SpaceX

Enterprise Customer Success Manager

SpaceX$115K — $155K *
Aerospace & Defense
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent and 6+ years of account management or sales experience
  • 6+ years of experience in account management or sales
  • 6+ years of technical product or service support experience
  • Ability to interact at all levels on technical and account issues
  • Significant knowledge in commercial aviation and satellite communications
  • Experience with FAA, EASA, or aerospace regulatory bodies
  • Proven project management experience under tight deadlines

Responsibilities

  • Act as the primary contact for clients, resolving issues and maintaining relationships
  • Own accounts by communicating readiness levels and risks to achieve revenue forecasts
  • Guide customers to optimize performance of the Starlink system through technical expertise
  • Advocate for customers by remaining positive and independent in crises
  • Facilitate airline and aircraft service entry, providing training on operations and maintenance
  • Design and lead system enhancements and automations to improve processes
  • Represent Starlink in the region by attending partner offices and conferences

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • Short and long-term disability and life insurance
  • Paid parental leave and accrual of 3 weeks of paid vacation
  • 10+ paid holidays per year
  • Employee stock purchase plan at a discounted rate
  • Access to various discounts and perks
Full Job Description
ENTERPRISE CUSTOMER SUCCESS MANAGER

Starlink, our revolutionary satellite constellation, is delivering low-latency broadband internet around the world. The Starlink Enterprise Account Management team serves as the point of contact for Starlink's growing aviation customers from contract signature through successful activation, ensuring all contract terms are fulfilled.

This is an individual contributor role that will manage large, complex aviation agreements. Our ideal candidate is a self-starter who has a passion for making customers deliriously happy, blazing new trails for Starlink enterprise customers, and realizing/growing revenue.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
  • Be the primary point of contact for assigned customers or verticals, to resolve issues, negotiate requirements, coordinate technical and contractual changes, and maintain positive relationships
  • As an extreme owner of assigned accounts, identify and successfully communicate readiness levels, requirements, schedules, and risks to realize forecasted revenue on or ahead of schedule
  • Utilize technical expertise and industry knowledge to guide customers in achieving high levels of performance in the operation and maintenance of the Starlink system by monitoring, investigating performance, developing, and implementing corrective actions
  • Serve as a customer advocate; maintain a positive attitude in a crisis environment, and must have the ability to work independently with minimal direction
  • Helps implement airline and aircraft entry into service and growth plans. Providing training and guidance on issues related to operations, sales, installations, maintenance, reporting, and reliability
  • Identify, design, and lead implementation of system enhancements and automations to improve the internal and external systems and process interfaces
  • Represent Starlink throughout the assigned region by traveling to our partners' offices, regional conferences, and events as required
  • Support and develop a proposal to align new efforts with long-term strategic vision and engineering objectives, and to ensure contract requirements are executable

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:
  • Bachelor's degree OR high school diploma/equivalency certificate and 6+ years of professional of account management or sales experience
  • 6+ years of professional experience in account management or sales
  • 6+ years working with customers to support a technical product or service

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:
  • Ability to interact with all levels on technical and account management issues
  • Significant knowledge or experience in commercial and/or business aviation, satellite communications, and program or account management
  • Experience working with the FAA, EASA, or other aerospace regulatory bodies
  • Experience managing multiple complex projects and delivering under tight deadlines and resource constraints
  • Experience building long-term and successful customer relationships demonstrating empathy, active listening, and resiliency skills
  • Ability to synthesize multiple unique requirements and suggest smart solutions, products, or features
  • Track record of demonstrating sound business judgment, evaluating alternatives, and making recommendations that were adopted and ultimately successful
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to craft and present professional presentations at all levels
  • Ability to manage execution of significant or complex contracts, including initial intake, renegotiation of terms, and schedules. Especially after a contract is signed

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
  • Must be available to work extended hours and/or weekends as needed to support critical milestones or operations shifts
  • Must be willing to travel to other SpaceX offices and customer locations as needed (up to 40%)


COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS:

Pay Range:
Level 3: $115,000.00 - $155,000.00

Your actual level and base salary will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job-related knowledge and skills, education, and experience.

Base salary is just one part of your total rewards package at SpaceX. You may also be eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of company stock or long-term cash awards, as well as potential discretionary bonuses and the ability to purchase additional stock at a discount through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You will also receive access to comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, short and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, paid parental leave, and various other discounts and perks. You may also accrue 3 weeks of paid vacation and will be eligible for 10 or more paid holidays per year. Employees accrue paid sick leave pursuant to Company policy which satisfies or exceeds the accrual, carryover, and use requirements of the law.

ITAR REQUIREMENTS:
  • To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. a7 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. a7 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.

About SpaceX

SpaceX is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transportation services company founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk. The company designs, manufactures, and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft. SpaceX has developed the Falcon 1, Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, and Dragon spacecraft. The company was founded with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX has achieved several milestones in spaceflight, including the first privately-funded liquid-propellant rocket to reach orbit, the first privately-funded company to send a spacecraft to the International Space Station, and the first privately-funded company to send a human-rated spacecraft to orbit.
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