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Lead Customer Success Manager

Freshworks San Mateo, CA Hybrid senior full-time

Salary

$112,000 - $145,000 USD per year

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Description

Organizations everywhere struggle with the costs and complexities of software solutions that promise to simplify their lives. Freshworks offers a fresh vision for how the world works, building uncomplicated service software that delivers exceptional customer and employee experiences.

As a Lead Customer Success Manager, you will own a portfolio of Key and Enterprise customers across North America, serving as a strategic partner to help them maximize the value of their Freshworks investment while driving adoption, retention, and long-term growth.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Owning a portfolio of approximately 30-35 Key and Enterprise customers representing $5M-$7M in ARR
  • Building trusted relationships with business, technical, and executive stakeholders
  • Driving adoption, value realization, customer health, retention, and renewal readiness
  • Leading Executive Business Reviews, success planning, and other strategic customer engagements
  • Proactively identifying customer risk and coordinating cross-functional teams to drive resolution
  • Partnering closely with Account Executives on account strategy, renewals, and expansion opportunities
  • Identifying opportunities to deepen customer relationships and expand the value customers receive from Freshworks
  • Collaborating across Product, Engineering, Support, and Professional Services to deliver successful customer outcomes
  • Traveling as needed for executive engagements and onsite customer meetings

Qualifications:

  • 5+ years of relevant customer-facing SaaS experience, including experience managing strategic or enterprise customers
  • Demonstrated success driving customer adoption, retention, renewals, and growth
  • Experience building relationships with both technical and business stakeholders, including executives
  • Strong commercial mindset with experience partnering on renewals and expansion
  • Experience leading EBRs/QBRs and navigating complex customer relationships
  • Strong communication, presentation, and cross-functional collaboration skills
  • Proactive, hands-on approach with the ability to navigate multiple priorities

Skills

Required

  • customer-facing SaaS experience
  • strategic customer management
  • relationship building
  • commercial mindset
  • communication skills
  • cross-functional collaboration

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You apply with the employer directly. Their original posting is here: https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/Freshworks/744000153038761-lead-customer-success-manager

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