Entrust
Customer Solution Manager
United States - Field
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 14 days ago
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About the role
- The Customer Solutions Manager (CSM) is a strategic, post‑sale professional responsible for accelerating customer value realization, adoption, and long‑term partnership outcomes across a select portfolio of Entrust's most strategic and engaged customers.
- CSMs are a specialized, limited resource aligned to high‑impact customers-typically multi‑solution, highly engaged accounts with meaningful growth potential.
- Coverage may vary based on customer complexity, solution mix, and engagement model.
Responsibilities
- Drive Customer Outcomes & Value Realization - Own the development and execution of Customer Success Plans as a living document in Gainsight, jointly owned with the account team and maintained through regular customer engagement.
- Align customer objectives to Entrust capabilities, define measurable success outcomes (KPIs and milestones), and lead structured customer governance to ensure sustained progress and executive alignment.
- Risk Mitigation & Cross‑Functional Orchestration - Proactively identify customer risks, including adoption gaps, experience issues, support patterns, product constraints, and stakeholder misalignment.
- Orchestrate cross‑functional action plans across Sales, Support, Product, Engineering, and Services to remove blockers, restore momentum, and protect customer outcomes.
- Adoption Leadership (Including Entrust Cryptographic Security Platform (CSP) Focus) - Lead adoption and enablement across Entrust solutions, with a particular focus on accelerating CSP adoption.
- Advocacy & Executive Engagement - Identify potential advocates and partner with Sales, Marketing, and Product to develop references, testimonials, and customer insights.
- Support executive sponsorship engagements by preparing leaders, framing objectives, and ensuring follow‑through.
- Customer Engagement & Execution Discipline - Maintain active Success Plans updated at least every 30 days.
- Ensure meaningful customer engagement at least every 30 days, lead internal account reviews based on priority, and drive executive sponsorship and advocacy motions with relevance and impact.
- Drive Customer Outcomes & Value Realization
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in Customer Success, Technical Account Management, Professional Services, Consulting, Program Management, or comparable customer‑facing roles in enterprise software/security.
- Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders and operate effectively through ambiguity in a matrixed environment.
- Strong analytical and operational discipline, with the ability to translate customer goals into measurable success plans.
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
Nice to have
- Experience in cybersecurity, identity, access management, cryptography, PKI, encryption, HSMs, zero trust, or enterprise security platforms.
- Familiarity with SaaS customer success tooling (e.g., Gainsight) and CRM systems (Salesforce).
- Cloud and security certifications (AWS/Azure/GCP
- CISSP/CISM/Security+/CEH).
- Strong program/project management skills (PMP, Agile/Scrum/SAFe).
- Here is what you c an expect when you join our team:
- Career Growth: Whether you're a budding developer or a seasoned expert, we're invested in your professional journey.
- Flexibility: Life is all about balance.
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Compensation
- The anticipated starting base pay for this position is: $132,183-$193,868 per year (in the primary posting location).
- Actual compensation will be determined based on geographic location, education, skills and experience.
- This position is also eligible for the company's discretionary annual incentive plan.
- Note: Benefit and Compensation programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.
Benefits
- Influence retention and expansion outcomes through proactive health management, value realization, and risk mitigation.
- CSMs operate as a proactive, data‑driven partner-monitoring customer health, driving measurable outcomes, and orchestrating cross‑functional efforts to reduce risk and improve retention.
- Monitor and Improve Customer Health (Proactive) - Assess customer health using engagement signals, product usage, and operational insights to identify early warning indicators.
- AE Owns Execution) - Identify and qualify adoption‑led growth opportunities based on customer outcomes, health, and engagement.
Company info
- Entrust values diversity and inclusion and we are committed to building a diverse workforce with wide perspectives and innovative ideas.
- We welcome applications from qualified individuals of all backgrounds, and we strive to provide an accessible experience for candidates of all abilities.
- If you require an accommodation, contact accessibility@entrust.com.
- Each CSM supports approximately 10-12 customers, representing $3-10M in ACV coverage, with a typical customer threshold of >$150K ACV.
- Lead internal account reviews for priority customers to align on risk, actions, and growth signals.
- Ensure customers are exposed to the platform's full capabilities-including Compliance Manager and automation use cases such as Certificate Lifecycle Management (CLM)-and understand how to operationalize those capabilities to achieve business outcomes.
- Support a closed‑loop process where customer requests are logged via Support and Jira workflows, and outcomes are communicated back to customers with consistency and transparency.
- Drive participation in customer advocacy programs, including CABs, once customers achieve meaningful value.
Equal opportunity
- Entrust is an EEO/AA/Disabled/Veterans Employer
Visa & Work Authorization
- Support executive sponsorship engagements by preparing leaders, framing objectives, and ensuring follow‑through.
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