Mainspring Energy, Inc.

Director of Customer Success

Mainspring Energy, Inc.$188K — $230K *
Energy & Utilities
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years in Customer Success, Account Management, or Technical Program Management
  • Experience managing complex B2B technical customer relationships
  • Proven cross-functional collaboration with engineering, product, and operations
  • Strong communication skills for conveying technical concepts
  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, or a related field

Responsibilities

  • Serve as primary contact post-deployment for customers
  • Build trust-based relationships to drive satisfaction and retention
  • Coordinate with teams to align on customer priorities
  • Manage issues and escalations, ensuring clear communication
  • Translate technical performance into professional customer communication
  • Develop onboarding and account management processes
  • Directly manage key accounts while scaling the function

Benefits

  • Pre-IPO stock options
  • Hybrid work model
  • Commitment to diversity and inclusion
  • Flexible work environment
  • Collaborative company culture
Full Job Description
Job Overview

Mainspring Energy is scaling deployment of its Linear Generator-a new category of flexible, low-emissions onsite power designed to support a net-zero grid.

As deployments expand, we are seeking a Director of Customer Success to own the customer experience following system commissioning (post-COD). This role sits at the intersection of customer, product, and operations, ensuring that systems perform successfully in the field and that customers remain confident as we scale.

This is a hands-on leadership role requiring close collaboration with Engineering, Product, Field Service, and Commercial teams.

Key Responsibilities

Customer Ownership
  • Serve as the primary point of contact for customers post-deployment
  • Build strong, trust-based relationships and drive customer satisfaction and retention

Cross-Functional Leadership
  • Coordinate across Engineering, Product, Operations, and Sales to align on customer priorities
  • Ensure consistent and accurate communication internally and externally

Issue Management & Escalation
  • Serve as the primary customer liaison during issue identification, escalation, and resolution - ensuring customers are informed, heard, and supported throughout
  • Translate technical findings and resolution timelines into clear, professional communication for customers
  • Escalate issues internally with the appropriate urgency and context, connecting the right internal teams to drive resolution
  • Maintain visibility into open issues and follow through to closure, ensuring no customer concern falls through the cracks

Performance Communication
  • Translate technical system performance into clear, professional customer communication
  • Establish consistent reporting on account health, system performance, and key metrics

Function Development
  • Build and refine onboarding, account management, and customer success processes
  • Directly manage key accounts while helping scale the function over time


Required skills and qualifications

  • 10+ years of experience in Customer Success, Account Management, Technical Program Management, or similar roles
  • Experience managing complex, technical B2B customer relationships
  • Proven ability to work cross-functionally with engineering, product, and operations teams
  • Strong communication skills, with the ability to convey technical concepts clearly
  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, or related field


Preferred skills and qualifications

  • Experience in power generation, distributed energy, industrial equipment, or infrastructure
  • Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret technical and operational data
  • Experience in post-deployment or operational environments


$188,000 - $230,000 a year

This position is Hybrid. The salary will be adjusted to reflect local market conditions based on employee location as well as the experience of the employee. Along with the base salary, Mainspring offers pre-IPO stock options + benefits.

Does your experience not meet all of our posted requirements? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply to positions unless they meet every listed requirement. At Mainspring, we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive, flexible, and collaborative environment, so if you want to help us transition the world to clean and affordable electricity, and don't meet all posted requirements for a particular role, we'd still love to hear from you. Mainspring can sometimes be flexible enough to shift responsibilities for the right person, or otherwise identify open or upcoming roles that may better fit your professional background.

About Mainspring Energy, Inc.

Mainspring Energy is a company that develops and manufactures advanced power generation systems for commercial and industrial applications. The company's technology is based on a patented, modular, and scalable design that enables the production of electricity from a variety of fuels, including natural gas, biogas, and hydrogen. Mainspring Energy's systems are designed to be highly efficient, reliable, and cost-effective, and can be used in a wide range of applications, including data centers, hospitals, and manufacturing facilities. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.
Learn more about Mainspring Energy, Inc.
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50 employees
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Founded
2010

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