Canonical · 1 month ago
Customer Success - Team Manager
Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. We are hiring a Customer Success - Team Manager to support Canonical's growth by expanding our Customer Success Management team globally and leading a team of Customer Success Managers to enhance customer engagement and retention.
Computer Software
Responsibilities
Strategic planning and analysis: preparing communication plans, Team Meetings, and other messages shared in broader management forums, setting yourself and your team up for success. Regularly reviewing key performance indicators and metrics is your baseline. You develop strategies to enhance customer engagement, improve retention rates, drive upsells or cross-sells where appropriate, and ultimately increase customer success
Customer interactions and support to your team: you resolve escalated customer issues requiring expertise or intervention. You work closely with your team members to ensure timely resolution
Team management: you are passionate about guiding and supporting your team members, helping them navigate complex customer situations, improve their skills, and achieve their goals. You are ready for regular performance reviews with team members. While your help in identifying areas for improvement is key, you are asked to celebrate excellence, recognise your team's achievements, and set goals for individual growth within the team
Cross-functional collaboration: collaboration with other departments, such as Sales, Marketing, Product development, and Support, is essential. This ensures alignment on customer needs, feedback sharing, and coordinated efforts to drive customer success. You establish trustworthy channels of communication across the board
Documentation and reporting: you are allowed to be creative! While building content with your team and your manager, you also ensure the changes are well documented, instilling quality and attention to detail in all you do
Qualification
Required
Excellent academic results at school and university
Bachelor's or equivalent degree in Business, Communication or STEM
Knowledge and passion for Customer Success, revenue management and technology, experience in SaaS or software industries
Track record of bringing exceptional Customer Success experience results
Commitment to continuous learning and improvement - curious, flexible, scientific
Creative problem-solving and cross-team collaboration
Experience growing and developing a CSM team
Hands-on approach to using data to drive team activities and continuous improvement
Willingness to travel up to 4 times a year for internal events
Preferred
Proficiency (both written and spoken) in Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Portuguese, German, French, or Italian, alongside an excellent command of English
Benefits
Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person - we’ve been working remotely since 2004!
Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
Annual compensation review
Recognition rewards
Annual holiday leave
Maternity and paternity leave
Employee Assistance Programme
Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues from your team and others
Priority Pass for travel and travel upgrades for long haul company events
Company
Canonical
We deliver open source to the world faster, more securely and more cost effectively than any other company.
Funding
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