Director of Customer Success (Retention and Growth)

LexisNexis VitalChek Network Inc. Company; Franklin (VA); Remote; USD 99,000 - 282,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Benefits

Retirement Benefits (401(k) with match

Wellbeing programs

Paid time off & volunteer days

Job summary

LexisNexis VitalChek Network Inc. is seeking a Director of Customer Success to lead government customer relationships, drive retention, and accelerate expansion across the VitalChek portfolio.

The role reports to the Senior Director of Sales and may be fully remote within the United States with regular travel to client sites and events. The ideal candidate will build formal customer success capabilities, move teams away from purely technical help, and partner with cross-functional teams to

Qualifications

• 10+ years in customer success, account management, or related leadership roles.
• Proven success leading revenue retention, renewals, and account growth.
• Experience forecasting revenue and managing performance against targets.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of Customer Success Managers focused on retention, growth, and satisfaction.
• Build and execute customer success strategies aligned with company objectives.
• Own renewal and expansion forecasting and pipeline visibility.

Skills

Leadership

Revenue retention

Account growth

Forecasting

Executive relationships

Education

Bachelor's degree in business or related field

Tools

CRM systems

Salesforce

Job description

About the Business

LexisNexis Risk Solutions is the essential partner in the assessment of risk. Within our Government vertical, our solutions assist government agencies and law enforcement to drive insights from complex data sets, improving operation efficiency, increasing program integrity, discovering, and recovering revenue, and making timely and informed decisions to enhance investigations. You can learn more about LexisNexis Risk at https://risk.lexisnexis.com/government.

About Our Team

The VitalChek Customer Success team supports government customers across the VitalChek portfolio, helping them maximize the value of our vital records solutions, payment technologies, and identity verification platforms. The team focuses on customer relationships, retention, account growth, and long-term partnership value while collaborating with teams across the business to support positive customer outcomes.

About the Role

The Director of Customer Success is a strategic sales leadership role responsible for retaining and growing government customer relationships across the VitalChek portfolio. Reporting to the Senior Director of Sales, this leader will guide customer retention, revenue expansion, renewal performance, executive-level relationship management, and customer advocacy. This role will build and formalize customer success capabilities that do not fully exist today, helping the team move away from technical-help responsibilities and toward proactive retention and growth objectives. The Director will also help customers maximize the value of VitalChek vital records solutions, payment technologies, and identity verification platforms while identifying opportunities for growth and expansion. The position may be fully remote within the United States and will require regular travel to customer locations, industry events, and internal meetings.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of five Customer Success Managers responsible for customer retention, account growth, and customer satisfaction.
• Establish a high-performance culture focused on accountability, customer outcomes, revenue achievement, coaching, and career development.
• Build and execute customer success strategies that support company growth objectives and customer retention goals.
• Create scalable processes, role clarity, and best practices that improve customer engagement, account health, and team effectiveness.
• Own team performance against renewal, retention, and expansion revenue targets.
• Partner with Customer Success Managers to identify upsell and cross-sell opportunities within existing accounts.
• Lead account planning, renewal and expansion forecasting, and pipeline-visibility activities for the customer success organization.
• Monitor customer health indicators and proactively address risks to retention and renewal success.
• Build trusted relationships with senior government stakeholders and executive sponsors.
• Serve as an escalation point for critical customer issues and strategic account concerns.
• Conduct executive business reviews and strategic planning discussions with key customers.
• Support major contract renewals, negotiations, and expansion opportunities.
• Partner with Implementation, Product Management, Support, Operations, and Executive Leadership to deliver strong customer experiences.
• Provide customer insights and market feedback to influence product strategy and service delivery.
• Collaborate with implementation and onboarding teams to support smooth customer transitions and long-term adoption.
• Develop and maintain customer success processes, metrics, and reporting frameworks.
• Analyze customer and revenue data to identify trends, risks, and growth opportunities.
• Lead change-management and process-improvement initiatives that strengthen organizational performance and customer outcomes.

Requirements

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in customer success, account management, sales, or a related customer-facing leadership role.
• Proven success leading teams responsible for revenue retention, renewals, and account growth.
• Experience forecasting revenue and managing performance against revenue targets.
• Demonstrated ability to build executive-level customer relationships and navigate complex stakeholder environments.
• Strong coaching, leadership, communication, and presentation skills.
• Experience managing escalations and resolving complex customer challenges.

Preferred Qualifications

• Minimum of three years of people-leadership experience managing customer success, account management, or sales teams.
• Experience building or formalizing customer success teams, defining team roles, or establishing operating structures.
• Experience within government technology, public-sector technology, SaaS, payments, or citizen-services industries.
• Experience working with state, local, or municipal government customers.
• Knowledge of subscription-based and contract-based revenue models.
• Experience leading customer success transformation, process improvement, or organizational change initiatives.
• Bachelor’s degree in business, marketing, management, or a related field.
• An equivalent combination of education and relevant experience may be considered.

Working for You

We know that your wellbeing and happiness are key to a long and successful career.

• Health Benefits: Comprehensive, multi-carrier program for medical, dental and vision benefits
• Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with match and an Employee Share Purchase Plan
• Wellbeing: Wellness platform with incentives, Headspace app subscription, Employee Assistance and Time-off Programs
• Short-and-Long Term Disability, Life and Accidental Death Insurance, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity
• Family Benefits, including bonding and family care leaves, adoption and surrogacy benefits
• Health Savings, Health Care, Dependent Care and Commuter Spending Accounts
• In addition to annual Paid Time Off, we offer up to two days of paid leave each to participate in Employee Resource Groups and to volunteer with your charity of choice

Salary

U.S. National Base Pay Range: $98,500 - $183,000.

Total Target Cash Range: $151,700 - $281,500.

Geographic differentials may apply in some locations to better reflect local market rates.

Base Pay Range for CO is $98,500 - $183,000.

Total Target Cash Range for CO is $151,700 - $281,500.

Base Pay Range for IL is $103,400 - $192,200.

Total Target Cash Range for IL is $159,200 - $295,600.

Base Pay Range for Chicago, IL is $108,400 - $201,200.

Total Target Cash Range for Chicago, IL is $166,900 - $309,700.

Base Pay Range for MD is $103,400 - $192,200.

Total Target Cash Range for MD is $159,200 - $295,600.

Base Pay Range for NY is $108,400 - $201,200.

Total Target Cash Range for NY is $166,900 - $309,700.

Base Pay Range for New York City is $113,300 - $210,400.

Total Target Cash for New York City is $174,400 - $323,700.

Base Pay Range for Rochester, NY is $93,600 - $173,800.

Total Target Cash Range for Rochester, NY is $144,100 - $267,400.

Base Pay Range for OH is $93,600 - $173,800.

Total Target Cash Range for OH is $144,100 - $267,400.

Base Pay Range for NJ is $119,196 - $190,404.

Total Target Cash Range for NJ is $191,961 - $306,639.

Pay mix between base and variable pay varies based on sales role; please discuss with the recruiter.

Application Deadline

Application deadline is 10/30/2026.

We are an equal opportunity employer: qualified applicants are considered for and treated during employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship status, disability status, protected veteran status, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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