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Customer Success Lead

DustNew YorkCustomer Experience
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Salary
$260K - $340K USD
Job type
Full-time
Posted
24 Sept 2026
Status
Open · checked 8d ago

About this role

Role Overview

Dust is seeking a Customer Success Lead to join its team in New York as the company's first dedicated US post-sales leader. This role suits an experienced customer success professional who can act as a player-coach, personally managing strategic accounts while building out the US post-sales playbook and operating model for an AI-native company.

Key Responsibilities

Define and lead the Customer Success approach for US customers, including establishing customer segmentation and engagement levels.
Coordinate CSMs, Deployment Strategists, Solutions Engineers, and other post-sales partners to ensure shared customer outcomes.
Create operating rhythms focused on adoption, customer health, renewals, escalations, and expansion.
Personally manage a portfolio of strategic and high-complexity accounts, building trusted relationships with key stakeholders and executive sponsors.
Guide customers through deployment, adoption, value realization, renewal, and expansion while serving as the senior escalation point.
Build the US post-sales playbook by improving sales-to-success handoffs, identifying account patterns, and using AI tools to increase team leverage.
Coach CSMs and Deployment Strategists, help design the future team structure, and collaborate closely with Sales and Product to represent the voice of the customer.

Requirements

Background as an excellent Customer Success Manager, Account Manager, or Post-Sales Leader with strong skills in account strategy and executive communication.
Experience owning strategic B2B SaaS customers through the complete lifecycle from deployment to expansion.
Experience coordinating multiple post-sales functions such as customer success, deployment, professional services, or solutions engineering.
Structured judgment in customer segmentation, account prioritization, and resource allocation.
Ability to work with technical products and complex customer environments while actively utilizing AI tools.
Strong aptitude, positive attitude centered on customer outcomes, and high agency to build and execute without a rigid blueprint in a high-growth environment.

Skills and Tools

Customer Success Management
Account Strategy
Enterprise B2B SaaS Post-Sales
Customer Segmentation and Prioritization
Value Realization and Renewal Strategy
Solutions Engineering Coordination
AI Tools for Operational Leverage

Salary and Benefits

Competitive compensation of $260,000 to $340,000 OTE
Significant equity package in a Sequoia-backed startup
Health insurance coverage for the employee and dependents
Hardware including a new MacBook Pro or Linux machine, monitor, and keyboard
Office location in the heart of SoHo, New York
Opportunities to travel to Paris multiple times a year
Regular team events and offsites

About the Company

Dust provides an enterprise-grade collaborative interface with flexible model choices where humans and agents work together. Backed by Sequoia, Dust serves fast-moving companies like Datadog, 1Password, Cursor, Clay, Vanta, and Persona. The company maintains an office-first culture with locations in Paris, London, San Francisco, and New York, valuing in-person collaboration while trusting team members to manage their time effectively.

How to Apply

To apply for this position, please visit the official Dust careers page to submit your application.

Questions candidates ask

What is the salary for the Customer Success Lead role?

The competitive compensation for this role ranges from $260,000 to $340,000 OTE, along with a significant equity package.

Where is this position located?

This position is based in Dust's office in New York as part of the company's office-first culture.

What does the player-coach aspect of this role entail?

The Customer Success Lead will initially own a focused portfolio of strategic accounts personally while also building out the operating rhythms, playbooks, and team structure for the US market.

What benefits are included with this job?

Benefits include health insurance for you and your dependents, a new MacBook Pro or Linux machine setup, regular team events and offsites, opportunities to travel to Paris multiple times a year, and a workspace in SoHo, NYC.

Who backs Dust?

Dust is backed by Sequoia and features a team of optimists coming from backgrounds like Stripe, OpenAI, and Stanford.

Ready to apply?

The application is on the official Dust careers page.

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