Anthropic · 18 hours ago
Manager, Customer Success
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$260K/yr - $315K/yr
7+ years expAnthropic is a public benefit corporation with a mission to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. As a Manager of Customer Success, you will lead a team of Customer Success Managers, driving value across the product portfolio and enhancing customer engagement while building scalable processes.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Foundational AIGenerative AIInformation TechnologyMachine Learning
Responsibilities
Directly manage and develop a team of 5-8 Customer Success Managers supporting strategic enterprise accounts across all Anthropic products (API, Claude.ai, Claude Code)
Coach team members on customer success best practices, including change management and adoption strategies, value realization, and expansion methodologies across our product suite
Drive team accountability to core CS metrics: expansion (consumption growth, cross-sell/upsell opportunity identification), customer health scores, retention (NRR), and customer satisfaction (CSAT)
Join strategic customer engagements and escalations, demonstrating executive presence with C-level stakeholders at Fortune 500 companies
Build and refine scalable CS processes including success planning frameworks, QBR templates, and expansion playbooks
Partner closely with Sales to identify expansion opportunities, facilitate smooth handoffs, and ensure aligned account strategies
Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, and Marketing to advocate for customer needs and drive product adoption
Contribute to hiring, onboarding, and training initiatives as the Customer Success organization scales
Establish and nurture an AI-first, innovation-focused team culture, improving team processes and deepening team hands-on expertise
Conduct regular 1:1s, performance reviews, and career development planning for direct reports
Own portfolio-level planning and forecasting, including renewal risk mitigation and expansion pipeline development
Serve as escalation point for at-risk accounts and complex customer situations within your team's portfolio
Develop customer advocacy programs including case studies, testimonials, and reference architecture development
Champion responsible AI deployment practices with customers and represent Anthropic's values in all customer interactions
Qualification
Required
7+ years of experience in customer success, account management, or customer-facing roles, with 2+ years of front-line management experience
Proven track record of managing and building customer success teams in SaaS, API, or AI/ML companies
Experience managing customer portfolios at enterprise scale, including accounts with $1M-$100M+ annual contract values
Strong understanding of both consumption-based and seat-based business models, with proven ability to drive adoption, expansion, and value realization across different pricing structures
Technical fluency to understand AI/ML products, navigate technical conversations, and coach teams on product capabilities across multiple offerings
Strong executive presence and ability to represent Anthropic with customer technical and business leaders
Strong business acumen with ability to articulate value, calculate ROI, and drive customer business outcomes
Ability to balance strategic thinking with tactical execution and context-switch between coaching, customer engagement, and operational planning
Experience building CS processes, playbooks and operational frameworks, using data to drive team and customer outcomes
Demonstrated ability to coach customer success professionals and systematically improve team performance against KPIs
Track record of achieving team targets for expansion, retention and customer satisfaction
Passion for responsible AI development and helping customers transform their businesses with cutting-edge technology
We require at least a Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience
Benefits
Equity and benefits
Optional equity donation matching
Generous vacation and parental leave
Flexible working hours
Company
Anthropic
Anthropic is an AI research company that focuses on the safety and alignment of AI systems with human values.
501-1000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$33.74BKey Investors
Lightspeed Venture PartnersGoogleAmazon
2025-09-02Series F· $13B
2025-05-16Debt Financing· $2.5B
2025-03-03Series E· $3.5B
Leadership Team
Dario Amodei
CEO & Co-Founder
Daniela Amodei
President and co-founder
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