Sr. Director, Global Customer Services Operations
San Mateo, CA - USA
Job Summary
As Senior Director Enterprise Success & Services Operations you will lead critical cross-functional initiatives and drive the strategy execution and continuous improvement of our post-sale organization spanning Professional Services & Customer Success. Reporting to the VP of Revenue Operations and business partnering with the VP of Enterprise Success and Services you will serve as a key operational partner translating business priorities into scalable processes and actionable insights. This role requires close collaboration with Senior Leadership across Sales Finance Product and Engineering.
You will optimize post-sale delivery processes implementing best practices to maximize efficiency customer outcomes and revenue retention. You will also lead a high-performing operations team fostering professional development and operational excellence. Central to this role is ownership of the tools and systems ecosystem ensuring the organization has the infrastructure data governance and visibility needed to make confident decisions across the customer lifecycle. The role includes identifying and implementing scalable solutions to support business expansion and improve team productivity.
Success in this position requires strong leadership analytical expertise deep domain knowledge of Professional Services Customer Success and Support operations and hands-on fluency with the systems that power them within SaaS organizations.
Key Responsibilities
- Partner with the VP of Enterprise Success and Services to develop and implement operational strategies across Professional Services Customer Success and Support maximizing team effectiveness and driving strong customer outcomes.
- Provide thought leadership and drive action across process improvement methodology capacity planning competitive analysis and organizational positioning.
- Promote efficiencies and customer focus across a complex matrixed post-sale organization.
- Own the systems and tools roadmap including CRM CS platforms PSA tools and support systems ensuring they are configured integrated and adopted to support team workflows and leadership reporting needs.
- Lead and execute the vision for success and services analytics including defining a measurement framework and key process and leading indicator metrics that deliver actionable insights.
- Develop and disseminate performance metrics and project outcomes through dashboards and reporting to monitor business health capture insights and inform recommendations.
- Design and implement retention and expansion strategies resource and scale models forecasts and streamlined delivery processes for Customer Success and Professional Services teams.
- Drive continual improvements in quality accuracy process consistency and customer satisfaction.
Qualifications :
- 10 years of experience in revenue operations CS operations services operations or strategy roles within high-growth SaaS companies.
- Direct experience supporting Professional Services Customer Success or Support functions.
- Hands-on fluency with the systems that power post-sale teams including CRM (Salesforce) CS platforms (e.g. ChurnZero Gainsight) PSA/services delivery tools (e.g. Mavenlink/Kantata FinancialForce) and support platforms (e.g. Zendesk Salesforce Service Cloud).
- Proven ability to work independently and take initiative in a fast-paced environment.
- Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional teams and developing innovative solutions for complex ambiguous challenges.
- Strong business and financial acumen with an understanding of services delivery customer success methodologies support operations and project management in the SaaS industry.
- Ability to thrive in a global matrixed organization and collaborate effectively across Sales Marketing Product and Finance functions.
- Skilled at delivering clear concise and reliable analysis and insights to stakeholders.
- Experience developing and tracking metrics measuring KPIs such as NRR CSAT time-to-value and utilization and translating insights into actionable strategies.
- Data-driven decision-maker with a strong analytical foundation and the ability to provide strategic guidance.
- Proven ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously and drive complex projects to completion.
The Successful Candidate
- Demonstrates sound business judgment and a proven ability to influence others.
- Possesses strong analytical skills and a track record of ownership data-driven decision-making and impactful results.
- Is a creative hands-on problem solver capable of making thoughtful strategic decisions.
- Thrives in dynamic fast-changing environments and can effectively manage ambiguity.
- Balances a bias for action with meticulous attention to detail.
- Adapts quickly to evolving business needs and priorities.
- Communicates effectively both verbally and in writing with experience presenting to senior leadership.
Additional Information :
Were committed to building a workplace that reflects the diverse world we serve. At Freshworks youll find inclusive teams flexible thinking and opportunities to grow your career - while making work better for millions.Â
If this sounds like a journey you want to be part of wed love to meet you. Lets building something refreshing together.Â
The annual base salary range for this position is $270000 - $330000 Base Salary. This role is also eligible for variable compensation.Â
Compensation is based on a variety of factors including but not limited to location experience job-related skills and level. Bonus/equity may be available.
At Freshworks we have fostered an environment that enables everyone to find their true potential purpose and passion welcoming colleagues of all backgrounds genders sexual orientations religions and ethnicities. We are committed to providing equal opportunity and believe that diversity in the workplace creates a more vibrant richer environment that boosts the goals of our employees communities and business. Fresh vision. Real impact. Come build it with us.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
About Company
Freshworks makes it fast and easy for businesses to delight their customers and employees. We do this by taking a fresh approach to building and delivering software that is affordable, quick to implement, and designed for the end user. Headquartered in San Mateo, California, Freshwork ... View more