Freshworks

Lead Customer Success Manager

Freshworks • $112K — $145K *
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of customer-facing SaaS experience managing strategic or enterprise customers
  • Proven track record in driving customer adoption, retention, and growth
  • Experience building relationships with technical and business stakeholders, including executives
  • Strong commercial mindset with a focus on renewals and expansion
  • Experience leading Executive Business Reviews (EBRs) and navigating complex customer relationships
  • Excellent communication, presentation, and collaboration skills
  • Proactive approach with the ability to manage multiple priorities

Responsibilities

  • Own a portfolio of 30-35 Key and Enterprise customers worth $5M-$7M in ARR
  • Build trusted relationships with business, technical, and executive stakeholders
  • Drive customer adoption, value realization, health, retention, and renewal readiness
  • Lead Executive Business Reviews and strategic customer engagements
  • Proactively identify customer risks and coordinate teams for resolution
  • Collaborate with Account Executives on account strategy and expansion opportunities
  • Identify ways to deepen customer relationships and enhance value from Freshworks
  • Work with Product, Engineering, Support, and Professional Services to ensure successful outcomes

Benefits

  • Multiple options for dental, medical, and vision insurance
  • Disability and life insurance coverage
  • Flexible spending accounts
  • Commuter benefits
  • Wellness benefits
  • Adoption and parental leave benefits
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 own a portfolio of Key and Enterprise customers across North America.

You'll serve as a strategic partner to your customers, helping them maximize the value of their Freshworks investment while driving adoption, retention, and long-term growth. You'll work closely with customer stakeholders and internal teams to proactively manage risk, strengthen executive relationships, and deliver meaningful business outcomes.

What You'll Do
  • Own a portfolio of approximately 30-35 Key and Enterprise customers representing $5M-$7M in ARR.
  • Build trusted relationships with business, technical, and executive stakeholders
  • Drive adoption, value realization, customer health, retention, and renewal readiness
  • Lead Executive Business Reviews, success planning, and other strategic customer engagements
  • Proactively identify customer risk and coordinate cross-functional teams to drive resolution
  • Partner closely with Account Executives on account strategy, renewals, and expansion opportunities
  • Identify opportunities to deepen customer relationships and expand the value customers receive from Freshworks
  • Collaborate across Product, Engineering, Support, and Professional Services to deliver successful customer outcomes
  • Travel as needed for executive engagements and onsite customer meetings


Qualifications

What We're Looking For
  • 5+ years of relevant customer-facing SaaS experience, including experience managing strategic or enterprise customers
  • Demonstrated success driving customer adoption, retention, renewals, and growth
  • Experience building relationships with both technical and business stakeholders, including executives
  • Strong commercial mindset with experience partnering on renewals and expansion
  • Experience leading EBRs/QBRs and navigating complex customer relationships
  • Strong communication, presentation, and cross-functional collaboration skills
  • Proactive, hands-on approach with the ability to navigate multiple priorities


Additional Information

This is a hybrid position based at our San Mateo, CA headquarters, 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 $112,000 - $145,000 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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