Vp, Customer Success (emea)

Writer Writer · AI Frontier · London, United Kingdom · Delivery & customer success

VP, Customer Success for EMEA at an enterprise generative AI company. This role focuses on leading the customer success organization, driving retention and growth, scaling the team, and defining success metrics for enterprises using AI agents. It involves building partnerships with C-suite executives, collaborating with internal teams, and representing the voice of the customer to influence product direction. The role requires extensive experience in enterprise SaaS, customer success leadership, and a strong understanding of enterprise AI adoption and ROI frameworks.

What you'd actually do

  1. Drive industry leading growth and retention by owning ambitious NRR and GRR goals, tying every expansion to quantifiable business outcomes
  2. Lead, scale, and develop a high-performing CSM team across Strategic, Enterprise, and Mid-market segments—hiring exceptional talent and building clear career paths. Have a dotted line to other post sales organizations
  3. Design and operationalize a regional success model that becomes the global blueprint - playbooks, metrics, and governance that scale
  4. Build trusted partnerships with CIOs, CMOs, and business leaders at companies like Goldman Sachs, Accenture, and Hilton, positioning WRITER as mission-critical infrastructure
  5. Collaborate cross-functionally with Sales, Product, Marketing, and Solutions architecture to co-create account strategies that deliver measurable ROI
  6. Champion operational excellence through disciplined forecasting, success planning, and data-driven decision-making
  7. Represent the voice of the customer at the highest levels, influencing product direction and innovation

Skills

Required

  • Enterprise SaaS or transformation-driven technology leadership
  • Customer Success or post-sales leadership
  • Multi-country EMEA operations leadership
  • Building and scaling CS organizations
  • Enterprise AI adoption and governance
  • ROI frameworks and transformation programs
  • Executive presence and C-suite influence
  • Strategic and hands-on operational skills

Nice to have

  • Experience leading Engagement managers, Customer architects, and Customer support
  • Experience in hypergrowth, global expansion, or IPO environments

What the JD emphasized

  • 15+ years in enterprise SaaS or transformation-driven technology with deep experience leading Fortune 500/Global 2000 relationships
  • 7+ years in senior CS or post-sales leadership, ideally across multi-country EMEA operations
  • Proven record-building and scaling CS organizations through inflection points - hypergrowth, global expansion, or IPO
  • Fluent in enterprise AI adoption and governance, with a strong grasp of ROI frameworks and transformation programs