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Strategic Customer Success Account Manager
Location
Japan
Posted
9 days ago
Salary
0
Seniority
Lead
Job Description
Strategic Customer Success Account Manager
Docusign
• Prevent risk and drive growth in our top customers through early engagement, driving value, engaging with key stakeholders and mapping our customers to our executives as measured by renewal outcomes • Achieve financial and strategic revenue, bookings and billings targets • Accurately maintain/update a rolling forecast of your territory and communicate any renewal risk to internal resources in order to develop resolution strategies, up to and including Executive Engagement • Own and execute win/win negotiation strategies for Docusign’s strategic renewals while protecting and enhancing customer trust • Conduct regular business reviews with our customers to ensure that they are adopted and deriving value from our product and we are aligned with our customers primary objectives • Accountable for the full adoption strategy, leveraging key stakeholders across the Docusign ecosystem to deliver holistic paths for success • Serve as the primary point of contact and facilitation on behalf of our customers for any escalation concerns • Collaborate with internal resources such as, but not limited to, Sales, Customer Success, Pricing, Legal, Revenue Operations and Product Management to develop growth and risk mitigation strategies for key accounts • Discuss and advise on core functionality and features beyond the fundamentals, and is able to effectively communicate the art of what is possible • Act as a Docusign expert for our customers, identifying process gaps and coordinating with Docusign resources to ensure successful adoption & deployment • Maximize account growth by taking a major role within the account team, helping to identify incremental growth opportunities within the account, and involving the appropriate internal resources where applicable • Evaluate your portfolio and effectively analyze usage, health, data, and behavioral patterns to prioritize time to render the most favorable outcomes for the customer and Docusign • Occasional travel to build customer relationships and improve overall partnership (up to 10%) • Follow and adhere to best practices for all internal processes including, opportunity management, data quality and accuracy, CRM hygiene, quotes and forecasting • Ad hoc duties as directed by management.
Job Requirements
- 8+ years of experience within Sales, Renewal Management, Account Management and/or Customer Success - ideally within SaaS offerings
- Strong contract negotiation skills with experience driving high value contracts to completion on-time
- Experience with quota-carrying roles and proven history of meeting key performance indicators
- Experience with deal negotiation cycles with a successful track record, ability to navigate across internally and with the customer in a trusted advisor/consultative approach and establishing credibility quickly with senior level executives across the organizations
- BA/BS degree or equivalent work experience
- Fluent in Japanese
- Intermediate English Level Preferred
- Experience with leading an adoption strategy across organizations, serving as a change agent for the customer
- Ability to demonstrate a strategic mindset to enable persuasive value conversations with customers at an executive level
- Ability to interact with and influence all levels from individual contributors to executives
- Ability to react and adapt to potential rapid shifts in priorities
- Strong level of urgency, organization and prioritization skills
- Salesforce experience
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to conduct value analysis around ROI.
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Flexible working hours
- Professional development budget
- Home office setup allowance
- Global team events
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