Vice President, Customer Success at Mastercard

Job description

Our Purpose Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we’re helping build a sustainable economy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactions secure, simple, smart and accessible. Our technology and innovation, partnerships and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses and governments realize their greatest potential. Title and Summary Vice President, Customer Success Overview The Vice President of Customer Success for the Small and Medium Enterprise organization is responsible for post-sale revenue protection and growth across SME solutions, with direct accountability for customer adoption, retention, renewal execution, and expansion. The role owns the Customer Success operating model across North America SME and serves as the key point of accountability for identified customers. This position partners closely with NAM Sales/Account Managers, Product, Delivery, Support, and Services leadership to ensure customers realize overarching value from Mastercard overall capabilities while driving durable, multi-year revenue outcomes. Role: Post Sale Revenue Ownership: Own gross and net retention outcomes for customers. Lead renewal strategy, forecasting, and execution in close partnership with Sales and Revenue Operations, including executive level intervention on high risk or high value accounts. Customer Adoption and Value Realization: Ensure customers successfully onboard, integrate, and operationalize their partnership with MC and opportunity for cross-sell. Executive Customer Leadership: Serve as the executive sponsor for the most strategic and complex customers. Lead executive business reviews, manage escalations, and maintain senior stakeholder relationships where renewal or expansion outcomes depend on executive alignment. Expansion and Growth Strategy: Identify and drive expansion opportunities within existing accounts in the financial institution, merchant, acquirer, processor, and digital partnership spaces including increased volume, new use cases, additional products, and broader adoption across business units and geographies. Partner with Sales leadership on account strategy and expansion deal execution. Customer Success Operating Model: Design and lead the Customer Success coverage model, including account segmentation, engagement cadence, and role clarity. Ensure Directors and Customer Success Managers are aligned to the highest risk and highest impact accounts. People Leadership: Lead and develop Customer Success Directors. Set clear performance expectations tied to customer outcomes, coach leaders through complex situations, and build a resilient, accountable Customer Success organization. Cross Functional Leadership: Partner with Product, Sales, Delivery, Support, and Services teams to resolve customer issues, influence roadmap priorities based on customer feedback, and ensure closed loop communication. Represent the voice of the customer in product and go to market discussions. Metrics and Governance: Define and review Customer Success KPIs including customer health, churn risk, renewals, expansion pipeline, executive engagement, and customer satisfaction. Use data driven insights to prioritize leadership attention and investment. All About You • Senior leadership experience in Customer Success, Account Management, or post sale roles within SaaS, payments, financial institutions, and data driven technology businesses • Proven ownership of retention, renewal, and expansion outcomes at enterprise scale • Experience partnering closely with Sales and Product leadership to drive customer outcomes and revenue growth • Focus in cross functional partnerships • Strong executive presence with the ability to influence C level customer and internal stakeholders • Deep understanding of customer lifecycle management and value realization in co