Chief Customer Officer (m/w/d)

Job Description

Power Factors develops software that accelerates the global energy transition by empowering all renewable energy stakeholders to collaborate, automate critical workflows, and make the best decisions. Power Factors fights climate change with code.

Power Factors has incorporated its four flagship solutions Drive, Greenbyte, Unity and BluePoint to build an integrated suite of open and smart apps. These apps are purpose built for asset management, field service optimization, and performance optimization. Leveraging the domain expertise and machine learning-based advanced analytics within these apps, customers can maximize the value of their renewable assets to stay competitive.

Power Factors’ renewable energy software platform is one of the most extensive and widely deployed solutions in the market with over 280 GW of wind, solar, hydro, and energy storage assets managed worldwide.

Learn more at powerfactors.com.

Mandate

The Chief Customer Officer (CCO) is responsible for leading the Global Customer Organization (GCO) for a global company that does business in 75 countries. The individual will develop and execute the company's comprehensive customer strategy, ensuring a seamless and exceptional experience throughout the customer’s lifecycle. This includes oversight of customer success, professional services, and customer support to drive growth, retention and customer satisfaction.

Reporting directly to the CEO, the CCO will leverage extensive global leadership experience to manage and scale operations across multiple regions. As a key member of the executive team, the CCO will champion a customer-first approach across the organization, developing and approving initiatives to enhance people, processes, and systems that directly impact the customer experience.

Key Responsibilities

Customer Success

• Develop and implement a customer success strategy that enables our enterprise customers to realize the full value of our solutions
• Drive cross-sell/up-sell opportunities through strong customer relationships built upon a thoughtful interaction strategy
• Create high customer touch with EBRs, monthly check-ins and weekly touchpoints across various layers in the organization
• Make customer health scores of “green” the new normal
• Build a team of talent that has the professional acumen and industry expertise to earn the trust of each customer
• Collaborate with the sales and product teams to ensure customer needs and feedback are integrated into the product roadmap.

Professional Services

• Create an efficient onboarding process for each customer that is delivered on time and budget
• Create a revenue model that supports the overall solution sale and monetizes value added work and change orders
• Improve utilization of the team through better methods and documented methods
• Ensure that the implementation team is equipped with the necessary tools and training to support customer needs.

Customer Support

• Evolve customer support into a market differentiator for our global customers
• Implement tiered support and 24x7 methodology
• Develop a revenue model that satisfies needs of our customers that require higher touch and also creates a revenue stream for our company
• Bring down first call response and average time to resolution times across all size customers
• Implement and monitor support metrics to ensure high levels of customer satisfaction and service
• Develop and maintain knowledge bases and support resources to empower customers and support staff.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work closely with sales, marketing, product, and development teams to ensure alignment and a customer-centric approach across the organization.
• Advocate for the customer in strategic planning and decision-making
• Drive customer-centric culture and practices throughout the

Data and Analytics

• Be a super user of data and analytics to understand customer behavior, preferences, and pain
• Develop deep proficiency in key metrics to drive efficiency and revenue across the customer facing functions. Deliver insightful reports and insights to the executive team on customer trends and performance.

Required Competencies

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Marketing, or a related field; MBA or other advanced degrees
• Proven experience in the top position for a global customer organization within a SaaS company,
• Exposure highly preferred in verticals such as renewable energy, energy, industrial sectors, process industries, supply chain, oil and gas, and utilities.
• Proficiency in being metrics driven to drive business performance
• Demonstrated success in driving value for customers and revenue for the organization
• Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to understand and articulate customer perspectives, transforming insights into actionable strategies for customer success and business
• Advanced business experience with the ability to create, implement, and drive strategies, guidelines, and objectives that promote business growth, supported by data-driven reporting.
• Extensive global leadership experience, successfully managing teams and operations across multiple regions, with the ability to inspire and manage diverse teams effectively.

Personal Attributes

• Customer-centric mindset with a passion for delivering exceptional
• Proactive and results
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to navigate complex
• Collaborative and able to work effectively across

We Are an Equal Opportunity Employer

Power Factors is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to engaging a diverse workforce and sustaining an inclusive culture. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.