Vice President, Customer Experience

mdf commerce; Springfield (IL); Remote; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company dedicated to transforming public procurement through exceptional customer experiences. As the Senior VP of Customer Experience, you will lead a passionate team, ensuring that our solutions meet the unique needs of government agencies across North America. This role offers a unique opportunity to shape the customer journey from onboarding to renewal, advocating for customer needs while collaborating with cross-functional teams. With a commitment to innovation and excellence, you will play a key role in enhancing operational efficiency and driving long-term growth. If you are customer-obsessed and ready to make a significant impact, this position is for you.

Benefits

Flexible work schedule

Work equipment provided

Competitive benefits

401K

Bonus plan

Ownership program

Flexible paid vacation

Paid holidays between Christmas and New Year

Qualifications

• 15+ years in customer-facing roles with executive leadership experience.
• Experience in scaling customer experience operations.

Responsibilities

• Define and implement customer strategy to drive satisfaction.
• Oversee full post-sale journey for high-impact customer experience.

Skills

Customer Experience Management

Leadership

Customer Success

Project Management

Data Analysis

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree

Tools

Salesforce

Gainsight

ChurnZero

Job description

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About SOVRA

SOVRA is a leading public procurement platform serving over 7,000 government agencies and connecting them with more than 1 million suppliers across North America. SOVRA offers comprehensive, end-to-end solutions tailored for the public sector. It is a division of mdf commerce.

About SOVRA

SOVRA is a leading public procurement platform serving over 7,000 government agencies and connecting them with more than 1 million suppliers across North America. SOVRA offers comprehensive, end-to-end solutions tailored for the public sector. It is a division of mdf commerce.

SOVRA's solutions are purpose-built to address the unique challenges of public procurement, ensuring compliance, enhancing efficiency, and promoting transparency. Our commitment to innovation has been recognized with the Achievement of Excellence in Procurement (AEP) Certification from the National Procurement Institute, affirming our platform's adherence to the highest standards in efficiency and vendor accessibility.

By leveraging SOVRA's advanced tools and expansive supplier network, public agencies can optimize every tax dollar spent, drive better procurement outcomes, and deliver exceptional services to their communities.

You can find more info about SOVRA at SOVRA.com

Overview Of The Role

Delighting our customers is at the heart of our mission.

The Senior VP Customer Experience plays a pivotal role in ensuring that SOVRA delivers exceptional value to its buying agencies across North America, driving satisfaction, usage, retention, and long-term growth. The role reports directly to the CEO and is part of the executive leadership team.

This is a unique opportunity to lead SOVRA’s Buyer customer-facing functions, which cover the entire customer journey from post sales to post launch. It includes Professional Services / Implementation, Customer Success and Account Management, Customer Support, Project Management/performance and the management of our partnership with The Institute for Public Procurement (NIGP).

This leader will participate in certain large customer proposals and collaborate cross-functionally with Sales, Product, Marketing, and Technology teams to enhance the end-to-end customer experience.

Main Measures Of Success For The Role

• Customer Net Promoter Score (NPS) and other satisfaction metrics trajectory
• Retention rates across Buyer agencies
• Successful implementation of newly acquired customers
• Operational efficiency and scaling of customer-facing functions
  
  

What will your main responsibilities look like?

In This Role, You Will Be Led To

• Customer Strategy & Execution: Define and implement a holistic customer strategy that drives value, satisfaction, and long-term partnerships.
• Customer Lifecycle Management: Oversee the full post-sale journey to ensure a consistent, high-impact customer experience from onboarding to renewal.
• Champion Voice of the Customer: Advocate for customer needs, ensuring insights are captured, and translated into actionable improvements across product and beyond.
• Implementation & Professional Services Excellence: Oversee the successful deployment of new customers with scalable onboarding frameworks and high-quality project delivery.
• Support Operations & Service Quality: Ensure responsive, data-driven support operations with clear SLAs and KPIs, while continuously improving processes to elevate satisfaction.
• Team Leadership & Talent Development: Build, mentor, and inspire high-performing teams, fostering a culture of accountability and customer-centricity.
  
  

What elements of your professional background will be necessary and useful in this role?

• 15+ years of professional experience in customer-facing roles
• 5+ years of executive leadership experience in customer success, customer operations, support, and professional services
• Experience scaling customer experience and support operations, including the implementation of success platforms (e.g., Gainsight, ChurnZero, Salesforce)
• Strong background in collaborating with Product and Technology teams to influence roadmaps based on customer insights
• Familiarity and experience with public sector technology projects or complex B2B environments is a plus.
  
  

What are the assets that would make you stand out?

• Customer-obsessed: You are passionate about delivering exceptional experiences and value at every stage of the customer journey.
• Empathetic: You listen, understand and inspire both customers and employees as you foster a culture of growth and employee-ownership
• Mission-driven: You understand the importance and meaning of our dedication to serving the public sector and civil servants with better technology
• Results-driven: You focus on outcomes, with a bias for action and accountability
• Process-oriented: You are a builder of systems and functions that can scale as we grow
  
  

Job Location

SOVRA is a 100% remote culture company. Candidates can be based anywhere in the United States. Moderate travel to engage with customers and employees in-person is to be expected.

What are the next steps?

Please reach out to Karine Andenas, SOVRA Talent Acquisition Specialist ([e-mail]) with your resume.

Our Offer

• A flexible work schedule.
• Work equipment provided while working from home.
• Competitive benefits, 401K, and compensation programs.
• Bonus plan.
• Ownership program.
• Flexible paid vacation, personal, and sick days off.
• Closed office during the holidays—Paid vacations between Christmas and New Year’s Day.
  
  

Thank you for your interest in mdf commerce. However, only selected candidates will be contacted.

mdf commerce subscribes to a program of equity and equality in employment.

mdf commerce, through its wholly owned subsidiary International Data Base Corp., doing business as BidNet, participates in E-Verify. If selected for employment, you will be required to provide your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the United States.

mdf commerce, a través de su subsidiaria de propiedad total International Data Base Corp., que opera bajo el nombre comercial BidNet), participa en E-Verify. Si es seleccionado para empleo, se le solicitará proporcionar la información de su Formulario I-9 para confirmar que usted está autorizado para trabajar en los Estados Unidos.

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