About the Opportunity
As a Director, Digital Customer Success at Kantata you will lead a modern, data-driven, and AI-augmented approach to Customer Success. You will build and lead our digital-first engagement model, enabling scalable, tech-powered customer experiences across the full lifecycle and our entire customer operating system. This role spans the entire post-sale customer journey, overseeing strategy and execution across Digital Customer Success and Tech-Touch Programs, Community and Education Strategy, Product Experience, AI and Agentic Customer Engagement, and Support Collaboration and Deflection Efficiency. You’ll partner deeply with Product, Support, Education, RevOps, and Marketing to execute a unified digital motion, driving efficiency, retention, and product adoption through digital channels.
Primary Responsibilities
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Strategic Leadership: Build and execute a unified digital CS strategy that scales across all segments and products, driving efficiency, retention, and product adoption through digital channels.
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Engagement Model Design: Design and operationalize tech-touch and hybrid engagement models, including digital success planning and lifecycle-based journey orchestration.
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AI & Automation Integration: Embed automation and AI into the customer journey, from onboarding flows and stakeholder alerts to in-app engagement and intelligent nudges.
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Tech Stack Ownership: Own the digital engagement tech stack, including Gainsight, PX, AI copilots/agents, knowledge systems, community platforms, and LMS tools.
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Community-Led Success: Drive community-led success by integrating digital CS with customer community and education functions, supporting peer learning, events, and enablement at scale.
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Support Collaboration: Collaborate with Support on agentic strategies, chatbot design, and proactive deflection methods to reduce case volume and improve self-service rates.
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KPI Framework: Define and manage a KPI framework that demonstrates the impact of digital success programs on retention, NRR, product usage, and cost-to-serve.
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Change Management: Drive change management efforts, navigating organizational shifts and executing strategic transformation initiatives across the Customer Success organization
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Executive Engagement: Actively engage with the Executive Leadership team to align and advance company-wide Digital Customer Success priorities, including product innovation and prioritization.
What You Bring To The Role
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15+ years of experience in Customer Success, digital programs, or scaled operations roles in B2B SaaS
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Proven track record leading large-scale digital CS transformations, ideally across multiple segments
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Deep familiarity with AI tooling, journey orchestration, and agentic models in CS
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Strong understanding of community-led growth, customer education, and LMS strategies
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Demonstrated experience with metrics-based storytelling and reporting to senior leadership
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Strategic vision and ability to anticipate business challenges and develop innovative solutions
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Builder mindset: bring structure, speed, and clarity to ambiguous problems; outcome-oriented and scrappy
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Commitment to Kantata’s core values: Put People First, Create Remarkable Client Experiences, Lead the Way, and Embrace Authenticity
Compensation
- The base salary range for this position is USD $150,000 to $180,000
- This position is eligible to participate in a Company Wide Bonus Plan.
- *The above represents the expected salary range for this job requisition. Other compensation considerations include: location, relevant experience and other job-related factors.
Kantata is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
United States
Benefits:
- Group health insurance with coverage options for Medical, Dental, and Vision
- Life Insurance
- Voluntary benefit options such as Auto, Home, and Pet Insurance
- Paid Parental Leave
- Voluntary commuter benefit options (FSA)
- 401K to save for your future
- Flexible PTO
- 11 paid holidays + floating holiday
- Top Performers Employee Recognition Program
- Philanthropic, social, and wellness events through KantataLife
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