Senior Director, Customer Success

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Hiring Remotely in United Kingdom
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The Role
This role leads the EMEA Customer Success organization at Cohesity, focusing on strategy development, team scaling, and enhancing customer engagement through AI-driven insights and operational excellence.
Summary Generated by Built In

Cohesity is the leader in AI-powered data security. Over 13,600 enterprise customers, including over 85 of the Fortune 100 and nearly 70% of the Global 500, rely on Cohesity to strengthen their resilience while providing Gen AI insights into their vast amounts of data. Formed from the combination of Cohesity with Veritas’ enterprise data protection business, the company’s solutions secure and protect data on-premises, in the cloud, and at the edge. Backed by NVIDIA, IBM, HPE, Cisco, AWS, Google Cloud, and others, Cohesity is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA, with offices around the globe.  
We’ve been named a Leader by multiple analyst firms and have been globally recognized for Innovation, Product Strength, and Simplicity in Design , and
our culture
Want to join the leader in AI-powered data security? 

This leadership role oversees and expands the EMEA Customer Success (CS) organization, ensuring our customers achieve meaningful outcomes, accelerating adoption and growth of our technology, strengthening renewals, and delivering strategic insights that elevate our product value. It’s a unique opportunity to make a significant impact on Cohesity’s customers. 

This is a highimpact role requiring deep knowledge of our technology and use cases, strong leadership capabilities, familiarity with industrystandard Customer Success methodologies, and strategic thinking. Success in this position demands exceptional customer and internal relationshipbuilding, strategic problemsolving, awareness of the sales cycle, team development and coaching expertise, motivational leadership, analytical strength, and a passion for how data management and security technology solve real business challenges. 

We are seeking someone who is genuinely passionate about customer advocacy and team development, with a proven track record to back it up. This leader will emphasize quality management, foster a culture of innovation and accountability, and consistently drive operational excellence. If you are a naturally conservative risktaker with strong ambition, energized by change, and eager to build your brand as an innovator who brings value and ownership to both business and technology discussions, you may be exactly who we’re looking for. 

HOW YOU’LL SPEND YOUR TIME HERE:

  • Develop a comprehensive Customer Success strategy across hightouch and lowtouch motions, aligned to customer segmentation, and differentiated paid vs. free offerings for both cloud and onprem products. 

  • Leverage AIdriven insights, automation, and predictive analytics to enhance customer engagement, improve operational efficiency, and scale Customer Success motions across segments. 

  • Implement Customer Success best practices consistently across the organization and drive standardization through a unified CRM platform. 

  • Build, lead, and scale a highperforming, multigeography Customer Success team across Europe. 

  • Serve as a key member of the global Customer Success leadership team, shaping the vision, strategy, and decisionmaking for the organization, and driving crossfunctional initiatives that elevate the maturity, impact, and operational excellence of the CS function. 

  • Partner crossfunctionally with Sales, Product Management, Engineering and Technical Support to enhance product telemetry, improve data collection and dashboards, and drive continuous operational improvement. 

  • Deliver strong renewal and expansion outcomes through proactive account management, risk mitigation, and escalation prevention. 

  • Ensure performance against key operational metrics, including Customer Health (Green/Yellow/Red), Adoption (consumption and usage), reference ability, renewal likelihood, upsell/crosssell potential, and overall retention/renewal rates. 

  • Lead a premier, programmatic Customer Success practice that ensures rapid onboarding, seamless internal collaboration, and consistent engagement across the customer lifecycle. 

  • Work closely with Sales and Renewals teams to identify new opportunities and drive upsell and crosssell motions. 

  • Increase customer lifetime value by fostering advocacy and reference ability, serving as a strong customer voice in shaping product and platform evolution. 

  • Engage effectively across customer organizations, from operational leaders to Clevel stakeholders, based on business needs. 

  • Capture customer feedback and ensure it is clearly communicated internally to support ongoing product and service improvements. 

  • Continuously assess interactions with top customers, including product performance, depth and breadth of usage, and support experience.

WE’D LOVE TO TALK TO YOU IF YOU HAVE MANY OF THE FOLLOWING:

  • Proven experience building, scaling, and leading Customer Success teams. 

  • Strong expertise in CS strategy, best practices, and tooling, including emerging AIdriven CS capabilities. 

  • Successful track record running hightouch, lowtouch, and digitaltouch CS motions. 

  • Excellent written and verbal communication; effective with Clevel audiences. 

  • Proficiency in at least one domain: Data Protection, Data Security, Storage, Virtualization, Cloud, or related technologies. 

  • Strong “quarterbacking” skills—project management, conversation control, ownership, and escalation judgment. 

  • Solid account management background. 

  • Demonstrated leadership: talent development, datadriven decisionmaking, planning, creativity, and inspirational management. 

  • Executive presence with confidence, assertiveness, and humility. 

  • High emotional intelligence and strong crossfunctional collaboration skills. 

  • Ability to drive alignment and influence decisions across teams. 

  • 18+ years of progressive experience in roles such as Solution Architecture, Product Management, CS, TAM, PreSales, Escalation, or Professional Services. 

  • Ideally, blended experience across postsales, sales, and consulting. 

  • Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (Computer Science preferred) or equivalent experience. 

  • Proven success in people leadership, coaching, and elevating team performance. 

  • Strong business operations acumen; handson with SFDC, Gainsight, reporting, and dashboards. 

  • Deep understanding of recurringrevenue value drivers. 

  • Commitment to continuous learning and improvement. 

  • Creative, enthusiastic leader who inspires teams. 

  • Strong influencing skills across all organizational levels. 

  • Proven success in strategic negotiation and execution. 

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In-Office Expectations
Cohesity employees who are within a reasonable commute (e.g. within a forty-five (45) minute average travel time) work out of our core offices 2-3 days a week of their choosing.

Interested candidates based outside of the designated areas are welcome to apply, provided they have the right to work in the job location.

Skills Required

  • Proven experience building, scaling, and leading Customer Success teams.
  • Strong expertise in Customer Success strategy and best practices
  • Successful track record running high-touch, low-touch, and digital-touch Customer Success motions
  • Excellent written and verbal communication; effective with C-level audiences
  • Proficiency in at least one domain: Data Protection, Data Security, Storage, Virtualization, Cloud
  • Solid account management background
  • Demonstrated leadership skills in talent development and data-driven decision-making
  • 18+ years of progressive experience in Solution Architecture, Product Management, Customer Success
  • Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (Computer Science preferred) or equivalent experience
  • Proven success in people leadership, coaching, and elevating team performance

Cohesity Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Cohesity and has not been reviewed or approved by Cohesity.

  • Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits Leave and wellness programs appear broad, including flexible time off, company-wide refresh days, meeting-free focus blocks, an EAP, and learning/wellness perks such as MindGym sessions and Scribd access.
  • Parental & Family Support Parental and family benefits are positioned as a notable strength, with paid parental leave and additional family supports such as fertility benefits via Progyny.
  • Healthcare Strength Core coverage is described as comprehensive, with medical, dental, and vision offerings for employees and families alongside related support resources.

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The Company
San Jose, CA
1,529 Employees
Year Founded: 2013

What We Do

We believe that simplicity is the foundation of modern data management. Our mission is to radically simplify how organizations manage their data and unlock limitless value.

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