James Haughtey
@jameshaughtey
Customer Success leader driving retention, growth, and enterprise account value.
What I'm looking for
I am an experienced Customer Success manager with a strong track record in SaaS environments, focused on client retention, onboarding, and cross-functional collaboration.
I have managed large enterprise books of business and education portfolios, achieving 100% renewal rates, high NPS/CSAT scores, and consistently reducing churn through strategic account planning.
I am proficient with CRM and analytics platforms including Salesforce, Gainsight, HubSpot, Freshdesk and Power BI, and I lead teams to improve customer satisfaction and onboarding processes.
I thrive on building relationships with stakeholders, executing QBRs/EBRs and delivering measurable ROI while partnering with product, sales and engineering to drive customer outcomes.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Customer Success Manager
3P Learning
Jun 2025 - Present (8 months)
Managed lifecycle for 140+ school accounts, improving onboarding and training to drive adoption and renewal while liaising cross-functionally to resolve issues and exceed maths targets.
Customer Success Manager
Kerridge Commercial Systems
Mar 2025 - Jun 2025 (3 months)
Led a team of 6 technical support specialists to improve customer relationships for warehouse and transport management software and implemented training and customer-focused strategies to raise satisfaction.
Customer Success Manager
Topia
Jul 2023 - Jul 2024 (1 year)
Served as primary contact for up to 9 enterprise accounts, achieved 100% renewal in 12 months, managed escalations, monitored SLAs and delivered QBRs with an average CSAT of 86%.
Senior Customer Success Manager
Sastrify
Jul 2022 - Jul 2023 (1 year)
Managed 15 medium-to-enterprise accounts (€550k book), owned full lifecycle from onboarding to renewal, produced ROI reports and improved account health with an average NPS of 87%.
Customer Success Manager
Vendr
Aug 2021 - Jun 2022 (10 months)
Primary contact for up to 21 accounts worth $1.2M ARR, exceeded an 80% renewal target and communicated ROI while maintaining strong CSAT scores.
Customer Success Manager
Sales-i
Mar 2019 - Aug 2021 (2 years 5 months)
Managed relationships for 140+ B2B SME accounts, drove software adoption to reduce churn and retained over 90% of book of business during COVID-19 while providing coaching and training.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Edexcel
CTLLS Level 4, Teaching, Learning and Assessment
Completed CTLLS Level 4 qualification in teaching, learning and assessment (Edexcel).
City & Guilds
PTLLS Level 3, Teaching
Completed PTLLS Level 3 qualification in preparing to teach in the lifelong learning sector (City & Guilds).
CIEH
CIEH Level 3, Health and Safety / Food Hygiene
Achieved CIEH Level 3 qualifications in Health and Safety in the Workplace and Food Hygiene in Catering.
Secondary Education
GCSEs, General Secondary Education
Grade: 8 A-C
Completed 11 GCSEs with 8 grades at A–C.
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