Freshworks

Lead Customer Success Manager

Freshworks$108K — $134K *
Business Services
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7-10 years of experience in Customer Success or related customer-facing SaaS roles
  • Experience managing Enterprise or Key customer portfolios
  • Demonstrated success in enhancing customer retention and growth
  • Proficient in working with technical and business stakeholders, including executive sponsors
  • Strong commercial mindset with a focus on renewals and expansion
  • Excellent communication and relationship-building skills
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities in a cross-functional setting
  • Solid understanding of SaaS customer success best practices

Responsibilities

  • Manage a portfolio of 30-35 Key and Enterprise customers worth $5M-$7M in ARR
  • Build trusted relationships with customer and technical teams
  • Drive customer adoption and retention while fostering account growth
  • Collaborate with Account Executives on account strategies and renewals
  • Lead executive business reviews and customer health discussions
  • Monitor customer health and product usage to identify risks and opportunities
  • Work with cross-functional teams to ensure successful customer outcomes
  • Serve as the primary contact for strategic customer interactions

Benefits

  • Comprehensive dental, medical, and vision insurance options
  • Disability and life insurance coverage
  • Flexible spending accounts and commuter benefits
  • Wellness benefits available
  • Adoption and parental leave benefits offered
Full Job Description
Job Description

At Freshworks, we're on a mission to help businesses delight their customers and employees through simple, powerful software. As we continue to grow our Enterprise business, we're looking for a Customer Success Manager to partner with a portfolio of Key and Enterprise customers across North America.

In this role, you'll serve as a trusted advisor, helping customers maximize the value of their Freshworks investment through strategic guidance, proactive engagement, and strong cross-functional collaboration. You'll work closely with customer stakeholders, internal partners, and account teams to drive adoption, retention, and long-term growth.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Customer Success professional who enjoys managing complex customer relationships, influencing business outcomes, and partnering across the organization to deliver an exceptional customer experience.

What You'll Do
  • Manage a portfolio of approximately 30-35 Key and Enterprise customers representing $5M-$7M in ARR.
  • Build trusted relationships with customer stakeholders across business and technical teams.
  • Drive customer adoption, value realization, retention, and long-term account growth.
  • Partner closely with Account Executives to develop account strategies, support renewals, and identify expansion opportunities.
  • Lead Executive Business Reviews, success planning sessions, and customer health discussions.
  • Proactively monitor customer health and product adoption to identify risks and opportunities.
  • Collaborate with Product, Engineering, Support, Professional Services, and Customer Advocacy to deliver successful customer outcomes.
  • Serve as the primary point of contact for strategic customer engagements and escalations.
  • Travel as needed to strengthen customer relationships and support business objectives.


Qualifications
  • 7-10 years of experience in Customer Success, Technical Account Management, Consulting, or another customer-facing SaaS role
  • Experience managing Enterprise or Key customer portfolios within a SaaS environment
  • Demonstrated success driving customer retention, adoption, and growth
  • Experience working with technical and business stakeholders, including executive sponsors
  • Strong commercial mindset with experience partnering on renewals and expansion opportunities
  • Excellent communication, presentation, and relationship-building skills
  • Ability to navigate multiple priorities while partnering effectively across cross-functional teams
  • Strong understanding of SaaS customer success best practices and enterprise technology environments


Additional Information

This is a hybrid position based in our downtown Boston office, with an expectation of working onsite Tuesday through Thursday. Regular travel is required to support executive customer engagements, strategic business reviews, and onsite meetings.

The annual base salary range for this position is $108,800 - $134,400 USD. This role is eligible for a target bonus and operates under an 80/20 pay mix (80% base salary, 20% variable compensation). Actual compensation will vary based on experience, skills, and qualifications.

Freshworks offers multiple options for dental, medical, vision, disability and life insurances, flexible spending, commuter benefits and wellness benefits are also offered. Freshworks also offers adoption and parental leave benefits.

About Freshworks

Freshworks is a cloud-based customer engagement software company that provides businesses with a suite of products to enhance their customer experience. The company's products include Freshdesk, Freshservice, Freshsales, Freshcaller, and Freshchat. Freshworks was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in San Mateo, California.
Learn more about Freshworks
Size
3,000 employees
Market Cap
$4 billion
Industry
NASDAQ

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