Director of Customer Success

TrashLab

$150K — $180K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 6+ years in customer success/CX leadership at a B2B SaaS company, preferably vertical SaaS for SMB or mid-market operators.
  • Experience managing a team of 5+ across support and account management, with skills in hiring, coaching, and termination.
  • Demonstrated success in improving net and gross retention, with precise understanding of cohorts, expansion mechanics, and churn diagnostics.
  • Proficient in applying AI in a customer success context, with evidence of building AI workflows or a strong desire to learn quickly.
  • Operationally-minded with the ability to create and streamline processes effectively.
  • Familiarity with modern customer success tools like Intercom, HubSpot, and Gainsight.
  • Willingness to travel 10-15% for team offsites and customer visits.

Responsibilities

  • Own the entire customer post-onboarding journey including adoption, support, renewal, and expansion.
  • Manage and develop a remote team across account management and frontline support, with occasional in-person gatherings.
  • Collaborate closely with the Director of Implementation to ensure seamless customer experience from go-live to steady-state.
  • Drive key performance metrics including gross retention rate (GRR), net retention rate (NRR), and net promoter score (NPS).
  • Develop an AI-powered support structure to enhance customer satisfaction and efficiency.
  • Act as the customer advocate in product development, synthesizing feedback and insights for roadmap discussions.
  • Co-manage renewal processes and companion strategies with the Account Manager team, ensuring accurate forecasts and health scores.

Benefits

  • Unlimited PTO
  • Health, vision, and dental insurance
  • 401k plan
  • Equity compensation
Full Job Description
About the Role

We're hiring a Director, Customer Success to lead a growing CX team across account management and frontline support - and make TrashLab the easiest waste software to live with. You'll partner extremely closely with the Director, Implementation on the go-live handoff.

You will own the post-onboarding customer journey end-to-end and drive industry-leading retention. This role reports directly to the CEO.

You will:

  • Own the customer post-onboarding journey end-to-end: adoption, support, renewal, expansion, and reference cultivation across all customer segments.
  • Manage and develop a growing remote team across account management and frontline support, with periodic in-person team offsites.
  • Partner tightly with the Director, Implementation on the go-live to steady-state handoff - own the customer's experience from first successful production usage onward.
  • Drive the metrics - we're data-driven, and what good looks like here: 95%+ GRR, 115%+ NRR, 70+ NPS, and
  • Build the AI-leveraged support stack: AI CSR triage for tier-1 tickets, in-app guides, and a self-serve help center - reducing cost-to-serve while improving satisfaction.
  • Be the bridge between customers and product - bring the voice of the hauler into roadmap conversations as a synthesizer who knows what's actually a pattern.
  • Co-own the renewal motion and expansion playbook with the Account Manager team; forecast renewals accurately and build a health score that actually predicts churn.


You are a great fit if:

  • You have 6+ years in customer success / CX leadership at a B2B SaaS company, ideally vertical SaaS for SMB or mid-market operators.
  • You've managed a team of 5+ across support and account management - you can hire, coach, and let go when needed.
  • You've measurably moved net and gross retention at a prior company and can talk cohorts, expansion mechanics, and churn diagnostics with precision.
  • You're AI-forward - you've already built AI workflows and automation into how a CX org runs, or you're determined to learn and build them fast. If you've spent the last three years in CX without putting AI to work, TrashLab won't be a fit.
  • You're comfortable being the most operationally-minded person in any room - you build process where there is none, and strip it out when it stops earning its keep.
  • You're fluent with modern CS tooling (Intercom/Front, HubSpot/Salesforce, Gainsight/Catalyst/Vitally).
  • You're willing to travel ~10-15% of the time for team offsites and customer site visits.


Compensation

The base pay range for this role is competitive and includes equity. Benefits include unlimited PTO, health, vision, and dental insurance, and 401k.

Compensation

The base pay range for this role is $150,000 - $180,000 per year.

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