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ExaExaSan Francisco, CA

VP, Customer Experience

Leads the post-sales organization, building onboarding, health-scoring, renewals, support, and expansion systems for a usage-based B2B API business. The role requires 15+ years of technology experience, VP-level customer success leadership, and demonstrated ownership of retention metrics.

275k – 350k/yr
On-site15+ YOECustomer Success

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Build and own the post-sales function, including its structure, tooling, and metrics.
  • Design and run customer onboarding motions that accelerate time to first value, with clear milestones and Sales handoff.
  • Build usage- and engagement-based health scoring to identify expansion opportunities and contraction risk early.
  • Own renewal processes and forecasting, partnering with Sales on upsell, cross-sell, and consumption growth.
  • Oversee technical and customer support, including standards, tooling, staffing, response times, and resolution quality.
  • Own Net Dollar Retention (NDR) and report performance to the executive team and board.
  • Build the team and systems needed to improve retention and expansion in a consumption-based revenue environment.

Requirements

  • 15+ years of industry experience in the technology sector, including significant post-sales, customer success, or account management leadership.
  • Prior VP-level or equivalent experience leading a post-sales or customer success organization at a B2B software or API company.
  • Demonstrated success owning and improving NDR, GRR, or net revenue retention.
  • Experience building health-scoring, usage-instrumentation, or early-warning systems for churn and expansion.
  • Ability to operate in a fast-moving, evolving environment and build a new playbook.
  • Strong executive presence and cross-functional communication skills.
  • Experience partnering with Sales, Product, and Engineering.

Nice-to-haves

  • Experience at an AI/ML company or with AI-native customers.
  • Experience with consumption- or usage-based pricing models, such as API, infrastructure, or other metered products.

Compensation and Benefits

  • Competitive base salary.
  • Meaningful equity.
  • Benefits commensurate with experience.

Skills

Customer SuccessAccount Managementnet dollar retentiongross revenue retentionhealth scoringusage instrumentationCustomer Onboardingrenewal managementtechnical supportusage-based pricingapi productsCross-Functional Leadership
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