Customer Success Manager - GERMAN speaking

Cision employs the brightest most passionate people in the tech industry. We’d love for you to join our growing team! We invest in our people through training and professional development while supporting you along the way—all so you can meet your career goals. To us the most important measure of our success is yours.

The Customer Success Manager in the Customer Experience organisation will be responsible for the overall customer health experience and relationship for a portfolio of customers.

The Customer Success Manager will be working closely with a range of stakeholders and departments to deliver a world-class experience for every customer at every touchpoint.

Key Responsibilities:

• Accountable for the overall health and success of a portfolio of customers

• Partners with the Account Management team to develop an overall account plan and strategy including customer goals preferred outcomes and pain points

• Building and maintaining strong customer relationships to continuously improve the overall customer experience whilst maximising RoI

• Responsible for driving retention and expansion of our customers including identification of upselling and cross-sell opportunities while then partnering with sales colleagues to close

• Drive Client Success best practices around periodic Business Reviews Client Success Planning adoption strategies governance and advocacy

• Responsible for proactive outreach to customers within their portfolio driving high-impact and high-value activities

• Proactive and reactive response to identified risks threatening customer experience and ultimately the renewal

• Acts as a point of escalation and resolution for customer issues

• Represent their customers to key Cision stakeholders where required including providing feedback on product and service enhancements

• Works cross-functionally and build strong relationships with New Business Sales Account Management Customer Support Onboarding and Training teams

• Demonstrates use of Cision software and key functionality to drive adoption aligned to customer’s outcomes and goals

• Performs other duties as required

What are we looking for?

• Highly customer focused; shows a real passion for the client success industry

• Driven self-starter enthusiastic and with an “ownership” mentality

• Adaptable and ability to thrive in a fast-paced ever-evolving environment

• Proven experience in a customer-facing role demonstrating the ability to build long-term relationships - preference for experience in a SaaS company

• Ability to collaborate with internal partners whilst co-ordinating key customer deliverables ensuring a world-class customer experience

• Advanced listening and verbal communication skills to understand customer's needs and the ability to respond clearly and concisely both verbally and in writing

• Enthusiast; strong work ethic with a positive mindset and can-do attitude

• Influencing and negotiation skills

• Experience with Salesforce and/or Client Success software is desired

• Excellent English and German language skills written and verbal. Additional languages are an advantage.

• Working knowledge of MS Office Suite including Word Excel and PowerPoint is required

What you will get?

• Career progression opportunities

• Dental and healthcare plan

• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

• Cision Extras – retail discounts

• Learning Portal

If this sounds like you and you feel you have what it takes to succeed in this role we want to hear from you!

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As a global leader in PR marketing and social media management technology and intelligence Cision helps brands and organizations to identify connect and engage with customers and stakeholders to drive business results. PR Newswire a network of over 1.1 billion influencers in-depth monitoring analytics and its Brandwatch and Falcon.io social media platforms headline a premier suite of solutions. Cision has offices in 24 countries throughout the Americas EMEA and APAC. For more information about Cision's award-winning solutions including its next-gen Cision Communications Cloud® visit www.cision.com and follow @Cision on Twitter.

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