Senior Customer Value Manager
Job Summary
Mission
Nextail exists to bring state-of-the-art technology and practices to fashion retail operations.
Vision
To become the go-to merchandising tool for fashion retailers so theyre more profitable shoppers get a better experience and the planet is harmed less.
Were a 12-year-old Spanish scale-up with a startup mentality building advanced AI/ML technology for the fashion retail industry. Born in Spain weve partnered with more than 50 fashion retailers around the world.
Were hiring a Senior Customer Value Manager to own the full customer lifecycle for a portfolio of retail clientsfrom onboarding through adoption value realization and renewal readiness. The core of this role is what happens after go-live: driving adoption proving value and getting accounts renewal-ready you wont be carrying onboarding alone when an account calls for extra hands.
You will act as the main strategic contact for the account ensuring customers realize measurable value from the platform are proactively guided through risk and arrive fully prepared for renewal and expansion conversations.
This is a senior role: youll need to be equally comfortable defending a value narrative in a governance review and holding your ground when a Supply Chain Director or VP of Operations pushes back on the ROI numbers. Our strategic accounts carry ARR in the high six figures the level of ownership and judgment required reflects that.
Customer Value & Success
- Own account health end-to-end: drive product adoption track usage/engagement and act on risk signals before they become churn
- Build and defend the value narrative translate usage data into a clear ROI story for economic stakeholders
- Maintain and update Success Plans coordinating company resources to support delivery
- Run regular governance and business reviews with senior stakeholders
- Design and execute improvement actions when accounts drift off track (re-engagement targeted training escalation)
Renewal & Expansion
- Own renewal readiness: build the impact and value case well ahead of each renewal date
- Support Account Management with renewal evidence and negotiation-ready documentation
- Proactively identify and flag expansion opportunities
- Maintain risk tracking and mitigation plans across the portfolio
Onboarding & Implementation
- Lead discovery workshops and onboarding when the account calls for it coordinating internal resources for support or full ownership when needed
- Define post-onboarding success metrics and KPIs that anchor the account going forward
- Ensure a clean transition into steady-state success management
- Minimum 5 years in Customer Success or Account Management in B2B SaaS of which at least 2 years managing strategic accounts with $200K ARR at Director-to-VP/C-level
- Proven ability to navigate difficult conversations with senior stakeholders (e.g. value/ROI pushback scope disputes escalations)
- Track record of owning account health and driving retention outcomes not just reporting on them
- Experience managing accounts where the product is embedded in a core operational process not a peripheral or nice-to-have tool
- Ability to interpret usage/adoption data into insights and a compelling ROI narrative
- Strong project management organization and coordination skills
- Experience with onboarding or implementation projects
- Fluent English
- Experience negotiating contract renewals or expansions directly with clients
- French or German fluency strongly preferred given our EMEA account portfolio
- Experience carrying/defending a value or ROI narrative to an economic stakeholder
- Experience in startups or scale-ups
- Retail fashion or supply chain knowledge
- Additional languages (Russian etc.)
- Spanish is a plus
- Own the full customer journey and impact outcomes end-to-end
- Work with global retail and fashion brands
- High ownership and autonomy
- Remote-first collaborative culture
- From Start to Success We own it end to end
- Their Shoes Our Path Customer success first
- Nextcellence Always raising the bar
- We Care People matter
- Less and Better Simplicity drives impact
- Speak Freely Listen Openly Honest collaboration
Nextail is an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment regardless of race color ancestry religion gender sexual orientation age citizenship marital status disability gender identity or veteran status.