Customer Success Manager

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San Francisco, CA, USA
In-Office
115K-150K Annually
Mid level
Energy • Renewable Energy
The Role
Own enterprise customer relationships, adoption, renewals, retention, and expansion for an energy intelligence platform. Advise customers on renewable energy procurement, PPAs/VPPAs, RECs/EACs, power markets, forecasting, settlements, and production guarantees. Lead executive reviews, translate analytics into business value, coordinate Sales, Delivery, and Product, and help develop customer success operations for dispatch intelligence and battery storage optimization products.
Summary Generated by Built In
What is Verse?

The race to AI has become the race to power. Every breakthrough in artificial intelligence depends on one thing: access to electricity. But across the country, aging grid infrastructure and years-long interconnection queues are slowing the deployment of the data centers that will power the next generation of innovation. Solving this challenge isn't just about energy it's about unlocking the future of AI.

At Verse, we're building the energy intelligence platform for the AI economy. Our software helps the world's largest energy consumers achieve faster, cheaper, and cleaner power by combining real-time control of energy assets with complete visibility into their energy portfolio. Backed by Bessemer Venture Partners, GV, Coatue, and NVIDIA, and built by pioneers in grid-scale batteries, energy markets, and enterprise software, we're redefining how the world's most ambitious organizations access and manage energy.

The Role

We’re hiring a Customer Success Manager to own the relationship and commercial outcomes for a portfolio of enterprise energy buyers after they sign. This is a high-ownership, high-visibility role for someone who knows renewable energy procurement inside and out and can be a trusted advisor to sophisticated energy and sustainability teams from day one. 

You’ll join a lean, fast-moving Customer Success function and help shape how it operates as we scale. A key part of this role is growing with Verse into dispatch intelligence and battery storage optimization real-time products that will define the next chapter of the platform. You’ll be the person who makes sure our customers adopt the platform, realize value, renew, and grow. 

Key Responsibilities
  • Own the relationship, adoption, and commercial outcomes for a book of enterprise accounts from signature onward. 
  • Drive revenue retention lead renewals, protect gross retention, and identify and close in-footprint expansion. 
  • Serve as a trusted energy advisor, guiding customers on PPA/VPPA portfolio management, invoice and settlement validation, generation forecasting, availability and production guarantees, and REC/EAC management. 
  • Run executive business reviews, build account health scoring, and manage senior stakeholder relationships up the org chart. 
  • Translate the platform’s analytical outputs into clear business value and confident reporting for your customers. 
  • Partner cross-functionally with Sales on closed-won transitions and expansion, with Delivery on onboarding and implementation quality, and with Product to channel voice-of-customer into the roadmap. 
  • Be a driving force in Verse’s move into real-time dispatch intelligence and battery storage optimization a central part of this role as those products scale. 
  • Own your metrics revenue retention, renewal rate, customer health, and referenceable customers. 
What We're Looking For (Minimum Qualifications)
  • 4+ years in customer success, account management, or client-facing advisory/consulting — ideally in energy, cleantech, or enterprise SaaS. 
  • Deep, working knowledge of renewable energy procurement: PPAs/VPPAs, RECs/EACs, and wholesale power markets (e.g., ERCOT, PJM, MISO, SPP). 
  • A track record managing large enterprise relationships and owning retention and expansion outcomes. 
  • Comfort with data and analytics able to interrogate technical outputs and turn them into a business narrative. 
  • Outstanding executive communication, and the instinct to ask the probing questions that surface what a customer actually needs. 
  • A builder’s mindset comfortable operating with ambiguity in a startup, and willing to travel to customers (~20–30%). 
  • Bonus: exposure to real-time energy markets, dispatch optimization, battery storage, or energy trading; a background in energy advisory or asset management; or experience helping stand up a customer success function. 
What Makes Verse a Great Place to Work?
  • Lead with Empathy: We lift each other up with humility and kindness, always putting colleagues and customers first
  • Be Honest & Transparent: We prioritize effective communication to build trust with our team, customers, and stakeholders
  • Move with Balance & Precision: We believe speed and perseverance must be accompanied by thoughtfulness and reflection
  • Leave the World a Better Place: We are passionate about our mission, and we strive to create a sustainable world for future generations
Base Pay Range

$115,000 - $150,000

This is the estimated base salary range for this position, which does not include the value of benefits or a potential equity grant. A wide range of factors are considered in making compensation decisions, including but not limited to level, skill sets, market conditions, experience and training, licensure and certifications, and business and organizational needs.

Benefits and Employee Perks
  • Competitive compensation and equity grant at a high-growth start up
  • Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental and vision insurance, and 401k
  • Flexible hours, fully remote position, and unlimited PTO
  • Diverse and inclusive working environment

Skills Required

  • 4+ years of experience in customer success, account management, or client-facing advisory/consulting
  • Working knowledge of renewable energy procurement, including PPAs/VPPAs, RECs/EACs, and wholesale power markets such as ERCOT, PJM, MISO, or SPP
  • Experience managing large enterprise relationships and owning retention and expansion outcomes
  • Ability to analyze technical outputs and translate them into a business narrative
  • Outstanding executive communication and consultative questioning skills
  • Comfort operating with ambiguity in a startup environment
  • Willingness to travel to customers approximately 20–30%
  • Experience in energy, cleantech, or enterprise SaaS
  • Exposure to real-time energy markets, dispatch optimization, battery storage, or energy trading
  • Background in energy advisory or asset management
  • Experience helping establish a customer success function

Verse (verse.inc) Compensation & Benefits Highlights

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  • Healthcare Strength — Core coverage includes comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance as explicitly stated in current job postings. Multiple postings reiterate these benefits as part of a comprehensive package.
  • Equity Value & Accessibility — Roles consistently mention equity grants alongside salary at a high‑growth startup stage. A recent $54M Series B provides context that equity may offer upside as the company scales.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time away is framed as unlimited PTO with flexible hours in job descriptions. Some roles also list U.S.-remote or SF-hybrid options, supporting flexibility around time off.

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The Company
HQ: San Diego, CA
Year Founded: 2022

What We Do

Verse is an enterprise SaaS company that helps organizations reduce the cost and emissions of their power. Our software and services help corporate energy buyers evaluate specific clean power goals (e.g., cost, emissions, risk), and develop procurement roadmaps to achieve annual matching, carbon matching, and/or hourly matching. Companies can also improve risk management and optimize operational load and generation portfolios. With unparalleled data, real-time analysis within minutes, and optimization for least cost, Verse helps organizations turn their energy challenges into successes. For more information, visit www.verse.inc.

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