Customer Success Manager

Stripe
London, United Kingdom
On-siteCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

Best suited to detail-oriented professionals with enterprise client-facing experience working in financial technology and collaborative environments.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with 7+ years of enterprise relationship management experience, particularly in technical product environments
    — “7+ years of experience in a client-facing role ideally in enterprise relationship management, partnering with large, global, and complex organizations, preferably working with a technical product
  • Individuals who have led technical conversations and influenced business decisions based on data and insights
    — “Track record of leading technical conversations and persuading others to take action based on requirements and value provided by solutions
  • Professionals who can act as a bridge between customers and internal stakeholders like Product Management and Engineering
    — “Advocate for the customer to internal stakeholders. Share customer feedback and insights with Product Management, Engineering, Support, Marketing, and Sales on the innovation and improvement needed to optimize the Stripe user experience.

Things to consider

  • This role involves high levels of collaboration across multiple internal teams, which may require flexibility and coordination skills
    — “working closely with sales, technical account managers, and operations teams to engage customers in product, payment, and technical conversations
  • The role focuses on enterprise clients, which may require a higher level of expertise and experience with complex organizational needs
    — “partnering with large, global, and complex organizations, preferably working with a technical product

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience in managing enterprise accounts and driving retention and growth through proactive engagement
    — “Manage a book of customers to drive overall account health including performance, product adoption, usage velocity, account renewals and growth, referrals, and customer satisfaction
  • Emphasize your ability to deliver payments performance insights and align with customer priorities
    — “Serve as a trusted payments and product advisor to managed customers by delivering payment performance and industry insights
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • Drive overall account health
  • Advocate for customer feedback
Typical background
Customer Success ManagementEnterprise Relationship Management

Skills & requirements

Required

Customer Success ManagementEnterprise Relationship ManagementTechnical ConversationsPayment Performance Metrics

Preferred

Product MarketingTechnical Account Management

Stack & domain

Enterprise Relationship ManagementTechnical ConversationsProblem-solvingProject ManagementStrong Problem-solving SkillsOperating RigorExecutive PresencePresentation SkillsCustomer SuccessEnterpriseFinance

About the role

Original posting from Stripe

Who we are

About Stripe

Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies—from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups—use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone’s reach while doing the most important work of your career.

About the team

Customer Success Managers (CSM) oversee the post-sales lifecycle for Stripe users, ensuring they realize the maximum value of their investment. This partnership drives user success, increases retention and expansion, and supports mutually beneficial renewal outcomes. Few roles provide such a direct impact on the growth of the company.

What you'll do

We're looking for a motivated and curious professional to manage a book of enterprise customers. The CSM delivers proactive workshops, business reviews, payments insights, and thought leadership to help users grow their business.

The ideal candidate is detail-oriented and meticulous, and enjoys engaging customers to investigate issues and deliver insights. This role involves working closely with sales, technical account managers, and operations teams to engage customers in product, payment, and technical conversations.

Responsibilities

Partner closely with account executives and technical account managers to support post-sale engagements focused on the optimization, retention, and growth of enterprise customers

Manage a book of customers to drive overall account health including performance, product adoption, usage velocity, account renewals and growth, referrals, and customer satisfaction

Serve as a trusted payments and product advisor to managed customers by delivering payment performance and industry insights

Perform business reviews to align on user priorities, review payments performance metrics, share the Stripe product roadmap, and provide guidance on how to optimize the value from Stripe

Advocate for the customer to internal stakeholders. Share customer feedback and insights with Product Management, Engineering, Support, Marketing, and Sales on the innovation and improvement needed to optimize the Stripe user experience.

In coordination with an account team, support book expansion—identifying and surfacing opportunities to ensure customers are successful.

Who you are

We're looking for someone who meets the minimum requirements to be considered for the role. If you meet these requirements, you are encouraged to apply. The preferred qualifications are a bonus, not a requirement.

Minimum requirements

7+ years of experience in a client-facing role ideally in enterprise relationship management, partnering with large, global, and complex organizations, preferably working with a technical product

Strong business sense and understanding of underlying drivers and strategy of our users' businesses

Track record of leading technical conversations and persuading others to take action based on requirements and value provided by solutions

Strong problem-solving skills

Preferred qualifications

Excellent operating rigor including organizational and time management skills

Strong executive presence and presentation skills, particularly for in-person meetings with multiple stakeholders

History of success as a consultant, pre-sales, technical account manager, or equivalent

Proven track record of achieving targets and goals, preferably in a sales setting

Track record of managing large, complex projects or programs

Demonstrated experience handling difficult customers or situations and driving resolutions

Ability to navigate data and people to find answers

Source: Stripe careers

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