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Customer Success Lead

Dscout


Job Location:

Chicago, IL - USA

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer
Posted: 11 September 2026 (11 hours ago)
Application Deadline: 9 December 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

At Dscout were building the most flexible and powerful UX research platform on the markettrusted by the worlds top brands in finance (JP Morgan Chase Intuit Charles Schwab PayPal) healthcare (Aya Headspace) consumer goods (Keen Verizon Target Northface) and tech (Google Amazon Facebook Meta Spotify AirBnB). Our tools help teams deeply understand the humans behind their products so they can build better are expanding our smart and driven team and would love for you to join us.

Lead Research Advisor Mid-Market (Austin or Chicago)

Job Description

We are looking for a Lead Research Advisor to join our growing Customer Success department. You will drive and grow important relationships by helping our customers find new ways to use our platform ensuring they achieve maximum value from their investment. This role is a critical function that merges research expertise with a customer success motion focusing on driving platform adoption and mitigating churn risk. You will also collaborate closely with a team of Research Advisors to design recruit and field research projects for our customers

You will have a chance to make a real difference for Dscouts customers and build your career at the intersection of customer success and research. You are an incredible communicator and a genuine creative problem-solver. You are our customers dedicated partner in success helping them learn a new digital tool execute powerful research and maximize the return on their Dscout subscription. You collaborate closely with Account Directors to help to identify Dscout methodologies that best meet customer needs build new use cases identify growth opportunities and ensure strong platform adoption across their organization. Internally you are our customers champion driving larger improvements to the platform and overall user experience.

The Lead Research Advisor position is among the most central to Dscouts operations so youll work with people from across the company on a regular basis especially our product engineering and sales teams. If this sounds like you apply today!

What you will do:
  • Own a portfolio of mid-market accounts driving adoption retention and expansion across the customer lifecycle.
  • Act as a Dscout expert to train and educate customers on functionality and Dscout methodology driving wide and deep platform adoption.
  • Proactively identify account risk (e.g. low adoption contact turnover) and own the risk mitigation plan partnering with the account team and escalating to leadership as needed to protect renewal outcomes.
  • Consult with customers to provide specific recommendations for their research designs on our software platform ensuring successful outcomes and value realization.
  • Equip customers to derive insights from data using Dscouts analysis tools.
  • Collaborate with Research Advisors to deliver and execute customer research studies.
  • Partner with our Sales & Renewal team to identify expansion opportunities and proactively mitigate risk of churn. This role carries a retention target but does not own commercial transactions.
  • Travel (up to 10%) for onsite customer visits where you will build relationships train and share best practices and gather feedback to bring directly back to our Product team.
  • Act as a customer advocate by sharing feedback internally to continuously improve Dscouts product offerings.
  • Success in this role is measured by KPI targets for renewal rate customer check-ins Executive Business Reviews (EBRs) and Renewal Manager (RM) handoffs.
What you need to have:
  • 2 years experience in research or product design ideally with exposure to a Customer Success agency or consulting model.
  • Proven ability to consult with clients/customers to drive product adoption and maximize customer lifetime value.
  • BA/BS degree in anthropology sociology market research design research HCI related field or equivalent work experience.
  • Experience leading complex high-impact research engagements for in-house or for clients across all phases of qualitative research especially scoping/planning design recruiting fielding and analysis a plus.
  • Excellent communication skills both oral and written. Naturally able to strike a balance between friendly and professional in all communications.
  • Able to work both collaboratively and independently proven experience collaborating with and mentoring team members.
  • Strong critical thinking skills; excited by the prospect of creative problem solving in the research and SaaS space alongside colleagues and customers.
  • Experience with CRM tools (e.g. Salesforce) for activity and account tracking.
  • Flexible and eager to learn new things each and every day.
  • Empathetic to others needs and circumstances.
  • Highly organized efficient and detail-oriented.
  • An innate curiosity about how and why people behave the way they do and a desire to better understand complex behavioral problems and find solutions to those problems.



Of course what is outlined above is an ideal set of expectations; however business needs and other projects and tasks may shift and additional tasks could be assigned at the discretion of your manager.
About Dscout
Dscout is a team of passionate empathetic and curious professionals. As a recognized leader in the Forrester Wave were at the cutting edge of experience research technology. The power of research drives us - how in-context insights from real people can build more enjoyable products and services.
We prioritize learning sharing and building. We also deeply value being a diverse and inclusive team and company and look for team members who align with that belief. Join our dynamic team and help shape product roadmaps and business strategies for the worlds most loved brands.
It doesnt stop there. When you join the Dscout team you will get:
  • A strong and competitive compensation package with a built-in bonus and equity program.
  • An incredible and progressive benefits package (for both you and your dependents) to support work/life balance including flexible PTO 15 company holidays 12 weeks of paid parental leave 401k match and much more.
  • An education stipend to support your growth & development and a remote work stipend.
  • A company that is open and transparent with our team. You will know what is happening and why it matters.
Dscout is an equal-opportunity employer that values diversity. We do not discriminate based on identity including race color religion national origin or ancestry sex gender identity and expression age physical or mental disability pregnancy veteran or military status unfavorable discharge from military service genetic information sexual orientation marital status order of protection status citizenship status arrest record or expunged or sealed convictions or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal state or local law.
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Location Flexibility: Dscout is proud to support a remote-first workforce and enable employees to work from almost anywhere. At this time however we are unable to hire in the following locations: Montana Hawaii Alaska and Washington DC.
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