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Customer Success Lead - French Market

Join Wooclap as a Customer Success Lead for the French market. In this role, you will be responsible for the success, retention, and expansion of our most strategic French accounts. You will lead and develop a team of Customer Success Managers, drive customer success and retention, grow account value, and provide market leadership and insights. The ideal candidate will have 5+ years of experience in Customer Success or Account Management leadership within SaaS, a strong business mindset, and be a natural leader who enjoys developing people and building high-performing teams.

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Job summary
Permanent contract
Paris
Occasional remote
Salary: Not specified
Experience: > 5 years
Education: Master's Degree
Skills & expertise
Motivational skills
Business acumen
Leadership
Communication skills
Negotiation skills
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Key missions

Gérer un portefeuille de comptes stratégiques en maximisant l'adoption et l'utilisation des produits.

Diriger et développer une équipe de gestionnaires de succès client pour atteindre des objectifs ambitieux.

Conduire des discussions stratégiques de renouvellement et identifier de nouvelles opportunités commerciales.

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Job description

Are you driven by leading and mentoring a team, while also fostering partnerships and unlocking new commercial avenues?

As Customer Success Lead, you own the success, retention, and expansion of our most strategic French accounts, while leading and developing a team of Customer Success Managers.

You combine hands-on account ownership, team leadership, and market strategy to ensure customers not only adopt Wooclap, but generate long-term value from it.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

Drive Customer Success & Retention

  • Own a portfolio of high-value strategic accounts (Education & Enterprise)

  • Maximize adoption and usage through pedagogical expertise and data-driven action plans

  • Monitor performance metrics and proactively reduce churn

Grow Account Value

  • Drive upsell, cross-sell, and renewals across the French market

  • Lead strategic renewal discussions and identify new commercial opportunities

  • Strengthen relationships through client visits, events, and ambassador initiatives

Lead & Develop the CS Team

  • Coach, mentor, and challenge Customer Success Managers to hit ambitious targets

  • Ensure the team delivers strong retention and expansion results

  • Partner with CX leadership and HR on hiring, onboarding, and team development

Market Leadership & Insights

  • Own market KPIs (NRR, upsell, cross-sell, churn) and reporting

  • Act as the voice of the French market internally and externally

  • Feed customer insights into Product, Sales, and Marketing to shape roadmap and positioning


Preferred experience

  • 5+ years in Customer Success / Account Management leadership within SaaS

  • Strong business mindset with a proven ability to drive retention and expansion

  • Natural leader who enjoys developing people and building high-performing teams

  • Comfortable in fast-moving, evolving environments

  • Native French, fluent in English

Core Skills

  • Negotiation (renewals, upsell, conflict resolution)

  • Team leadership and coaching

  • Data & KPI-driven decision-making (NRR, churn, expansion)

  • Cross-functional collaboration (Sales, Product, Marketing)

  • Clear, impactful communication

Practical Details

  • Weekly presence in Paris or Brussels (min. 3 days/week)

Recruitment process

  • ☎️ 30’ Screening interview with Recruitment Team

  • ☎️ 10’ Phone call with Adeline, Head of Customer Experience

  • 📈 60’ Business Case with Adeline, Head of Customer Experience and a member of the CX team

  • 🤝 30’ Panel interview with your future colleagues

  • 🎬 30’ Closing interview with Baudouin, our CEO

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