Customer Success Manager (German Speaking)

at  Diligent Corporation

ABOUT US

Diligent is the global leader in modern governance, providing SaaS solutions across governance, risk, compliance, audit and ESG. Empowering more than 1 million users and 700,000 board members and leaders with a holistic view of their organization’s GRC practices so they can make better decisions, faster. No matter the challenge.
At Diligent, you are an agent of positive change. You are joining a team of passionate, smart, creative people who not only want to help build the software company of the future, but who want to make the world a more sustainable, equitable and better place. Be a part of a global community on a mission to make a real impact.
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POSITION OVERVIEW

The Customer Success Manager (CSM) oversees a portfolio of accounts and ensures an amazing customer experience, as measured by NPS, net revenue retention, referrals and product usage indicators. As the key contact point for the customer relationship on Diligent products, the CSM will perform hands-on account management activities as well as collaborate with other team members in coordinating successful customer onboarding, training and ongoing customer relationships to ensure long-term satisfaction.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE/SKILLS:

• Fluency in German and English (written and spoken) are essential for this role. You will be responsible for managing relationships with German and English speaking customers.
• Build and maintain strong direct client relationships with key stakeholders & retain those relationships.
• Seek out client advocacy related initiatives
• Some experience in enterprise level account management (preferably in SAAS) is desirable
• Some experience in sales CRM applications such as Salesforce
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to manage multiple stakeholders
• Strong problem-solving ability, with a natural curiosity around the client’s business needs
• High level of resilience and a positive attitude when faced with adversity
• Passionate about technology with a solution-centric mindset
• Occasional will be required with this role

• Renew and grow a set of customer accounts by proactively anticipating needs, recommending additional products and services and providing an excellent customer experience as measured by revenue retention and customer product usage;
• Increase overall client satisfaction with Diligent measured through Net Promoter Score;
• Provide a seamless and ‘best in class’ customer experience through all phases of the customer lifecycle - coordinating with the client implementation and project teams, administrative staff, IT Team, and users of the Diligent application/s;
• Collaborate internally to be the voice of the customer across other departments, including with the sales, expansion, services, marketing, finance, customer transactions and operations teams.
• Be heavily intertwined with the Expansion Sales team in spotting, qualifying and passing on expansion leads
• Facilitation alongside the Implementation team of the core Boards product and modules with senior stakeholders to the client including C-Suite and Directors.
• Build and maintain strong direct client relationships with key stakeholders & retain those relationships.
• Seek out client advocacy related initiatives