Director of Customer Success

Location: Global / Remote (with travel to customer sites)
Reports to: CEO

About Nanoprecise

Nanoprecise is a leader in AI-powered predictive maintenance, leveraging Industrial IoT (IIoT), advanced vibration analysis, and energy analytics to help industrial customers reduce downtime, optimize asset performance, and improve sustainability. Our platform enables global manufacturers to proactively monitor rotating equipment and drive Industry 4.0 transformation.

Role Overview

The Director of Customer Success will lead and scale Nanoprecise’s global customer success organization, ensuring customers realize measurable business outcomes from our predictive maintenance solutions.

This role combines strategic leadership, industrial domain expertise, team building and operational excellence to drive customer retention, expansion, and advocacy across complex, asset-intensive industries.

You will own the full post-sales lifecycle—from deployment and onboarding through value realization, renewal, and growth—while building a world-class, data-driven customer success function.

Key Responsibilities

1. Customer Success Strategy & Leadership

Define and execute a global customer success strategy aligned with revenue and retention goals
Build, mentor, and scale a high-performing team of Customer Success Managers (CSMs) and Condition Monitoring Engineers
Enforce and report on KPIs (NRR, churn, adoption, uptime impact, ROI delivery) and operational cadences
Foster a customer-centric culture focused on measurable industrial outcomes
Drive cross-functional collaboration for the best outcome for our team and our customers

2. Customer Lifecycle Ownership

Own the end-to-end customer journey: onboarding, implementation, adoption, value realization, renewal, and expansion
Ensure successful deployment of IIoT sensors, analytics platform, and integration into customer workflows
Standardize onboarding and implementation playbooks for global industrial customers
Lead and train CSMs on Executive Business Reviews (QBRs)

(End-to-end lifecycle ownership and retention focus are core to CS leadership roles)

3. Value Realization & Industrial Impact

Translate Nanoprecise insights into quantifiable business value (downtime reduction, energy savings, maintenance cost optimization)
Partner with customers’ reliability, maintenance, and operations teams
Develop ROI frameworks and success plans tailored to industrial environments
Drive adoption of predictive maintenance best practices

4. Revenue Retention & Growth

Own Net Revenue Retention (NRR), renewals, and expansion targets
Identify upsell/cross-sell opportunities across sites, assets, and regions
Partner with Sales on account strategy and enterprise expansion
Build scalable renewal and expansion processes

(CS leaders are expected to drive both retention and revenue expansion)

5. Cross-Functional Collaboration

Act as the voice of the customer to Product, Engineering, and Data Science teams
Influence product roadmap based on field insights and industrial use cases
Partner with Marketing on customer advocacy, case studies, and references
Align closely with Sales on handoffs and account growth

6. Data, Analytics & Operational Excellence

Build customer health scoring models and predictive churn indicators
Use data to drive proactive engagement and continuous improvement
Develop dashboards tracking adoption, asset coverage, and value delivery
Scale processes for global deployments and multi-site customers

7. Global Customer Engagement

Engage with enterprise customers across manufacturing, energy, and heavy industry
Support complex, multi-site deployments across regions
Travel (20–40%) for strategic customer engagement and site visits
Navigate diverse regulatory and operational environments

Required Qualifications

Experience

10+ years in Customer Success, Account Management, or Post-Sales leadership
5+ years leading global teams in SaaS, IoT, or industrial technology
Proven track record of driving retention, expansion, and customer ROI

Domain Expertise

Strong understanding of:
- Industrial IoT (IIoT)
- Predictive maintenance / reliability engineering
- Rotating equipment (motors, pumps, gearboxes, etc.)
Experience working with manufacturing, energy, or heavy industry customers

(Industrial IoT knowledge and equipment familiarity are critical in Nanoprecise roles)

Leadership & Skills

Strategic thinker with strong execution capability
Experience scaling CS teams and building processes from early-stage to growth
Excellent executive communication and stakeholder management skills
Data-driven mindset with strong analytical skills
Ability to operate in a fast-paced, global startup environment

Preferred Qualifications

Background in engineering (mechanical, electrical, or industrial)
Experience with AI/ML-driven products
Familiarity with asset reliability standards (e.g., ISO, condition monitoring)
Experience with global enterprise accounts

Key Success Metrics

Net Revenue Retention (NRR)
Gross & Net Churn
Customer ROI (downtime reduction, cost savings)
Product adoption and asset coverage
Customer satisfaction (NPS/CSAT)
Expansion revenue

Why This Role Matters

Customer Success at Nanoprecise is mission-critical—it directly impacts customer outcomes, sustainability goals, and revenue growth. This role bridges advanced AI technology and real-world industrial impact, ensuring customers achieve measurable transformation.

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