Customer Success Manager

RELX (Singapore) Pte Ltd; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Long Service Award

Flexible Working Arrangements

Learning & Development Resources

Job summary

Elsevier is recruiting a Customer Success Manager in Sydney to lead onboarding, enablement and value realization for our Solutions and Research Sales portfolios. You will collaborate with Account Managers and support teams to ensure strategic goals are achieved, with a focus on customer engagement, adoption and renewal.

The role requires a university degree, 2+ years in a CSM or related field, and fluency in English. SaaS experience, Gainsight, and MS Product Suite skills are highly valued.

Qualifications

• University degree required.
• Experience in Digital Customer Success or customer engagement desirable.
• Fluency in English, strong presentation skills, and ability to work in an international matrixed organization.
• Experience with SaaS or publishing portfolio is a plus.
• Knowledge of Gainsight and AI tools is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Onboard customers and enable adoption across Solutions and Research Sales portfolios.
• Act as trusted advisor to protect revenue base and identify upsell opportunities.
• Drive value realization, adoption, and customer satisfaction for Elsevier solutions.
• Collaborate with Sales to support retention and renewals.
• Coordinate with onboarding teams during implementation and adoption phases.
• Deliver scalable digital training and product demonstrations.

Skills

Relationship building

Communication

Presentation skills

Fluent English

SaaS experience

Gainsight

AI experience

MS Product Suite

Education

University degree

Tools

Gainsight

MS Product Suite

Job description

Are you skilled in driving meaningful engagement to achieve client success?

Would you like to join a company that helps advance science, technology and health?

About our Team

Our Academic & Government team helps our communities accelerate knowledge for a better world by helping to establish, discover and advance knowledge. We do this by turning scientific discoveries into peer reviewed knowledge, hosting the world’s richest corpus of knowledge, allowing users to unlock insights from content and by measuring the quality and impact of research - turning insights into outcomes.

About the role

Customer Success Managers are the primary post-sales point of contact for customers. As such, they are responsible for onboarding, enablement, and value realization across Solutions and Research Sales portfolios and are expected to be fluent in all portfolio offerings. They work closely with Account Managers, Account Support, and other support functions to ensure strategic goals within the account are achieved. For certain product sets, they may coordinate with a technical onboarding team during implementation, after which they become the main point of contact through adoption, ongoing engagement, and renewal.

The Customer Success Manager (CSM) is focused on customer engagement, success, and satisfaction in adopting Elsevier solutions. The CSM serves as a trusted advisor to customers while protecting the existing revenue base and identifying upsell and cross-sell opportunities.

The primary role of a CSM is to drive value realization and effective use of solutions and products to ensure successful adoption, continuously improve customer satisfaction, and maximize customer outcomes. Their focus is on customer retention, renewal growth, and identifying upsell and cross-sell opportunities, supported by trainer, implementation, and consulting functions.

Responsibilities

• Build and Nurture Customer Relationships Establish trusted partnerships, identify and develop champions, facilitate feedback between customers and product teams, and address organizational requirements and queries.
• Drive Customer Satisfaction & Success Deliver tailored value stories, demonstrate ROI, and reinforce the benefits of digital solutions to enhance customer engagement.
• Support Retention & Renewal Collaborate with Sales to highlight value, address customer needs, and advocate for solution renewals.
• Identify Cross-sell & Upsell Opportunities Analyze customer data and ambitions to uncover growth opportunities, adding value through personalized insights and experience.
• Deliver Scalable Digital Training Conduct effective online and face-to-face training sessions, including product demos and workshops, aligned with customer needs.
• Foster Cross-Functional Collaboration Share success stories, insights, and best practices across customer-facing teams and the broader organization to ensure clear communication of value propositions.

Requirements

• University degree
• Minimum 2 years in a Digital Customer Success Manager role and/or background in customer engagement and driving customer adoption
• SaaS or Publishing background a plus
• Gainsight and AI experience highly desirable
• Experience with products in product portfolio, or else similar products
• Background in customer engagement and driving customer adoption a plus
• Fluency in English
• Comfortable working in an international matrixed organization
• Self-starter, organized, has initiative and strong problem-solving skills
• Strong, engaging (virtual and f2f) presentation skills to large and small audiences
• Fluency with technology, ability to trouble shoot and relevant product and basic/generic knowledge of wider Elsevier portfolio
• Influencing skills: at high-level executive and end-user level
• MS Product Suite fluency

Work in a way that works for you

We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous well-being initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.

Working for you

We know your wellbeing and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:

• Long Service Award: Recognition for your dedication and loyalty.
• Flexible Working Arrangements: Balance work and personal life effectively.
• Access to Learning and Development Resources: Empowering your professional growth.

About the Business

A global leader in information and analytics, we help researchers and healthcare professionals advance science and improve health outcomes for the benefit of society. Building on our publishing heritage, we combine quality information and vast data sets with analytics to support visionary science and research, health education and interactive learning, as well as exceptional healthcare and clinical practice. At Elsevier, your work contributes to the world’s grand challenges and a more sustainable future. We harness innovative technologies to support science and healthcare to partner for a better world.

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