VP, Customer Success
7 days ago
New York
Job DescriptionWant to be a part of a team revolutionizing and leading an entire industry with no real competition? The laundry industry is a $40+ billion dollar market, and the Cents platform is making it easier for laundromats, dry cleaners, and all garment care businesses to grow, manage, and understand their business. Backed by top-tier investors like Bessemer, Camber Creek, and Tiger Global, Cents is one of the fastest-growing vertical SaaS companies in the USA, and we're just getting started. Already profitable and growing incredibly quickly each year, we have entered the absolute best stage of being a startup. Cents is a New York-based technology company passionate about transforming the laundry industry and dedicated to enabling new ways of working, earning, and living. Cents is modernizing garment care businesses by providing an all-in-one, business-in-a-box platform to help operators start, manage, and grow their businesses. Our team is full of passionate technology experts obsessed with supporting and empowering SMBs. We feel the unique responsibility and opportunity we have to elevate an industry. We're adding great talent to help achieve this mission, and that's where you come in! Customer Success at our company is working—and working well. Customers are onboarding successfully, relationships are strong, and retention is solid. But we are entering the next phase of growth where we need: • Onboarding is measurable, scalable, and efficient, • Product readiness and activation are clearly defined, • Customer health is predictive, not reactive, • CSM time is spent where it creates the most value, • Customers are segmented intentionally, not accidentally, • Success is measured by Net Revenue Retention (NRR) across software and payments This includes: • Establishing clear definitions of product readiness, activation, and ongoing adoption, • Designing onboarding with measurable outcomes and clear exit criteria, • Ensuring onboarding outcomes set the foundation for long-term success, • Aligning Customer Success, Product, Sales, and Support around shared definitions of customer progress You will design and implement a segmentation model that defines: • Customer tiers based on revenue, complexity, payment volume, and strategic value, • Engagement models for each tier (high-touch, tech-touch, pooled, automated), • Which customers receive a named CSM, • Objective, not intuition-based, • Predictive, not reactive, • Actionable for CSMsThis includes:, • Identifying leading indicators of churn and expansion, • Integrating both software usage and payments data, • Translating health signals into clear operational actions, • Partnering with Product, Engineering, and Data to surface these insights directly in the tools CSMs use every day You will: • Align CS metrics and incentives around NRR, • Integrate adoption, expansion, and payments growth into CS workflows, • Ensure CSMs are rewarded for long-term customer value, not short-term saves You will: • Coach and develop the Customer Success Director, • Create clear career paths, expectations, and performance frameworks, • Introduce scalable processes and operating rhythms, • Build reliable reporting, forecasting, and executive visibility into the health of the customer baseWhat Success Looks Like:, • Clear definitions of product readiness, activation, and success, • Onboarding that is measurable and scalable, • A trusted customer health model used daily by CSMs, • Account tiering that aligns effort with customer value, • Data-driven digital CS programs that enable scalable one-to-many customer engagement, • AI embedded in CS workflows to surface insights and automate routine actions, • Systems that support account planning, activity tracking, whitespace analysis, and expansion forecasting, • Improved Net Revenue Retention across software and payments, • CSM time focused on the right customers at the right moments, • A Customer Success organization built to scale with the companyWho You Are:, • 10+ years of experience, • You’ve built or scaled Customer Success and onboarding organizations before, • You’ve designed segmentation, health scoring, and NRR models from the ground up, • You’re comfortable operating at both strategic and operational depth, • You know the difference between activity and impact, • You bring structure without bureaucracy, • You respect what’s working—and know when it’s time to evolve itBonus if you have:, • Led CS in a multi-product environment, • Owned revenue-adjacent outcomes, • Partnered closely with Sales, Product, and FinanceThis role offers a base salary range of $230K–$250K plus a performance-based bonus, bringing on-target earnings (OTE) to approximately $300K. In addition, the role includes a meaningful equity grant. Final compensation will depend on experience and impact.We offer great compensation packages, and comprehensive health benefits, & believe in a strong cohesive team atmosphere. Work from-home office stipend, virtual team events, and access to learning opportunities from our team and network of advisors, and investors are just the starting point.