Director of Customer Success

Checkr
Denver; San Francisco, US
Career-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

Aimed at senior customer success leaders with 10+ years in HR-Tech or SaaS who can manage complex strategic accounts and travel frequently.

Best fit for

  • Experienced HR-Tech leader comfortable with executive-level customer escalations.
    — “fostering strong, executive-level customer relationships
  • People manager who decentralizes decision-making in complex environments.
    — “encouraging decentralized decision-making
  • Data-driven problem solver identifying systemic improvement opportunities.
    — “identify and address systemic improvement opportunities

Things to consider

  • Hybrid work model requires 3+ days/week in-office.
    — “Individuals are expected to work from the office 3+ days a week
  • 25% domestic travel expected for customer engagements.
    — “Ability to travel domestically up to 25%

How to stand out

  • Quantify past achievements in logo retention and revenue metrics.
    — “contributing to logo retention, gross dollar retention, and net revenue per check
  • Showcase cross-functional collaboration with product and engineering teams.
    — “Partner with Sales, Account Management, Product, Engineering, Support, and Executive teams
  • Highlight executive communication skills with SVP/VP-level stakeholders.
    — “fostering strong, trust-based partnerships at SVP, VP, and Director levels
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · CompanyLevel · Mid Level

Derived from job-description analysis by Serendipath's career intelligence engine.

What success looks like

  • deliver exceptional value realization
  • foster strong customer relationships
Typical background
customer success, account management

Skills & requirements

Required

Customer Success StrategyCross-functional CollaborationTeam LeadershipOperational Excellence

Preferred

Hr-tech Or Consumptive Saas Experience

About the role

Original posting from Checkr via Greenhouse

About Checkr

Checkr is building the data platform to power safe and fair decisions. Over 140,000 companies and millions of people rely on Checkr for AI verification in the moments that matter most: getting a new job, a new place to live, a car ride, childcare, even a date. Customers include Uber, Pennymac, Airbnb, Doordash, Amazon, and Anthropic.

We’re a team that thrives on solving complex problems with innovative solutions that advance our mission. Checkr is recognized on Forbes Cloud 100 2025 List and is a Y Combinator 2024 Breakthrough Company.

About the team/role

As a Director of Checkr’s Strategic Customer Success team, you will lead a team of 5 experienced Customer Success Managers who are assigned to Checkr’s largest and most complex clients. You will be responsible for delivering exceptional value realization, fostering strong, executive-level customer relationships, and ensuring a delightful customer experience. This role reports to the Senior Director of Customer Success.

You will be accountable for achieving ambitious account goals, enhancing operational efficiency, and providing exceptional leadership and mentorship to your team members. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional professionals who thrive on collaboration, grit, and continuous learning. Your leadership will be vital in maintaining a culture of excellence, acting with integrity and transparency, and serving as a trusted advisor to your team and our customers. You will ensure the overall health and success of Checkr’s most strategic accounts, contributing to logo retention, gross dollar retention, and net revenue per check.

What you'll do

Lead and develop a high-performing team: Recruit, mentor, and manage a team of experienced Customer Success Managers, fostering their professional growth, encouraging decentralized decision-making, and ensuring they have the tools and support to excel in a complex strategic environment.

Oversee strategic customer relationships: Ensure strategic alignment with customers, acting as an escalation point for critical issues and fostering strong, trust-based partnerships at SVP, VP, and Director levels within customer organizations.

Drive customer success strategy: Develop and implement strategies to maximize customer value realization, satisfaction, and retention across your portfolio. You will look beyond specific challenges to identify and address systemic improvement opportunities.

Collaborate cross-functionally: Partner with Sales, Account Management, Product, Engineering, Support, and Executive teams to advocate for customer needs, share information openly, and drive continuous improvement in our products and services.

Achieve operational excellence: Monitor team performance metrics, manage resources effectively, and ensure adherence to best practices while encouraging innovation and simplification in all processes.

Facilitate account expansion: Collaborate closely with Account Management to identify and pursue account growth and expansion opportunities, aligning with customer goals and delivering additional value.

What you bring

Experience and Leadership: At least 10 years of experience in Customer Success, Account Management, or related roles, with a minimum of 6 years in a leadership or managerial position, preferably within the HR-Tech or consumptive SaaS markets.

Problem solving: Demonstrated ability to simplify and solve complex problems using critical thinking, creative approaches, and structure. You are proficient in using data and analytics to solve problems, identify systemic issues, and drive performance improvements.

Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, able to articulate complex concepts clearly, adapt your communication style to different audiences, including executive leaders, and remain approachable.

Integrity and Inclusion: Known for candor, transparency, and treating everyone with respect. You work well with different backgrounds, identities, values, and cultures.

Passion and Drive: Inspire others with your drive for excellence, maintain a tenacious and optimistic attitude, and care deeply about winning and your teammates.

Willingness to travel: Ability to travel domestically up to 25% for customer engagements and team meetings.

An A-player mindset with a strong bias for action: you raise the bar, move with urgency, stay resilient through ambiguity, and take ownership to deliver meaningful outcomes.

Pay Transparency Disclosure

We use geographic cost of labor as an input to develop ranges for our roles and as such, each location where we hire may have a different range. If this role is remote, we have listed the top to the bottom of the possible range, but we will specify the target range for an exact location when you are selected for a recruiting discussion. For more information on our compensation philosophy, see our website.

On-target Earnings OR Base Salary range (San Francisco, CA)$233,000—$274,000 USDOn-target Earnings OR Base Salary range (Denver, CO)$197,000—$232,000 USDWhat We Offer

A fast-paced and collaborative environment

Learning and development allowance

Competitive cash and equity compensation, and opportunity for advancement

100% medical, dental, and vision coverage

Up to $25K reimbursement for fertility, adoption, and parental planning services

Flexible PTO policy

Monthly wellness stipend

 

At Checkr, we believe an in office work environment strengthens collaboration, drives innovation, and encourages connection. Our hub locations are Denver, CO; San Francisco, CA; Nashville, TN; and Santiago, Chile. Individuals are expected to work from the office 3+ days a week. In-office perks are provided, such as lunch five times a week, a commuter stipend, and an abundance of snacks and beverages. A relocation stipend may be available for those willing to relocate to a Checkr hub location.

Equal Employment Opportunities at Checkr

Checkr is committed to building the best product and company, which requires hiring talented and qualified individuals with a diverse set of perspectives and lived experiences. Checkr believes in hiring people of all backgrounds, including those whose histories are impacted by the justice system in accordance with local, state, and/or federal laws, including the San Francisco’s Fair Chance Ordinance.

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Source: Checkr careers (Greenhouse)

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