Strategic Customer Success Lead

6 days ago


London, Greater London, United Kingdom Sovos Full time

About Sovos

Sovos is a global leader in tax compliance and trust solutions, empowering businesses to navigate the complex regulatory landscape with confidence.

Our purpose-built systems provide the tools you need to thrive in a world where governments demand increased visibility, faster reporting, and greater control over business processes.

We're dedicated to more than just solving compliance challenges – we're committed to making a positive and lasting difference in everything we do.

The Role

We're seeking a Senior Strategic Customer Success Manager to join our team. As a key member of our Customer Success organization, you will be responsible for driving product adoption, retention, and growth by delivering high levels of business value and cultivating deep customer relationships.

Key Responsibilities

  • Act as an extension of the customer, being a proactive advocate within Sovos and the customer to accomplish defined objectives.
  • Manage a book of 15-20 strategic customer accounts.
  • Develop a trusted advisor relationship with customer stakeholders and executive sponsors to drive product adoption and ensure they leverage the solution to achieve full business value.
  • Proactively grow the breadth and depth of strategic relationships within assigned customers.
  • Help customers calculate and monetize business value by driving quarterly reporting with customers, measuring business value, penetration, usage, and adoption.
  • Closely manage and nurture accounts to identify and eliminate risk of attrition.
  • Partner with internal Sovos stakeholders to align account activities with the customer's business case and strategy.
  • Establish and sustain trusted relationships with customers through the full life cycle of the subscription, ensuring their success.
  • Ensure customers are aware of and educated on new features and releases.
  • Monitor and identify adoption and utilization trends, providing recommendations based on risk and customers' business needs.
  • Deliver periodic customer health checks.
  • Identify renewal risk and collaborate with internal teams to remediate and ensure a successful renewal.
  • Ensure customer feedback is clearly captured and conveyed internally to enable ongoing improvement of Sovos products and services.

Requirements

  • 4+ years of customer success, account management, or sales experience in SaaS or a similar industry.
  • 2+ years of experience working with enterprise-size accounts.
  • General knowledge of tax reporting and compliance is a plus.
  • Excellent communication skills, including issue tracking, triaging, and crisis management.
  • Experience in any of the following is a plus: process improvement, decision making, managing processes, planning, analyzing information, and developing standards.
  • Experience with CSM technologies such as Salesforce and Gainsight. Ability to efficiently manage multiple customer projects simultaneously.
  • Experience supporting global customers across multiple products.
  • Communicates effectively with internal and external customers and all levels of management.
  • Effectively communicates technical information to non-technical audiences.
  • Delivers informative, well-organized presentations.
  • Understands how to communicate difficult/sensitive information tactfully.
  • Continually seeks opportunities to increase customer satisfaction and deepen client relationships.
  • Manages client expectations effectively.
  • Proficiency in Spanish and/or Portuguese is a plus.
  • Due to client contractual obligations, the successful candidate will be asked to complete a background check and drug test upon hire.

About You

We're looking for a highly motivated and experienced professional who is passionate about delivering exceptional customer success and driving business growth.

As a Senior Strategic Customer Success Manager, you will have a proven track record of success in customer-facing roles, with a strong understanding of the SaaS industry and its challenges.

You will be a strategic thinker, able to develop and execute plans to drive customer adoption and retention, and a strong communicator, able to effectively communicate with customers, stakeholders, and internal teams.

What We Offer

We offer a competitive salary and benefits package, as well as opportunities for professional growth and development.

As a member of our team, you will have the opportunity to work with a global organization, collaborating with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and industries.

We're committed to creating a positive and inclusive work environment, where everyone feels valued and supported.



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