With offices in Chicago, Germany, Italy, and Stockholm, MARKT-PILOT is a high-growth SaaS company helping industrial machinery manufacturers (OEMs) price smarter. Our market-intelligence platform surfaces real-time competitive prices, availability, and demand trends for aftermarket parts, enabling teams to optimize pricing, grow revenue and margins, and deliver a better customer experience.
We are seeking an experienced Director of Customer Success to lead our growing Customer Success organization and drive strategic customer relationships across our portfolio of high-value industrial OEM clients. You'll be responsible for building and scaling a high-performing team of 7 Customer Success professionals while maintaining direct engagement with our most strategic accounts and executive stakeholders.
This role combines hands-on customer leadership with team management, requiring someone who can both drive meaningful outcomes across complex customer organizations and develop the next generation of Customer Success talent. You'll play a pivotal role in shaping our Customer Success strategy, establishing best practices, and ensuring our team delivers exceptional value to customers while driving sustainable revenue growth.
If you're passionate about building world-class Customer Success organizations and have experience leading teams in fast-scaling, data-driven SaaS environments, we want to meet you.
What we expect you to own and run with:
Team Leadership & Development:
Lead, mentor, and scale a team of Customer Success Managers, providing coaching, performance management, and career development opportunities.
Establish team goals, KPIs, and accountability frameworks to drive consistent performance across the organization
Recruit, onboard, and develop top Customer Success talent to support company growth
Foster a culture of customer-centricity, collaboration, and continuous improvement
Strategic Customer Management
Oversee the management of our most strategic accounts across North America, ensuring exceptional customer outcomes and relationship depth
Directly engage with VP- and C-level executives at key accounts, leading quarterly business reviews and strategic planning sessions
Develop and execute customer success strategies that drive product adoption, retention, and expansion across the portfolio
Revenue Growth & Retention
Own and drive Net Revenue Retention targets across the Customer Success organization
Identify and execute opportunities for upselling and cross-selling by aligning our platform to evolving customer needs
Proactively identify churn risks, develop mitigation strategies, and ensure high customer retention rates
Partner with Sales leadership to optimize the customer lifecycle from onboarding through expansion
Organizational Strategy & Operations
Define and implement Customer Success processes, playbooks, and best practices across the team
Establish metrics and reporting frameworks to track team performance and customer health
Partner closely with Product, Sales, and Engineering teams to ensure customer feedback drives product roadmap decisions
Lead cross-functional initiatives to improve customer experience and drive business outcomes
Market & Industry Expertise
Develop deep expertise in the OEM, machinery, and manufacturing industry to drive strategic customer conversations
Represent the company at industry events and customer conferences
Stay current on market trends and competitive landscape to inform customer success strategies
Which boxes you need to check:
5-8+ years of experience in Customer Success, Account Management, or customer-facing roles in B2B SaaS environments
3+ years of experience managing and scaling Customer Success teams of 5+ people
Proven track record of developing high-performing teams and driving individual contributor success
Demonstrated success managing strategic accounts with executive-level stakeholders and complex decision-making processes
Strong understanding of SaaS customer lifecycle and experience driving Net Revenue Retention of 110%+
Experience leading quarterly business reviews and strategic planning sessions with C-level executives
Familiarity with the OEM, machinery, or manufacturing industry strongly preferred
Experience with CRM systems like HubSpot or Salesforce and Customer Success platforms
Exceptional communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills
Strategic thinking with ability to balance long-term vision with short-term execution
Consultative, analytical, and highly organized approach with focus on business impact
Experience working in fast-paced, high-growth environments
Comfortable with ambiguity and building processes from the ground up
Willingness to travel 2-3 times per month across North America for customer visits and team meetings
Our MARKT-PILOT DNA
The best thing about working at MARKT-PILOT? Our people.
Piloteers are bold, think creative and bring diversity to our crew. We are driven by an entrepreneurial spirit, by the purpose of our work and we are empowered by the motivation we get from supporting each other. Together, we are revolutionizing an entire industry and activating not only the full potential of manufacturers, but our own as well!
At MARKT-PILOT, we are looking for top talent - people who want to take ownership, unleash their entrepreneurial potential, and really get things moving. We know that talent comes in a variety of shapes - the broad range of backgrounds, skills, experiences, and expertise in our crew is the fuel for our rapid growth 🚀.
Working at MARKT-PILOT means working with:
🧑🚀 Zero gravity: Explore your talents, leverage your strengths, grow with us, and become a game changer by helping to solve one of the biggest problems our customers are facing today. Nothing can stop us; we are ready to take off and excited about the journey ahead of us - we will fly high right up to the sky (and even higher) to fulfill our purpose.
🌍 Zero stereotypes: At MARKT-PILOT, there is no room for stereotypes. Come as you are and help us in building a brave and colorful crew. You will work among inspiring co-pilots, visionary leaders, being able to be your authentic self. We offer you a safe space to share your opinion, learn from mistakes & feedback and ask questions at any time.
♾️ Zero limits: We are committed to our mission and trust in our piloteers. On the journey to reach our ambitious goals it is important to us that we don’t restrict you, but encourage creative thinking, entrepreneurial behavior and push innovative ideas.
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