Director of Customer Success, Central

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Role Description

As Director of Customer Success, Central you will serve as a critical senior leader responsible for driving retention, expansion, and customer satisfaction by strategically scaling our Customer Success function within a fast-growing EdTech SaaS environment. You will bring senior executive experience, deep operational rigor, and a strong, data-driven methodology to lead and evolve the team. The Central region encompasses TX, OK, KS, MO, MN, IA, and WI. We have a strong preference for candidates located within the region. This role requires approximately 30% travel.

Responsibilities

In this role, you will be responsible for driving towards the following outcomes:

• Boost Net Revenue Retention (NRR) by designing, implementing, and optimizing scalable customer success playbooks that drive product adoption and value realization, ensuring high customer engagement and minimizing churn risk.

• Achieve a Customer Satisfaction (CSAT) score above 90% by owning the data narrative, interpreting comprehensive customer success metrics (daily, operational, strategic) in Salesforce, and translating insights into actionable strategies to continuously improve the customer journey.

• Reduce customer onboarding time through continuous process improvement, identifying opportunities to streamline work, contributing strategic ideas, and proactively reducing ambiguity for the team and cross-functional partners.

• Develop direct reports by establishing trust, providing clear, actionable feedback and career coaching, and holding the team fully accountable to clear expectations to foster a high-performance culture and effectively manage performance.

• Ensure alignment across departments by building strong relationships and collaborating closely with Sales, Product, and executive leadership to align on goals, influence cross-functional decisions, and secure resources necessary for team success.

Experience & Qualifications

To be successful in this role, you’ll bring the following experience and qualifications:

• 7+ years of required experience in Customer Success within a tech SaaS environment, with a strong emphasis on scaling operations.

• 5+ years of required experience managing Customer Success teams (including hiring, performance management, and talent development).

• Data-Driven Leadership: Expert ability to build, interpret, and leverage complex Salesforce dashboards and reporting to define required analyses and drive data-informed decision-making.

• Strategic Thinking & Execution: Proven ability to break down complex issues, develop strategic approaches, and execute quickly with minimal guidance and full ownership over critical projects.

• Influence & Collaboration: Proven ability to coordinate, align, and influence across CS managers, Sales leadership, and executive peers to achieve organizational goals.

Nice to Have:

• Experience in EdTech or working with education institutions.

• Prior experience transitioning from managing ICs to managing managers.

• Familiarity with customer success platforms (Gainsight, ChurnZero, Totango, etc.).

Why Join Us?

• Work on cutting-edge AI technology that directly impacts educators and students.

• Join a mission-driven team passionate about making education more efficient and equitable.

• Flexibility of working from home, while fostering a unique culture built on relationships, trust, communication, and collaboration with our team - no matter where they live.

• For full time employees:

• Unlimited time off to empower our employees to manage their work-life balance. We work hard for our teachers and users, and encourage our employees to rest and take the time they need.

• Choice of employer-paid health insurance plans so that you can take care of yourself and your family. Dental and vision are also offered at very low premiums.

• Every employee is offered generous stock options, vested over 4 years.

• 401k match & monthly wellness stipend.

Our Values:

• Educators are Magic:  Educators are the most important ingredient in the educational process - they are the magic, not the AI. Trust them, empower them, and put them at the center of leading change in service of students and families.

• Joy and Magic: Bring joy and magic into every learning experience - push the boundaries of what’s possible with AI.

• Community:  Foster community that supports one another during a time of rapid technological change. Listen to them and serve their needs.

• Innovation:  The education system is outdated and in need of innovation and change - AI is an opportunity to bring equity, access, and serve the individual needs of students better than we ever have before.

• Responsibility: Put responsibility and safety at the forefront of the technological change that AI is bringing to education.

• Diversity: Diversity of thought, perspectives, and backgrounds helps us serve the wide audience of educators and students around the world.

• Excellence:  Educators and students deserve the best - and we strive for the highest quality in everything we do.