Customer Success Manager

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 Stripe’s Customer Success Managers are ultimately responsible for the complete post-sales lifecycle of a Stripe user, and through your partnership, users will derive maximum value from their investments, leading to project success, retention, and renewal. Few roles provide such a direct impact on the growth of the company. WHAT YOU’LL DO You will become a trusted advisor to these customers, will deeply understand their business and their needs, and help them maximize the value they get from Stripe. This role involves working closely with the user account team, senior executives and engaging in product, payments, and technical conversations at multiple levels of the organization. You will be the user’s internal advocate, helping ensure an excellent Stripe experience, and gathering feedback on ways that Stripe can build the next generation of user-focused solutions. You will love this job if you are a natural relationship and business builder.  RESPONSIBILITIES * Lead the post-sale engagement, retention, and growth of your customers, partnering closely with the Account Executive * Support expansion of your accounts - identify opportunities, drive business outcomes, ensure customers are successful in partnership with the account team * Build and foster relationships with senior executives in business, product, engineering, finance, and IT in partnership with the Account Executive and team * Evangelize Stripe customer success stories and customer success systems and processes * Articulate and drive customer use cases, customer value and expansion while maintaining trusted customer advisor status * Serve as a trusted payments and commerce advisor to the customer and educate them on the use and benefits of our products and our industry * Aligned with the account team, perform business reviews to align on business priorities, Stripe product roadmap, review services satisfaction, share usage patterns or insights, surface issues, provide guidance on how to optimize the value from Stripe, and identify product expansion opportunities.  * Advocate for the customer to internal stakeholders. Share customer feedback and insights to Product Management, Engineering, Support, Marketing, and Sales on the innovation and improvement needed to optimize the Stripe user experience * Drive overall account health including payments performance, cost optimization, product adoption, usage velocity, account renewals and growth, referrals, and customer satisfaction 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 * 8+ years of experience in a client-facing role ideally customer success, managing relationships with large, global, and complex organizations, preferably working with a technical product * Strong analytical skills and operating rigor * Strong executive presence and presentation skills, particularly for in-person meetings with multiple stakeholders * History of success as a consultant, pre-sales, technical account management, or equivalent * Experience building comprehensive account plans * Proven track record of achieving targets and goals, preferably in a sales setting * Track record of managing large, complex projects and/or programs * Experience handling difficult customers or situations and can demonstrate resolutions * Must work within a team environment with sales and services peers * Ability to navigate data and people to find answers * A strong understanding of our business and products, and an ability to research/self-starter PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS * Sophisticated business sense and understanding of underlying drivers and strategy of our user’s businesses * Track record of leading technical conversations and persuading others to take action based on requirements and value provided by solutions * Willingness to tackle things on your own * A capability to work well with a wide range of people, both internally and externally * The motivation and flexibility to work well in a high-growth environment where things change quickly

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 * 4+ 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 * Fluency in both German and English * 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 * Demonstrated experience handling difficult customers or situations and driving resolutions PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS * Strong problem-solving skills * 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

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 Stripe’s 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 are looking for a motivated and curious professional to manage a book of enterprise customers. The CSM will deliver proactive workshops, business reviews, payments insights, and thought leadership to help users grow their business.  The ideal candidate is analytical 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 Stripe’s 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 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 to 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 * 4+ 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 * Fluency in both Spanish and English * Strong business sense and understanding of underlying drivers and strategy of our user’s businesses * Track record of leading technical conversations and persuading others to take action based on requirements and value provided by solutions * Strong analytical skills * 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 management, or equivalent * Proven track record of achieving targets and goals, preferably in a sales setting * Track record of managing large, complex projects and/or programs * Has handled difficult customers or situations and can demonstrate resolutions * Willingness to tackle things on your own * Ability to navigate data and people to find answers * A capability to work well with a wide range of people, both internally and externally * The motivation and flexibility to work well in a high-growth environment where things change quickly