Manager, Customer Success Management
As Manager of Customer Success Management, you will lead and inspire a team of CSMs responsible for delivering an exceptional 090 day onboarding and adoption experience for our valued clients. Your mission is to ensure customers achieve rapid time-to-value, strong initial product adoption, and outstanding onboarding satisfaction, while building a foundation for long-term retention and value.
What You'll Do :
- Directly manage, coach, and develop a team of CSMs focused on onboarding, adoption, retention, and client health for our highest-value segments.
- Own the customer journey; drive KPIs including onboarding completion, time-to-value, scheduled meeting attendance, product adoption milestones, and health score (% in "green").
- Ensure CSMs deliver proactive, high-touch onboarding, adoption, and strategic engagementincluding scheduling, delivery, documentation, follow-up, and post-call actions.
- Drive strategies and programs that maximize customer lifetime value (CLTV) through proactive engagement, ongoing adoption initiatives, and long-term relationship management.
- Develop and lead proactive outreach programs that drive greater adoption of new add-on products and optimization of current customer implementations.
- Monitor all customer onboarding and adoption progress in CRM / Freshdesk; identify trends, risks, and at-risk accounts for intervention.
- Facilitate seamless cross-functional collaboration with :
- Implementation Advisors for quick basic account set-up
- AMs for CSQLs - CSM identify and refer qualified expansion opportunities
- TAMs for technical support escalation
- Product / Enablement / Training for feedback loops, process improvements, and feature insights.
- Support team for priority Q&A
- Serve as escalation point for at-risk or blocked customers during onboarding / adoption phases, driving faster resolution and customer rescue strategies.
- Build, optimize, and report on CSM SOPs, onboarding playbooks, and adoption processes; participate in building KPI dashboards.
- Maintain regular team stand-ups, coaching sessions, and continuous enablement, developing both process excellence and team culture.
- Ensure feedback from onboarding / adoption engagements is captured for continuous product, process, and customer experience improvement.
- Leverage analytics to review automations and internal processes are successful and continue adapting strategies for your Customer success team to use with customers
- Overseeing engagement and communication with enterprise accounts.
- Key Success Metrics :
- Onboarding completion % (within goal timeframe)
- Product adoption & milestone attainment rates (within 90 days)
- Customer health : % of accounts in "green"Show / no-show rate on scheduled CSM calls
- CSAT / NPS on onboarding / adoption experience
- Volume and quality of CSQLs referred to AMs
- Engagement rates
- Escalation / rescue response and success rates
- KPIs for this role may evolve over time based on business needs and strategic priorities.
What You'll Bring :
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience3+ years of experience leading customer facing, SaaS teams (CSM, onboarding or Account Management)Proven delivery of onboarding, adoption, or customer health programs at scale (team of 12-15 preferred)Dedicated people manager, you are passionate about mentoring, leading, and contributing to the professional development of your team.Experience with cross-functional collaboration (Implementation, Account Management, Product, Support, Training)Hands-on experience with CRM, CS, and workflow tools (e.g., Freshdesk, Tableau, etc.)Strong analytical, process-building, and program management skills (KPI and SOP ownership).Demonstrated data driven approach to problem solving.Track record of coaching, mentoring, and empowering high-performance teamsExcellent communication, collaboration, presentation and time-management skillsProactive and inquisitive; not hesitant to seek clarification.