Drimva

Salesforce

VP, Success Management - Portfolio Leader

$222K–$427K

Illinois - Chicago +4 · Office - Flexible · Director · Full-time · Posted Aug 4, 2026

Location
Illinois - Chicago
Massachusetts - Boston
New York - New York
Georgia - Atlanta
California - San Francisco
Experience
15+ years of professional experience; 7+ years of dedicated Customer Success leadership; 10+ years of enterprise software experience.
Education
Bachelor's degree or equivalent relevant experience.

About the job

Leads and scales a team of Customer Success Managers serving enterprise Life Sciences accounts, driving customer outcomes, retention, adoption, and growth through Salesforce’s Signature Success framework.

What you'll do

  • Own portfolio health, retention, adoption, and growth; act as executive sponsor and escalation point for customer issues.
  • Hire, coach, and develop enterprise Customer Success teams while managing core performance metrics.
  • Build executive customer relationships and collaborate across Sales, Product, Alliances, Support, and strategic partners.

What they ask for

  • 15+ years of professional experience running teams of senior consultants or leading a Services/Customer Success function in an enterprise product company delivering software-based solutions.
  • 7+ years of dedicated Customer Success leadership experience managing, coaching, and developing high-performing, matrixed enterprise teams.
  • 10+ years of enterprise software experience, including detailed understanding of complex enterprise CRM, data, and IT deployments.
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent relevant experience; ability and willingness to travel up to 50% regionally.

Nice to have

  • Deep Life Sciences domain expertise, such as Pharma, Biotech, MedTech, R&D, or commercial operations.
  • Prior Salesforce product knowledge or SaaS CSM leadership experience; familiarity with Salesforce Customer Success methodologies.

Pay

$221,900 - $390,300 annually (base salary); $266,800 - $426,900 per year (base pay)

Tools

Salesforce, Agentforce, CRM

AI focus

Leads customer transformation using AI, Agentforce, and data-driven insights; models AI workflows and agentic workflows to improve team productivity and customer outcomes.

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