Manager, Success Guide (customer Success)

Salesforce Salesforce · Enterprise · Hyderabad, India

Manager, Success Guides at Salesforce, a company positioning itself as the #1 AI CRM. This role focuses on leading a team of customer success guides who deliver expert coaching and proactive customer engagements virtually, driving adoption and customer value. The role involves people management, coaching, performance tracking, stakeholder management, and fostering a culture of trust and growth. While the company heavily emphasizes AI and uses AI tools in its operations and recruiting, the core function of this role is customer success management and team leadership, not direct AI/ML model development or research.

What you'd actually do

  1. Lead all aspects of day-to-day team management, including hiring, onboarding, training, and career development.
  2. Coach Success Guides to deliver high-quality Expert Coaching and Proactive Customer Engagements that inspire adoption and business impact.
  3. Track and communicate key performance metrics (CSAT, Completion %, TTR, Throughput, Reach %, etc.) to drive accountability, operational excellence, and continuous improvement.
  4. Build trusted partnerships across Support, Product, Onboarding, Architects, Instructors, CSMs, and REDs to reduce engagement friction and ensure customers connect with the right expertise at the right time.
  5. Present to and manage key stakeholders up and including the EVP level and beyond

Skills

Required

  • 3+ years of people management experience with a proven track record in coaching, mentoring, and career development.
  • Strong background in Customer Success strategy, role definition, and execution.
  • Experience engaging with senior executives, with the ability to translate technical solutions into business outcomes.
  • Analytical and data-driven, with the ability to manage metrics, productivity, and outcomes using the Salesforce platform, and translate this into applicable business insights
  • Exceptional communication skills: strong written, verbal, and presentation abilities.
  • Highly organized and self-directed, able to prioritize, multitask, and deliver results under pressure.

Nice to have

  • Familiarity with the Salesforce ecosystem; knowledge of Salesforce Industry or Revenue Cloud a plus