Perplexity · Foundation models

Customer Success Lead

  • San Francisco (Hybrid), +1 more: New York
  • Full-time
  • $265,000 - $320,000 / year

Still open on Perplexity's site · checked 6 hours ago

Level
Lead or manager
Posted

What you'll do

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Responsibilities

  • Own gross and net revenue retention for the customer base, including renewal forecasting, risk management, and expansion targets shared with Sales

  • Set the customer success strategy, and coverage model across high-touch Enterprise, scaled SMB and Mid-Market, and technical API customers

  • Hire, coach, and develop CSMs across customer segments, establishing a regular cadence of 1:1s, account and renewal reviews, and a clear bar for performance and product expertise

  • Build the playbooks the team runs on, including Sales-to-CS handoffs, onboarding, customer success plans, health scoring, executive business reviews, and escalations

  • Partner with Applied AI and Enablement to build onboarding, workshops, champion programs, and scaled education that help customers reach first value and sustain adoption

  • Help customers connect adoption and consumption to business outcomes, understand usage and cost trade-offs, and build a clear case for renewal and expansion

  • Partner with Sales to identify self-serve customers ready to move to Enterprise and to plan expansion in named accounts

  • Work with RevOps and Finance on capacity planning, account assignment, book-of-business design, and accurate reporting in Salesforce

  • Partner with cross-functional teams to deliver a cohesive customer journey, with clear ownership and handoffs from onboarding through adoption, renewal, and expansion

  • Coordinate customer readiness and communications for product launches, migrations, pricing and usage changes, and incidents, partnering with Product, Marketing, Support, and Engineering on accurate guidance

  • Bring customer needs and recurring friction into product planning, and close the loop with customers on decisions and progress

  • Engage executive sponsors at our largest accounts and step in personally on strategic adoption efforts, high-stakes renewals, and escalations while building the team’s ability to own day-to-day execution

Requirements

You may be a good fit if

  • You have 10+ years in customer success, account management, or post-sales roles at enterprise software companies

  • You have 5+ years leading CS teams, with a track record of hiring, coaching, and developing high-performing CSMs

  • You’ve owned GRR and NRR targets and can show how your team moved them

  • You’ve built or rebuilt a CS function during rapid growth, not only run an established one

  • You’ve run both high-touch and scaled or digital coverage models and know when each one fits

  • You can show how your team helped customers move from initial onboarding to sustained adoption and measurable business outcomes

  • You’re comfortable with usage and consumption data, and ideally have supported usage-based or API products

  • You have strong command of Salesforce, forecasting, and customer health tooling

  • You’re hands-on with AI products and can build enough product fluency to understand customer workflows, diagnose adoption barriers, and earn trust with business and technical stakeholders

  • You communicate clearly with executive buyers, administrators, and technical teams, including during sensitive product changes or escalations

  • You’re comfortable operating without an established playbook, using AI and automation where they improve execution and knowing where human judgment matters

Skills

Working languages

English

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