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Ranjith Kumaar N K

Ranjith Kumaar N K

Chennai

Summary

Strategic Customer Success executive with more than 12 years of expertise in enterprise SaaS, overseeing global, cross-functional teams, enhancing customer lifecycle engagement, and managing portfolios exceeding $30M across North America and Europe. Demonstrated success in increasing net revenue retention, promoting AI, and multi-product adoption, and developing scalable customer success operations. Recognized for a commanding executive presence, a data-driven mindset, and a passion for cultivating high-performing teams.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Associate Director Customer Success- Europe & North America

Clevertap, Mumbai
Mumbai
04.2025 - Current

Team Size: 6+ CSMs.|Portfolio Size: $8M.| Enterprise Accounts: 160

  • Spearhead customer success strategy across enterprise segments, owning retention and expansion KPIs for an $8M portfolio.
  • Built scalable CS systems for renewals, executive engagement, and churn prevention—boosted NRR, and streamlined onboarding.
  • Led executive-level relationships and high-impact escalations, ensuring business continuity and measurable client outcomes.
  • Fostered a strong coaching culture within the team, improving internal mobility, and reducing attrition.
  • Collaborated closely with Sales, Product, and Engineering to improve customer journeys and support delivery.

Regional Manager- Enterprise Customer Success– Europe & UKI

Freshworks, Chennai
Chennai
04.2024 - 03.2025

Team Size: 5 CSMs | Portfolio Size: $30M | Enterprise Accounts: 550

  • Increased multi-product adoption from 21% to 30%, and AI usage from 7% to 25% in under 9 months.
  • Partnered in the execution of 'Refresh Paris,' improving executive alignment, and strategic positioning.
  • Developed high-touch customer engagement programs that enhanced advocacy and improved forecast accuracy.
  • Acted as a critical leader in renewal management and C-level stakeholder relationships.

Regional lead- Customer Success Europe & UKI

Freshworks, Chennai
Chennai
11.2021 - 04.2024

Team Size: 13 CSMs.|Portfolio Size: $32M.|Accounts: 8,000 (SMB)

  • Designed and scaled low-touch engagement models to optimize onboarding, reduce churn, and drive product adoption.
  • Scaled the CS team from 5 to 13, taking charge of hiring, onboarding, and coaching initiatives.
  • Reduced pre-1-year churn from 4.5% to 2.5%—awarded President's Club 2023.

lead-Sales Development -North America

Freshworks, Chennai
Chennai
10.2019 - 10.2021

Team Size: 11 BDRs region: North America

  • Managed a team of BDRs in the outbound function, building middle-of-the-funnel opportunities for the account executives across North America by driving personalized, high-touch campaigns.
  • Lead the team to conduct L1 discoveries and qualify the opportunities based on BANT criteria before passing the opportunity to the sales pipeline.
  • Executed personalized, high-touch outreach campaigns, significantly improving AE handoff conversions.

SDR -North America

Freshworks, Chennai
Chennai
02.2018 - 10.2019
  • Generated 90+ qualified opportunities worth $2.3M via outbound outreach as an individual contributor.
  • Lead the L1 discoveries and BANT qualification, along with the AE.

Catalog Associate

Amazon, Chennai
Chennai
03.2016 - 02.2017
  • Managed vendor performance and operational health.
  • collaborated with tier 1 to tier 2 vendors
  • Improved catalog accuracy and negotiated contract terms for key accounts.

Education

B.E - Mechanical

AIHT (Anna University Affiliated)
06-2013

StJohns
Besant Nagar
03-2009

Skills

  • Customer retention
  • Executive stakeholder engagement
  • Team leadership and mentoring
  • Expansion & Upsell
  • Enterprise SaaS strategy
  • escalation management
  • AI Adoption Programs
  • Forecasting and risk mitigation

Certification

  • Six Sigma- white belt
  • CCSM- level 2

Other interests

  • GTM Advisor for Shidosa.io (Startup)
  • Former Event Management Entrepreneur
  • Volleyball player and fitness enthusiast

Accomplishments

  • Pinnacle Award- 2024
  • CSM lead of the Quarter - Q1 2024

Languages

Tamil
First Language
English
Advanced (C1)
C1
Hindi
Beginner
A1

Timeline

Associate Director Customer Success- Europe & North America

Clevertap, Mumbai
04.2025 - Current

Regional Manager- Enterprise Customer Success– Europe & UKI

Freshworks, Chennai
04.2024 - 03.2025

Regional lead- Customer Success Europe & UKI

Freshworks, Chennai
11.2021 - 04.2024

lead-Sales Development -North America

Freshworks, Chennai
10.2019 - 10.2021

SDR -North America

Freshworks, Chennai
02.2018 - 10.2019

Catalog Associate

Amazon, Chennai
03.2016 - 02.2017

B.E - Mechanical

AIHT (Anna University Affiliated)

StJohns
Ranjith Kumaar N K