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# Customer Success Manager, Scale at Expel

- **Company:** Expel
- **Location:** Remote
- **Compensation:** $94k–$136k
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-07-14
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-09
- **Apply:** https://expel.com/about/career-listing/8628004002?gh_jid=8628004002

## Job description

You've helped run a scale or pooled CS model before, or you've been inside one long enough to know what works and what doesn't. You know that scale CS done badly is just support with a fancier title, and done well it's a system that delivers consistent value to hundreds of customers. You want to join and help build the good version.

Expel is an MDR company. Our customers are security teams who depend on us to find and stop threats. We're launching a scale model for a segment of our customer base, and we're building it from scratch: the playbooks, the automation, the operating model, the measurement framework. You won't inherit a finished system. You'll be a primary contributor to designing it.

That means you're not just executing motions. You own specific programs within the model (new customer/onboarding cohorts, renewal campaigns, segment outreach), you exercise judgment on the edge cases the playbook doesn't cover, and you identify patterns across hundreds of customer interactions that tell you where the model needs to improve. When something breaks, you fix the process, not just the situation.

Your success is measured by the team's retention outcomes across the scale segment, the quality of your execution, and the motions you build and improve.

What Expel can do for you

- Put you at the center of building a scale CS model from scratch inside a security company, with the latitude to shape how it works
- Give you a company transforming security operations from industry-leading 20-minute outcomes toward 20-second outcomes with AI and automation, the kind of product story that makes CS conversations genuinely interesting
- Surround you with experienced CS leadership that has built scale models before and knows the difference between good and bad
- Connect you with customers who genuinely care about their security programs
- Offer a clear path to grow professionally as our scale program and company grow

## What you can do for Expel

- Help design, execute and continuously improve playbook-driven customer interactions across the scale segment: new customer/onboarding, health checks, renewals, proactive outreach
- Own specific motions or programs within the model, from design through execution and measurement
- Exercise judgment on edge cases, distinguishing between situations that fit the playbook, situations that need a creative solution, and situations that require escalation
- Design and lead one-to-many customer engagements: webinars, digital campaigns, scaled communications
- Identify patterns in customer interactions and translate them into process improvements that make the scale function stronger
- Maintain technical credibility in every interaction, speaking knowledgeably about Expel's service, security operations, and common integration patterns
- Provide coaching and guidance to associate-level team members on process execution and customer handling
- Contribute to the design of the scale operating model itself: systems requirements, automation workflows, measurement frameworks

## What you should bring with you

- 2+ years of customer success, account management, or customer-facing experience
- At least 2 years in the security industry (operations, products, consulting, GRC, or incident response)
- Experience in a scale, scaled, or digital CS model is strongly preferred
- Experience designing or significantly improving customer-facing processes or playbooks
- Strong comfort with high-volume, queue-based work and frequent context-switching
- Excellent written communication skills, clear, efficient, and adaptable across customer segments
- Judgment to distinguish between what fits the playbook, what needs creativity, and what needs escalation
- Solid security domain fluency: MDR, EDR, SIEM, NDR, cloud security, and how a real security program fits together
- Familiarity with CS platforms, ticketing systems, and automation tools, with opinions about what works

Additional notes

The base salary range for this role is between $93,900 and $136,200 + bonus eligibility and equity.

We believe in paying transparently and equitably. Your salary will ultimately be based on factors such as your experience, skills, team equity, and market data. You’ll also be eligible for unlimited PTO (which we model and encourage), work location flexibility, up to 24 weeks of parental leave, and really excellent health benefits.

We're only hiring those authorized to work in the United States.

We're an Equal Opportunity Employer: You will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or on the basis of disability.

We’ll ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please let us know if you need accommodation of any kind.

#LI-Remote Salary Range $93,900—$136,200 USD

## About Expel

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Expel provides managed detection and response (MDR) security services, combining practitioner-led human analysts with AI augmentation to deliver rapid, transparent threat remediation.
- **Entity Type**: Private (late-stage, unicorn status reached in November 2021)
- **Headquarters**: Not explicitly stated in provided sources (publicly known as Herndon, Virginia, USA)
- **Founded**: 2016
- **Founders**: Dave Merkel

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Cybersecurity, Managed Detection and Response (MDR)
- **Target customers**: B2B – enterprise and SMB organizations seeking outsourced security operations
- **Mission or purpose statement**: “To evolve security operations through practitioner-led, AI-augmented solutions that adapt to our customers, integrate easily, and prove value with measurable outcomes”

## Products & Services
- **Expel Managed Detection and Response (MDR)**: 24×7 monitoring and response using clients’ existing security tools, with direct access to human analysts via Slack or Teams. Achieves a 14-minute mean time to remediate.  
- **Ruxie AI**: Agentic AI models that work across the full threat lifecycle, accelerating analyst decision-making without replacing human judgment.  
- **Expel Workbench™**: A transparency portal providing real-time visibility into every alert, investigation, and action taken by the SOC.  
- **Managed Phishing Service**: Dedicated phishing detection and response (launched October 2020).  
- **Partner Program**: Relaunched in September 2023 with a new partner portal and program structure.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: $1B+ unicorn valuation (as of November 2021).  
- **Key Metric**: Annual revenue not publicly disclosed; total funding amount not specified in provided sources.  
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not specified in the provided search results.  
- **Growth Signals**:  
  - Named a Leader in Forrester Wave™: MDR Services, Q1 2025 (5/5 in 15 of 21 criteria).  
  - Five consecutive years on Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500 Rankings.  
  - Expanded into EMEA (October 2022).  
  - 90% reduction in investigation volume and 50% improvement in recovery time for a customer.  
  - Recognized on multiple Great Place to Work® lists in 2023.

## Competitive Advantages
- **AI‑intentional MDR**: Ruxie AI augments human analysts across the entire threat lifecycle, delivering speed (14-minute MTTR) without sacrificing accuracy.
- **Full transparency**: Expel Workbench gives customers real-time visibility into every alert and action – “go ahead; check our work.”
- **Practitioner‑led approach**: Founded by industry veterans who were “fed up with MDR” noise and hidden metrics.
- **Vendor‑agnostic integration**: Works with the security tools customers already own, minimizing disruption.
- **Measurable outcomes**: Publishes verified results (e.g., 64% MTTR improvement for one customer).

## Strategic Focus
- **Agentic MDR**: Deepening AI capabilities to automate where it counts while keeping humans in the loop.
- **Global expansion**: Growing presence in EMEA and building out partner channels.
- **Continuous improvement**: Culture of “everything must get a little bit better the next time” and “measure what matters.”

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Values include “intentionally transparent,” “get it done. do it together,” “treat people like people,” and “improve continuously.” Employee Resource Groups (BOLD for Black Expletives, WE for women, Treehouse for LGBTQ+, and Connection for mental well-being).
- **Work flexibility**: “Flexible work hours and locations” – start early, stay late, step away; remote-friendly environment.
- **Benefits**: 24 weeks parental leave, unlimited vacation (with encouragement to actually take it), 401(k) 100% match up to 3%, 100% medical deductible coverage, one paid conference per year, and group life/income protection (UK/Ireland roles).
- **Recognition**: 99% of employees say management is honest and ethical, 99% felt welcome on joining, and 98% are proud to tell others they work there. Great Place to Work® certifications include Fortune Best Workplaces for Women (#12, 2023), Best Workplaces in Technology (#8, 2023), and Best Medium Workplaces (#15, 2023).

## Sources
1. [expel.com](https://expel.com/about/) – Company overview, mission, history, leadership
2. [expel.com](https://expel.com/) – Product details, MDR capabilities, Forrester recognition
3. [expel.com](https://expel.com/about/careers/) – Career page, values, benefits, interview process
4. [expel.com](https://expel.com/about/eid/) – Equity, inclusion & diversity, ERGs
5. [expel.com](https://expel.com/blog/what-makes-expel-a-great-place-to-work/) – Great Place to Work awards and employee survey results

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