Bridgestone & Firestone

Strategic Customer Success Manager

Bridgestone & Firestone$100K — $120K *
US-Anywhere
+ 4 other locationsRemote
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience, plus 5+ years in Customer Success, Account Management, or a related field.
  • 3+ years managing enterprise-level customers or reseller partnerships, especially with complex SaS relationships.
  • Proven experience in conducting executive-level business reviews and strategic sessions.
  • Familiarity with integrated resellers, technology alliances, and identifying expansion opportunities.
  • Working knowledge of SaS platforms and APIs; Salesforce experience preferred.
  • Background in telematics, fleet management, or enterprise SaS environments is a plus.

Responsibilities

  • Own a portfolio of strategic reseller and software-as-a-service channel partners to create Partner Success Plans.
  • Build relationships with executive stakeholders and lead quarterly business reviews.
  • Drive partner retention and revenue growth in coordination with internal teams.
  • Coordinate resources to resolve operational and customer experience challenges.
  • Guide partners through onboarding, training, and best practices with Azuga tools.
  • Develop scalable playbooks and process improvements for integrated partners.

Benefits

  • Supportive onboarding experience for smooth transition into the team.
  • Opportunities for professional development and mentorship.
  • Engagement in Corporate Social Responsibility activities.
  • Dynamic and global work environment with challenges.
  • Focus on work/life effectiveness and long-term well-being.
  • Inclusive team culture that values diverse perspectives.
Full Job Description
Job Category
Sales, Marketing & Product Management

Position Summary
We're currently looking for a Strategic Customer Success Manager to join our team FULLY REMOTE.

This role serves as the primary post-sale relationship owner for a portfolio of high-value integrated reseller partners, driving retention, growth, adoption, and operational excellence. This Customer Success position partners with other internal teams: Sales, Revenue Operations, Product, Support, Professional Services, and Operations to deliver measurable partner outcomes and long-term strategic alignment. This is not a Sales position.

** This role will be fully remote, and the individual can be located in any state within the US. **

Responsibilities

Job functions include but are not limited to:

  • Own a portfolio of strategic integrated reseller and software-as-a-service channel partners, helping to develop Partner Success Plans aligned with business objectives, adoption targets, growth opportunities, and risks.

  • Build relationships with executive and operational stakeholders, lead quarterly business reviews, monitor partner health, and serve as the primary escalation point for strategic concerns.

  • Drive partner retention, revenue growth, expansion, sales effectiveness, and market penetration in collaboration with Channel Sales and other internal teams.

  • Coordinate cross-functional resources to resolve complex operational, technical, implementation, and customer experience challenges and ensure effective lifecycle handoffs.

  • Guide partner onboarding, training, adoption, and use of Azuga tools, integrations, programs, support resources, and operational best practices.

  • Help to develop scalable success playbooks, business review standards, stakeholder mapping, escalation processes, and continuous improvement initiatives for integrated partners.

Minimum Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent relevant experience, plus 5 or more years of experience in Customer Success, Account Management, Channel Management, Partner Success, or a related field.

  • At least 3 years of experience managing enterprise-size customers, strategic accounts, or reseller partnerships, including complex SaS relationships.

  • Experience conducting executive-level business reviews, strategic planning sessions, structured success plans, and multiple concurrent partner initiatives.

  • Experience working with integrated resellers, technology alliances, or channel partner ecosystems; experience identifying expansion opportunities and mitigating retention risks.

  • Working knowledge of software-as-a-service platforms, application programming interfaces, integrations, implementation processes, and complex customer environments; Salesforce experience preferred.

  • Experience in telematics, fleet management, Internet of Things, or enterprise software-as-a-service environments and collaborating across Sales, Revenue Operations, Product, Support, Professional Services, and Operations preferred.

At Bridgestone, you are Free to Be


We believe people can only provide superior service and quality to others when they feel safe bringing their chosen version of themselves to work. We believe in championing all perspectives, individuals and teams because we understand the importance of seeing the world and our business through many different lenses. So, show us what you are made of, because who you are is what we need.


What we offer


At Bridgestone, what really matters is to foster co-creation opportunities and empowering you to be creative and curious to make mobility safer, more efficient, and more sustainable for future generations. Whatever role you fill, when you represent Bridgestone, you are a valued teammate, and part of our larger mission to “Serve Society with Superior Quality”, for that, we offer you more than just a competitive compensation; we will provide you:


  • A supportive and engaging onboarding experience to ensure a smooth transition into our team.
  • The opportunity to develop and grow, through training and regular mentorship.
  • Corporate Social Responsibility activities.
  • A truly global, dynamic and challenging work environment.
  • Agility and work/life effectiveness and your long-term well-being.
  • An effective and inclusive team.

About Bridgestone & Firestone

Bridgestone Americas, Inc. is the U.S. subsidiary of Bridgestone Corporation, the world's largest tire and rubber company. Bridgestone Americas and its subsidiaries develop, manufacture and market a wide range of Bridgestone, Firestone and associate brand tires to address the needs of a broad range of customers, including consumers, automotive and commercial vehicle original equipment manufacturers, and those in the agricultural, forestry and mining industries. The companies are also engaged in retreading operations throughout the Western Hemisphere and produce air springs, roofing materials, and industrial fibers and textiles. The Bridgestone Americas family of companies also operates the world's largest chain of automotive tire and service centers. Guided by its global corporate social responsibility commitment, Our Way to Serve, Bridgestone embraces its responsibility as a global leader by striving to improve the way people move, live, work and play.
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