Carta

Senior Private Equity Customer Success Manager

Carta$153K — $181K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of enterprise client-facing experience, preferably in Private Equity or Venture Capital.
  • Strong quantitative aptitude with professionalism suitable for advising clients on complex matters.
  • Proven experience managing strategic account relationships with excellent communication and negotiation skills.
  • Ability to remain diplomatic and poised under pressure while navigating difficult conversations.
  • Proactive, organized, and detail-oriented with a focus on delivering results and driving product adoption.
  • Process-driven mindset for establishing and optimizing operational processes in account management.
  • Collaborative leader capable of managing cross-functional projects effectively.
  • Thrives in fast-paced environments and can quickly adapt to new domains.

Responsibilities

  • Build lasting relationships with key decision-makers at Private Equity firms.
  • Monitor account health and drive customer engagement with data insights.
  • Negotiate contract renewals and manage complex commercial escalations.
  • Identify and develop cross-sell and upsell opportunities within client portfolios.
  • Use advanced technology and AI tools to enhance customer value communication.
  • Act as the main point of escalation for customer issues and mitigate churn risks.
  • Collaborate with R&D and Customer Support to influence product development based on client feedback.

Benefits

  • Equity for all full-time roles.
  • Exceptional benefits package.
  • Commission plans for applicable roles.
Full Job Description
The Team You'll Work With

We're looking for exceptional Customer Success Managers to own and manage portfolios of existing Private Equity Firm customers. This includes ensuring your customers are getting value out of Carta products, collaborating closely with sales to drive adoption of additional features, and managing customers successfully through the renewal process.

As a PE Firm CSM, you will play a critical business role at Carta. You will work with some of our most complex customers to understand their business plans and develop a Carta product adoption roadmap which will enable them to accomplish their desired business outcomes. Using your experience, you will collaborate with product, sales, legal, finance, marketing and support to drive account strategy, solve problems, and improve customer engagement and loyalty.

The PE Firm CSM is a new function at Carta - you will be on the front lines of building out our entire post-sales process for Private Equity firms across Carta's complete product set. You will become an expert in how the different parts of our product work together, and leverage value generation and strong relationships to enhance customer exposure to broader components of Carta's ERP.
The Problems You'll Solve
  • Strategic Relationship Management: Build deep, lasting relationships with key decision-makers and high-level PE stakeholders, transforming them into long-term Carta advocates.
  • Customer Health & Adoption: Proactively monitor and improve account health, engagement, and adoption trends by delivering regular, data-driven insights and strategic account plans connected to the customer's goals.
  • Commercial Execution & Negotiation: Secure win-win renewal outcomes and expertly navigate contract negotiations, while managing complex commercial escalations.
  • Portfolio & Revenue Expansion: Uncover "white space" opportunities across PE firms' broader portfolios, strategically influencing cross-sells and upsells to drive clients toward Carta's comprehensive ERP vision for Private Equity.
  • Advanced Engagement: Leverage cutting-edge technology and AI tools to transform data into real insights and proactively communicate Carta's evolving value proposition to your book of business..
  • Risk Mitigation & Resolution: Act as the primary escalation point for customer issues; marshal internal resources to resolve crises efficiently and proactively mitigate churn risks.
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with R&D and Customer Support teams to synthesize and share client feedback, directly influencing the product roadmap.
  • Value Maximization & Advocacy: Deeply understand unique client workflows to help them extract maximum value from the platform, ultimately activating them as references for prospective clients.
About You
  • 5+ years of enterprise client-facing experience, with a strong preference for backgrounds in Private Equity or Venture Capital.
  • A quantitative aptitude and the professional polish required to advisor-sell and present to clients with sophisticated investment knowledge.
  • Proven track record of managing strategic account relationships, utilizing exceptional communication, negotiation, and facilitation skills.
  • Diplomatic and poised under pressure, with a demonstrated ability to navigate difficult conversations and preserve critical client relationships.
  • Proactive, organized, and detail-oriented with a drive to deliver results, inspire customer loyalty, and drive product adoption.
  • Process-driven mindset, capable of establishing, optimizing, and scaling operational processes related to account management.
  • Collaborative and cross-functional leader who can seamlessly work across internal teams to drive complex projects to completion.
  • Thrives in fast-paced, dynamic environments, with a high comfort level operating in areas of uncertainty and rapidly self-educating on new domains.
  • Tech-forward and efficient, with a strong proficiency in leveraging AI tools to optimize workflows, analyze data, and scale your daily impact.
  • An empathetic and persuasive team player possessing the highly-professional interpersonal skills needed to thrive in a high-growth culture.
Salary

Carta's compensation package includes a market competitive salary, equity for all full time roles, exceptional benefits, and, for applicable roles, commissions plans. Our expected cash compensation (salary + commission if applicable) range for this role is:
  • $153,850 - $181,000 OTE in San Francisco, CA & New York City, NY

We are hiring for multiple levels and locations, so final offers may vary from the amounts listed based on geography, experience and expertise, and other factors.

About Carta

Carta is a financial services company that provides equity management software for companies and investors. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. Carta's software allows companies to manage their cap tables, valuations, and equity plans, while also providing investors with access to private markets. The company has raised over $600 million in funding and has over 1,000 employees.
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2012

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