Head of Customer Success

Madrid, Spain | Full time | Hybrid | R1547559

The Customer Success Lead is accountable for establishing and scaling a consistent Customer Success capability across the HSS Business Unit, ensuring post‑go‑live value realisation, adoption, and renewal risk management across RBUs.

This role partners with Delivery Leads, Support, GTM Practices, and Product to create a closed‑loop operating model from implementation to outcomes, using structured health metrics and proactive engagement to improve client experience, reduce escalations, and protect renewal and expansion potential.

Key Responsibilities

Customer Success Operating Model

Define the global Customer Success model for HSS (roles, playbooks, engagement cadence, health scoring, QBR approach).

Clarify handoffs from Delivery to Customer Success and from Support into Customer Success for proactive risk management.

Set standards for post‑go‑live value tracking, adoption programs, and renewal governance.

Client Outcomes & Retention

Own customer health frameworks and leading indicators of risk (usage/adoption, open issues, value milestones, stakeholder engagement).

Drive structured renewal readiness and executive sponsor engagement in partnership with RBUs and Practices.

Coordinate remediation plans for at‑risk accounts with Delivery and Support leaders.

Feedback Loops into Product & Delivery

Create structured feedback loops into Product and Delivery (feature gaps, workflow pain points, recurring adoption barriers).

Partner with Support to ensure knowledge and problem management insights inform Customer Success actions.

Ensure GTM and Practices have visibility into client outcomes to improve pipeline quality and expansion strategy.

Capability Building & Enablement

Build and develop Customer Success leaders across RBUs; define training and enablement.

Standardise customer communication templates, success plans, and governance formats.

Drive a customer-centric culture focused on measurable outcomes and proactive management.

Experience & Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred.

8+ years in Customer Success, account management, service delivery, or consulting roles with strong client-facing leadership.

Proven experience establishing customer success frameworks (health scoring, value realisation, renewal governance).

Strong stakeholder management and ability to operate across Delivery, Support, GTM, and Product organisations.

Data-driven approach to measuring outcomes and operationalising customer feedback.

Preferred Experience

Experience in healthcare/provider technology solutions or life sciences services.

Experience managing enterprise, multi-country client relationships.

Familiarity with delivery-to-operations transitions and support escalation dynamics.

What Success Looks Like in This Role

Improved adoption and value realisation post‑go‑live; reduced renewal and escalation risk.

Earlier identification and mitigation of at‑risk accounts through structured health management.

Stronger closed‑loop feedback into Product and Delivery; fewer recurring issues and smoother expansions.

More consistent customer experience across RBUs with clearer ownership of outcomes.

IQVIA is a leading global provider of clinical research services, commercial insights, and healthcare intelligence to the life sciences and healthcare industries. We create intelligent connections to accelerate the development and commercialization of innovative medical treatments to help improve patient outcomes and population health worldwide. Learn more at https://jobs.iqvia.com.

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