Kentik

Customer Success Manager - US EST

Kentik$100K — $120K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of Customer Success Management / Account Management experience
  • Must be based on the East Coast and available for EST hours
  • Proficiency in Salesforce CRM and Modern SaaS Customer Success tools
  • Strong communication skills across various mediums
  • Ability to lead customer meetings effectively
  • Previous SaaS experience is required
  • Experience in revenue recognition within a SaaS environment is a plus
  • High emotional intelligence for interpersonal communication
  • A proactive and results-oriented mindset

Responsibilities

  • Foster key customer champions and ensure long-term customer success
  • Guide customers through their journey from onboarding to renewal
  • Build and maintain strong relationships with all assigned accounts
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize customer experience
  • Identify potential risks within accounts proactively
  • Translate customer needs into internal tasks and follow through
  • Act as a trusted advisor and advocate for customers
  • Support team collaboration by sharing successful strategies
  • Travel to key customers as needed, up to 25% of the time

Benefits

  • 100% of premiums paid by the company for health, vision, and dental coverage
  • Annual Health Reimbursement Account (HRA) of $3,000 for individuals and $4,500 for families
  • Paid family and medical leave
  • Open PTO policy with a quarterly Wellness Day and a minimum of 10 paid holidays
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • Home office reimbursement
  • Stock options offered
Full Job Description
What we do

At Kentik, we take great care of our Customers to ensure they get the most value out of our relationship and Products. We strive to build long lasting, deep relationships and be there for them throughout our joint success journey. This role establishes and maintains ownership of the entire Customer experience including initial onboarding, adoption, ongoing cadence, as well as managing renewals. You will be the proactive outreach owner for your entire book of business, and have the chance to work with really exciting companies using Kentik. Additionally, the role is a key contributor to identifying expansion and upsell opportunities, with joint responsibility together with the sales team over those opportunities.

Are you outgoing, detail oriented, emotionally intelligent, and know how to balance competing priorities? If so, let's have a conversation about joining Kentik's growing Customer Success Division. This is an exciting opportunity for anyone looking to join a scaling, growing, and nurturing team of Success professionals.
What you'll do

  • Identify and foster key customer champions across different parts of the customer organization and take responsibility for the customer's long-term health and success
  • Support customers through the Kentik Customer Journey: from on-boarding through adoption, to renewal and growth
  • Establish and maintain rapport with all assigned accounts
  • Work closely with your team of Post-Sales Engineers, Account Executives, Product Management, Sales Engineers and Kentik Leadership to ensure customers have an optimal experience and achieve their desired outcomes
  • Identify and call out account risks
  • Capture key customer needs, translate them to internal tasks, and execute
  • Aim to become each customer's trusted advisor by displaying a high degree of emotional intelligence and being each customer's advocate back to other Kentik teams
  • Ability to work in a customer-first, team collaborative setting, supporting other team members and sharing what is working as well as what could be improved
  • Travel on-site to key customers as needed
What you'll bring
Studies have shown that some candidates tend to apply to jobs only if they meet 100% of the qualifications. We encourage you to apply if you meet most of the criteria - even if you don't match all of the qualifications, your skills and experience could be valuable in this role!
  • 5+ years of Customer Success Management / Account Management experience
  • Candidate must be based on the East Coast and willing to work EST hours
  • High degree of proficiency in Salesforce CRM, Google Suite, Modern SaaS CS tools (Catalyst.io, Pendo, Looker, etc.)
  • Clear communication abilities, and choosing the right mode of communication naturally (email, phone, messaging, etc.)
  • Ability to speak with authority and lead customer meetings to favorable outcomes
  • Previous SaaS experience required
  • Revenue recognition experience in a SaaS framework is a strong plus
  • Emotional intelligence, ability to pick up interpersonal, unspoken communication and leverage these to drive better outcomes
  • A "get it done" mindset
  • Enjoy what you do and bring your unique experience to benefit both the team and our customers
  • Ability to travel up to 25% of the time
What we offer

Kentik is a fully remote company that operates globally. We seek professionals that will help us thrive as an organization, and in turn, to broaden and enhance your career. We're very thorough in the interview process to understand your skills and how they will relate to your successful growth here at Kentik. Our compensation philosophy encompasses a fair program for all in order to attract, engage and retain talented individuals who will drive our business and wow our customers.

The base salary range for this position is: $100,000 - $120,000, with an expected overall targeted earnings (OTE) range of: $125,000 - $150,000. The salary range and OTE reflect the low and high end of the U.S. range Kentik reasonably and generally expects to pay the hired candidate in this role. The actual salary offered may be lower or higher than the stated range depending on various factors, including but not limited to:
  • Experience with the skill sets required for success
  • Demonstrated competencies and potential
  • A geographic market-based approach

In addition to a great career opportunity, Kentik offers stellar benefits for our employees, which include:
  • 100% of premiums are paid by company for health, vision and dental coverage for you and your dependents
  • Additionally, an annual Health Reimbursement Account (HRA) of $3,000 for an individual or $4,500 for a family
  • Paid family & medical leave
  • Open PTO, a quarterly Wellness Day, and a minimum of 10 paid holidays
  • 401(k) retirement account
  • Home office reimbursement
  • Stock options

Note: Benefits are as listed for all US full-time employees. For compensation, international applicants will be treated equitably in relation to the laws applicable within the countries in which we operate.

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About Kentik

Kentik is an American network observability, network monitoring and anomaly detection company headquartered in San Francisco, California.
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