Avoca
SaaS
Director,CustomerSuccess
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“Director, Customer Success at Avoca. Skills: Customer Success, Team leadership, Process design. Hire Technical Account Managers. Develop Technical Account Managers”
What You'll Achieve.
Deliver proactive engagements; Deliver outcome-based engagements; Strengthen executive partnerships; Drive predictable renewal outcomes; Drive predictable revenue performance
Industry & Context.
Reason through complex production issues
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
8-12+ years customer success, 5+ years management role, Track record building CS teams, Technical instincts, Reason through complex production issues, Hire well, Coach directly, Hold high bar, Design systems that scale, Operate cross-functionally, Balance IC work with leadership, Excellent communicator, Distill complexity into clarity
Nice to Have
Experience in high-growth B2B SaaS
What You'll Do.
Hire Technical Account Managers
Develop Technical Account Managers
Retain Technical Account Managers
Create strategies to address risks
Identify strategies to address risks
Address risks related to adoption
Address risks related to engagement
Address risks related to retention
Set bar for technical depth
Set bar for ownership
Set bar for customer communication
Define performance standards
Define coaching rhythms
Serve as senior escalation point
Step in decisively with clients
Reset expectations with clients
Drive to resolution with clients
Design operating model
Refine operating model
Instrument function with metrics
Maintain knowledge base
Influence product priorities
Influence engineering priorities
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Cross-functional teams; Sales leadership; Support; Delivery; Operations; Product; Engineering
Communication Scope
Customer communication; Executive partnerships
Full Job Description
ABOUT AVOCA Avoca is transforming how home service companies engage with their customers. Our AI-powered conversational agents handle every high-value inbound call, from booking jobs, qualifying leads, and driving higher revenue, all at a speed and consistency unmatched by human call centers. We're a Series B startup backed by Kleiner Perkins, Meritech Capital, General Catalyst, and other top-tier investors, with $125M raised and a $1B valuation. We grew 10x in 2025 and have scaled to 100+ employees in under two years across our NYC headquarters and Santa Barbara office. In a $1T+ market where 85% of missed calls go to competitors, we're building the category-defining platform for AI-driven customer engagement, serving the largest brands in home services. With high-energy, in-office teams in both locations, every hire here has an immediate and visible impact. ABOUT THE ROLE As Director of Customer Success, you'll lead a team of technical account managers (TAMs) responsible for retaining and growing a subset of our customers. This person will also be responsible for setting the vision, creating processes and best practices, and maintaining deep relationships with cross-functional teams. This leader will be accountable for delivering proactive, outcome-based customer engagements across our customer base, strengthening executive partnerships, and driving predictable renewal outcomes. This role owns the renewal forecast, risk management, and value realization strategy, partnering closely with Sales leadership to accelerate growth and ensure predictable revenue performance. While you will own team management responsibilities you'll also carry a small book of accounts while building and leading a group of Technical Account Managers (TAMs). WHAT YOU'LL DO - Hire, develop, and retain a group of Technical Account Managers and managers of CS. - Create and identify strategies to proactively address risks and opportunities related to adoption, engagement, and, most importantly,
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