10+ years relevant experience in CS, AM, Client Services, or other similar customer-facing roles and 8+ years working within or supporting large enterprises
Passion for and experience in hiring, developing and managing a team of individual contributors. Your team and their success are your top priority
A proven track record and experience with fast-growing teams, using data to drive initiatives and guide your decision making processes
A mind for technology. We’ll teach you all about MongoDB and databases, but our users and products are inherently technical. You should be too
Experience or aptitude for learning enterprise infrastructure technologies; exposure to MongoDB or NoSQL databases is a plus, but not required
High organization in your workflows. To lead and execute efficiently, you’ll need to be a specialist in prioritization and time management
You know how to deal with ambiguity and be able to navigate through it with perseverance, a positive mentality and a point of view. We’re still growing and learning and will look to you to help us establish and evolve processes
A strong desire to embrace partnership and collaboration. You’ll be working with multiple teams on a regular basis (Sales, Marketing, Support, Product, etc.) and helping to build the Customer Success “brand” across our entire organization
You have experience in working and collaborating with internal and external partners with diverse cultural and professional backgrounds
An adaptive mentality. You love an ever-changing environment where you are constantly improving yourself, the team and your processes
Outstanding verbal and written communication skills with the ability to present to a diverse audience both internally and externally
A Bachelor's degree combined with 2+ years of management experience, preferably in a customer success or account management capacity
Role Overview & Key Responsibilities
People leadership: Recruit, mentor and develop individuals on the CSM team
Execution: Define and lead to a set of analytical metrics to guide the direction of the team; deliver against quarterly and long-term targets
Build programs: Craft and execute initiatives sought to grow customer retention, expansion, satisfaction, and product adoption
Executive presence and communication: Build and maintain relationships across MongoDB teams, organizations and offices
Success Measures:
The Manager, Customer Success will be successful in this role when they can execute the following strategic tasks/responsibilities:
In the first 3 months you’ll have ramped on our key CS processes and program, effectively completed our weeklong training bootcamp and started interviewing for new team members
In 6 months, have hired your team to at least 90% capacity (as per hiring plan outlined to you). You’re actively mentoring and guiding the team through quarterly and monthly team goals and initiatives
In 12 months you’ll have accomplished and are 100% on track for your team’s hiring plan, coach your individual contributors on the team efficiently, and are on achieving and exceeding your team goals for retention, expansion and customer satisfaction