Customer Success Lead

Esper was founded in 2018 with the mission to empower dynamic and responsive policy making in government. Esper’s goal is to align existing data, stakeholders and public policy goals to streamline the policy making process at all levels of Government. We imagine a world where policy making is driven by data and insights from all stakeholders, and we are transforming traditional bureaucracy into a dynamic and flexible system that encourages innovation and collaboration.

Job Description:

Esper is looking for an experienced Customer Success Lead to serve as a long-term partner to our customers. The customer journey doesn’t stop  goal is durable adoption, measurable outcomes, and partnerships that grow over time.

As the Customer Success Lead, you’ll lead Esper’s next-stage CS evolution: moving from effective generalist motions to a specialized, scalable organization with clear ownership, consistent customer experiences, and predictable retention outcomes. You’ll be accountable for our retention and renewal performance, strengthening adoption and customer health, and building the operating system (people, process, and tooling) that supports growth.

You’ll thrive here if you’re resourceful, decisive, highly organized, and comfortable operating in a fast-moving environment with a strong bias for execution and continuous feedback.

As a bonus, we’d love it if you have a strong interest in policy making and government! We believe policy shapes our daily lives more than most realize, and central to the role is helping us build software for transforming how policy is created through better data and transparency.

What you’ll do:

• Become an “Espert” and trusted advisor by building a deep understanding of Esper’s product, our customers, and their goals

• Lead and scale Esper’s Customer Success function, including specialization, role clarity, and operating rhythms

• Own renewals end‑to‑end across our U.S. customer base, including renewal strategy, pricing/terms, negotiation, and close

• Drive adoption and outcomes post‑launch through onboarding reinforcement, enablement, success plans, and ongoing check‑ins

• Build strong relationships with government employees at multiple levels of seniority through regular meetings, proactive outreach, and in‑person engagement

• Identify and lead expansion opportunities (upsell/cross‑sell) in partnership with the Professional Services, Sales, and Executive teams

• Establish and iterate CS playbooks (onboarding reinforcement, stakeholder changes, at‑risk recovery, renewal prep, customer advocacy motion, EBRs/QBRs)

• Improve customer customer‑facing collateral (help center articles, user guides, in‑product comms, release comms)

• Manage customer support coverage and ensure issues are prioritized, communicated, and resolved with urgency

• Serve as the internal voice of the customer, partnering cross‑functionally with Product and Engineering to translate feedback into improvements

• Report on customer health, adoption, renewal status, and key risks/opportunities for leadership

• Renewals are predictable and strong: accurate forecasting, proactive risk management, and consistently high retention (>95%)

• CS roles are specialized with crisp handoffs; customers experience “one Esper” despite internal specialization

• Measurable increases in adoption and time‑to‑value across the customer base

• Trusted customer champions and referenceable accounts

• Repeatable CS processes, playbooks, and a foundation that can scale

What we’re looking for:

• 6+ years in Customer Success or Account Management with at least 2 years managing/leading programs through scale and specialization

• Track record of owning retention outcomes and leading complex renewals with senior stakeholders

• Strong analytical and operational…