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Associate Vice President, Customer Experience & Success

Icertis

Icertis

Customer Service
United States
USD 195k-355k / year + Equity
Posted on Jan 8, 2026

The AVP, Customer Experience is the frontline executive responsible for engaging Icertis’ most strategic customers to achieve measurable adoption, value realization, and business outcomes—while evolving how Customer Success operates in an AI-first, outcomes-driven environment.

This is a player / coach role, accountable for direct executive engagement with customers as well as the continuous development of the processes, tools, operating models, and talent required to deliver scalable, high-impact customer outcomes. The role balances hands-on customer leadership with organizational transformation, ensuring Customer Success evolves to meet the expectations of modern enterprise customers in 2026 and beyond.


Icertis is the global leader in AI-powered contract intelligence. The Icertis platform revolutionizes contract management, equipping customers with powerful insights and automation to grow revenue, control costs, mitigate risk, and ensure compliance - the pillars of business success. Today, more than one third of the Fortune 100 trust Icertis to realize the full intent of millions of commercial agreements in 90+ countries.


Who we are: Icertis is the only contract intelligence platform companies trust to keep them out in front, now and in the future. Our unwavering commitment to contract intelligence is grounded in our FORTE values—Fairness, Openness, Respect, Teamwork and Execution—which guide all our interactions with employees, customers, partners, and stakeholders. Because in our mission to be the contract intelligence platform of the world, we believe how we get there is as important as the destination.

Icertis, Inc. provides Equal Employment Opportunity to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. Icertis, Inc. complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. If you are in need of accommodation or special assistance to navigate our website or to complete your application, please send an e-mail with your request to careers@icertis.com or get in touch with your recruiter.



  • 10+ years of customer-facing leadership experience across enterprise SaaS, technology, procurement, contracting, legal, commercial, and/or consulting environments

  • Proven success managing and growing strategic enterprise accounts with senior executive stakeholders

  • Ability to operate effectively in complex, high-growth, and ambiguous environments

  • Strong executive presence with the ability to build credibility and trust at all levels of customer organizations

  • Experience aligning customer business challenges with platform and AI-enabled solutions

  • Passion for developing talent and leading high-performing, collaborative teams

  • Bachelor’s Degree required; MBA or equivalent experience preferred

  • Willingness to travel up to 60%

Salary Range:

Min $195,000 - Max $355,000 USD per year + 25% bonus


Pay offered will vary based on job-related factors such as location, experience, training, skills, and abilities. In addition to base salary and an annual target incentive bonus, an equity component is included.

Our Commitments

Icertis is committed to:

  • Supporting employees’ and their families’ physical, mental, and financial well-being.

  • Accelerating Icertians’ careers.

  • Making a social and environmental impact in our communities.

  • Cultivating and advancing a culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) across our company, customers, and suppliers.

  • Generous holidays, including the 4th of July week off (paid).

  • Free professional and leadership coaching.

  • Annual personal development allowance.

What we offer:

  • Robust medical, dental, vision, and mental health benefits.

  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

  • Equity (RSUs) and shared ownership in the company.

  • Generous 401(k) match.

  • Flexible work environment.

  • Paid maternity and paternity leave.

  • Generous holiday and PTO program.

  • CaaS (Coaching as a Service).

  • Annual personal development allowance.

  • 7 Days for Humanity – seven paid volunteer days annually.

  • Global and regional DEIB steering committees and employee resource groups (ERGs).

  • Global DEIB training programs and guest speakers throughout the year.


Customer Success & Experience Transformation Focus (2026)

  • In addition to supporting current customers, this role is responsible for evolving Customer Success to:

  • Lead AI product adoption and operationalization, not just enablement

  • Move from static training to role-based, usage-driven enablement

  • Leverage predictive health, sentiment, and usage insights to anticipate risk and opportunity

  • Build modern Customer Experience capabilities that blend business advisory, platform expertise, and AI fluency

Key Responsibilities:

Customer Engagement & Adoption Maturity

  • Act as the primary executive engagement leader for top-tier customers, ensuring alignment on business objectives, adoption goals, and measurable outcomes

  • Drive high-impact customer engagement that results in sustained platform adoption, renewals, and expansion

  • Partner with senior customer stakeholders to translate strategic priorities into outcome-based success plans

  • Lead value realization discussions connecting platform usage, contract data, and AI insights to tangible business results

Adoption, Enablement & AI Acceleration

  • Accelerate adoption of core and AI-powered Icertis capabilities, moving customers from enablement to optimization and innovation

  • Introduce new and underutilized platform features, clearly articulating value to motivate execution and change

  • Evolve enablement approaches toward role-based, use-case-driven, and usage-informed engagement models

  • Partner with Product and Consulting teams to influence solution adoptability and AI readiness based on customer feedback

Customer Health, Retention & Growth

  • Proactively identify, forecast, and mitigate churn and adoption risk using health, usage, and engagement signals

  • Build and execute targeted action plans to address NPS feedback, improve satisfaction, and increase customer reference-ability

  • Identify and support expansion and cross-sell opportunities aligned to customer maturity and outcomes

  • Own and drive renewal readiness for assigned strategic customers by ensuring adoption, value realization, and executive alignment are established well in advance of renewal milestones

  • Partner closely with Sales and Renewals teams to support high-quality, predictable renewals grounded in demonstrated customer outcomes rather than last-minute commercial negotiations

  • Proactively identify upsell and expansion opportunities based on customer maturity, usage patterns, AI adoption readiness, and evolving business objectives

  • Support joint account planning with Sales by providing insight into adoption health, risk areas, and expansion timing, ensuring customer success motions and commercial strategies are aligned

Talent, Operating Model & Capability Development

  • Hire, develop, mentor, and upskill Customer Experience talent to operate as trusted advisors and value leaders

  • Define and evolve Customer Success competencies, including business acumen, CLM expertise, data interpretation, and AI fluency

  • Establish scalable processes, playbooks, and engagement standards to enable consistent, high-quality customer experiences

  • Serve as a player / coach by modeling best-in-class customer Experience while building team capability

Data, Insights & Cross-Functional Leadership

  • Work cross-functionally with Sales, Product, Consulting, Support, and Partners to deliver seamless customer outcomes

  • Leverage platforms such as Gainsight to operationalize health scoring, predictive insights, and engagement prioritization

  • Contribute to continuous improvement by sharing best practices, success stories, and learnings across the global Customer Success organization

  • Represent Icertis as a subject matter expert at customer, partner, and industry events