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Three chief customer officer job descriptions we love

ChurnZero

The role of the chief customer officer has become an essential function in subscription-based business models such as software-as-a-service (SaaS), where customer retention is paramount and requires executive-level leadership. If a customer churns before the payback period is met, it’s a financial net loss.

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Audience Q&A: 5 Questions for Yamini Rangan, Chief Customer Officer of HubSpot

Customer Bliss

Recently, I was joined by Yamini Rangan, chief customer officer of Hubspot for a LIVE version of my podcast, the Chief Customer Officer Human Duct Tape Show. We’ll continue to assess what measures are appropriate to support our customer base over the next few months.”

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How to Win the Chief Customer Officer Role, With Sandy Miranda – CB70

Customer Bliss

From her LinkedIn: Having spent my entire career in service I have naturally and happily found a home in the Customer Success space. Assisting organizations and professionals not only to learn but execute business strategies that will refocus company efforts to Customer Success. For PowerDMS, they were a software company.

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The Ultimate Chief Customer Officer (CCO) Job Description

Gainsight

The Chief Customer Officer (CCO) role is crucial for virtually every SaaS company. Hiring one moves Customer Success (CS) from a function to a company-wide strategy, offering a customer voice in the boardroom and a peer to your Sales and Product leaders. Bob Stoneking, and Vineet Puri.

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Brainshark B-B Chief Customer Officer Diane Gordon – CB42

Customer Bliss

Diane has been working since the early 1980s, serving in a number of transformative customer experience roles. She was SVP of Worldwide Customer Solutions at Endeca, SVP of Services and Support at Enterprise Mobile, Chief Customer Officer at Bullhorn, and now CCO of Brainshark (following a stint as SVP, Customer Care) at the same company.

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Why (Nearly) Every SaaS Company Should Have A Chief Customer Officer

Gainsight

Because of this, 100% of SaaS companies are investing in Customer Success. But the reality is that not every CEO is actually doing Customer Success well : One of the biggest questions on the minds of CEOs is “how should I structure Customer Success?” But what about your customers?

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5 Ways Chief Customer Officers Can Drive Net Revenue Retention

Gainsight

We can’t take our customers for granted — ever. Investing in customer success (CS) isn’t a nice-to-have anymore — or even merely a high priority — it’s existential. In fact, customer success is the critical growth engine driving net revenue retention (NRR) for subscription-based businesses. Why NRR Matters.