Manager, Scaled Customer Success

Instrumentl

$130K — $160K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Education, Government & Non-Profit
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years in Customer Success with direct team management experience
  • Proven execution of a scaled or digital-first customer success strategy
  • Strong data-driven operational focus, developing segmentation and health scoring
  • Experience in fast-paced startup environments with ambiguity
  • Track record of driving customer retention and expansion at high volume

Responsibilities

  • Oversee daily execution of a scaled Customer Success strategy
  • Design an efficient customer journey with effective touchpoints and automation
  • Set data-driven performance goals linked to customer success metrics
  • Collaborate with book-of-business teams to ensure smooth account transitions
  • Coach and develop a team of six Scaled Customer Success Managers
  • Manage performance through regular feedback and coaching sessions
  • Implement and refine operational systems that support the scaled motion

Benefits

  • 100% covered health, dental, and vision insurance for employees (50% for dependents)
  • Generous paid time off, including parental leave
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • Company laptop and home-office stipend
  • Bi-annual company retreats
Full Job Description
About the role:

We're hiring a Manager, Scaled Customer Success to build and run our scaled CS motion, reporting to our VP of Customer Success. As our customer base grows, we're splitting CS into two motions: a book-of-business motion for our highest-touch accounts, and a scaled motion that reaches the long tail of customers through data-driven, one-to-many engagement. You'll own the scaled side end to end, leading a team of roughly six Scaled Customer Success Managers and building the operating processes that let a small team deliver real value at high volume. This is a hands-on leadership seat for someone who has actually run a scaled motion before and wants to build one from the ground up at a profitable, fast-moving company.

What you'll do:

Own the scaled motion
  • Own day-to-day execution of the scaled CS motion, where a small team supports a high volume of lower-ACV customers through data-driven, one-on-one engagements
  • Design the customer journey for scale: define the touchpoints, plays, and automation that help customers reach value without a dedicated CSM for every account
  • Set clear, data-driven goals for the team tied to activation, adoption, retention, and expansion across the scaled book
  • Partner with the book-of-business motion so accounts move cleanly between segments and customers never fall through the cracks

People management & coaching
  • Manage, coach, and develop a team of roughly six Scaled Customer Success Managers
  • Run effective 1:1s focused on performance, skill development, and growth
  • Conduct call and workflow reviews and provide enablement to help the team improve their craft
  • Support goal-setting, feedback, and performance management in alignment with company values

Operational ownership & systems
  • Build and own the operating rhythm for scale: segmentation, health scoring, playbooks, and the reporting that tells you where to focus
  • Stand up and improve the systems the motion runs on, including CRM workflows, lifecycle automation, and dashboards
  • Use data and customer signals to decide where the team spends its time and to catch risk early
  • Identify gaps in execution and proactively improve workflows and handoffs as the motion matures

Hands-on customer leadership
  • Join customer calls and conversations as needed, including escalations and moments that need a leader in the room
  • Guide the team through complex customer situations and decision-making
  • Model strong customer communication, empathy, and problem-solving in real interactions


What we're looking for:

Required
  • 5+ years in Customer Success, including direct people management of a CSM team, at a level where you owned team performance and development
  • Demonstrated ownership of a scaled, pooled, or digital-first CS motion that you actually ran, not just observed, with a track record of driving retention or expansion at high volume
  • A genuinely data-driven, operational approach: you build the segmentation, health scoring, playbooks, and reporting a scaled motion runs on rather than managing account by account
  • Proven ability to move fast and stay effective in a startup environment: comfortable with ambiguity, iterating in the open, and building process where none exists yet

Nice to have
  • Experience standing up a scaled motion from scratch, including the first version of the tooling and automation
  • Background working with a product-led or self-serve customer base alongside a sales-led motion
  • A real connection to the nonprofit sector or mission-driven work
  • Experience partnering closely with a peer manager who owns a separate CS segment


Compensation & Benefits

For US-based candidates, the target salary range is $130,000-$160,000 USD base + equity. Final compensation is determined based on experience, skillset, scope, interview performance, and geographic location.

Benefits
  • 100% covered health, dental, and vision insurance for employees (50% for dependents).
  • Generous PTO, including parental leave.
  • 401(k).
  • Company laptop and home-office stipend.
  • Bi-annual company retreats.

Instrumentl is evolving rapidly. You'll always have new challenges and opportunities to grow here

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