Manager, Customer Success Strategic Accounts
Quick Summary
Employ is transforming how hiring gets done. With our three ATS solutions - Jobvite, Lever, and JazzHR - plus cutting-edge AI Companions,
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Lead, mentor, and set clear performance expectations for a team of CSMs, conducting regular evaluations and providing timely, constructive feedback.
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Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement, while challenging team members to grow their capabilities and capacity.
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Recruit and hire talent aligned with our core values and business needs; support onboarding so new hires ramp effectively.
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Run structured 1:1s with every CSM that inspect (not just review) the full book of business — escalations, OKR pacing, risk/cancellation forecasting, and renewal pipeline — coaching before taking ownership so CSMs build their own judgment.
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Dedicates regular time to live or recorded call review (e.g., Gong), providing documented coaching on renewal discovery, negotiation, value/ROI framing, and objection handling.
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Run weekly team meetings covering pipeline, wins, and best practices; audit CRM/CS platform data quality and coach on gaps.
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Manage executive-level relationships across High Touch and Strategic Accounts and personally lead or support renewal conversations on the most complex, high-risk, or highest-value accounts.
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Guide CSMs on strategy, problem-solving, and relationship-building for their own accounts; navigate and advise on complex, multi-party or enterprise requests, escalating as needed.
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Own the end-to-end renewals process: inspect each CSM's renewal book for on-pace early engagement, confirmed intent-to-renew, documented strategy, and flagged zero-activity accounts.
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Ensure every renewal carries the standard price uplift position, with exceptions escalated for approval, and drive forecast discipline so churn/expansion fields reflect true expectations.
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Coach the team on renewal strategy, negotiation, and objection handling; partner with Sales and Finance/Deal Desk to structure terms that protect and grow revenue.
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Inspect the team's value and adoption motion alongside renewals, ensuring every account has a live, outcome-based success plan with playbooks triggered on below-threshold accounts.
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Hold the team accountable for multi-threaded relationships (documented power maps on top-tier accounts) and treat champion departures as risk triggers; build your own second-layer relationships on key accounts.
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Own the team's voice-of-customer loop — timely NPS follow-up, documented detractor action plans, and recurring themes rolled up to senior leadership.
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Own escalations to resolution within SLA, ensuring proper documentation and regular review of risk and sentiment data.
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Establish and operationalize KPIs, dashboards, and reporting to measure segment performance against retention and growth objectives.
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Own segment-level results against topline outcomes (GRR, NRR, churn, uplift expansion, on-time renewal rate, forecast accuracy, multi-year renewal %, logo retention) and leading indicators (health score mix, NPS, adoption rate, business review completion).
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Prepare regular reports for senior management on team achievements, challenges, and opportunities for improvement.
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Track team capacity and make justified recommendations when headcount needs surface.
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Identify skill gaps and implement training/workshops to strengthen the team's account management, product knowledge, and communication skills.
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Ensure the team completes required enablement on time and stays current on product and roadmap; maintain your own subject-matter expertise to coach credibly.
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Proven leadership experience in a high-growth, fast-paced SaaS environment
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Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in Customer Success or Account Management, with two of those being at the leadership level
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Assertive, positive, and effective written and verbal communication with strong attention to detail.
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Demonstrated ability to influence credibly at all levels of an organization, including executive and C-level.
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Fast learner, able to understand and articulate new technologies and their value propositions.
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Thrives in a dynamic, fast-paced environment while managing a high volume of customer interactions and team coaching.
Location & Eligibility
Listing Details
- Posted
- August 31, 2026
- First seen
- September 2, 2026
- Last seen
- September 3, 2026
Posting Health
- Days active
- 0
- Repost count
- 0
- Trust Level
- 80%
- Scored at
- September 2, 2026
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