Director, Customer Success International

Clio is the global leader in legal AI technology empowering legal professionals and law firms of every size to work smarter faster and more securely.

We are transforming the legal experience for all by bettering the lives of legal professionals while increasing access to justice.

This is a rare opportunity to lead world-class Customer Success across Clios international markets one of the fastest-growing legal SaaS platforms in the world. Youll own the end-to-end CS experience across Clios core practice management platform and Clio Work our intelligent Legal AI assistant with a mandate to build a team where every Clion is focused on complex high-value customer relationships while AI-powered workflows and scaled motions handle everything else.

You wont just be managing renewals and health scores. Youll be building AI-powered success plays driving multi-region operations across markets with distinct regulatory and cultural contexts and scaling your teams ability to identify and convert Customer Success Qualified Leads at every touchpoint continuing to grow international markets as a core revenue engine for Clio.

• Own the International CS strategy and operating model spanning CSMs Account Management Renewals and Digital Success and as well as partnership with Onboarding & Customer Support with a mandate to grow NRR expand into new markets and increase team maturity to meet Clios rapid growth trajectory

• Scale from 25 to a regionally distributed high-performing organization that serves customers across EMEA and beyond building the right team structure coverage model and career pathways for each growth stage

• Drive Clio Work adoption across international markets building the AI-era playbook for customer success in legal tech creating differentiated success models tuned to each products complexity and customer segment with power of AI

• Drive Clios growth expanding NRR leveraging every touchpoint across the international book with CS as a core revenue engine not a cost center

• Serve as the escalation executive for critical customer and product incidents representing the voice of the customer internally at the highest level

• Partner closely with the Global CS leadership team and cross-functional stakeholders Sales R&D Marketing Revenue Operations and Data Intelligence to drive global GTM strategy customer-informed product input and a seamless globally consistent experience

• Lead the international CS Monthly Business Review (MBR) and OKR process for Customer Success. Maintain clear performance visibility to senior stakeholders; represent international CS in global operating rhythms: strategic planning talent planning forecasting and budgeting

• Lead develop and inspire a 25 person team fostering a culture of continuous improvement operational excellence and a customer-obsessed mindset

• Be an engaged member of the International Leadership Team serving as both culture driver and creator across regions

• Recruit top-tier talent with a lens on AI-native and AI-fluent CS professionals who are excited about redefining their roles alongside technology

• Exemplify Clio values and foster a high-performance inclusive culture across a multi-national team

• Design and own the strategy to evolve international CS into an AI-first model elevating Clions to focus on complex high-value interactions while AI-powered tooling handles scaled coverage; partner with RevOps to build the systems workflows and data infrastructure that make this real

• Build and mature three distinct CS motions: high-touch CSM for key accounts Scaled CS for SMB and Digital CS for all segments leveraging AI (auto-summaries churn prediction sentiment signals AI-assisted QBRs) to power each

• Drive PLG-integrated success motions that reduce friction at critical conversion and adoption moments; turn CS signal into roadmap input by building a robust customer feedback loop with Product and Engineering

• Set and own critical CS KPIs: NRR GRR expansion revenue CSAT and AI-driven efficiency metrics

• Lead forecasting budgeting and workforce planning across traditional and AI-augmented workflows enabling intelligent staffing decisions across growing markets

• Build and scale CS systems architecture across Claude Salesforce ChurnZero/Gainsight Knowledge Base and AI CS tooling

• Manage budget with a clear ROI mindset building the business case for team investments and AI tooling

• 8 years in Customer Success with at least 4 years in senior people management roles in high-growth B2B SaaS environments

• Demonstrated track record building and scaling international or global CS organizations of 20 across multiple functions and geographies

• Direct ownership of key CS metrics: NRR GRR expansion revenue CSAT and time-to-value

• Experience building and executing multiple CS motions simultaneously (high-touch scaled and digital/tech-touch)

• Strong command of CS operations metrics with a bias toward outcome-driven AI-augmented efficiency

• Experience supporting complex multi-product SaaS environments with distinct customer personas and technical depth requirements

• AI fluency in practice you actively use Claude Copilot Gemini or other enterprise AI tools in your daily work can evaluate AI tooling for CS workflows and are energized by building AI-first operating models (not just talking about them)

• Experience in legal tech professional services SaaS or other high-trust regulated verticals where content accuracy and compliance carry real stakes

• Hands-on experience deploying AI in CS workflows auto-summaries churn prediction AI-assisted QBRs digital success plays

• Track record building feedback loops between CS signal and product roadmap not just reporting issues but influencing roadmap priorities

• Experience navigating multi-national operations across varying regulatory cultural and market environments

• Background in hypergrowth environments where the business doubles while headcount grows far more slowly

• Experience with PLG (Product-Led Growth) success models including in-product nudges proactive outreach triggers and self-service optimization

• An operator who thinks in systems you see the whole board not just the next move

• Energized by ambiguity and building new things not just optimizing existing ones

• Genuinely excited about AI you actively use enterprise AI tools in daily work and want to be on the frontier

• A communicator who can translate complex operational and AI concepts for executive audiences and frontline teams alike

• A genuine global collaborator not a siloed regional operator you build bridges across geographies and time zones

• A culture carrier who creates environments where high performers thrive and everyone has a clear path to growth

Youll be expected to evaluate select and drive adoption of tools across these categories:

• AI Enterprise Platform: Claude (primary) with fluency across AI-native CS tooling

• AI CS Platforms: ChurnZero AI-native CS tooling

• CRM: Salesforce (pipeline management account health CS reporting)

• Analytics & BI: Claude Looker

• Communication & Productivity: Slack Google Workspace

• Knowledge Management & Support: Zendesk and equivalents

What you will find here:

Compensation is one of the main components of Clios Total Rewards Program. We have developed a series of programs and processes to ensure we are creating fair and competitive pay practices that form the foundation of our human and high-performing culture.

Some highlights of our Total Rewards program include:

• Competitive equitable salary with top-tier health benefits and dental coverage

• Hybrid work environment with expectation for local Clions (Vancouver Calgary Toronto Dublin and Sydney) to be in office minimum twice per week.

• Flexible time off policy

• Pension contribution

• Clioversary recognition program with special acknowledgement at 3 5 7 and 10 years

Diversity Inclusion Belonging and Equity (DIBE) & Accessibility

Our team shows up as their authentic selves and are united by our mission. We are dedicated todiversity equity and inclusion. We pride ourselves in building and fostering an environment where our teams feel included valued and enabled to do the best work of their careers wherever they choose to log in from. We believe that different perspectives skills backgrounds and experiences result in higher-performing teams and better innovation. We are committed to equal employment and we encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.

Clio provides accessibility accommodations during the recruitment process. Should you require any accommodation please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.

Learn more about our culture at a Human and High Performing AI company meaning we use artificial intelligence to improve all of our recruitment AI helps us streamline the process for greater efficiency. However weve built our systems to ensure that a human always reviews AI-generated output and we never make automated hiring decisions.

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