Customer Success Manager
Customer Success is vital to our long-term profitability. We will not be successful unless our customers receive consistent value from our service and continue to purchase on a recurring basis. As such, we need a manager to own driving success for our customers. This role includes responsibilities for Customer Success activities (on-boarding overview, support, services, adoption, advocacy, retention, etc.) and outcomes (e.g., renewals, up-sell – managed by AEs, etc.).
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Function as the customer advocate and provide internal feedback on how we can better serve our customers
- Manage all post-sales activity for customers through strong relationship-building, product knowledge, planning and execution
- Maintain a deep understanding of the product and speak with customers about the most relevant features/functionality for their specific business needs
- Ensure that a plan is in place with each customer for deployment, change management and adoption programs
- Increase customer retention by conducting regular check-in calls for tactical items, and performing strategic business reviews for alignment of objectives and outcomes
- Track accounts to identify churn risk and work actively to eliminate that risk
- Partner with other departments (sales, marketing, translation) to develop a plan for making our product a part of each customer’s core architecture
- Simultaneously manage multiple customers who are at different points on the account lifecycle
- Identify opportunities to develop new training materials designed to ensure successful customer onboarding, support business-wide adoption, and deepen product proficiency
- Engage in internal product discussions, translating customer usage and feedback into actionable insights and feature ideas
REQUIRED EXPERIENCE/SKILLS:
- 4+ years experience in leading customer-facing organizations
- Ability to manage influence through persuasion, negotiation, and consensus building
- Background of post-sale experience
- You have a track record of delivering value to complex customers with large employee bases
- Strong empathy for customers AND passion for revenue and growth
- Deep understanding of value drivers in recurring revenue business models
- Analytical and process-oriented mindset
- Demonstrated desire for continuous learning and improvement
- Enthusiastic and creative with the ability to inspire others
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Bachelor’s degree
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