Director, Client Success
About the Role
The Director, Client Success is a leadership role responsible for executing the client success strategy across a defined portfolio of accounts. This role leads a team of Client Success Managers (CSMs), driving retention, growth, and satisfaction through operational excellence and strategic engagement. Reporting to the SVP, Client Success, the Director will help build a high-performing, growth-oriented function by turning company strategy into consistent results for their segment.
Key Responsibilities
Leadership & Execution
- Execute client success initiatives for your portfolio, aligned with company retention and growth objectives (GRR + NRR).
- Lead, coach, and develop a team of CSMs, building a culture of accountability, results, and continuous improvement.
- Apply and refine scalable processes for client lifecycle management, expansion, and proactive engagement.
- Partner with Sales, Marketing, Product, and CS Operations to deliver a seamless client experience.
- Contribute to Client Success strategy by providing field insight and recommendations to the SVP.
Client Engagement & Retention
- Act as an escalation point and executive sponsor for key accounts, building relationships with senior client stakeholders.
- Manage churn mitigation using client health data, feedback loops, and risk indicators.
- Ensure consistent use of Client Success Plans (CSPs) and QBRs focused on business impact, adoption, and value realization.
Growth Enablement
- Drive NRR within your portfolio by embedding upsell/cross-sell motions into CSM workflows and holding the team accountable to expansion goals.
- Work with cross-functional partners to apply expansion playbooks and develop CSMs as commercial growth enablers.
- Use segmentation models to prioritize high-impact accounts and tailor engagement by risk, opportunity, and size.
Operational Excellence
- Manage team performance using dashboards, metrics, account coverage plans, and engagement cadences.
- Adopt tools, training, and automation that increase team productivity and focus time on value-added work.
- Forecast churn and expansion for your portfolio and report performance trends and opportunities to leadership.
What You'll Bring
- 8–10+ years of progressive experience in Customer Success, Account Management, or Revenue roles.
- 3+ years leading client-facing teams, preferably in a SaaS or recurring revenue environment.
- Proven ability to turn strategy into executable plans, with a bias for action and measurable outcomes.
- Strong presence and the ability to build trusted relationships with senior client stakeholders.
- Solid understanding of customer segmentation, health scoring, and lifecycle engagement.
- Experience leading teams through change and ambiguity.
- A data-driven approach to improving performance and processes.
Who You Are
- A leader who balances long-term goals with short-term execution.
- A people leader who develops talent, sets high standards, and brings clarity to complexity.
- A clear communicator who influences cross-functionally and with clients.
- Comfortable owning complex escalations and driving resolution with confidence and empathy.
- Passionate about customer outcomes and relentless about client value realization.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience leading Client Success teams through change (e.g., organizational transformation, comp plan changes, segmentation, and digital touch models).
- Familiarity with tools such as Vitally, Salesforce, or client health and forecasting platforms.
All applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.
Storable is a fully distributed company, but is currently only registered for employment in certain states. To be eligible for employment, you must reside in the following states: AL, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, LA, MD, MA, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WY.
About Us
At Storable, we're redefining property management for specialty real estate. Powered by AI and three decades of industry data, Storable empowers over 33,000 self-storage facilities with the industry's only fully integrated technology platform. Our end-to-end solutions—from management software and demand generation to CRM tools and delinquency solutions—help storage operators streamline workflows, attract tenants, and grow revenue. Dedicated to empowering self-storage owners and operators, Storable helps you Win More every day. Explore our platform solutions at www.storable.com.