Director of Customer Success (Retention and Growth)

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Director of Customer Success (Retention and Growth) based in United States. This is a strategic customer success leadership role focused on retaining and expanding complex government customer relationships. You will lead a team of five Customer Success Managers and establish a scalable operating model centered on customer outcomes, renewals, and growth. The role combines people leadership, executive relationship management, revenue ownership, and operational transformation. You will build proactive customer success capabilities, moving the function beyond reactive support toward strategic partnership and value creation. Working with government stakeholders and cross-functional teams, you will influence adoption, retention, expansion, and long-term account health. The position is fully remote within the United States, with regular travel for customer meetings, industry events, and internal collaboration. It offers the opportunity to shape customer success strategy across a portfolio serving public-sector organizations. Accountabilities - Lead, coach, and develop a team of five Customer Success Managers, establishing clear expectations around retention, customer outcomes, revenue performance, accountability, and career development. - Build and implement customer success strategies that support renewal, retention, account expansion, and long-term customer value. - Establish scalable processes, role definitions, operating standards, and best practices that strengthen engagement, account health, and team effectiveness. - Own team performance against renewal, retention, and expansion revenue targets, including forecasting and pipeline visibility. - Partner with Customer Success Managers to identify and pursue appropriate upsell and cross-sell opportunities within existing accounts. - Monitor customer health indicators, revenue data, and account trends to identify risks, opportunities, and potential drivers of churn or expansion.

- Develop trusted relationships with senior government stakeholders and executive sponsors, serving as a strategic point of contact for key accounts. - Lead executive business reviews, strategic planning discussions, major renewals, negotiations, and expansion initiatives. - Serve as an escalation point for critical customer concerns and develop timely resolution and recovery plans. - Collaborate with implementation, product, support, operations, and executive teams to deliver strong customer experiences and successful adoption. - Translate customer insights and market feedback into recommendations that can inform product strategy and service delivery. - Lead change-management and process-improvement initiatives that improve organizational performance and customer outcomes. - Develop customer success metrics, reporting frameworks, and performance dashboards to support data-driven decision-making. Requirements - At least 10 years of experience in customer success, account management, sales, or another closely related customer-facing leadership function. - Demonstrated success leading teams accountable for customer retention, renewals, revenue growth, or account expansion. - At least 3 years of people-management experience is preferred, particularly within customer success, account management, or sales organizations. - Proven experience forecasting revenue and managing performance against commercial targets. - Strong ability to establish and maintain executive-level customer relationships across complex stakeholder environments. - Experience managing customer escalations and resolving complex commercial or operational challenges. - Experience building or formalizing customer success organizations, defining roles, establishing operating structures, or implementing scalable processes is preferred.