Atlassian

Sr. Principal Customer Success Manager

Atlassian$201K — $263K *
Enterprise Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years in Customer Success, account management, or enterprise transformation with a strong track record.
  • Experience engaging with C-suite and delivering at the SVP/C-level for large enterprises.
  • Proven success in leading initiatives that yield measurable customer outcomes.
  • Background in AI and digital transformation within enterprise contexts.
  • Deep understanding of Jira, Confluence, and Atlassian solutions with advisory capability.
  • Proficient in Customer Success Planning tools like Gainsight and Salesforce.
  • Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

  • Build and nurture relationships with senior executives to position Atlassian as a strategic partner.
  • Accelerate product adoption and demonstrate measurable business outcomes.
  • Lead the creation and execution of Customer Success Plans aligned with customer goals.
  • Guide complex implementation and transformation initiatives with multiple stakeholders.
  • Advise on the strategic use of AI and emerging technologies in customer operations.
  • Identify risks and develop mitigation strategies with account teams.
  • Advocate for the customer internally, providing feedback to enhance product offerings.

Benefits

  • Health and wellbeing resources for employees and families.
  • Paid volunteer days to engage with the community.
  • Comprehensive benefits package including bonuses, commissions, and equity opportunities.
  • Access to a variety of perks designed to enhance work-life balance.
Full Job Description
Overview

Responsibilities

  • Executive Engagement & Trusted Advisor: Build and maintain trusted relationships with C-suite and senior executives, ensuring Atlassian is positioned as a strategic partner in their digital and AI transformation journeys.
  • Outcome-Driven Success: Accelerate product adoption and deliver verifiable business outcomes, focusing on measurable value realization and expansion across global teams.
  • Strategic Success Planning: Lead the development and execution of Customer Success Plans (CSPs) that align with customer business goals, including regular check-ins, QBRs, and strategic planning sessions. Leverage CSPs as a vehicle for driving adoption, retention, and expansion.
  • Complex Program Leadership: Guide customers and internal teams through complex implementation and transformation initiatives, often involving multiple partners and stakeholders.
  • AI & Emerging Tech Enablement: Advise customers on leveraging Atlassian's AI and emerging technologies to enhance their strategies and operations. Experienced in AI consumption and usage pricing based model.
  • Risk Mitigation: Proactively identify risks, escalate issues, and drive mitigation strategies in partnership with account teams.
  • Voice of the Customer: Serve as the customer advocate internally, providing actionable feedback to improve Atlassian's products, services, and customer experience.
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with sales, product, support, and advisory services to deliver a seamless customer experience and maximize business value.


Compensation

At Atlassian, we strive to design equitable, explainable, and competitive compensation programs. To support this goal, the baseline of our range is higher than that of the typical market range, but in turn we expect to hire most candidates near this baseline. Base pay within the range is ultimately determined by a candidate's skills, expertise, or experience.

Benefits & Perks

Atlassian offers a wide range of perks and benefits designed to support you, your family and to help you engage with your local community. Our offerings include health and wellbeing resources, paid volunteer days, and so much more. To learn more, visit go.atlassian.com/perksandbenefits

This role may also be eligible for benefits, bonuses, commissions, and equity.

Please visit go.atlassian.com/payzones for more information on which locations are included in each of our geographic pay zones. However, please confirm the zone for your specific location with your recruiter.

Pay Ranges

In The United States, we have three geographic pay zones. For this role, our current base pay ranges for new hires in each zone are:

Zone A: $201,600 - $263,200

Zone B: $181,440 - $236,880

Zone C: $167,400 - $218,550

Qualifications

  • 10+ years in Customer Success, account management, consulting, or enterprise transformation, with a proven track record managing the largest, most complex strategic customers.
  • Executive presence and experience delivering solutions at the SVP/C-level for Fortune 500/global enterprise customers.
  • Demonstrated success in leading transformational initiatives that drive measurable customer outcomes (e.g., differentiated use cases, efficiency savings, accelerated growth and business outcomes (e.g., platform adoption, expansion, retention).
  • Experience with AI and digital transformation in enterprise environments.
  • Strong understanding of Jira, Confluence, and Atlassian solution use cases, with the ability to advise on solution trade-offs and best practices.
  • Proficiency with Customer Success Planning frameworks; experience using Gainsight, Salesforce, Tableau, or similar tools.
  • Excellent problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
  • Preferred: 5+ years with Atlassian-powered solutions, ITSM certification, experience with MEDDPICC or similar deal qualification frameworks.

About Atlassian

Atlassian is a leading provider of collaboration, development, and issue tracking software for teams. With over 194,000 customers worldwide, including 85 of the Fortune 100, Atlassian is changing the way teams work. Our products help teams organize, discuss, and complete shared work. Atlassian has a unique business model that allows us to deliver software to teams of all sizes, from small startups to large enterprises. Our products are available on a subscription basis, with no upfront fees or long-term commitments. Atlassian was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
Learn more about Atlassian
Size
6,433 employees
Market Cap
$31.9 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$1.1 billion
Founded
2002
5 Year Trend
+34.9%
Revenue
$1.8 billion
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