Customer Success Manager - Retention (US/Canada)

Owner

• $90K — $100K *
US-Anywhere
+ 3 other locationsRemote
Food & Beverages
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 2+ years of experience in Customer Success, Account Management, or Retention roles, preferably in SaaS environments.
  • Proven track record of achieving retention and save-rate targets with specific metrics.
  • Experience handling high-volume call workflows, managing both inbound and outbound outreach effectively.
  • Ability to analyze customer data and communicate trends persuasively in real time.
  • Familiarity with Customer Success tools like Salesforce, TalkDesk, and Gong.
  • Background in B2B2C sectors, ideally in food/hospitality technology, with industry knowledge.
  • Commitment to personal growth and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

  • Deliver an outstanding customer experience alongside Operational teams.
  • Manage a dual-track portfolio, focusing on both proactive account optimization and reactive retention.
  • Achieve a retention target save rate of 60%+, employing relationship management and data storytelling.
  • Advise customers on improving ROI with tailored, strategic solutions.
  • Refine health metrics and identify scaling strategies for broader customer success.
  • Influence product development by uncovering new product opportunities based on customer feedback.
  • Collaborate with Customer Success Managers to generate actionable insights for multiple departments.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health coverage.
  • 100% remote workplace, allowing work from anywhere.
  • Unlimited PTO to promote work-life balance.
  • Additional fun perks to enhance employee engagement.
Full Job Description
🫵 The Opportunity & You

Owner.com is growing quickly, and we are looking for a strategic and results-driven Customer Retention Manager to join our team. In this role, you will play a critical part in ensuring our customers continue to find value in Owner's offerings. This role operates across two tracks: proactively engaging a book of accounts to drive optimization and long-term value realization, and managing incoming cancellation requests with a focus on exceeding a 60%+ retention target. By leveraging strong communication, discovery, and objection-handling skills, the Customer Retention Manager will de-escalate concerns, translate customer data into compelling value narratives, and leave customers more bought-in by the close of the conversation.

The ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced environment, excels at creative problem-solving, and knows how to independently shift focus between competing priorities as the day demands. They are equally comfortable building long-term customer relationships as they are navigating a high-stakes cancellation call, and they use data to do both.

What We Look For:

We are seeking candidates who bring a solution-focused mindset and strong interpersonal skills to thrive in a fast-paced environment. Specifically, we value individuals who have:
  • A customer-centric approach, handling conversations with empathy, professionalism, and a solutions-first mindset.
  • Strong communication and negotiation skills with an expertise in uncovering pain points, objection handling, and de-escalation techniques to retain customers and address concerns effectively. This includes a consultative approach to problem-solving - you know how to guide a customer toward the right solution without it ever feeling like a pitch.
  • The ability to translate customer usage data and ROI metrics into compelling, real-time narratives that shift customer sentiment.
  • Proficiency in interpreting and analyzing customer data to identify trends, wins, and opportunities for growth.
  • Quick thinking and creative problem-solving skills to manage challenging situations and customer objections in real time.
  • The ability to self-prioritize and context-switch fluidly - this role manages both scheduled reactive retention calls and proactive optimization outreach, and you'll need to independently assess which queue needs your attention most at any given moment.
  • Mastery of time management and prioritization in a fast-paced, dynamic environment. Daily outreach runs 20-25 dials/contacts per day across both reactive and proactive work streams.
  • Strong collaboration skills to work with Customer Success Managers and cross-functional teams.
  • Process-oriented, with the ability to identify inefficiencies and optimize workflows for better results.

The Impact You Will Have:
  • Deliver a world-class customer experience in collaboration with our Operational teams.
  • Own a dual-track book of business: approximately 50 accounts in a proactive capacity focused on optimization and value realization, and approximately 15 accounts in a reactive retention capacity focused on saving at-risk customers. You'll manage both simultaneously and know when to shift focus.
  • Drive customer retention with a target save rate of 60%+, reducing churn through a combination of relationship management, data-informed storytelling, and genuine problem-solving.
  • Help customers improve ROI through strategic, personalized advice and solutions.
  • Play an integral role in refining health metrics and identifying what it takes to scale success across our entire customer base.
  • Influence Owner.com's product roadmap by uncovering product opportunities.
  • Set the stage for strategic follow-up with CSMs and surface actionable insights for Product, Sales, and Marketing.

• Minimum requirements

To be considered for this role, you should meet the following qualifications:
  • 2+ years of experience in a Customer Success, Account Management, or Retention role, ideally in a SaaS or subscription-based environment.
  • Demonstrated track record of hitting retention, save-rate, or account health targets. You can point to specific metrics, not just outcomes.
  • Experience managing a high-volume, call-based workflow and comfortable owning outbound and inbound outreach simultaneously and self-directing your prioritization throughout the day.
  • Ability to interpret customer data and usage trends and communicate them clearly and persuasively to customers in real time.
  • Experience with Customer Success tools, including (but not limited to) Salesforce, SalesLoft, TalkDesk, Gong, Loom, and Metabase.
  • A background in B2B2C, ideally within the food/hospitality and technology space. You are familiar with industry trends and competitive dynamics and eager to share that knowledge with your team.
  • A commitment to personal growth and continuous development.
  • Bonus: Experience working in a restaurant, bringing additional perspective to the role.

Pay and benefits

The estimated base salary for this role is $90,000 - $100,000 USD, / $125,500-$139,500 CAD

Other benefits include comprehensive health coverage, work from anywhere (100% remote workplace), unlimited PTO - plus extra fun perks!

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