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We are is seeking an experienced and innovative Director, Customer Success to join our Customer Experience team. The Director, Customer Success will oversee the entire India-based Customer Success function, and will report directly to the SVP, Customer Success. This role will focus the team efforts on connecting with clients to drive retention, renewals, customer satisfaction, and growth. This is a high-visibility role requiring outstanding relationship management skills as well as a market-leading understanding of SaaS software delivery mechanics and value drivers. In this position you will lead a team of first-line managers, who in turn serve teams of Customer Success Managers supporting thousands of customers globally.
This position will take a strategic approach to identifying and driving operational and organisational efficiency of the India Customer Success function, and ensuring alignment with the US Customer Success team. This role will develop strategic partnerships with other departments including Sales, Product, and other parts of the Client Experience organisation to provide meaningful insight, influence product road map, and to maximise end-to-end customer experience.
This is a night shift position working 5pm - 2am from our office in Chennai.
Responsibilities
- Work closely with first-line managers to ensure they develop their teams, manage day to day workloads and create strategies to optimise productivity of the team while delivering value to our customers.
- Drive strategy and provide insights around operational and organisational efficiency of the entire India-based Customer Success function.
- Develop and deploy Customer Success-led programs to drive customer adoption and retention and minimise churn and downsell across the assigned customer base
- Track and report on key metrics to leadership, identify opportunities for optimisation and track results.
- Partner closely with US Customer Success leadership to ensure alignment of priorities and processes to maximise efficiency.
- Serve as a leadership escalation point and facilitate resolution.
- Introduce innovative concepts to the organisation to improve the customer experience.
- Provide a strong leadership presence within our India CX team, providing guidance and support to employees at all levels.
- Partner with Sales and Product teams on potential business opportunities and product innovations, based on insights gained through service interactions with customers and analysis of support data/logs.
Required Skills & Experience
- 12+ years of customer-facing experience in services (customer success, customer retention) roles
- 5+ years experience managing teams with a proven track record of developing programs that positively impact customer retention rates
- Strong operational background with a proven ability to define and leverage business metrics to manage team goals.
- High level of technical proficiency with SFDC. Technical proficiency across the other technologies ZoomInfo integrates with (Marketo, HubSpot, Eloqua, Outreach, SalesLoft, Dynamics, and others) preferred.
- Ability to effectively communicate cross-functionally
- A creative leader with the ability to develop and execute a vision that is aligned with both company and team strategies and to inspire, motivate and manage teams
- Prior experience in SaaS industry
- Ability to effectively operate with high energy and flexibility in a fast-paced, constantly-evolving team environment
About Us
ZoomInfo (NASDAQ: ZI) is the trusted go-to-market platform for businesses to find, acquire, and grow their customers. It delivers accurate, real-time data, insights, and technology to more than 35,000 companies worldwide. Businesses use ZoomInfo to increase efficiency, consolidate technology stacks, and align their sales and marketing teams all in one platform.
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