Senior Manager, Customer Success

Foley; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental & vision coverage

401(k) with company match

Paid time off & holidays

Wellness programs

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Foley is seeking a Senior Manager for Mid-Market Customer Success to lead a growing, remote team serving 800+ mid-market customers with $16MM in revenue. You will drive retention, expansion, and NRR/GRR goals while shaping scalable CS workflows and agentic outreach.

The role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration across Sales, Product, Marketing, and Operations. Ideal candidates bring 3+ years leading CS teams, strong people management, and a track record of managing churn and health metrics.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in Customer Success leadership, including leading teams of 6-10+ CSMs.
• Strong people management skills with experience hiring and building high-performing teams.
• Proven track record of driving retention, reducing churn, and achieving NRR and GRR goals.
• Experience working cross-functionally with Product, Sales, and Marketing.
• Experience leading teams through rapid growth and reorganization, with strong change management skills.
• Comfortable joining and leading customer calls, and coaching CSMs through call shadowing and role-playing.
• Strong analytical skills, including designing customer health scores, defining CS metrics, and building dashboards.
• Hands-on experience bringing automation and AI tools into CS workflows.
• Experience in compliance, regulated-industry, or vertical SaaS is strongly preferred.
• Experience in a DOT compliance or fleet management environment is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team of ~8 Customer Success Managers serving 800+ mid-market customers, representing $16MM in revenue.
• Recruit, develop, and retain top CS talent while fostering a high-performance culture.
• Drive adoption, retention, and expansion strategies to achieve NRR, GRR, and churn retention targets.
• Partner cross-functionally with Sales, Product, Marketing, and other teams to improve the customer experience and deliver business outcomes.
• Collaborate interdepartmentally in a fully remote environment, building strong working relationships and clear communication across teams.
• Provide leadership on special projects, operational improvements, and strategic initiatives to scale the CS function.
• Lead team meetings, performance management, and coaching to ensure accountability and results.
• Utilize Planhat to monitor customer health, identify risks/opportunities, and guide data-driven decisions.
• Help build and refine workflows within Planhat, including agentic workflows and proactive customer outreach, as the CS function scales.

Skills

People management

Retention optimization

Cross-functional collaboration

Pricing conversations

Remote team leadership

Analytical thinking

Dashboards & metrics

Tools

Planhat

Job description

The Senior Manager, Mid-Market Customer Success will lead a growing team responsible for ensuring customer retention, driving expansion opportunities, reducing churn, and maximizing net revenue retention (NRR) and gross revenue retention (GRR). This role is central to Foley's mission of delivering measurable value to our customers while building a world-class customer success function. Joining during an exciting period of growth, this leader will have the opportunity to shape how the team operates, including enabling agentic workflows and proactive customer outreach.

What you'll do

• Lead and manage a team of ~8 Customer Success Managers serving 800+ mid-market customers, representing $16MM in revenue.
• Recruit, develop, and retain top CS talent while fostering a high-performance culture.
• Drive adoption, retention, and expansion strategies to achieve NRR, GRR, and churn retention targets.
• Partner cross-functionally with Sales, Product, Marketing, and other teams to improve the customer experience and deliver business outcomes.
• Collaborate interdepartmentally in a fully remote environment, building strong working relationships and clear communication across teams.
• Provide leadership on special projects, operational improvements, and strategic initiatives to scale the CS function.
• Lead team meetings, performance management, and coaching to ensure accountability and results.
• Utilize Planhat to monitor customer health, identify risks/opportunities, and guide data-driven decisions.
• Help build and refine workflows within Planhat, including agentic workflows and proactive customer outreach, as the CS function scales.

Who you are

• 3+ years of experience in Customer Success leadership, including leading teams of 6-10+ Customer Success Managers.
• Strong people management skills with experience hiring and building high-performing teams.
• Proven track record of driving retention, reducing churn, and achieving NRR and GRR goals.
• Confident handling pricing conversations with customers, including during renewals and expansions.
• Experience working cross-functionally with Product, Sales, and Marketing.
• Strong cross-collaborative communication skills.
• Proven record of building engagement and accountability on a fully remote team.
• Experience leading teams through rapid growth and reorganization, with strong change management skills.
• Comfortable joining and leading customer calls, and coaching CSMs through call shadowing and role-playing.
• Strong analytical skills, including designing customer health scores, defining CS metrics, and building dashboards.
• Expertise in customer success platforms; experience with Planhat is a plus.
• Hands-on experience bringing automation and AI tools into Customer Success workflows.
• Experience in compliance, regulated-industry, or vertical SaaS is strongly preferred.
• Experience in a DOT compliance or fleet management environment is a plus.

Location

This role is primarily remote (US based), with the expectation of occasional visits to our offices for team collaboration, training, or company events. This role may be based remotely out of the following states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin.

About us

At Foley, we're reimagining how safety-sensitive industries hire, stay compliant, and manage risk. We've evolved into a modern SaaS company with an all-in-one, AI-ready platform that helps transportation, construction, distribution, and utility businesses operate faster, smarter, and safer. As we continue to grow, we're looking for curious, strategic thinkers who thrive in complexity, are motivated by making an impact, and want to join a team that's passionate about building great products and supporting customers. Our core values — Teammateship, Grit, and Innovation — guide everything we do. Whether we're collaborating internally or helping customers, we approach every challenge with optimism, humor, and a shared commitment to success.

Benefits

Foley offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision coverage, a 401(k) with company match, paid time off and holidays, wellness programs, and an employee assistance program.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Foley is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic.

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