SMB Customer Success Manager

Passport
Mexico
RemoteCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

Best suited to candidates with experience in high-volume, low-touch customer success roles, working in the international shipping or logistics domain, who thrive in fast-paced environments and can manage cross-functional collaboration.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with a background in managing multiple accounts in a fast-paced, tech-assisted environment
    — “Experience working in a high-volume, technology-assisted environment”
  • Individuals who can advocate for SMBs and shape internal processes based on customer feedback
    — “Serve as the SMB Customer Champion and Advocate”
  • Professionals adept at creating scalable customer engagement strategies and lifecycle models
    — “Create a formal life cycle for SMBs”

Things to consider

  • The role demands a high level of independence while contributing to cross-functional initiatives
    — “Ability to work independently, while also contributing as part of a team”
  • Strong analytical skills are required to monitor and report on customer health metrics
    — “Monitor brands throughout customer lifecycle, defining and reporting on indicators of overall health and performance”

How to stand out

  • Emphasize experience in developing churn intervention protocols and lifecycle models
    — “Develop Churn intervention protocols”
  • Showcase skills in cross-functional collaboration and internal process improvement
    — “Define clear internal escalation paths and project management of brand issues”
  • Highlight your ability to create scalable customer engagement and training materials
    — “Create scalable nurture campaigns that decrease time to value and increase product adoption”
  • Demonstrate a track record of upselling products and driving revenue growth for SMB clients
    — “Upsell Passport products (SoR, insurance, returns) and foster brand expansion to more countries”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • reduced SMB brand churn
  • expanded Passport's line of products
  • defined clear internal escalation paths
Typical background
customer success managementproject managementsales

Skills & requirements

Required

Customer Success ManagementProject ManagementData AnalysisCustomer Experience Improvement

Preferred

SalesforceMarketing

Stack & domain

Verbal And Written CommunicationCuriosityCritical ThinkingResilienceAdaptabilityIndependenceTeamworkCustomer UnderstandingProblem SolvingCreativityCustomer SuccessProduct ManagementMarketingCustomer ExperienceInternational Shipping

About the role

Original posting from Passport via Ashby

As Passport’s SMB Customer Success Manager, you will report to the CSM Manager, while

working heavily across Customer Success, CX, Product, and Marketing teams. You will be

responsible for ensuring the success and owning the customer experience of our fast-growing small and mid-market customers.

In this role you will monitor the health of hundreds (going on thousands) of our SMB brands,

drive their success with Passport, and improve their customer experience through a 1-to-many success model. Your days will be spent vacillating between driving internal initiatives to improve processes and solving SMB pain points, to creating meaningful large-scale interactions and

delivering more value for our customers.

As the SMB CSM, you will become immersed in the world of SMBs, and will keep a pulse on what is important to them – through customer research, data analysis, and industry trends. You will help them navigate the complex world of international shipping by providing them with the best experience, product, and service on the market. You will define the customer lifecycle for

SMB brands, and the important milestones Passport needs to successfully facilitate. We’ll look to you as the expert at Passport on all things SMB Customers, and will be able to provide

meaningful insights on how we can best serve them. Ultimately, you’ll be tasked with growing our SMB revenue and retaining SMB customers.

What You'll Do:

● Improve Passport’s SMB brand experience

● Reduce SMB brand churn

● Expand and upsell Passport’s line of products

● Serve as the SMB Customer Champion and Advocate

● Create a formal life cycle for SMBs

● Define clear internal escalation paths and project management of brand issues

Monitor Health:

○ Monitor brands throughout customer lifecycle, defining and reporting on indicators of

overall health and performance

○ Analyze product adoption, customer feedback, and other KPIs to prioritize and

engage high-risk accounts

○ Conduct customer research as needed

Drive Success:

○ Encourage product adoption and ensure SMB customers are maximizing the value of

Passport’s services

○ Position Passport as a trusted partner to SMBs for international expansion and

logistics

○ Host calls, trainings, webinars, and produce content to ensure that our customers are

supported

○ Upsell Passport products (SoR, insurance, returns) and foster brand expansion to

more countries

○ Develop Churn intervention protocols

Improve Customer Experience:

○ Collaborate with Sales and Onboarding to ensure a smooth and positive Onboarding

experience for SMB brands

○ Create scalable nurture campaigns that decrease time to value and increase product

adoption

○ Stay informed on customer support requests for SMB brands, and collaborate with

relevant teams to resolve recurring pain points

○ Publish effective training materials, FAQs, and articles on our online customer

knowledge base

○ Help inform Product, Engineering, and other internal teams about the drivers of churn

and provide customer feedback to influence our product roadmap

○ Contribute to shaping escalation paths as the SMB customer segment and Success

program evolves based on customer needs and Passport resources.

Admin:

○ Own reporting for SMB brands

○ Document all communication with users and accounts accurately and in a timely

manner via system tools

○ Ensure Salesforce data and records are clean and kept up to date

○ Collaborate with BizOps on reporting and identifying areas of opportunity

○ Collaborate with Customer Success Ops Associate on cross-functional projects

You Have Many of the Following:

● 3+ years experience working in low-touch, high-tech Customer Success, Account

Management or Sales roles

●

Experience working in a high-volume, technology-assisted environment

● Strong verbal and written communication skills with a passion for developing deep customer

knowledge

● Naturally curious with excellent critical thinking skills

● Resilient, adaptable and thrives in a fast-paced environment

● Ability to work independently, while also contributing as part of a team

● Ability to understand customer’s business needs and how those connect back to product

value

● Proactive problem solver with experience developing creative solutions for customers and

the business

Source: Passport careers (Ashby)

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