Customer Success Manager (12month FTC)

carsales; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Paid parental leave

Circle Back Initiative employer

Flexible working arrangements

Job summary

carsales is seeking a Customer Success Manager on a 12-month fixed term contract. You’ll manage a portfolio of 300 automotive dealer customers, delivering proactive support, strategic guidance, and data-driven insights to improve product adoption and retention.

Collaborate with Sales, Advertising and Onboarding teams to ensure a seamless customer journey, while identifying opportunities to grow subscription value. We offer hybrid work, flexible arrangements and a supportive, high-performing team.

Qualifications

• Experience in Customer Success, Account Management or Client Services within a SaaS, technology or digital business.
• A passion for building strong customer relationships and helping customers achieve their business goals.
• Confidence using data and insights to identify opportunities and communicate value.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence and engage customers remotely.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• A proactive, commercially minded approach with a focus on customer retention, growth and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of 300 automotive dealer customers, building trusted relationships through a digital-first engagement model.
• Become the primary point of contact for your customers, providing proactive support and tailored solutions.
• Use customer insights and performance reporting to identify opportunities to improve adoption, engagement and retention.
• Champion product best practice by educating customers on new features and capabilities.
• Collaborate with Advertising Specialists, Account Executives and Onboarding teams to deliver a seamless customer experience.
• Manage your portfolio with a proactive, organised approach while delivering outstanding outcomes.

Skills

Customer Success

Account Management

Client Services

Data-driven decisions

Stakeholder management

Job description

Are you ready to be a big part of something big?

At carsales, we’re all about making buying and selling a great experience. Since 1997, we’ve been evolving with the new economy to help people choose how they move today and tomorrow.

When it comes to your career, we want tooffer meaningful opportunities that empower you to make a lasting impact. But for that to happen, we strive to feel small, small enough to stay agile, learn across teams, and connect authentically with each other.

With a vision to be the global leader in online vehicle marketplaces, we’re transforming how people buy and sell across the world. We discover new ideas and bring them to life. We continue to grow, and we continue to evolve and we’re not afraid to take bold steps to get there.

This is your opportunity to join carsales in the role of Customer Success Manager on a 12 month fixed term contract. You'll partner with automotive dealers to help them get the most value from their carsales subscription. Managing a portfolio of 300 dealer customers, you'll become their trusted adviser - building strong relationships, providing strategic guidance and using data-driven insights to improve product adoption, customer satisfaction and long-term success. Working closely with Sales, Advertising and Onboarding teams, you'll play a key role in delivering exceptional customer experiences while identifying opportunities to help customers grow their business.

Our Salesteams are full of talented individuals who partner with our customers – whether that be dealerships, agencies, automotive manufacturers, corporates or finance and insurance companies. They’re passionate about ensuring we remain a market leader, providing best in class services and offering tailored solutions to our clients and customers. We have multiple sales teams who look after different client bases, so there are plenty of opportunities to move teams and learn something new if you’re wanting to broaden your skillset.

We embrace hybrid working combining the flexibility of remote work with the energy and connection of in-person collaboration. We champion flexibility and offer a range of policies and leave options to support your wellbeing.

What’s on offer:

• A place where you can move your career forward, where you’ll be continuously backed to make new ideas happen, and the chance to do work that makes real, significant impact in the world.
• We’re proud to be recognised as one of Australia’s Best Workplaces™ by Great Place to Work®, a Family Friendly Workplace and a WORK180 endorsed employer for women.
• The support of a highly engaged, high-performing team including a leadership team that you’ll actually have face time with.
• 24 weeks paid parental leave for primary caregivers, four weeks paid secondary caregivers leave and paid family & fertility planning leave.

Job Description

• This is an excellent entry-level opportunity for someone with 1-3 years of experience who is looking to build a successful career in account management and sales.
• Manage a portfolio of 300 automotive dealer customers, building trusted relationships through a digital-first engagement model.
• Become the primary point of contact for your customers, providing proactive support, strategic advice and tailored solutions that help them achieve their business goals.
• Use customer insights, platform data and performance reporting to identify opportunities to improve product adoption, engagement and retention.
• Champion product best practice by educating customers on new features, capabilities and ways to maximise the value of their subscription.
• Identify opportunities to grow customer value through subscription optimisation and additional products and services.
• Collaborate with Advertising Specialists, Account Executives and Onboarding teams to deliver a seamless customer experience across every stage of the customer lifecycle.
• Manage your portfolio with a proactive, organised approach while consistently delivering outstanding customer outcomes.

Qualifications

• Experience in Customer Success, Account Management or Client Services within a SaaS, technology or digital business.
• A passion for building strong customer relationships and helping customers achieve their business goals.
• Confidence using data and insights to identify opportunities and communicate value.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence and engage customers remotely.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• A proactive, commercially minded approach with a focus on customer retention, growth and continuous improvement.

We know not everyone will meet every requirement, and that’s okay. If you’re excited about the role and believe you can make a difference, we’d love to hear from you.

Additional Information

• As an equal opportunity employer, carsales welcomes applications from individuals of all backgrounds, identities, abilities, and life experiences. We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and supported.
• If you have a disability or require adjustments to participate fully in the recruitment process, please let us know - we’re here to support you.
• We understand the importance of work-life balance and offer flexible working arrangements, including part-time options. If you’d like to explore this, just ask during the process.
• We’re also a proud Circle Back Initiative employer, which means we commit to responding to every applicant.
• Successful candidates joining the carsales team will need to complete a National Police Record check and must have full-time Australian working rights.

So come and join our team - because every role is a big role in our plans to go big.