Client Success Manager (Strategic Accounts)
Sales | Austin, TX | Full Time
Client Success Manager (Strategic Accounts)
As a Client Success Manager, you will collaborate with clients to ensure they fully adopt and leverage our suite of solutions. This entails cultivating a trusted advisor relationship in order to drive multiple departments, colleges and varying levels of campus leadership toward achievement of their goals.
You will then leverage the relationships you’ve built to drive client development efforts that grow business, and drive advocacy amongst our community of users. Essentially, your success is rooted in cultivating successful clients that pivot into raving fans of Watermark.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Collaborating with recent sign ons and prospective clients to craft success plans
Ensuring clients achieve their goals and objectives
Orchestrating the involvement of various colleagues including Support, Project Consultants, and Developers in order to meet the client’s goals and objectives
Building trusted relationships with key client stakeholders to generate adoption, ensure renewals, and create growth and advocacy opportunities
Driving expansion opportunities for our Sales organization, and collaborating with internal teams
Conducting account reviews with key project team members
Identifying risks that manifest within your clients and developing resolution strategies
Escalating client risks to internal teams and/or leadership as necessary
Demonstrating thought leadership through the delivery of client-focused content
Encouraging client collaboration in speaking engagements with or on behalf of Watermark, along with the development of best practice materials aimed at making our community of users more vibrant and successful
Documenting client information, activities, and interactions within Salesforce
Experience & Education Requirements
Ability to drive multiple stakeholders to a common goal
Ability to work both independently and in collaborative and/or team settings, taking ownership of assigned tasks
Excellent interpersonal skills, with a proven ability to communicate efficiently with individuals at all levels
Ability to absorb knowledge quickly, work well under pressure, and thrive in an environment that is constantly changing
Preference for those with experience in positions requiring influence
Preference for those who possess knowledge of higher education processes and culture
Experience presenting to audiences of all sizes, both in-person and virtually
Ability to flourish in a multi-tasking environment, comfortably re-adjusting priorities as needed
Proven experience in using analytics to improve processes
Willing and able to travel periodically (5-10 trips annually)
Bachelor’s Degree
3 to 5 years prior experience managing a portfolio of clients, working directly with senior leaders
A high level of competence in communication, critical thinking and reasoning, as well as computer skills
Preferred Qualifications
Master’s degree
Familiarity and experience in accreditation management and assessment-related activities
Experience in data collection and data analysis
About Watermark
Watermark’s mission is to put better data into the hands of administrators, faculty, and students everywhere to empower them to connect information and gain insights into learning that will drive meaningful improvements. Through its innovative educational intelligence system, Watermark supports over 1,600 institutions around the world in developing an intentional approach to learning so that they can leverage data for a more holistic view of learning, faculty and staff impact, and institutional quality.
For more information on Watermark, visit www.watermarkinsights.com.
Watermark is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against an individual based on the individual's race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or any other protected characteristic or activity.