Forrester Research

Customer Success Manager II

Forrester Research$74K — $120K *
Business Services
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3-5 years in solution-oriented client engagement
  • Project management expertise with global stakeholders
  • Proven ability to build relationships at C-suite level
  • Experience in a fast-paced, collaborative high-energy environment
  • Commercial mindset and understanding of sales processes
  • B2B industry experience dealing with change management challenges
  • Strong organizational skills with internal systems proficiency
  • Excellent storytelling and communication skills, both verbal and written
  • Comfortable with AI tools to enhance customer engagement

Responsibilities

  • Strengthen client relationships post-sale through deep engagement
  • Create and execute a client engagement strategy aligned with account goals
  • Collaborate regularly with client executives on account health and opportunities
  • Utilize customer success specialists to maximize client value delivery
  • Ensure timely product/service delivery collaborating with various internal teams

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health benefits
  • Retirement savings plan
  • Professional development opportunities
  • Flexible work arrangements
  • Generous paid time off policy
Full Job Description
About This Role:

As a member of Forrester's customer success organization, you are responsible for the engagement value delivered to Forrester's largest clients. The Customer Success Manager II will orchestrate the customer journey through proactive engagement strategies. You will guide Forrester's clients to their desired outcomes, while driving great value in their partnership with Forrester. Monitoring the health of customer relationships, you will predict and navigate customer challenges and offer solutions that drive satisfaction, retention, and additional enrichment opportunities.

Job Description:

  • Strengthen the client's relationship health post-sale by deeply embedding in the accounts to drive high engagement. Serve as a client advocate driving strong renewal rates and higher enrichment by understanding the client's business initiatives and mapping to Forrester's portfolio of products and services.


  • Create, execute, and deliver a strong client engagement strategy, informed by the client executive's overall account strategy. This includes the execution of services provided to the client; formal and informal client check-ins; onboarding; partnership reviews; and the delivery of other value-added services based on the mutually agreed upon engagement plan with the client.


  • Align with the client executive on the account strategy. Meet regularly to discuss account health, value capture, and engagement levels and to share potential new enrichment opportunities.


  • Leverage support of the customer success specialist to ensure the largest impact on client engagement and value delivered while efficiently servicing the account.


  • Orchestrate the quality and timely delivery of products or services purchased by working with the relevant ecosystem partners in the product, research, and/or consulting organizations to ensure that client success measures are met and value is maximized.


Job Requirements:

  • Three to five years of experience driving successful solution-oriented client engagement; handling difficult internal and external business challenges; and delivering exceptional client service resulting in high client retention.


  • Experience in managing projects with multiple stakeholders and systems, sometimes globally, and working within tight project and client timelines with resource constraints.


  • Experience in building successful senior-level business relationships and facilitating conversations at all levels, including the C-suite.


  • The ability to work in a high-energy, fast-paced environment, collaborating with other divisions to achieve strong results.


  • Relevant business experience demonstrating a commercial mindset and an understanding of selling moments.


  • Relevant industry experience working in a B2B setting and a familiarity with the typical challenges faced by clients in leading change.


  • Successful navigation of business processes.


  • A high degree of organization and proficiency leveraging internal systems.


  • Successful navigation of business systems and processes to obtain high client advocacy and business results.


  • Strong storytelling abilities, verbal and written communication, and social interactions and a proficiency with technology.


  • Demonstrates comfort with AI tools and proactively drives AI adoption with customers to enhance value realization


Please note that the base salary range indicated here is inclusive of all applicable US geographies listed in this requisition. This salary range is based upon the position as described in the job listing. The offered compensation may vary within this range and is dependent upon the successful candidate's primary work location, experience, training, education, and credentials.

Base salary range: $74,000 - $120,000

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About Forrester Research

Forrester Research is an independent technology and market research company that provides its clients with advice about technology's impact on business and consumers. Forrester Research provides proprietary research, consumer and business data, custom consulting, events, online communities, and peer-to-peer executive programs. The company's research is divided into three areas: business technology, consumer technology, and marketing and strategy. Forrester Research's clients include global enterprises, technology vendors, and management consulting firms. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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