Customer Success Manager
Administration
San Francisco, CA, USA
USD 140k-180k / year + Equity
About Vitalize
Hospitals still run their most important operations — staffing, labor planning, and capacity — on paper, spreadsheets, and guesswork. It's a system that wastes thousands of hours and millions of dollars every year.
Vitalize replaces this with intelligent, automated staffing operations. Our platform brings real-time decision support to clinical leaders, eliminating manual work, reducing unnecessary labor spend, and unlocking patient capacity for hospitals.
We've raised more than $30M in total funding, are already live across 20+ hospitals, and are scaling fast.
The Role
You'll join a small, early CS team that's still being built. Today, our co-founders are still the primary relationship holders for several key executives, and our deployments team is managing active go-lives without a CSM ready to take over the relationship long-term. That changes with this hire.
You'll own the full success motion for a portfolio of multi-hospital health systems — from deployment handoff through renewal. That means building a tailored success strategy for each account, running QBRs with C-suite health system leaders, driving ROI narratives with real data, and acting as a strategic thought partner on workforce decisions. You're not executing a playbook — you're designing one.
This role is equal parts executive presence, analytical rigor, and cross-functional hustle. You'll work alongside deployments, product, support, and analytics to ensure every customer realizes measurable value from Vitalize and their key executives become referenceable champions within 6-12 months of go-live.
What You'll Own
Customer Strategy & Executive Relationships
Own the end-to-end success motion for assigned health systems — from deployment handoff through adoption, value realization, and renewal
Build and maintain multi-threaded relationships across each account: C-suite sponsors, operational directors, and frontline champions
Run QBRs and executive check-ins that are grounded in data and tied to customer-specific KPIs — not just product updates
Act as a strategic consultant on workforce strategy — helping leaders connect Vitalize data to decisions on OT reduction, float pool optimization, and labor spend
ROI Articulation & Change Management
Build ROI narratives that quantify the value Vitalize delivers — financial savings, operational efficiency, workforce outcomes — tailored to the audience (CFO vs. CNO vs. ops director)
Drive adoption across complex, multi-site organizations with non-tech-savvy users and competing priorities
Design ongoing education and training motions — not just initial rollout, but sustained engagement that keeps utilization high
Own the hard conversations when value isn't landing as expected, and work cross-functionally to course-correct
Product & Cross-Functional Partnership
Translate customer conversations into actionable product insight — distinguish between custom configuration and productizable features, and bring structured feedback to the product team
Partner with deployments to ensure clean handoffs, track leading indicators during go-lives, and embed early in new customer sites
Collaborate with analytics to tailor reporting packages per account and ensure the right data is powering your executive conversations
Work with support to surface systemic issues and ensure customer health isn't eroding below the surface
What We're Looking For
Must-haves:
5+ years managing enterprise accounts or complex stakeholder environments — CS, consulting, implementation, or healthcare ops
Executive presence — you can run meetings with C-suite health system leaders, manage expectations, and have hard conversations about value delivery
Analytical rigor — you build ROI narratives from data, use metrics as leading indicators, and create reports that drive action (not just updates)
Multi-threading instinct — you naturally build relationships across stakeholder tiers (executive sponsor, operational leads, frontline champions) and tailor your approach to each
Startup tolerance — you've operated in a high-growth, ambiguous environment where playbooks didn't exist and you had to build the motion
Willingness to travel — 50% initially (customer site visits during deployments), 25% ongoing
Based in San Francisco — this is an in-person role
Strong signals (all not necessary!)
Enterprise software CS experience with a track record of managing complex, multi-site accounts. Prior experience leading or scaling a CS team is a strong plus.
Healthcare or healthtech experience — has worked in health systems, clinical operations, workforce management, or healthcare consulting. Deep domain knowledge that gives you instant credibility with hospital stakeholders.
Product-mindedness — you understand the product deeply enough to demo, position value, and push back on scope creep while maintaining trust
Comfort working with AI/LLM tools to move faster across account strategy, data analysis, and exec prep
Experience with data and analytics tools (SQL, Tableau, Looker) — you don't need to be an analyst, but you should be comfortable pulling data to support your narratives
Why This Role Matters
Every customer needs a success owner — we have 10+ signed customers, active deployments, and approaching renewals. Accounts without a dedicated CSM are a risk we can't afford.
Shape the CS function from the ground up — you're joining a team that's still being shaped. You'll influence how we run success at Vitalize, not just execute someone else's vision.
Turn customers into champions — in ~1 year we approach renewal conversations. The success of this role is measured by whether key executives are referenceable and bought in.
Bridge the gap between deployment and long-term value — the deployments team needs to hand off cleanly and focus on next-site execution. You're the person who takes the relationship from "live" to "thriving."
Logistics
Location: San Francisco (in-person), open to remote
Travel: 50% during onboarding period (~60-90 days), 25% ongoing
Benefits
Medical, dental, and vision insurance
401k and 401k match
Flexible PTO
Bi-annual company retreats
Free Lunch and Dinner in-office
Relocation Bonus ($5000)
Reimbursement for desk setup, gym subscription, and commute