Vice President, North America Customer Success

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Why project44?  

Our mission is to usher in a new era of trust and predictability to transportation and logistics, but there’s still a lot of work to be done. The industry is massive, as is the opportunity. We’re looking for bright, ambitious individuals to join our growing global team and help us enable a more productive and successful world. We’re changing the way the world ships, and we’re looking for you to help us get there!   

Position Overview: 

Given our business model, where our customers pay us over time, Customer Success is absolutely vital to our long-term profitability. We will not be successful unless our customers are receiving massive value from our service. As such, we need a senior executive to own driving success for our customers. This role includes responsibilities for Customer Success activities (adoption, advocacy, retention, expansion). 

Responsibilities:

  • Drive Customer Success Outcomes 
  • Increase renewal rates and reduce churn 
  • Influence future lifetime value through higher product adoption, customer satisfaction and overall health scores 
  • Drive new business growth through greater advocacy and reference-ability 
  • Define and Optimize Customer Lifecycle 
  • Map customer journey 
  • Develop listening points in journey (e.g., usage, satisfaction, etc.) 
  • Standardize interventions for each point in journey 
  • Define segmentation of customer base and varying strategies 
  • Identify opportunities for continuous improvement 
  • Learn from best practices in industry 
  • Measure Effectiveness of Customer Success 
  • Define operational metrics for team 
  • Establish system for tracking metrics 
  • Create cadence for review within team 
  • Expose subset of metrics to executive team, company and board 
  • Lead World-class Customer Success Team 
  • Recruit experienced leaders as needed 
  • Attract high potential individual contributors into team 
  • Create rapid onboarding process for new team members 
  • Foster collaboration within team and across customer lifecycle 
  • Encourage continuous learning within team 
  • Enhance Effectiveness and Efficiency Through Technology 
  • Customer Success Management platform 

Required Experience/Skills:

  • 10+ years experience in leading customer-facing organizations 
  • Ability to manage influence through persuasion, negotiation, and consensus building 
  • Strong empathy for customers AND passion for key metrics related to retention and expansion 
  • Deep understanding of value drivers in recurring revenue business models 
  • Analytical and process-oriented mindset 
  • Demonstrated desire for continuous learning and improvement 
  • Enthusiastic and creative leader with the ability to inspire others 
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills 
  • Relevant Bachelor’s degree; preference for computer science or related degrees 

Diversity & Inclusion

We're designing the future of how the world moves and is connected through trade and global supply chains. We can only deliver a truly world-class product and experience if our teams are as diverse and unique communities we are building for. So it's up to us to create a company where anyone can bring their authentic self to work everyday. We're constantly working to improve, and we accept our responsibility to elevate the voices left in the margins. It's on every one of us.

Our focus on inclusion manifests in the way we hire, the customers we serve, and the regions we prioritize. We're building a company that every one of us at project44 is proud to work for: a company that celebrates you for being you.

We pride ourselves on celebrating everyone — project44 is an equal opportunity employer actively working on creating a diverse and inclusive work environment where underrepresented groups can thrive. If you share our values and our passion for helping the way the world moves, we’d love to review your application!

For any needed accommodations during the hiring process, please email [email protected]. Even if you don’t meet 100% of the above qualifications, you should still seriously consider applying. Studies show that you can still be considered for a role if you meet just 50% of the role’s requirements.

More about project44 

Since 2014, project44 has been transforming the way one of the largest, most important global industries does business. As transportation and logistics continues to evolve and customer expectations around delivery become more demanding, industry technology must rise to the occasion. In just a few short years, we’ve created a digital infrastructure that eliminates the inefficiencies caused by dated technology and manual processes. Our Advanced Visibility Platform is used by the world’s leading brands to track shipments, collaborate with supply chain partners, drive operational efficiencies, and create outstanding customer experiences.  

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