Director of Customer Success Management
Owner.com · United States · 3 wk ago
RemoteRemoteCustomer Service$200/hrFull-time
About the role
We are seeking a Director of Customer Success to lead our efforts in ensuring our restaurant customers realize meaningful value from our platform. This role plays a crucial part in driving retention, expansion, and customer advocacy at scale.
Responsibilities
- Drive measurable improvements in customer retention by operationalizing value realization, adoption, proactive account management, and risk mitigation across the entire customer portfolio
- Continue to drive the team towards a proactive, lifecycle-driven engagement model - focused on driving customer outcomes; establishing clear operating cadences, resourcing/org design, health scoring, and playbooks that scale with the business
- Recruit, coach, and develop a team of CSMs and managers with a high bar for accountability, intellectual curiosity, and customer obsession - across all customer segments / products
- Build AI-augmented workflows across the CS motion - from health scoring and predictive analytics to customer communication and just-in-time enablement
- Champion AI fluency across the team and set the expectation that every CSM actively uses AI tools in their day-to-day work
- Partner across onboarding, support, product, and sales to deliver a seamless, consistent post-sale experience
- Serve as the voice of the customer to Product, Engineering, and Marketing - translating feedback into actionable insights that shape the roadmap and GTM strategy
Requirements
Experience & Leadership:
- 8–12+ years in Customer Success, Account Management, or similar customer-facing roles in SaaS or technology; SMB and Enterprise experience ideal
- 3–5+ years leading high-performing CSM teams, including managers and/or senior ICs, with clear operating cadences, performance frameworks, and a culture of continuous improvement
- Proven track record of improving retention and driving expansion in a recurring revenue business
- Comfort operating in a high-growth, fast-moving environment where you'll be building the playbook as you go - not inheriting a fully mature operation
Customer & Commercial Acumen
- Deep understanding of value realization, ROI articulation, and lifecycle management
- Strong instinct for identifying churn risk and building repeatable save motions
- Ability to engage and influence executive stakeholders at customer accounts
Operational & Analytical Strength
- Highly data-driven; experienced building and managing to KPI frameworks and metric trees
- Deep expertise in core CS metrics: product adoption, time-to-value, revenue retention, etc.
- Ability to translate data into clear actions and priorities
Ai Fluency
- Strong AI fluency - you actively use AI tools in your work, have a clear point of view on AI's role in customer success, and can drive adoption of AI-augmented workflows across a team
People Leadership
- Exceptional talent builder with a history of hiring, coaching, and retaining top performers
- Proven ability to transform teams from reactive to proactive through strong change management
Technical Fluency
- Familiarity with SaaS platforms, restaurant tech, online ordering, or POS solutions is a plus
Pay and Benefits
The estimated base salary range for this role is $190-210K, plus a generous pre-IPO equity package. Other benefits include comprehensive health coverage, remote-first workplace, unlimited PTO - plus extra fun perks!