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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