Customer Success Associate (14 month contract)

Medium; Toronto; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic software company in Toronto is seeking a Customer Success Associate to enhance customer engagement and drive platform adoption. Your role will involve establishing strategic goals, managing client relationships, and conducting workshops. The ideal candidate will have over 3 years of account management experience, strong CRM proficiency, and excellent communication skills. Join a vibrant team that values diverse perspectives and adapts quickly to change.

Benefits

Disruptive technology

Inclusive workplace

Collaborative environment

Qualifications

• 3+ years of account management experience at a software/SAAS company.
• Proven ability to influence decision-makers.
• Experience in preparing and delivering presentations to senior audiences.

Responsibilities

• Provide expertise on the Achievers platform.
• Establish measurable goals and KPIs.
• Manage a revenue pipeline and conduct customer workshops.

Skills

Account management

Sales influence

Proficiency with CRMs

Customer-facing skills

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Salesforce

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Overview

About Achievers Achievers offers more than just a thank you program. Our employee recognition and rewards software inspires employees to recognize everyone, every day, everywhere. With 4.3 million global users, we empower employees across 190 countries. Visit achievers.com to learn more and check out our platform in action. Join our team of A-players who bring passion to our purpose and believe that meaningful change creates extraordinary outcomes — together, we’ll inspire recognition everywhere and achieve results that matter.

Our commitment to you: At Achievers, we hire you for you because we value the unique perspective and individuality that each person brings to our team. We are committed to creating an inclusive, diverse, and equitable workplace where you belong, and your contributions are celebrated. Together, we achieve more by combining our unique strengths, fostering collaboration, and inspiring each other to reach new heights.

The opportunity

We are looking for a Customer Success Associate to join our team in Toronto. As a Customer Success Associate you will be responsible for driving strategy for the Achievers recognition and engagement platform while continuously driving value for our customers. You will play a key role with our customers by promoting product adoption and expansion, highlighting best practices and implementing recognition strategies. If you are passionate about customer success, have a knack for sales and a flair for technology you’ll fit right in!

Responsibilities

• Provide expertise on the Achievers platform and highlight key features and functionality allowing the customer to execute their employee recognition strategies
• Establish measurable goals and KPIs for your customer accounts
• Track all implementation and post-implementation adoption activities
• Drive usage and adoption of the platform and communicate best practices by hosting virtual meetings
• Meet with your customers face-to-face to plan program rollouts and explore cross-functional use cases where Achievers can help meet needs
• Connect with your customers to update on outstanding queries, reports and campaigns
• Manage a revenue pipeline while up-selling and cross-selling within the existing programs, thinking strategically about account growth, identifying long-term opportunities, and aligning customer success initiatives with broader sales and revenue goals
• Lead customer workshops and training around product updates & new features
• Provide regular status reports to stakeholders on progress against established goals and manage account escalations
• Understand your customers’ requirements and their level of adoption of the Achievers platform to proactively assess risk in upcoming contract renewals
• Recognize your peers for being awesome!

Qualifications

• 3+ years of account management experience at a software/SAAS company
• Strong business acumen and proven ability to influence decision makers in various sizes of organizations
• Individuals who have completed formal sales training through a recognized program are preferred
• Proficiency with CRMs such as Salesforce or other force.com platforms
• Experience in preparing and delivering presentations targeted to a senior audience
• Experience working with mid-market and SMB customers is an asset
• Ability to explain technical solutions, establish goals, develop opportunities, and provide reporting/dashboards to identify trends and improve the customer experience
• Demonstrated analytical skills utilizing Excel and/or PowerPoint to arrange and display relevant information during customer business reviews
• Experience managing a sales pipeline and carrying a sales quota
• Strong customer-facing skills including expectation management, communication skills, information management
• Bachelor's degree
• Bilingual English and French is an asset

Why you’ll love working at Achievers

We are passionate about disruptive technology that’s rooted in science, research and data.

We understand the value of employee success in the workplace and have been recognized in numerous publications for our contributions to HR, for technical excellence, and for our outstanding workplace culture!

We foster an environment of connection, security, and community. You’ll feel at home, without reservation.

We believe in moving quickly, failing fast, and adapting to change.

We enjoy coming to work every day because we believe in our product and love our culture.

We’re committed to achieving excellence in everything we do.

Our work environment

Achievers is a hybrid-first company located at 99 Atlantic Ave in Liberty Village, Toronto. Our hybrid work experience is designed to cultivate an engaging employee experience, where pioneering research intersects with cutting-edge technology. We strongly believe that collocating teams increases the chance to innovate together, foster passive learning, create spontaneous connections, and promote better communication.

Equal opportunity and accessibility: Achievers is an equal opportunity employer, and we are committed to creating an inclusive recruitment process. If you require accommodations for your interview, please let us know. We are happy to make necessary arrangements to support your needs.