Head of Customer Success

Verifile Ltd; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading verification services provider in the United Kingdom seeks a Head of Customer Success to lead a high-performing team and drive customer success initiatives. This role requires demonstrable leadership experience and a proven track record in commercial acumen and relationship management. You will develop customer success frameworks and ensure customers gain maximum value. The position offers a bonus scheme and a comprehensive benefits package including wellness programs, fitness classes, and retail discounts.

Benefits

Bonus scheme

Holiday Trading

Retail discounts

Wellness programmes

Fitness classes

Gym discounts

Qualifications

• Demonstrable leadership experience, building and developing high-performing teams.
• Proven track record in negotiating complex agreements and driving revenue growth.
• Experience in designing and implementing customer success frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Lead and empower a high performing team to drive strong performance.
• Drive customer success and retention through strategy and risk management.
• Act as the voice of the customer, building relationships with enterprise stakeholders.

Skills

Leadership experience

Commercial acumen

Relationship management

Analytical capability

Communication skills

Tools

Zoho CRM

Zoho Analytics

Job description

Head of Customer Success

Who we are?

Verifile is an award-winning leading provider of CV verification and background screening services using innovative technology and methodology. We carry out background checks on candidates to enable our customers to make informed and long term rewarding recruitment decisions.

About the role:

As a Head of Customer Success you will drive results by leading a high performing team to deliver exceptional customer outcomes. You will set direction, streamline processes, and embed accountability to ensure customers gain full value from our solutions. Through strong partnerships and decisive leadership, you will transform insight and technology into tangible results.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and empower a high performing team, fostering a culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous development to drive strong performance and long term results.
• Drive customer success and retention by setting a clear customer success strategy, identifying and mitigating risk, and embedding best practice to deliver consistent, high value customer experiences.
• Act as the voice of the customer, building strong relationships with enterprise stakeholders and using insight and feedback to influence service, operations, product, and company strategy.
• Deliver commercial growth through ownership of senior level customer relationships, commercial and contract negotiations, and the development of a value led customer success proposition that maximises ROI.
• Champion innovation and insight led development, partnering closely with Product to leverage emerging technology, build early adopter pipelines, and turn customer challenges into revenue opportunities.

The must haves:

• Demonstrable leadership experience, including building, scaling and developing high-performing teams.
• Proven commercial acumen with a track record of negotiating complex agreements and driving sustainable revenue growth.
• Advanced relationship management expertise, evidenced by influencing senior stakeholders within enterprise level customers.
• Experience designing and implementing customer success frameworks that improve retention, adoption, and customer lifetime value.
• Strong analytical capability, using data, metrics, and insights to inform decisions and measure impact.
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills, with the ability to articulate value propositions and influence at executive level.

The nice to haves:

• Evidence of leveraging technology and platforms (e.g., Zoho CRM, Totango, Zoho Analytics) to enhance team and customer performance.
• Familiarity with SaaS or technology enabled services, with evidence of adopting emerging tools to elevate customer experience.

We’d also love you to:

Ensure that the company values are reflected in your own work and behavior:

Put People First, own it, Be Curious, Succeed Together, and Delight your customer

What’s in it for you:

Our Head of Customer Success position also comes with a bonus scheme

Every member of our team at Verifile is valued, which is why we support their wellbeing fully with a range of benefits to help them thrive both inside and outside of work. Grouped around four priorities – health, time, finances, and community, we don’t have enough space to list them all, but it does include Holiday Trading, retail discounts, Life assurance, medical services, wellness programmes, fitness classes, gym discounts and much more!

Sound Exciting?

Please apply directly for Head of Customer Success through the link attached and our recruitment team will be in touch.

Legal & Policies

All our employees will be required to undergo background screening to BS7858 standards.

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