Head of Customer Success EMEA - Croydon, United Kingdom - Janes

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    Description

    Janes enables militaries, governments, and defence companies to make critical decisions. Our expert-driven tradecraft, developed over 120 years, combined with human-machine teaming, delivers assured open-source intelligence across military capabilities and order of battle, equipment, events, countries, companies, and markets.

    Linking millions of assured data points, Janes data model creates a framework of interconnected open source defence intelligence. This allows our customers to integrate all relevant data and connections into a single intelligence environment to deliver a more complete and accurate answer. Using Janes, our customers can use their scarce resource more effectively, to get to better decisions with higher confidence, more quickly.

    Janes are looking for a Head of Customer Success- EMEA to play a pivotal role in shaping and executing our customer success strategy across the EMEA region. Leading a team you will champion customer success initiatives, drive adoption and ensure the success and satisfaction of our valued customers.

    As Head of Customer Success- EMEA you will be responsible for:-

    • Leading the CSM Team across EMEA to ensure best practice and CSM excellence is achieved in line with Janes standards in order to deliver C2V for Janes Clients
    • Maximise the value the customer generates by utilizing Janes content and data subscribed to through enhanced knowledge transfer
    • Reduce churn and pro-actively identify/mitigate risks through early intervention
    • Develop and maintain an engaged user community by understanding client workflows and requirements handling requests, comments and concerns
    • Work with the Sales team to identify and capture any new/up sell opportunities
    • Undertake end user community surveys and socialise feedback within Janes following up on any actions when required to ensure training meets and enhances clients expectations of Janes
    • Lead the development and implementation of user community engagement strategies including case studies and scenario modelling for sharing best practice
    • Support and Co-ordinate (with Account Managers) internal Stakeholders and external engagements
    • Support the testing of new products and the development of existing products
    • Collaborate with Marketing to develop user promotions and support client engagement initiatives
    • Reporting to LT on key performance metrics and fully utilizing CSM/Sales tool sets (Asana/Salesforce/and others)
    • Support individuals development through managing performance and conducting regular reviews including coaching and mentoring
    • Support the recruitment and onboarding of new colleagues
    • Work with internal stakeholders to continue to further develop systems and processes to support success including providing solutions to remove roadblocks and challenges
    • Operate efficiently and effectively (manage costs/ROI)

    Requirements

    The ideal skills and experience for this role are:-

    • Demonstrable experience within a Lead Customer Success Management role
    • Considerable experience in a data service provider and/or within the Aerospace and defence military sectors (preferable)
    • Proven track record in People Leadership and managing performance
    • Proven track record in an independent working environment
    • Excellent communication and presentation skills both virtually and in person
    • Experience of leading through changing environments
    • Proven administrative skills
    • Former Military/Government experience (preferable)
    • Experience of balancing 'hard line' and 'soft line' reporting
    • IT experience/competency working with online toolsets

    Benefits

    • 27 days of annual leave
    • Healthy half (0.5 day leave every 6 months for wellbeing)
    • Leave- study/ volunteer/ reserve forces
    • Pension plan (6% employer contribution)
    • Private medical insurance – Vitality
    • Maternity (100% of basic salary for the first 26 weeks followed by Statutory Maternity Pay)
    • Paternity (100% of basic salary for 6 weeks)
    • Life cover
    • In-office gym
    • Learning and Development- GoodHabitz access