Description
Job Summary
We are seeking a Customer Experience Manager to lead the post-sale customer journey, managing everything from onboarding to long-term retention and contract renewals.
Key Responsibilities
Customer Lifecycle & Success
- Manage customer engagement across the entire customer lifecycle, from onboarding through renewal.
- Be a Trusted Advisor to your customers by helping them adopt Cloudflare products and services to meet their needs and make them successful.
- Work with your account teams to plan and execute long-term Success Plans with our largest customers to facilitate retention and growth via product and new business unit expansion.
- Maintain a deep understanding of our solutions and present to customers about the most relevant features/functionality for their specific business needs.
- Own or be an active participant in several customer touch points including: Business Value Justification meetings, Business Reviews, and Renewal Meetings, with a track record of successful planning and execution of Executive Business Reviews.
- Demonstrate how your customer engagement directly impacts revenue growth and adoption of Cloudflare solutions and services.
Commercial & Renewals
- You are ultimately responsible for the retention and growth of your book of business.
- Own and drive the renewal including maintaining and reporting an accurate weekly forecast.
- Negotiate and execute renewal contracts in accordance with customer objectives.
- Analyze data and leverage tools to identify selling opportunities and business value.
- Drive strong alignment with the Sales team, contributing to team forecasting, planning, and targets.
Cross-Functional & Operational Management
- Develop and maintain long-term relationships with stakeholders in your account portfolio.
- Work cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, Support, Marketing and other teams to resolve customer business issues and work towards each customer's stated goals.
- Manage customer feedback and product needs by providing feature requests to internal partner teams.
- Prioritize effectively to handle multiple deals at the same time.
AI Competencies
- Generative AI: Mastery of LLMs to rapidly draft renewal communications, synthesize quarterly review data, and prepare executive summaries.
- Data Analysis: Proficiency in leveraging AI analytics tools to parse customer usage metrics and instantly highlight up-sell or cross-sell opportunities.
- Workflow Automation: Ability to build automations to synchronize CRM data, update weekly forecasts, and trigger lifecycle alerts.
- AI Problem Solving: The instinct to view AI as a partner in solving tough problems to keep the Internet moving forward.
Qualifications
- Fluency in English AND Dutch or Swedish (written and spoken).
- Minimum of 3 years of experience in a Customer Success/Account Management role or Inside or Field sales.
- 2+ years of industry experience, with experience in cloud security and/or performance industries preferred.
- Bachelor's degree and/or other professional qualifications.
- Direct experience in commercial sales, negotiation, and deal closure.
- Strong understanding of or willingness to learn about computer networking and 'how the internet works,' with network security a plus.
- Manage and prioritize competing portfolio demands, aligning internal resources with the highest-impact commercial and retention goals.
- Expertise in SaaS retention and sales process and excellent knowledge of value-driven sales.
- Excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to creatively achieve resolutions.
Compensation
- For Portugal-based hires: Estimated annual salary is between €50,000 - €69,000.
- The final offer will be inclusive of time exemption, in alignment with the applicable law and collective bargaining agreements.
- This role is eligible to earn incentive compensation under Cloudflare's Sales Compensation Plan.
Benefits
- Equity plan participation
- Opportunity to work on high-impact projects
- Collaborative and dynamic work environment
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