SugarCRM

Director, Account Management

SugarCRM$140K — $150K *
Business Services
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of experience in customer success or account management
  • 3+ years in a leadership or people management role
  • Strong understanding of CRM software and B2B SaaS
  • Proven ownership of significant renewal and growth forecasts
  • Experience with continuous improvement initiatives in a customer-focused environment
  • Ability to analyze and utilize customer health metrics effectively

Responsibilities

  • Lead and mentor a team of Customer Success Managers to cultivate a customer-centric culture
  • Drive regular business reviews customized to customer needs to enhance engagement
  • Establish a risk identification framework for proactive renewal management
  • Coach CSMs to facilitate revenue-generating conversations in advance of renewals
  • Collaborate across departments to identify growth opportunities and meet targets
  • Align growth and renewal forecasts with Sales and CS leadership for transparency
  • Monitor and track customer success metrics to anticipate trends and address issues

Benefits

  • Comprehensive healthcare coverage for employees and their families
  • 401(k) plan with company matching
  • Flexible unlimited paid time off policy
  • Paid parental leave for new parents
  • Access to online legal services through Rocket Lawyer
  • Financial planning assistance offered via Origin
  • Discounted pet insurance options
  • Exclusive corporate benefit program for travel and entertainment discounts
  • Health and wellness reimbursement support
  • Opportunities for career and personal development through educational resources
  • Employee referral bonuses
  • Focus on merit-based career advancement opportunities
Full Job Description
About the Role

As the Director, Account Management (or Director, Customer Success), you'll spearhead our customer-centric approach to help our Americas customers achieve measurable outcomes and long-term value with SugarCRM. Your role goes beyond traditional management; it's about cultivating a culture of excellence within your team. In this pivotal position, you will lead a team of Customer Success Managers to develop customer advocates, foster deep customer relationships and drive customer value through adoption and expansion motions.

**This role operates on a hybrid model, with a mix of remote work and in-office collaboration at our Denver, CO location, specifically, working in-office a minimum of 3 days per week.**

Impact You Will Make in the Role:

  • Lead, mentor, inspire and develop a team of Customer Success Managers (North America), providing guidance, training, and support to foster a customer-centric culture and drive performance excellence.
  • Drive the process of regular business reviews within your customer tier, creating repeatable techniques that span high-medium-low touch engagement with customers based on their needs. Support CSMs in managing customer accounts, establish strong relationships with stakeholders, and act as the first point of escalation for critical customer issues. Strategize and implement initiatives for enhancing customer retention and precision selling adoption.
  • Establish and enforce a structured risk identification framework, including early-warning indicators and mitigation plans at least two quarters in advance of renewal.
  • Coach and enable CSMs to operate as revenue stewards, ensuring commercial conversations occur well in advance of renewal events and help support expansion conversations that drive both customer value and SugarCRM revenue.
  • Collaborate with your CSMs, Professional Services, Support and Marketing teams to identify and drive growth opportunities within your customer baseto hit annual growth targets
  • Partner closely with Sales and CS leadership to ensure growth and renewal forecast alignment, transparency, and executive visibility of risks, changes and opportunities
  • Track and rigorously monitor core Customer Success metrics - renewal rate, growth rate, customer health, and sentiment - using both leading and lagging indicators to identify trends early, drive proactive action, and eliminate surprises in customer attrition
  • Maintain disciplined CRM hygiene and forecast documentation standards across the team
  • Develop deep product knowledge, stay informed about product updates, features, and capabilities, and effectively communicate value propositions to the CSM team and customers to drive product adoption and usage.


What You Will Bring:

  • 8+ years of customer success or account management experience and at least 3+ years of people management experience
  • In-depth understanding of CRM software and the B2B SaaS industry
  • Demonstrated ownership of a renewal forecast exceeding $13M and growth forecast exceeding $2.5M million ARR
  • Experience driving continuous improvement initiatives, implementing best practices, leveraging customer feedback, and advocating for product enhancements or operational improvements to enhance the overall customer experience and maximize customer success outcomes
  • Demonstrative success monitoring and analyzing customer health metrics, usage patterns, and feedback to identify trends, proactively address potential issues, and develop strategies to enhance customer satisfaction and loyalty
  • Experience generating reports, dashboards, and insights on customer success metrics, retention rates, renewal forecasts, and revenue growth to inform decision-making, measure performance, and optimize customer success initiatives


Preferred Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, or a related field
  • CRM/ERP/Marketing Automaton-centric customer success or account management experience


$140,000 - $150,000 a year

Range provided above is Base Salary

Total Compensation = Base Salary + Commission based on ARR sales, depending on experience.

We understand that no candidate is perfectly qualified for any job. Experience comes in different forms; many skills are transferable; and passion goes a long way. Even more important than your resume is a clear demonstration of dedication, impact, and the ability to thrive in a fluid and collaborative environment. We want you to learn new things in this role, and we encourage you to apply if your experience is close to what we're looking for. We also know that diversity of background and thought makes for better problem solving and more creative thinking, which is why we're dedicated to adding new perspectives to the team.

Benefits and Perks:

Beyond a stellar work environment, friendly people, and inspiring work, we have some sweet benefits and perks:
• Excellent healthcare package for you and your family
• Savings and Investment - 401(k) match
• Unlimited Paid Time Off
• Paid Parental Leave
• Online Legal Services (Rocket Lawyer)
• Financial Planning Services (Origin)
• Discounted Pet Insurance (Embrace Pet Insurance)
• Corporate Benefit Program (Working Advantage). This benefit offers you exclusive travel and entertainment offers and special discounts that are not available to the general public
• Health and Wellness Reimbursement Program
• Travel Discounts
• Educational Resources - Career & Personal Development Program
• Employee Referral Bonus Program
• We are a merit-based company - many opportunities to learn, excel and grow your career!

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About SugarCRM

SugarCRM is a customer relationship management software company that provides a cloud-based platform for managing customer interactions and data. The company's platform includes sales automation, marketing automation, customer support, and analytics tools. SugarCRM's customers include small and medium-sized businesses in industries such as finance, healthcare, and manufacturing. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Cupertino, California.
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500 employees
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Founded
2004

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