Senior Customer Success Manager

Summary

Join Saviynt as a Customer Success Manager (CSM) and play a pivotal role in fostering customer loyalty and driving product adoption. You will be the primary point of contact for customers post-implementation, managing renewals and proactively addressing adoption challenges. Collaborate with the sales team to ensure smooth customer onboarding and actively seek upsell/cross-sell opportunities. This remote position requires strong IAM knowledge, experience with complex software implementations, and a customer-centric approach. The ideal candidate resides in the Chicagoland/Illinois area. Success in this role translates to increased customer satisfaction, retention, and business expansion for Saviynt.

Requirements

• Knowledge and experience in Identity and Access Management (IAM) required; cybersecurity and/or compliance background also very valuable
• Strong knowledge of cloud, hybrid, and on-premise IT architectures and deployment models
• History of being able to understand technical and complex software environments and bridge the gap in terms of communicating those concepts in language meaningful to the business; similarly, being able to translate business needs to potential technical solutions
• Extensive experience in customer success management/account management for complex software implementations with Fortune 500 / Global 1000 companies across a variety of industries
• Tenacious desire to see customers succeed and thrive
• Previous experience within a customer success role within a SaaS organization
• Demonstrated ability to manage customer relationships and work through potentially difficult challenges to achieve positive outcomes
• Cheerful willingness to be a hands-on contributor and stay detail-focused while maintaining an outcome-based perspective
• Experience in process improvement, decision-making, planning, analysis, and service excellence
• Available to customer sites, as needed (up to 50%)
• Currently reside in the Chicagoland/Illinois area
• Complete security & privacy literacy and awareness training during onboarding and annually thereafter
• Review (initially and annually thereafter), understand, and adhere to Information Security/Privacy Policies and Procedures such as (but not limited to): Data Classification, Retention & Handling Policy, Incident Response Policy/Procedures, Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery Policy/Procedures, Mobile Device Policy, Account Management Policy, Access Control Policy, Personnel Security Policy, Privacy Policy

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary point of contact for customers after implementation
• Manage the subscription renewal pipeline and maintain cognizance of customer health in order to proactively eliminate barriers to adoption and value
• Participate with the Sales team to provide a strong customer-focused sales, orientation, and launch engagement process
• Develop a deep, trusting relationship with customer key personnel and larger teams to seek and develop up-sell / cross-sell opportunities
• Coordinate and conduct meetings between customers and Saviynt cross-functional teams to solve problems and advance customer adoption; ensure post-meeting follow-ups and action-item completion
• Monitor and identify product utilization trends, providing feedback to Saviynt cross-functional teams to support continuous improvement -- finding ways to better support customer use cases and corporate identity strategies
• Communicate with implementation Partners supporting Saviynt customers and seek opportunities to improve outcomes and relationships in the context of customer adoption
• Plan education for customers on new features and releases
• Act as the voice of the customer and collect feedback to drive continuous improvement across all areas including product

Preferred Qualifications

Geographically aligned with our customers in the region

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance
• 401K
• Unlimited PTO
• Sick Time
• Holiday Parties
• Daily Catered Lunches
• Employee Recognition Programs
• Team Socials
• You may also be eligible to participate in a Saviynt discretionary bonus plan, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance