Athennian

Athennian

Customer Success Manager

Remote (Canada), Remote (United States)

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 16 days ago
Account ManagementLogisticsCorporate LawCustomer SuccessCommunicationCollaborationProblem SolvingOrganizational Skills

About the role

  • As a Customer Success Manager (CSM) reporting to the Director, Customer Success, you'll be a high-impact contributor who serves as a trusted advocate for our clients, a strategic growth driver, and a data-driven decision-maker.

Responsibilities

  • Retention & Growth: Drive customer renewal and retention to meet quarterly Net Dollar Retention (NDR) goals, identifying expansion opportunities and managing upsell conversations.
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with internal teams (such as Onboarding, Support, and Product) to ensure seamless implementations and convey customer feedback effectively.
  • Escalation Management: Serve as a primary point of contact for customer issues, working efficiently to resolve roadblocks and maintain high customer satisfaction.
  • Relationship & Commercial Skills: Proven ability to build trust with stakeholders, proactively drive renewals, and identify expansion opportunities.
  • Organization: Highly organized and detail-oriented, with the ability to manage a diverse portfolio and competing priorities simultaneously.

Requirements

  • 3-5 years of commercially-focused Customer Success or Account Management experience in B2B SaaS.
  • Familiarity with legal tech, governance, entity management, or private equity software is a strong asset.
  • Excellent verbal and written skills, with the ability to explain complex workflows clearly to both day-to-day users and decision-makers.

Nice to have

  • An understanding of managing SaaS solutions within highly regulated environments, particularly at the enterprise level.
  • Experience working at a law firm or with an in-house legal team.
  • To apply, you'll need to be eligible to live and work in one of those two countries - we can't wait to hear from you.
  • We value ambitious, results-driven people who spot opportunities, take initiative and go the extra mile.
  • Collaboration fuels our growth as we take on new challenges, learn constantly and move quickly.
  • If you're a go-getter who thrives on impact, you'll fit right in.
  • Wide Responsibility: Our team is empowered to shape success, taking ownership from problem identification to solution implementation.
  • Strategic Speed: We make fast, effective decisions and embrace a bias for action to seize opportunities quickly.

Skills

  • Problem-Solving: Resourceful, empathetic, and proactive in managing account health, mitigating churn, and resolving customer issues.

Compensation

  • Competitive salary, equity and performance-based bonus structure.
  • Note: There is OTE in addition to the base salary*

Benefits

  • Monitor customer health and product usage data to proactively drive engagement, feature adoption, and healthy user habits.
  • Prepare and execute regular business reviews with clients to demonstrate ROI, review health metrics, and align on their evolving business goals.
  • Resourceful, empathetic, and proactive in managing account health, mitigating churn, and resolving customer issues.
  • Health, dental, vision, long-term disability and a Health Spending Account (HSA).
  • Flexible parental leave, including top-ups.
  • Work-Life Balance: A minimum of 3 weeks vacation, 5 sick days and 6 personal/flex days, plus a company-wide winter holiday shutdown.

Company info

  • As a key contributor to our Customer Success team, you will be responsible for: Relationship Management: Own and build strong, trusted relationships with a dedicated portfolio of customers, ensuring they see continuous value from Athennian.

Visa & Work Authorization

  • Located in and authorized to work in the US/Canada (working on an EST schedule); open to occasional travel for client and company events.

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