Senior Manager, Customer Success

Crusoe · Data AI · San Francisco, CA - US · Cloud Go-To-Market (GTM)

This role is for a Senior Manager of Customer Success at an AI infrastructure company. The primary focus is on leading and coaching a team of CSMs to drive customer adoption, retention, and growth of the company's offerings. Responsibilities include managing day-to-day operations, ensuring customer value realization, refining internal processes, and acting as a liaison between the CSM team and Product/Engineering departments. The role requires strong leadership, customer success expertise, communication, influence, and strategic/analytical skills, with experience in IaaS or high-growth tech environments.

What you'd actually do

  1. Lead, mentor, and manage a team of CSMs, providing regular coaching and performance feedback
  2. Partner with customers to drive adoption of Crusoe’s Infrastructure and Managed AI services, assisting with expansion and renewal opportunities
  3. Drive product alignment across customer prioritization and needs.
  4. Engage with Engineering and Product leaders to communicate customer feedback and influence the feature roadmap.
  5. Develop documentation to empower both internal teams and customer self-service.

Skills

Required

  • 6-10 years of experience in Customer Success
  • 2-3 years in a leadership or “lead” capacity
  • Ability to develop and implement customer success strategies and processes
  • Strong customer advocacy and problem-solving skills
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Experience managing "difficult" conversations and turning around at-risk accounts
  • Strong collaborative skills to work across Sales, Product, and Support
  • Comfortable using CRM and CS tools (like Salesforce, Gainsight, or ChurnZero) to manage workflows and report on team metrics
  • Ability to translate customer data into actionable insights; identify gaps in the customer lifecycle and implement plays to improve NPS and adoption
  • Proven experience in an IaaS or high-growth technology environment
  • Strong understanding of customer success methodologies and best practices
  • Ability to build and maintain strong relationships with executive-level stakeholders
  • Ability to translate customer needs into product and service improvements
  • A "roll-up-your-sleeves" mentality—ready to jump into the trenches with your team when needed

Nice to have

  • A passion for developing talent and building a high-performing team culture.

What the JD emphasized

  • customer feedback
  • customer needs