and Analytics to ensure data-driven decision-making across the CSM function.
• Build and inspire a segment-focused Customer Success team that sets the standard for excellence across Enterprise and Strategic accounts.
• Implement scalable processes, tools, and metrics that drive efficiency, consistency, and predictable outcomes.
• Develop the leadership bench within the CSM org, ensuring succession planning and long-term organizational strength.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, disability, and life benefits
• Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer contribution
• 401(k) Matching with immediate vesting on employer match
• Flexible PTO
• 8 paid holidays and 5 paid days for Annual Holiday Week
• Quarterly Recharge Fridays (paid days off for mental health recharge)
• 18 weeks paid parental leave
• Access to Coaches and Therapists through Modern Health
• 2 volunteer days per year
• Commuting benefits