Salesforce

Senior Manager, Success Architecture

Salesforce$150K — $227K *
Enterprise Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years in consulting, customer success, or similar roles with enterprise customers
  • 2+ years in people leadership, developing high-performing teams
  • 2+ years managing teams in enterprise-scale organizations
  • Experience in Cloud/SaaS environments supporting global or regional customers
  • Proven track record in driving customer outcomes and operational excellence
  • Understanding of AMER market dynamics and cultural nuances

Responsibilities

  • Build, lead, and develop a world-class Success Architect team
  • Provide coaching and mentorship to individual contributors
  • Drive customer outcomes through effective resource organization
  • Create an inclusive culture aligned with Salesforce Core Values
  • Manage key metrics such as customer satisfaction and productivity
  • Act as escalation point for high severity customer issues
  • Lead the team in delivering proactive success planning and strategic guidance

Benefits

  • Access to AI resources to enhance work impact
  • Support for finding work-life balance
  • Opportunities for professional development and growth
  • A culture that encourages innovation and technology engagement
  • Comprehensive employee engagement initiatives including regular connects
Full Job Description
To get the best candidate experience, please consider applying for a maximum of 3 roles within 12 months to ensure you are not duplicating efforts.

Job Category
Customer Success

Job Details

Senior Manager, Success Architects

Locations: New York, Atlanta, Indianapolis, Chicago, Seattle (3x week/in office)

Role Description
Director, Regional Success Architecture, Agentforce, is a customer-focused leader responsible for Salesforce's most technical success plan aligned role, Success Architects. This role will ensure the highest sustainable level of customer satisfaction with Agentforce across all customer segments. Key responsibilities include managing Success Architects; driving customer adoption and value realization; escalation management; and adherence to established success processes. As a member of the global Agentforce organization, the Director will partner with regional and global stakeholders to deliver world-class customer experiences.

Your Impact
The successful candidate will be independent, self-motivated, proactive, results-oriented, capable of quickly championing change, and influential. You will provide a high level of customer satisfaction through the delivery of exceptional customer success services. You will lead a team of professionals through a high-growth period that requires adaptability and comfort with changing circumstances.

Responsibilities
Leadership & Team Development
* Build, lead, and develop a world-class team of Success Architects in the AMER region.
* Manage individual contributors effectively, providing coaching, mentorship, and support to help them develop professionally and achieve their delivery goals
* Resource and organize teams effectively to drive customer outcomes across all segments
* Create a vibrant, inclusive culture that inspires people to do their best work and aligns with Salesforce Core Values
* Find, hire, and retain the best technical and customer-facing talent in the region
* Create an environment of stronger employee engagement through regular connects including 1:1s and office hours
* Demonstrate better together leadership that works together with peer leaders to achieve the best outcomes
* Secure psychological safety everywhere

Customer Experience & Technical Support
* Lead the Success Architect team to drive Customer Success through proactive guidance, outcome focused goals, and operational rigor
* Manage key metrics including customer satisfaction (CSAT), productivity, time to resolve, and outcome achievement
* Act as an escalation point for high severity customer issues that arise from within the team, directly from customers, or from other Salesforce functions
* Ensure the team KPIs are met or exceeded across global Architect standards
* Exemplify a positive customer experience through effective communication in every interaction with the customer
* Receive and manage customer complaints and escalate to appropriate personnel/team ensuring successful and timely resolution

Customer Success & Value Realization
* Drive customer adoption of Agentforce capabilities, including coaching your team members on Agentforce Customer Journey key milestones that they need to influence
* Ensure customers launch Agentforce into production, adopt it widely, and gain continuous business value
* Manage key success metrics including adoption, customer health, engagements, executive business reviews, retention, and expansion opportunities
* Build meaningful and lasting relationships with key stakeholders and establish long-term executive relationships
* Take a hands-on approach to personally create customer wins, references, and case studies
* Lead Success Architects to deliver proactive success planning and strategic guidance with a consultative approach

Cross-Functional Collaboration & Strategy
* Work with Support, Sales, Product, Engineering, Customer Success, Services, Renewals, and Business Operations to improve overall customer experience
* Represent the voice of the customer to stakeholders across the organization, including ensuring team contribution to formal product feedback loop process
* Understand success and implementation services best practices and contribute across teams to continuously improve these practices
* Execute company policies that affect operations and may have company-wide impact
* Drive the team to effectively align with changes in a timely manner
* Inspire continuous improvement in service delivery according to business objectives
* Demonstrate excellent communication, presentation, and negotiation skills at all organizational levels, including C-level

Required Qualifications & Skills

Experience
* 8+ years in consulting/professional services, customer success, or related customer-facing roles, handling complex issues for enterprise customers
* 2+ years of people leadership experience with proven ability to lead and develop high-performing teams
* 2+ Experience managing teams individual contributors in enterprise-scale organizations
* Cloud/SaaS software environment experience, preferably supporting global or regional customers
* Proven track record of driving both operational excellence and strategic customer outcomes
* Experience in AMER market preferred; understanding of regional business dynamics and cultural nuances

Technical & Business Acumen
* Deep understanding of customer service and success best practices
* Ability to balance tactical execution with strategic thinking
* Experience with Agentforce, CRM, or similar enterprise software platforms preferred
* Passion for technology and innovation
* Strong analytical skills with ability to drive decisions based on data and metrics
* Excellent communication, presentation, and negotiation skills at all organizational levels, including C-level
* Ability to influence and build relationships across global teams and cultures

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