Director, Customer Success Operations (Sales Operations)

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Boston, NH - USA

profile Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed
Posted on: 11 hours ago
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Semrush is a brand visibility platform empowering marketers to command their online presence and create measurable impact. We unify SEO authority and AI visibility so brands are found cited and chosen everywhere search happens. Thats how Semrush gained the trust of over 28 million usersfrom scaling startups to Fortune 500 companies.


Some highlights of our success:

  • $470M Annual Recurring Revenue with AI products surpassing $38M

  • Dollar-based net revenue retention of 104% as of December 31 2025

  • Large deals growing 74% YoY

  • Semrush named a Leader in The Forrester Wave: Search Engine Optimization Solutions Q3 2025

  • Exceptional demand for the Enterprise platform with deals with global giants like JP Morgan LG Samsung TikTok and others


Shared ambition makes a bigger impact. Thats why at Semrush progress is a partnership: You push us forward we push you furtherand we all move as one.
Are you ready to be part of this journey


About the opportunity

The Sales team is at the forefront of empowering businesses to achieve online visibility and digital marketing success. Through our selling approach and world-class enablement programs we equip our team with the tools resources and training. This is how we keep delivering meaningful results for our customers.

Joining the Sales team also means:

  • Fast forward and continuous career growth: the highest rate of promotions within the organization

  • A team spread across 40 locations around the globe

  • Offline and online bootcamps as part of our onboarding process

  • Presidents cluban opportunity to celebrate exceptional results and reward top performers in high-class vacation destination

  • Quota attainment has been recognized as higher than market average according to RepVue

  • Uncapped commissions

About your future tasks

Were looking for a Director of Customer Success Operations to bring structure clarity and insight to our Customer Success organization. This role reports directly to the VP of Revenue Operations and will serve as a key partner in shaping how the CS function operates and scales.

This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who understands what strong looks like from experience and is equally comfortable building toward it. You will define the operational framework establish the right rhythms and KPIs and ensure the organization has the visibility and discipline needed to perform at a high level.

This is an opportunity to define and shape the operational backbone of the Customer Success organization while partnering closely with executive leadership. The role has a direct impact on customer outcomes retention and long-term growth.

Build the Operational Foundation Operating Cadence and KPIs

  • Design and implement a scalable Customer Success operating model including segmentation coverage and engagement strategy

  • Create standard operating procedures that drive consistency and quality

  • Build and run a consistent operating cadence across the CS organization including weekly monthly and quarterly rhythms

  • Define refine and operationalize key performance indicators such as retention churn expansion and product adoption

  • Ensure metrics are clearly understood and tied to team behaviors and outcomes

Drive Insight and Performance

  • Develop dashboards reporting and forecasting frameworks that support decision-making

  • Translate data into clear actionable insights for CS leadership and executive stakeholders

  • Identify opportunities to improve efficiency productivity and customer outcomes

Strategic Business Partnership

  • Act as a trusted advisor to Customer Success leadership

  • Support planning cycles including annual planning capacity modeling and account segmentation

  • Bring structure and clarity to ambiguous problems and drive alignment across stakeholders

Systems and Tools Design

  • Partner with IT to optimize the CS tech stack including CRM and customer success platforms

  • Ensure data integrity and consistency across systems that support the customer journey

  • Evaluate and implement tools as the organization scales

Cross-Functional Alignment & Teambuilding

  • Work closely with Sales Product Marketing and Finance to ensure a seamless customer experience

  • Align on handoffs shared metrics and revenue goals

  • Help connect strategy to execution across teams

  • Hire and develop Customer Success Operations talent over time

  • Foster a culture of accountability curiosity and continuous improvement

About you

Operator Mindset

  • Clear point of view on what effective Customer Success organizations look like and how to build toward that standard

  • Comfortable operating at both the strategic and execution level

  • Ability to bring structure and direction to evolving environments

Analytical and Technical Strength

  • Hands-on experience with CRM systems such as Salesforce and Microsoft Dynamics

  • Experience with Customer Success platforms such as Gainsight or Totango

  • Strong reporting and analytics experience including Tableau

  • Ability to turn data into clear narratives that drive decisions

Business Partnership

  • Strong communicator with the ability to influence senior stakeholders

  • Comfortable with challenging assumptions and driving alignment across teams

  • High level of ownership and accountability

Builder Mentality

  • Willing to be hands-on and execute where needed

  • Thrives in environments where not everything is fully defined

  • Balances speed with building durable scalable solutions

Qualifications:

  • 5-7 years of experience in Operations Revenue Operations or Customer Success Operations with a meaningful portion of that time directly supporting Customer Success or post-sale functions

  • Experience operating at a Director level or equivalent scope with ownership over planning performance and cross-functional initiatives

  • Track record of building or significantly maturing Customer Success operational frameworks not just maintaining existing systems

  • Experience in B2B SaaS or a recurring revenue business model ideally in a scaling environment

  • Demonstrated ability to partner with senior leadership and influence decisions that impact company performance

About the perks


  • Strong product-market fit recognized by RepVue

  • High earning potential with clear quota attainment visibility

  • Life insurance

  • Low cost medical dental and vision plans

  • Accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) insurance

  • Dependent Care Savings Accounts and Flexible Spending Accounts

  • Health Savings Account

  • Short-term and long-term Disability

  • Employee Assistance Program

  • Employee Resource Groups

  • Paid parental leave

  • Relief Fund

  • Travel coverage

A little more about the company


Semrush is the leading brand visibility platform empowering marketers to command their online presence and create measurable impact.

Built on the industrys most expansive proprietary dataset Semrush delivers AI-driven insights across GEO SEO Agentic Search Optimization content marketing paid media and social strategy. The company was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Boston MA with a global presence across North America Europe and Asia.

Weve built something people are proud to be part of. And the awards agree: Great Place to Work DEI Workplace Diversity Champion Award International Inclusion Award Most Women Friendly Employers Best Place for Working Parents. All thanks to 1700 employees who build the company every day.

About our Diversity Equity and Inclusion commitments

Semrush is an equal opportunity employer. Building a better future for marketers around the world unites people from all backgrounds. Even if you feel that you dont 100% match all requirements dont be discouraged to apply! We are committed to ensure that everyone feels a sense of belonging in the workplace.

We do not discriminate based upon race religion creed color national origin sex pregnancy sexual orientation gender identity gender expression age ancestry physical or mental disability or medical condition including medical characteristics genetic identity marital status military service or any other classification protected by applicable local state or federal laws.

We dont just lead the marketwe are busy creating a world where Semrush is an unfair advantage for every marketer. Join us!


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