Head of Customer Success
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KatRisk
Chicago, IL, US
Summary
Lead the customer success function to drive client satisfaction, retention, and growth through strategic relationship management. Act as the primary voice of the customer to inform the product roadmap and manage the end-to-end onboarding process.
Job Description
About KatRisk
KatRisk is a leading provider of catastrophe risk modeling solutions, dedicated to helping businesses and organizations understand, manage, and mitigate the risks associated with natural disasters. Our innovative technology and expertise enable clients to make informed decisions, optimize their risk management strategies, and safeguard their assets and operations against potential catastrophes.
Role Overview
KatRisk is looking for an experienced and client-focused Head of Customer Success to own and lead the customer success function. This is a hands-on customer facing role — you'll be the primary driver of client satisfaction, retention, and growth. You'll work closely with our sales, product, and technical teams to ensure our clients get maximum value from our platform and are set up for long-term success.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the senior point of contact for KatRisk's client portfolio, building deep, trust-based relationships with key stakeholders.
- Develop and execute customer success strategies that drive adoption, retention, and expansion.
- Lead onboarding for new clients, ensuring a smooth and effective implementation experience.
- Monitor client health and proactively identify risks, developing action plans to address churn or dissatisfaction.
- Manage and mentor team members, providing guidance and fostering their professional development.
- Partner with the sales team on renewals and upsell opportunities.
- Serve as the voice of the customer internally, channeling client feedback to product and engineering teams to inform the product roadmap.
- Develop and maintain customer success playbooks, processes, and metrics to scale the function as KatRisk grows.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in customer success, account management, or a related client-facing role, ideally in a B2B SaaS or data/analytics environment.
- Proven track record of managing and growing a portfolio of enterprise or technical clients.
- Experience in the insurance, reinsurance, or catastrophe risk industry.
- Comfortable in a hands-on, startup-style environment where you'll both set strategy and execute on it.
- Strong communicator with the ability to translate complex technical concepts for non-technical audiences.
- Demonstrated ability to manage and develop direct reports.
- Proficiency with CRM and customer success tools (e.g., Salesforce, Gainsight, or similar).
- Self-motivated, organized, and comfortable working remotely and across time zones.
KatRisk is a global leader in catastrophe risk intelligence and solutions, setting the standard for how organizations assess and manage climate-driven risk. Serving insurance, reinsurance, government institutions, and financial services organizations globally and supporting clients in over 190 countries, KatRisk delivers forward-looking insight across flood, storm surge, tropical cyclone wind, severe convective storms, and wildfire. Built on transparent methodologies, flexible data architectures, and high-performance computing, KatRisk supports underwriting, portfolio management, and risk strategy with solutions that translate complex hazard science into confident, actionable decisions.
Founded
2012
Company size
11-50 employees
Industry
Software Development
Org type
Partnership
Headquarters
La Jolla, California
KatRisk is a global leader in catastrophe risk intelligence and solutions, setting the standard for how organizations assess and manage climate-driven risk. Serving insurance, reinsurance, government institutions, and financial services organizations globally and supporting clients in over 190 countries, KatRisk delivers forward-looking insight across flood, storm surge, tropical cyclone wind, severe convective storms, and wildfire. Built on transparent methodologies, flexible data architectures, and high-performance computing, KatRisk supports underwriting, portfolio management, and risk strategy with solutions that translate complex hazard science into confident, actionable decisions.
Founded
2012
Company size
11-50 employees
Industry
Software Development
Org type
Partnership
Headquarters
La Jolla, California