Customer Success Manager

Overview of the position:

The Customer Success Manager (CSM) is passionate about making customers wildly successful with Scaled Agiles (SAI) offerings. The CSM is an energetic customerfacing professional who engages SAIs customers through the postsale portion of the customer journey serving as a trusted advocate in aligning customer needs with SAIs solutions.  

As part of the companys Customer Success organization and reporting to the VP of Enterprise Accounts and Customer Success the CSM is responsible for the adoption (time to first value) and retention of their portfolio of customers. The ideal candidate is passionate about SAIs mission to help customers be successful with SAFe and attain and sustain business agility.  As a key source of voice of the customer inside SAI our CSMs are active listeners as well as strategic thinkers who understand that wearing both the companys and customers hats is a privilege that equates to success for both. 

What youll be doing:

You are an experienced and strategic success manager who has had the opportunity to manage a large portfolio of customers preferably in the SaaS space. You love earning a customers confidence and enjoy serving as a trusted advocate for their business. You are motivated by the challenge of identifying new business opportunities within your portfolio and are driven to exceed company team and individual customer satisfaction and revenue goals.

• Manage a  portfolio of customers through a blend of automated and personal outreach (mixtouch) to drive them to successful outcomes with our products

• Work with strategic customers throughout the onboarding nurturing and renewal phases of the customer journey

• Ensure the customer journey is smooth and well managed resulting in strong customer retention engagement and growth via a delightful learning experience within Community and Membership content and tools

• Advocate internally on the customers behalf to prioritize activities that promote customer value and health

• Drive customer engagement in Scaled Agile Communities and use of available knowledge base and online support tools

• Partner with our Regional Sales Account Managers to develop customer relationships and ensure consistent professional and effective interactions

• Monitor customer usage data health indicators renewal dates and growth opportunities and translate them into strategies for success

• Identify and manage customers at risk for attrition by providing customer status and metrics

• Lead implementation of SAIs platform with our highertier customers via both virtual and onsite training

• Throughout the customer relationship via cocreated customer success plans and quarterly business reviews:

  • Develop and maintain a deep understanding of customers business drivers and steer program activities to align with those goals

  • Monitor and measure customer satisfaction and the value realized from SAIs solution

• Become an expert in SAFe product and service offerings in order to provide customers with consultative guidance on how to get the most out of our products & community platform via relentless improvement to customer experience

• Contribute to the infrastructure of the Customer Success team tools process and documentation.

Qualifications :

A successful candidate will have:

• 3 years of experience in B2B environments working directly with customers in a success sales or support role(s)

• A technical mindset and the ability to digest complex scenarios and translate ideas back to customers in a concise way

• Experience working on Agile teams or with those using Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)

• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to build good internal and external relationships

• Strong written and oral communication skills

• A track record for thriving in an empowered fastpaced environment  

• Experience or desire to participate in making video tutorials and presentations

• Copywriting skills or technical writing experience is a bonus

• Experience with Salesforce Sales and Service Cloud Gainsight or equivalent CRM systems

• Certified Salesforce Administration a plus

• Consulting or Account Management experience a plus

• The ability to travel 1015 of the time 12 territory trips/quarter)

• A Bachelors Degree in Business Marketing or related field; or equivalent professional working experience

Additional Information :

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Compensation: Scaled Agile is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The base salary range for this role is $75000 to $82000 annually with an additional 25 variable compensation. Final compensation for this role will be determined by various factors such as a candidates relevant work experience skills industry knowledge certifications and location.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

SAI is committed to providing opportunities for professional growth. This position is also posted internally. 

Employees of Scaled Agile are also compensated with a competitive benefits package including medical dental vision optional insurance products including identity protection and pet insurance 401K with a match flexible paid time off and company paid sabbatical after six years of service bonus plan and equity options.

Wondering if you should apply

As a company that helps organizations embrace and turn change into opportunity were looking for teammates with diverse experiences who thrive on applying their knowledge in new ways. You dont need to meet every listed qualification to apply. If youre motivated by an iterative approach to growth learning collaboration and relentless improvement we want to hear from you.

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