Customer Success Manager at AppDirect

Chicago, Illinois, United States -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

22 Jul, 26

Salary

85000.0

Posted On

23 Apr, 26

Experience

2 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Customer success, Account management, SaaS, Cloud technologies, GTM strategies, Digital marketing, Communication, Presentation, Interpersonal skills, Analytical mindset, Salesforce, Gainsight, Churnzero, Catalyst, Strategic thinking, Cross-functional collaboration

Industry

IT Services and IT Consulting

Description

About AppDirect Become a digital, global citizen and enable the new generation of digital entrepreneurs around the world. AppDirect offers a subscription commerce platform to sell any product, through any channel, on any device - as a service. We power millions of subscriptions worldwide for organizations. We do this by our values-driven culture—one that enables you to Be Seen, Be Yourself, and Do Your Best Work. About Tackle, an AppDirect subsidiary Tackle, a business unit of AppDirect, is the leading solution built to help software companies generate revenue through data-driven Cloud go-to-market (Cloud GTM). Our platform and team help customers identify the right buyers, grow cloud co-sell relationships, and transact efficiently at scale through AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft. Tackle serves more than 500 software companies—including CrowdStrike, HashiCorp, New Relic, and Snyk—from high-growth startups to the largest software companies in the world. About You We are seeking a dynamic and customer-centric Customer Success Manager to join our team. This role is tailored for someone who thrives in a collaborative environment and excels at providing exceptional support to a broad customer base. Working alongside another CSM, you will serve as a trusted resource for our customers, ensuring the success and satisfaction of utilizing our platform to scale their cloud GTM efforts. You will manage a low-touch, one-to-many motion by engaging with customers and providing strategic guidance to help them achieve their business objectives. You will also spearhead proactive engagement strategies to drive adoption, retention, and expansion, while collaborating closely with Account Managers on risk mitigation and growth strategies. This role demands a blend of strategic thinking, a results-oriented mindset, and cross-functional collaboration to deliver outstanding value and support to our customers. What you’ll do and how you’ll have an impact Serve as a responsive resource for a diverse portfolio of customers leveraging our platform, ensuring they have access to the support and guidance needed to maximize and scale their cloud GTM success. Collaborate closely with Account Manager to address retention risk by developing and performing mitigation tactics, and enhance overall customer satisfaction; Partner with your CSM counterpart to ensure a balanced workload and seamless customer support experience. Support the development of, and execution of scalable success programs to drive one-to-many enablement, engagement, and adoption efforts. Provide onboarding assistance, on-demand training, and best practice guidance to empower customers to maximize the value of our platform. Serve as an extension of the Support, Onboarding, and Product teams to provide customers high-quality assistance and solutions, and collaborate cross-functionally to ensure a cohesive customer experience. Facilitate ongoing communications with customers to answer questions, provide updates, and ensure alignment with their GTM goals. Monitor customer health metrics and address concerns flagged by Account Managers to support retention and prevent churn. Identify opportunities for upsell and expansion within the customer base and work closely with the Sales team to execute on them. Document and share customer feedback to help inform product development and improvement initiatives. Stay informed on industry trends, best practices, and competitive landscape to continuously provide value-added insights to customers. What we’re looking for 3+ years of experience in customer success, account management, or a related customer-facing role, preferably in the SaaS or cloud industry. Proven track record of managing a portfolio of customers and driving successful outcomes. Strong understanding of cloud technologies, GTM strategies, and digital marketing concepts. Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills. Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and manage multiple priorities effectively. Analytical mindset with the ability to interpret data and derive actionable insights. Experience working with CRM platforms (e.g., Salesforce) and customer success tools (e.g., Gainsight, Churnzero, Catalyst) is a plus. At AppDirect, we believe that innovation thrives in an environment that houses diversity of excellence, experience and thought. We respect each AppDirector as their own fingerprint; unique with no one alike. We foster an environment of inclusion without regard to race, religion, age, sexual orientation, or gender identity enabling AppDirectors to embrace their uniqueness to do their best work. As such, we strongly encourage applications from Indigenous peoples, racialized people, people with disabilities, people from gender and sexually diverse communities, and/or people with intersectional identities. At AppDirect we take privacy very seriously. For more information about our use and handling of personal data from job applicants, please read our Candidate Privacy Policy. For more information of our general privacy practices, please see AppDirect Privacy Notice: https://www.appdirect.com/about/privacy-notice #LI-Hybrid The salary band listed below reflects the expected annual base salary or OTE (on-target earnings) for this role at AppDirect and may be subject to change. Base salary or OTE is just one component of AppDirect’s total compensation package. In addition to base pay, regular employees may be eligible for performance-based bonuses and a full range of benefits. Illinois Compensation Band $65,000—$85,000 USD

Responsibilities

The Customer Success Manager will manage a portfolio of customers to drive adoption, retention, and expansion while providing strategic guidance. They will collaborate cross-functionally to ensure a cohesive customer experience and address retention risks through proactive engagement.