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VitalSource Technologies, LLC has powered digital content delivery across the higher education ecosystem for over 30 years. Winner of the 2024 CODiE award for Most Innovative Ed Tech company, VitalSource delivers more than 28 million learning materials globally each year. With unmatched scale, the VitalSource Learning Delivery Network is trusted by thousands of content providers and institutions worldwide to deliver impactful learning experiences, fuel affordable access programs, and drive a learning advantage for every student. Learn more at http://get.vitalsource.com/ and follow us on LinkedIn.
Senior Manager, Customer Success
Location
United States
Posted
62 days ago
Salary
$110K - $125K / year
Seniority
Lead
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Job Description
Senior Manager, Customer Success
VitalSource Technologies
VitalSource®, is hiring a Senior Manager, Customer Success to contribute to our Customer Success team located in Raleigh NC, Chicago IL, Franklin TN, or Boston MA (preferred locations). Applicants outside of these preferred locations will still be considered. The Senior Manager, Customer Success leads a team of Customer Success Managers focused on driving retention, product adoption, and growth across assigned customer segments. This role translates company goals into clear priorities, consistent engagement standards, and scalable practices that improve customer outcomes and business performance. This leader oversees execution across the customer lifecycle—from onboarding through expansion—while partnering with Sales, Product, Operations, and Support to enhance the customer experience and surface insights that inform business decisions. Key Responsibilities: - Lead, coach, and develop a team of Customer Success Managers to deliver retention, adoption, and expansion outcomes across assigned customer segments or portfolios. - Set team goals, performance expectations, and operating rhythms aligned to customer outcomes, revenue retention, and growth objectives. - Oversee execution of the customer lifecycle, including onboarding coordination, value realization planning, risk management, and expansion readiness. - Review portfolio health, customer risk indicators, and growth opportunities to guide prioritization, escalation handling, and proactive engagement strategies. - Partner with Sales, Product, Operations, and Support to align customer strategy, improve service delivery, and resolve issues affecting customer outcomes. - Improve Customer Success processes, reporting, and engagement models to support scale, consistency, and better visibility into business impact. - Support complex or high-impact customer situations and executive-level engagements when escalation, alignment, or recovery is required. Required Qualifications: - 7+ years of experience in Customer Success, account management, client services, or a related customer-facing function. - 3+ years of experience leading or developing Customer Success teams or equivalent people leadership experience in a customer-facing environment. - Experience managing retention, adoption, and growth outcomes across a customer portfolio, segment, or book of business. - Experience leading cross-functional work with Sales, Product, Operations, and Support teams. - Experience using CRM and customer success platforms to monitor customer performance and inform engagement strategy. Preferred Skills: - AI proficiency, including the ability to use AI-enabled tools responsibly and effectively to improve team productivity, customer insight generation, and operational efficiency. - Ability to lead through others by setting clear expectations, coaching performance, and building accountability for customer and business outcomes. - Ability to interpret customer health, usage, and commercial data and translate insights into actions that improve retention and growth. - Strong judgment in prioritization, escalation management, and resource allocation across competing customer and team needs. - Ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders and align customer strategies with broader business priorities. - Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to engage effectively with senior internal stakeholders and customer leaders. - Ability to improve processes, reporting, and operating standards to support scale and consistency. - Working knowledge of CRM and customer success platforms such as Salesforce, ChurnZero, or Gainsight. What We Offer: - Culture: Collaborative, Inclusive, and Mission-driven. - More in your pocket: Competitive base salary and a strong variable component. - We take care of all aspects of our people: Generous, well-rounded benefits such as Medical, Vision, Dental, Life, Disability, Critical Illness, Accident, FSA, HSA, ID Protection, Pet and Legal Insurance - Retirement: 401K match up to 5%. - We support our families: 12 weeks of paid parental leave. - Continued education: Use our tuition reimbursement program. - The Importance of Balance: Start at 4 weeks’ vacation, 12 sick days, 11 company holidays, and 3 personal days. - Flexibility: Flexible work schedules and remote capabilities (by team) - feel free to skip the commute and hit your deadlines from home. - Wellness: Opportunities for fitness challenges and rewards. Salary Range: $110,000 to $125,000 Who We Are: VitalSource Technologies, LLC has powered digital content delivery across the higher education ecosystem for over 30 years. Winner of the 2024 CODiE award for Most Innovative Ed Tech company, VitalSource delivers more than 28 million learning materials globally each year. With unmatched scale, the VitalSource Learning Delivery Network is trusted by thousands of content providers and institutions worldwide to deliver impactful learning experiences, fuel affordable access programs, and drive a learning advantage for every student. Learn more at http://get.vitalsource.com/ and follow us on LinkedIn. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, work related mental or physical disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or genetic information. - EEO/AA Employer/Vet/Disabled - We participate in EVerify. - EEO Poster in English - EEO Poster in Spanish
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