Client Success Manager

Hornblower

$70K — $95K *
Business Services
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Systems, Project Management, or related field, or equivalent experience (PMP preferred)
  • 3+ years in Project Management, Implementation Management, or Client Success
  • Proficiency with project management tools (e.g., JIRA, Confluence, Salesforce)
  • Strong organizational and prioritization skills
  • Ability to manage multiple high-impact projects simultaneously
  • Exceptional verbal, written, and presentation skills
  • Experience with SaaS platforms and strong analytical skills

Responsibilities

  • Own and manage the complete implementation lifecycle for enterprise clients
  • Track client progress through defined implementation milestones
  • Organize and lead all client implementation meetings
  • Build and maintain detailed project plans and timelines
  • Provide regular status reports to clients and stakeholders
  • Act as primary point of contact for clients during onboarding and launch
  • Identify and resolve client issues effectively

Benefits

  • Opportunity for considerable client interaction and visibility
  • Engagement in a fast-paced and high-growth environment
  • Exposure to diverse enterprise implementations
  • Opportunity for travel (up to 50%)
  • Possibility for professional growth in project management and client relations
Full Job Description
Position Summary:

As a Client Success Manager, you will own the end-to-end implementation lifecycle for enterprise clients from contract handoff through configuration, training, launch, and transition to long-term support.

This is a highly visible, client-facing role requiring strong project management leadership, exceptional communication skills, and the ability to manage complex, multi-stakeholder implementations. You will serve as the primary delivery owner, ensuring projects launch on time, within scope, and with a best-in-class customer experience.

You will regularly present and demonstrate the Anchor Operating System to both technical and non-technical audiences, manage project timelines and risks, and act as the strategic liaison between clients, sales, product, and support teams.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Project & Implementation Leadership
  • Own and manage the full implementation lifecycle across multiple concurrent enterprise projects.
  • Establish and track client progress through defined implementation milestones.
  • Organize and lead all client implementation meetings, including formal kickoff sessions.
  • Build and maintain detailed project plans, timelines, and deliverables.
  • Provide weekly status reporting to clients and internal stakeholders, including risks, blockers, and launch readiness.
  • Ensure schedule adherence and proactively manage scope, dependencies, and resource constraints.
  • Travel Requirements: Travel will be 50% of time

Client Success & Stakeholder Management
  • Act as the primary point of contact for clients throughout onboarding and launch.
  • Maintain a strong customer-centric mindset focused on long-term satisfaction and retention.
  • Coordinate communication cadence with clients and ensure a smooth transition to Support post-launch.
  • Serve as the liaison between Sales, Product, Engineering, and Support teams.
  • Identify and resolve client issues, including root cause analysis and corrective action.

Product & Training Enablement
  • Configure client-specific system settings, templates, and workflows.
  • Lead all client training sessions across departments and user roles.
  • Provide on-site support during go-live and major launches.
  • Demonstrate software capabilities to executive, operational, and technical audiences.
  • Track KPIs and implementation metrics to continuously improve delivery processes.
  • Identify upsell opportunities and introduce additional product features during onboarding.

Continuous Improvement & Internal Impact
  • Maintain deep working knowledge of the Anchor Operating System and new releases.
  • Translate customer feedback into actionable internal product recommendations.
  • Develop and maintain implementation documentation, reports, and dashboards.
  • Contribute to refining internal implementation frameworks and best practices.


Requirements & Qualifications:

Core Requirements
  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Systems, Project Management, or related field - or equivalent professional experience (PMP or similar certification preferred).
  • 3+ years of experience in Project Management, Implementation Management, or Client Success roles. Demonstrated experience delivering complex SaaS or enterprise software

implementations.
  • Strong proficiency with project management tools and platforms such as JIRA, Confluence, Salesforce, or similar.
  • Project Management Excellence
  • Proven ability to manage multiple high-impact projects simultaneously.
  • Strong experience working within formal project management frameworks.
  • Exceptional organizational and prioritization skills.
  • Track record of delivering projects on time, within scope, and with high customer satisfaction.

Communication & Leadership
  • Outstanding verbal, written, and presentation skills.
  • Confident communicator with the ability to engage both executive and technical audiences.
  • Strong facilitation skills for meetings, workshops, and training sessions.
  • Ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear business outcomes.

Technical & Analytical Skills
  • Experience with SaaS platforms, POS systems, e-commerce, or web-based applications.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Ability to build reports and dashboards for executive-level insights.
  • Comfortable working with system configurations and operational workflows.

Personal Attributes
  • Highly proactive, self-directed, and accountable.
  • Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
  • Strong attention to detail with a process-oriented mindset.
  • Collaborative team player with the ability to lead independently.
  • Adaptable to changing client needs and market conditions.

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