Director of Customer Success

Compyl

$170K — $200K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Proven experience building Customer Success functions from an early stage, ideally as a founding team member.
  • In-depth background in Customer Success, Account Management, or related revenue-focused roles in B2B SaaS.
  • Demonstrated success in improving net revenue retention, renewals, and expansion revenue.
  • Ability to balance high-level strategy with day-to-day execution, including hands-on renewal management.
  • Experience in evaluating and implementing Customer Success and CRM tools for enhanced process and visibility.
  • Strong analytical capabilities for defining metrics and utilizing data-driven decisions.
  • Background in GRC SaaS preferred; consideration for candidates from adjacent SaaS sectors with relevant risk or compliance expertise.

Responsibilities

  • Build the Customer Success function, defining strategy, structure, and scalability.
  • Own and improve customer retention and growth, enhancing adoption and reducing churn.
  • Design customer segmentation, health scoring, and proactive engagement models.
  • Establish onboarding and renewal playbooks for a consistent customer experience.
  • Manage a portfolio of strategic accounts directly, acting as a trusted advisor.
  • Select and implement customer success tools to improve account management and forecasting.
  • Collaborate closely with Sales and Product teams for seamless transitions and feedback loops.
  • Build and lead a Customer Success team as the function evolves.
  • Represent customer needs internally, influencing company-wide strategy.

Benefits

  • Performance-based bonus structure tied to retention and expansion metrics.
  • Equity opportunities in a fast-growing company.
  • Ground-floor chance to shape a crucial revenue function.
  • Remote-first culture with flexible PTO.
  • Supportive leadership team focused on execution and collaboration.
Full Job Description
Director of Customer Success

The Role

We're looking for a Director of Customer Success to build and lead the next evolution of Customer Success at Compyl. This is a foundational, high-ownership role with the opportunity to design the processes, playbooks, metrics, and team that will turn CS into a scalable, revenue-driving function. You'll build a repeatable expansion motion that helps grow NRR and customer lifetime value.

We're looking for a true zero-to-one builder, someone comfortable with ambiguity who can move seamlessly between designing the strategy, digging into customer data, joining an executive escalation, and running a renewal conversation.

What You'll Do
  • Build the Customer Success function from scratch: define the strategy, structure, and operating model that will scale with the business.
  • Own customer retention and growth, improve GRR by strengthening adoption, proactively managing risk, and reducing churn, while building a disciplined expansion motion that drives NRR and customer lifetime value.
  • Design and implement customer segmentation, health scoring, and a proactive engagement model to replace today's reactive, ad hoc approach.
  • Establish onboarding, adoption, and renewal playbooks that create a consistent, scalable customer experience.
  • Personally manage a portfolio of strategic accounts in the early stages, serving as a trusted advisor and escalation point.
  • Select and implement CS tooling (e.g., a customer success platform) to bring visibility and rigor to account health and forecasting.
  • Partner closely with Sales on account handoffs, expansion opportunities, and renewal forecasting; partner with Product on feedback loops and roadmap input.
  • Define and report on core CS metrics (GRR, NRR, churn, customer sentiment and advocacy, expansion revenue) to executive leadership, shaping the right measurement framework as the function matures.
  • Hire, build, and lead a Customer Success team as the function matures and scales.
  • Represent the voice of the customer internally, influencing product, marketing, and company strategy.


What We're Looking For
  • Demonstrated experience building or scaling a Customer Success function from an early stage, we value having actually done this before more than a specific number of years in CS. This might mean you were employee #1 or #2 in CS at a prior company, not just a leader inside an already-mature org.
  • Comprehensive experience in Customer Success, Account Management, or a related revenue-facing role in B2B SaaS.
  • Track record of driving measurable improvements in net revenue retention, renewals, and expansion revenue.
  • Comfortable owning both strategy and execution, you're equally willing to build a playbook and personally run a renewal call.
  • Experience evaluating, selecting, and implementing CS and CRM tooling to build visibility and process where none previously existed.
  • Strong analytical skills, able to define metrics, build reporting, and use data to drive decisions.
  • Experience in GRC SaaS preferred; candidates from adjacent SaaS categories (e.g., security, compliance, risk, audit) also welcome. Practitioner-level experience in GRC, compliance, or risk management (even outside of a SaaS company) is a strong plus.
  • Excellent executive presence and communication skills; comfortable operating as a strategic partner to Sales, Product, and the C-suite.
  • Self-starter who thrives in ambiguity and startup environments where infrastructure doesn't yet exist.


Why Join Us
  • Base Salary: $170,000 to $200,000
  • Performance-based bonus structure tied to retention and expansion metrics
  • Meaningful equity in a fast-growing company
  • Ground-floor opportunity to build and define a function that becomes core to company revenue
  • Remote-first culture with flexible PTO
  • Access to a highly supportive, execution-focused leadership team
  • A team that values collaboration, accountability, and transparency


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