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Victrola · 3 days ago

Senior Customer Success Manager

Victrola is a company that values music and innovation, aiming to create products that bring lifelong music memories into people's homes. The Senior Customer Success Manager is responsible for leading and scaling a high-performing Customer Success team, overseeing the customer success lifecycle, and ensuring a best-in-class experience for customers.

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Kayla Zundel
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Responsibilities

Own the end-to-end customer success lifecycle, including onboarding, ongoing account health, escalations and continuous improvement
Define and implement customer success best practices, playbooks, and standards to ensure consistency and quality across the team
Ensure Customer Success Managers operate as trusted partners to customers rather than transactional support resources
Serve as the senior escalation point for complex or high-impact customer issues
Balance customer advocacy with business, financial and operational considerations
Lead, coach and develop a team of Customer Success Managers to drive strong performance, engagement, and accountability
Recruit, hire, and onboard Customer Success talent with the skills, judgement, and customer orientation required for strategic account ownership
Set clear expectations and performance goals tied to customer outcomes, onboarding success, issue resolution quality and team effectiveness
Conduct regular one-on-ones, performance reviews and professional development planning
Build a culture of ownership, proactive problem solving, and continuous improvement
Own and project-manage all customer onboarding activity, driving timelines, milestones, dependencies, and accountability to ensure launches are timely, accurate, and well-coordinated
Define and maintain onboarding standards, success criteria, and workflows, ensuring consistency, clarity, and repeatable execution across customers
Lead cross-functional onboarding planning with Sales, ensuring clear handoffs, defined responsibilities, and alignment from pre-sale through go-live
Coordinate and drive execution across Finance and Operations, proactively identifying risks, removing onboarding friction, and keeping stakeholders aligned through launch
Serve as the primary Customer Success leader partnering with Sales, Finance, Operations, and IT
Influence cross-functional teams to resolve issues, improve processes, and enhance the customer experience
Act as the internal voice of the customer, ensuring customer impacts are considered in decision making
Maintain end-to-end ownership of customer operations, ensuring accurate, timely, and compliant execution across onboarding, order management, fulfillment, invoicing, and ongoing account maintenance
Retain ultimate accountability for the quality and accuracy of all customer-facing operational work performed by the team, regardless of delegation
Oversee and validate execution across all order channels (EDI, manual, accommodation, FTP), stepping in directly to resolve complex issues, escalations, or exceptions
Ensure order accuracy from entry through fulfillment and invoicing, including ASNs, customer documentation, and internal system alignment
Proactively manage operational risks, including inventory constraints, ship windows, compliance requirements, and chargeback exposure
Monitor customer portals for compliance updates and TOS changes, ensuring impacts are communicated internally and addressed in execution
Lead and participate in investigations related to shortages, damages, discrepancies, and chargebacks, driving corrective action and process improvements
Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, reduce errors, and strengthen controls while maintaining day-to-day operational excellence
Lead problem-solving and collaboration with IT to ensure accurate and efficient Enterprise Systems to support customer requirements and sales operations
Define, track, and report on customer success KPIs, including onboarding cycle time, customer health indicators, escalations, retention risk, chargebacks, and customer satisfaction
Use data and customer insights to improve team effectiveness and customer outcomes
Provide leadership with clear visibility into customer risks, trends, and opportunities
Other duties as assigned

Qualification

Customer success lifecycleTeam leadershipCross-functional collaborationERP systemsCustomer health managementCoaching skillsAnalytical mindsetRelationship-buildingTime managementAttention to detail

Required

Must possess deep understanding of customer success lifecycle and customer health management
Must possess strong sense of ownership and accountability for customer outcomes
Must possess strong judgment and decision-making capability in complex customer situations
Must possess strong coaching, people development and performance management skills
Must possess excellent relationship-building and stakeholder management skills
Ability to lead through influence and cross-functional collaboration
Ability to work independently with minimal supervision while collaborating effectively across departments
Must possess strong organizational skills and prioritization skills in a deadline-driven environment
Must possess strong time management skills to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines
Ability to multitask and handle multiple responsibilities simultaneously
Must possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal) for interacting with team members, customers, and other stakeholders
Must possess analytical mindset with the ability to identify trends, risks and improvement opportunities
Must possess strong attention to detail to ensure accuracy in all tasks
Must possess the ability to think strategically while navigating ambiguity and solving complex problems
Ability to prioritize conflicting needs, handle issues expeditiously, proactively, and follow-through on projects to successful completion, often with deadline pressures
Must possess advanced proficiency in using ERP systems, customer portals and reporting tools
Bachelor's degree in business, sales, operations or related field
Equivalent or comparable working experience may be considered in lieu of degree
7+ years' experience in customer success, account management, or customer-facing leadership role required, with ownership of customer lifecycle outcomes
3+ years' experience leading a Customer Success or customer-facing team, with demonstrated success building high-performing teams

Preferred

Experience supporting large or strategic retail customers strongly preferred
Proven experience partnering cross-functionally with Sales, Finance and Operations
Knowledge of SAP ERP system preferred

Benefits

Competitive pay with generous benefits package
Volunteer time-off to give back to your community.

Company

Victrola

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Victrola is an online store that offers record players, turntables, speakers, radios, and accessories products.

Funding

Current Stage
Growth Stage

Leadership Team

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Scott Hagen
CEO
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David Ireland
Global Head of Marketing and Partnerships
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