Manager, Customer Success

The Manager, Customer Success is responsible for leading and developing a team of Customer Success Managers (CSMs) to deliver consistent customer outcomes, drive adoption of products and services, and achieve retention and renewal objectives. This role provides people leadership, operational discipline, and performance management while ensuring standard work and systems are executed consistently across the team. The role operates as a player coach, balancing direct leadership of team performance with participation in complex customer situations as needed. The Manager partners cross functionally to improve end to end customer experience and drive scalable, repeatable Customer Success practices. Key Responsibilities: People Leadership & Talent Development Lead, coach, and develop a team of Customer Success Managers to achieve customer satisfaction, retention and renewal goals Guide onboarding within accordance of the set onboarding and enablement guidelines Reinforce accountability, ownership and continuous improvement behaviors across the team Set clear performance expectations and provide regular feedback through structured coaching, performance reviews and development planning Customer Success Performance Ensure consistent execution of the Customer Success engagement model, including adoption, business reviews, health monitoring, renewals, and upsell/cross sell opportunities Provide leadership support for customer escalations, at risk accounts, and complex renewal scenarios Guide prioritization of activities to balance proactive engagement with reactive issue resolution Promote a customer-centric, outcomes-based approach to success management across accounts Operational Excellence & Process Discipline Own and reinforce Customer Success standard work, including engagement cadence, documentation, and CRM data quality Monitor key performance indicators related to customer health, retention, renewal forecasting, and team productivity Identify performance gaps and implement corrective actions and improvement initiatives Lead or sponsor continuous improvement efforts focused on Customer Success workflows and scalability Partner with Sales, Product, Operations, and Support teams to remove friction across the customer lifecycle Systems, Tools & Reporting Ensure effective adoption and usage of CRM and Customer Success systems (e.g., Salesforce) Leverage dashboards and reporting to drive visibility, prioritization, and data driven decision making Internal collaboration to improve reporting, automation, and insight generation Translate performance data into actionable coaching and improvement plans Qualifications: Required: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience Minimum of 5 years of experience in Customer Success, Account Management, or a related customer-facing role Minimum of 5 years of experience in people management or team leadership experience Demonstrated ability to lead change, coach performance, and drive accountability Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills Experience working with CRM platforms such as Salesforce Preferred: Experience in SaaS, technology, or industrial environments Familiarity with customer health metrics, renewal forecasting, and churn reduction strategies Experience applying Lean, Kaizen, or continuous improvement methodologies