Manager, Customer Success

By clicking "Apply Now," I understand and agree that Zendesk and its affiliates will collect and process my information in accordance with Zendesk's Candidate Privacy Notice.Job DescriptionPlease note, you must have the right to work in Portugal to be a suitable candidate for this position. We cannot provide visa sponsorship for this role.We're thrilled to offer an incredible opportunity for a Manager to lead our first-ever Scaled Customer Success team in Lisbon! As the driving force behind this new initiative, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping the team's success and making an immediate impact. If you're a visionary leader eager to build, inspire, and lead in a fast-paced, high-performance environment, this is your chance to create something truly exceptional from the ground up!As a Manager in the Global Scaled Customer Success organization, your responsibility is to lead a team of CSMs focused on driving customer experience, adoption, optimization and retention. This role requires a blend of team leadership, hands-on engagement, strategic thinking and operational rigor. You'll need to be a systematic thinker, comfortable with data, building hypotheses and operationalizing strategies to execution. You'll need a skill set both in direct customer engagement, scaled 1:many program development and leadership, and digital program development and leadership as our customer base is diverse and distributed.Our goal is to ensure our customers are deriving value, are optimized for success, and are happily growing with Zendesk for the long term.A day in the life of a Manager, Customer Success:Team leadership of 8+ direct reports ensuring the team is supported, developing and surpassing KPIsCollaboration across the Global Scaled Customer Success org, cross functional teams like Sales, Renewals, Marketing and StrategyParticipation in Leadership meetings, strategic planning and goal setting around 1:1 and 1:many engagementsOwnership of the team's performance and developmentSkilled at risk mitigation, value realization delivery and mentoring and developing talentOwnership of forecasting, team pacing, performance management, and continuous team improvementThe opportunity to lead with responsibilities across regionsThe Scaled team is committed to continuous improvement, testing and iterating, and seeking innovative ways to work efficiently and to deliver the best customer experience possible. We're a global team with members in AMER, EMEA, APAC and LATAM. We value hard work, candor, commitment to one another and our customers, and desire to learn and grow.Your Experience:You have experience leading in Customer Success and have worked in customer-facing roles like Customer Success, Sales, Renewals, Onboarding, Account Management, or Project Management8+ years of total work experience3+ years of experience in Customer Success3+ years of hands-on experience with Zendesk or other CX toolsExperience in 1:1 and 1:many customer engagements both from a delivery and design perspectiveA strong track record of exceeding targets and top performanceExperience and a skill set with Gainsight, SFDC, Outreach, Zendesk, TableauProven ability to mentor and develop teams to achieve and surpass goalsStrong analytical and problem solving skills; comfortable using data to drive decision making and have systematic problem solving approaches, typically developed from technical, engineering, or administration type educational degreesExperience working across large and small customers, ranging from Gestão e operações