Customer Success Manager

3 weeks ago

Denver, United States Contentful Inc Full time
About the Opportunity

As a Customer Success Manager, you will work directly with Contentful customers in your region, to ensure they maximize value from our platform and deliver a stellar customer experience as their trusted advisor. You will help our customers achieve both their technical and business goals while driving retention and growth for Contentful. You will partner closely with our sales, partner organization, and professional services teams and amplify the voices of the customers internally by driving continuous feedback into our product and customer teams.
What to expect?
  • Build and own relationships across a full book of business and embody the trusted advisor role, managing a book of business of around 25-30 enterprise accounts.
  • Monitor and guide new customers to ensure value expectations are aligned and achieved from the beginning
  • Understand and advise customers' priorities with Contentful, capture and communicate KPIs and outcomes through a defined path to maturity and success
  • Drive product adoption, customer satisfaction, and overall influence on customer health scores
  • Lead effective and consistent customer Business Reviews based on the defined Business Review rubric
  • Flag and proactively mitigate risks within a book of business
  • Drive the renewal conversations to close with Contentful's largest and most strategic logos.
  • Confidently negotiate pricing and contract terms with procurement teams in the Fortune top 20.
  • Close renewals on time and forecast them accurately to leadership weekly
  • Create and drive customer close plans for renewal
  • Translate customer insights into actionable feedback for our product and go-to-market teams and follows up on progress and collaboration with PMs
  • Prepare to travel ~25% annually for customer onsite meetings
What you need to be successful?
  • College / University Degree is highly preferred
  • 5+ years of experience in a customer-facing role with renewals experience; Renewals Management, Customer Success Management, or Key Account Management experience.
  • Demonstrated success in meeting or exceeding sales or performance goals
  • Ability to think strategically about a customer's goals and drive renewal and expansion opportunities to close independently
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills: shows excellence in previous customer and internal engagements
  • Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, including sales, product, and support
  • Ability to understand Contentful APIs, as well as the modern content management and digital experience stack. Independently uses Contentful data tools to engage in meaningful, proactive customer discussions and in some instances, crafts custom queries and reports (in data tools).
  • Well-developed attention to detail and organization skills ie: follow processes, updating the relevant systems diligently, and make suggestions on improvements where required
  • Technical proficiency and a keen interest in technology. Ability to communicate high-level technical concepts to customers.
  • Demonstrate a commitment to prioritizing customer success and aligning it with company goals
What's in it for you?
  • Join an ambitious tech company reshaping the way people build digital experiences
  • Full-time employees receive Stock Options for the opportunity to share in the success of our company
  • Comprehensive healthcare package health/dental/vision care package covering 100% of monthly health premiums for employees and 85% of costs for your dependents.
  • Fertility and family building benefits, including a lifetime reimbursable wallet to support your growing family.
  • We value Work-Life balance and You TimeA generous amount of paid time off, including vacation days, sick days, education days, compassion days for loss, and volunteer days
  • Time off to care for and focus on your growing family
  • Use your personal annual education budget to improve your skills and grow in your career
  • Enjoy a full range of virtual and in-person events, including workshops, guest speakers, and fun team activities, supporting learning and networking exchange beyond the usual work duties
  • An annual wellbeing stipend to care for your physical, financial, or emotional health
  • A monthly communication phone/internet stipend and phone hardware upgrade reimbursement.
  • New hire office equipment stipend for hybrid or distributed employees. Get the gear you need to work at your best.

This role will need to be conducted in a state in which we are currently registered to do business.

Colorado Salary Statement: The salary range displayed is specifically for those potential hires who will work or reside in the state of Colorado if selected for the role. Any offered salary is determined based on internal equity, internal salary ranges, market data/ranges, applicant's skills and prior relevant experience, certain degrees and certifications (e.g. JD/technology), for example.

Colorado Salary Range: Total OTE is $120-131k with an 80/20% split
[This position is eligible for equity awards in accordance with the terms of Contentful's equity plans.]

#LI-Hybrid #LI-SD2

Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the requisition is closed.
Who are we?

Contentful is the intelligent composable content platform that unlocks all of an organization's digital content to deliver impactful customer experiences, making content a strategic business asset. The Contentful Platform, Contentful Studio, and the Contentful Ecosystem combine the flexibility of composable content with the intelligence of AI, empowering digital teams to drive business momentum through collaboration, speed, and scale. Contentful powers innovative content experiences across brands, regions, and channels for organizations around the world, including nearly 30% of the Fortune 500. Nearly 800 people from more than 70 nations contribute their energy and creativity to Contentful, working from hubs in Berlin, Denver and distributed around the world.
Everyone is welcome here

"Everyone is welcome here" is a celebrated component of our culture. At Contentful, we strive to create an inclusive environment that empowers our employees. We believe that our products and services benefit from our diverse backgrounds and experiences and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, age, physical [dis]ability, or length of time spent unemployed. We invite you to apply and join us

If you need reasonable accommodations at any point during the application or interview process, please let your recruiting coordinator know.

Please be aware of scammers who may fraudulently allege to be from Contentful. These types of fraud can be carried out through copycat websites, fake email addresses claiming to be from our company, or social media. We do not ask for your personal information such as bank account numbers, identification numbers, etc through social media or chat-based apps, nor do we request or send money for the purchase of business equipment. If you suspect fraud, please report it to your local authorities, as well as reaching out to us at security-esk@contentful.com with any information you may have.

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