RVP, Customer Success

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Employer Provided Salary: 175,000-264,600 Annually
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Smartsheet is looking for a seasoned leader to help expand and lead our Large Enterprise Customer Success team. The right candidate is passionate about helping enterprise customers realize value from Smartsheet, growing and developing team members, and delivering strong business results. 

As the RVP, Customer Success, you will partner closely with other Smartsheet leaders across Customer Success, Sales, Support, Professional Services, Marketing and Product to drive strong usage, retention, and growth. 

This important role will report to the Vice President of Customer Success. This role is open to being 100% remote from anywhere within the United States where Smartsheet is a registered employer. 


You Will: 

  • Manage a team of Customer Success Directors, who in turn lead the Customer Success teams who are the primary owners of relationships with key Customer stakeholders and influencers 
  • Maintain awareness of both the external and internal competitive landscape, opportunities for expansion, customers, markets, new industry developments and standards 
  • Own and drive the renewals forecast and execution for the large enterprise segment. 
  • Lead communication with the account team and be an active account strategy leader through programmatic execution of CS strategies. 
  • Help customers achieve adoption and expertise with Smartsheet products and services. and mapping to context of Customer Outcomes Journey team value and use cases 
  • Improve the collaborative risk assessment process to identify and drive early, repeatable, scalable, and streamlined actions to address risk and drive healthy renewals 
  • Meet the CSM culture we have where they are, and bring them on this maturity journey to more executive, business and commercially minded activities. Removing account friction to adoption, mastering onboarding processes, driving timely escalation of process breakdowns with urgency, Oversee the onboarding, enablement and skill set development for Large Enterprise CSMs 
  • Develop data driven go-to-market renewal selling strategies and plays, aligned with adoption to renewal motions at scale 
  • Set performance targets for CS that help drive to company goals and outcomes 
  • Partner with the Large Enterprise Sales Organization to build an integrated Land, Adopt, Expand & Renew motion. 
  • Meet with Senior Executives of our most strategic accounts and help guide their commercial vision utilizing our platform and technology.
  • Lead your team, through creating and executing a cohesive strategy with tangible goals, consistent performance, and tracking of key metrics to drive retention and expansion 
  • Drive programs and services that grow usage, satisfaction, customer health, renewal/expansion, and likelihood to recommend Smartsheet 
  • Hire, coach and develop in office and remote individuals to be strong CS leaders of their business. Design programs to help them develop their skills and career objectives. 
  • Foster a collaborative, supportive and effective culture within the team and with internal partners 
  • Team with Sales, Marketing, Support and Professional Services to guide customers on their Smartsheet journey and help them maximize their investment 
  • Represent the voice of enterprise customers to Product and Engineering teams to drive enhancements and new capabilities 
  • Meet or exceed performance goals, manage budget to deliver high ROI & perform other duties as assigned. 
  • Provide thought leadership as we evolve our Customer Success vision. Help turn this vision into executable programs and processes for CSMs to deliver to our customers 


You Have: 

  • Bachelor's degree in business or equivalent discipline; MBA preferred. 
  • 12+ years experience of management experience in Customer Success, Account Management, Professional Services, or related disciplines for a global B2B tech, SaaS or enterprise software business 
  • 12+ years experience driving teams, process and system roll-outs resulting in adoption across consumer, Commercial and Large Enterprise segments – experience creating revenue lift through new and existing offerings preferred. 
  • 10+ years experience as a people manager; successful leadership track record that includes leading and scaling globally dispersed customer-facing teams- experience at high-growth companies or scaling revenue is preferred 
  • 10+ years of successfully leading a Customer Success organization or equivalent within the landscape of Services and Success team counterparts 
  • Additive customer facing executive leadership skills/experience, with the ability to pattern match across accounts to build cohorts and networks in an account/territory and as back-pressure to inform GTM 
  • Excellent collaborative leadership, business development, communication (verbal, written and presentation) and interpersonal skills with an aptitude for building strong relationships and culture across all levels within enterprise organizations; influential individuals, managers, S-level, and C-suite 
  • Strong analytical skills with an aptitude for translating quantitative and qualitative data into actionable plans
  • Experience with change management and business optimization improvement initiatives 
  • Experience driving both low-touch and high-touch customer engagement activities to success, including management of customer issues and escalations 
  • Demonstrated ability to design and implement processes 
  • Proven ability to succeed in a fast-paced, dynamic and high growth technology environment
  • Willing to travel based on customer and business needs 
  • Smartsheet product knowledge - Smartsheet certification is a plus 
  • Legal eligibility to work in the U.S on an ongoing basis 


Perks & Benefits: 

  • HSA, 100% employer-paid premiums, or Buy-up medical/vision and dental coverage options for full-time employees 
  • Equity - Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) with all offers 
  • Lucrative Employee Stock Purchase Program (15% discount) 
  • 401k Match to help you save for your future (50% of your contribution up to the first 6% of your eligible pay) 
  • Monthly stipend to support your work and productivity 
  • Flexible Time Away Program, plus Incidental Sick Leave 
  • Up to 24 weeks of Parental Leave 
  • Personal paid Volunteer Day to support our community 
  • Opportunities for professional growth and development including access to LinkedIn Learning online courses 
  • Company Funded Perks, including a counseling membership, primary care membership, local retail discounts, and your own personal Smartsheet account 
  • Teleworking options from any registered location in the U.S. (role specific) 

Smartsheet provides a competitive range of compensation for roles that may be hired in different geographic areas we are licensed to operate our business from. Actual compensation is determined by several factors including, but not limited to, level of professional, educational experience, skills, and specific candidate location. In addition, this role will be eligible for a market competitive bonus and RSU stock grant upon accepted offer.

California & New York: $189,000 - $264,600

All other US States: $175,000 - $245,000


About Smartsheet 

Smartsheet is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to fostering an inclusive environment with the best employees. We provide employment opportunities without regard to any legally protected status in accordance with applicable laws in the US, UK, Australia, Costa Rica, and Germany. If there are preparations we can make to help ensure you have a comfortable and positive interview experience, please let us know. 

At Smartsheet, we strive to build an inclusive environment that encourages, supports, and celebrates the diverse voices of our team members who also represent the diverse needs of our customers. We’re looking for people who are driven, authentic, supportive, effective, and honest. You’re encouraged to apply even if your experience doesn’t precisely match our job description—if your career path has been nontraditional, that will set you apart. At Smartsheet, we welcome diverse perspectives and people who aren’t afraid to be innovative—join us!

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Smartsheet operates in the Productivity industry. The company is located in Boston, MA, Denver, CO, Bellevue, WA, Austin, TX and Chicago, IL. Smartsheet was founded in 2005. It has 3282 total employees. It offers perks and benefits such as Volunteer in local community, Partners with nonprofits, Friends outside of work, Eat lunch together, Intracompany committees and Daily sync. To see all 56 open jobs at Smartsheet, click here.
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