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Director of Customer Success

Drips.com - Cleveland, OH, United States - In-office

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Drips helps organizations build stronger customer and member relationships through personalized, two-way conversations at scale, combining AI-powered engagement with strategy, design, and managed execution. The Director of Customer Success is a senior leader responsible for the strategic direction, operational excellence, and team leadership of the Client Success function. This role owns executive-level relationships across the client portfolio, drives revenue growth and retention strategy, and builds scalable programs, frameworks, and mentorship structures that enable the Client Success team to deliver consistent, measurable value. Key responsibilities include: • Multi-Stakeholder Relationship Management: Lead and nurture relationships across executive, operational, and cross-functional client teams, ensuring alignment on goals and delivery outcomes at both strategic and tactical levels. • Revenue Growth & Retention Strategy: Own long-term strategic planning that supports client success and revenue expansion. Partner with Sales and Product teams to identify upsell paths, prevent churn, and maximize lifetime value. • Client Advocacy & Product Influence: Serve as the client voice within Drips, influencing product direction, roadmap priorities, and service enhancements to ensure alignment with market needs and user feedback. • Operational Excellence & Enablement: Build and optimize scalable internal programs, including playbooks, enablement frameworks, and performance dashboards to drive consistency and efficiency across the Client Success function. • Executive Business Reviews: Design and lead strategic QBRs and ABRs that map client initiatives to KPIs, outcomes, and platform value—tailored to executive-level audiences. • Escalation & Risk Management: Oversee resolution of high-impact client issues by coordinating swift cross-functional action, setting escalation protocols, and ensuring executive visibility on risk accounts. • Strategic Planning & Collaboration: Partner with senior leadership to forecast revenue, headcount needs, and client health trends. Drive enterprise-level initiatives tied to scalability, process maturity, and client impact. • Team Leadership & Mentorship: Hire, mentor, and develop a team of Senior Client Success Managers. Foster a culture of accountability, continuous learning, and outcome ownership through structured feedback and performance planning.

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