Customer Success Manager Growth (fmd)

Contentful; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading digital experience platform is seeking a Customer Success Manager to support DACH customers in maximizing value from the platform. This role involves driving customer programs, ensuring customer satisfaction, and maintaining strong retention rates. The ideal candidate should have at least 3 years of experience in a customer-facing role, excellent communication skills in English and German, and a strong technical understanding of APIs. The company offers a dynamic work environment with a focus on inclusivity and employee well-being.

Benefits

Stock Options

Generous paid time off

Education budget

Well-being stipend

Qualifications

• 3 years of experience in a customer-facing role.
• Past history of meeting or exceeding goals.
• Ability to understand Contentful APIs.

Responsibilities

• Ensure customers maximize value from the platform.
• Drive product adoption and customer satisfaction.
• Translate customer insights into actionable feedback.

Skills

Excellent communication skills in English and German

Customer-first mindset

Strong collaboration skills

Technical understanding of APIs

Attention to detail

Education

College / University degree

Tools

Contentful data tools

Job description

About the Opportunity

As a Customer Success Manager you will work directly with our DACH customers to ensure they maximize value from our platform and deliver a stellar experience by driving customer programs at scale. You will help our customers achieve both their technical and business goals while driving retention and growth for Contentful and partner closely with internal teams to amplify the voices of the customers. This is a high‑velocity role working with many different customers at all different parts of their journey. Your goal is to ensure positive customer experiences and hit customer retention benchmarks.

What to expect

• Monitor and guide new DACH customers to ensure value expectations are aligned and achieved from the beginning
• Execute customer programs partnering with our product sales and marketing teams
• Leverage tech tools to manage your day‑to‑day with a high level of throughput and organization, continually optimizing the workflows for maximum effectiveness
• Drive product adoption, customer satisfaction and overall influence on customer health scores
• Monitor customer usage and health scores to proactively mitigate risks within a large book of business and nurture accounts ripe for expansion
• Partner with the Renewal team early and often to maintain a high rate of customer retention
• Translate customer insights into actionable feedback for our product and go‑to‑market teams and follow up on progress and collaboration with PMs
• Prepare to travel 10% annually for customer onsite meetings

What you need to be successful

• College / University degree is highly preferred
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English and German
• 3 years of experience in a customer‑facing role; Customer Success Management or Account Management experience
• Past history of meeting or exceeding goals
• Strong cross‑functional participation and collaboration as a key team player
• Ability to understand Contentful APIs as well as the modern content management and digital experience stack; independently uses Contentful data tools to engage in meaningful proactive customer discussions and in some instances crafts custom queries and reports (in data tools)
• Well‑developed attention to detail and organization skills, e.g. following processes, updating the relevant systems diligently, and making suggestions on improvements where required
• Technical understanding and a keen interest in technology. Ability to communicate high‑level technical concepts to customers
• Customer‑first mindset where you and the company win by helping our customers succeed

Whats in it for you

• Join an ambitious tech company reshaping the way people build digital experiences
• Full‑time employees receive Stock Options for the opportunity to share in the success of our company
• Fertility and family‑building benefits including a lifetime reimbursable wallet to support your growing family
• We value work‑life balance and you time! A generous amount of paid time off including vacation days, sick days, education days, compassion days for loss and volunteer days
• Time off to care for and focus on your growing family
• Use your personal annual education budget to improve your skills and grow in your career
• Enjoy a full range of virtual and in‑person events including workshops, guest speakers and fun team activities supporting learning and networking beyond the usual work duties
• An annual wellbeing stipend to care for your physical, financial or emotional health
• A monthly communication phone/internet stipend and phone hardware upgrade reimbursement
• New hire office equipment stipend for hybrid or distributed employees. Get the gear you need to work at your best

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Who are we

Contentful is a leading digital experience platform that helps modern businesses meet the growing demand for engaging personalised content at scale. By blending composability with native AI capabilities, Contentful enables dynamic personalisation, automated content delivery and real‑time experimentation powering next‑generation digital experiences across brands, regions and channels for more than 4200 organisations worldwide. More than 700 people from more than 70 nations contribute their energy and creativity to Contentful working from hubs in Berlin, Denver, San Francisco, London, New York and distributed worldwide.

Everyone is welcome here!

Everyone is welcome here is a celebrated component of our culture. At Contentful we strive to create an inclusive environment that empowers our employees. We believe that our products and services benefit from our diverse backgrounds and experiences and we are proud to be an equal‑opportunity employer. All qualified applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, age, physical disability or length of time spent unemployed. We invite you to apply and join us!

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Employment Type: Full Time

Experience: years

Vacancy: 1