Technical Success Manager

Zscaler; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Time off plans

Parental leave options

Retirement options

In-office perks

Job summary

Zscaler is seeking an experienced Technical Success Manager in Bangalore to act as a strategic technical advisor. You will align Zscaler solutions with customer goals, build relationships with key stakeholders, and drive long-term satisfaction while working with Sales, Support, and Product teams.

You will master Zscaler products, contribute to knowledge bases, and help customers realize full platform value.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in customer-facing roles with a blend of technical expertise and account management.
• Proficiency with Linux, Unix, and Free BSD operating systems.
• Hands-on troubleshooting of network issues using Ping, Traceroute, and MTR.
• Solid understanding of HTTP, SMTP, FTP, and DNS protocols.

Responsibilities

• Understand customer goals, technical challenges, and business needs to align Zscaler solutions and drive overall satisfaction.
• Build deep relationships with key stakeholders, conduct periodic reviews, and identify strategic growth opportunities.
• Anticipate technical hurdles, provide proactive recommendations, and implement risk mitigation strategies.
• Master Zscaler products and services to contribute best-practice content for internal and customer-facing Knowledge Bases.
• Collaborate across Sales, Support, and Product teams to ensure a seamless and high-impact customer experience.

Skills

Customer-facing roles

Technical expertise

Account management

Networking troubleshooting

Linux/Unix/FreeBSD

Job description

Zscaler accelerates digital transformation to ensure our customers can be more agile, efficient, resilient, and secure. As an AI-forward enterprise, we are constantly pushing the envelope, leveraging the world’s largest security data lake to power our cloud-native Zero Trust Exchange platform. This innovation protects our customers from cyberattacks and data loss by securely connecting users, devices, and applications in any location.

Here, impact in your role matters more than title and trust is built on results. We say, impact over activity. We seek innovators who actively use AI to amplify their impact and who thrive in an environment where we leverage intelligent systems to stay ahead of evolving threats. We believe in transparency and value constructive, honest debate—we’re focused on getting to the best ideas, faster. We build high-performing teams that can make an impact quickly and with high quality. To do this, we are building a culture of execution centered on customer obsession, collaboration, ownership, and accountability.

We value high-impact, high-accountability with a sense of urgency where you’re enabled to do your best work and embrace your potential. If you’re driven by purpose, thrive on solving complex challenges, and want to be part of the team that’s helping to secure the AI age, we invite you to bring your talents to Zscaler and help shape the future of cybersecurity.

Role

We are looking for an experienced Technical Success Manager (TSM) to join our team. This is a hybrid role based in Bangalore, reporting to the Manager, Technical Success Management within the Customer Success department. You will serve as a strategic technical advisor, deeply understanding customer goals to align our solutions and drive long-term satisfaction. By building strong stakeholder relationships and providing proactive recommendations, you will ensure our customers realize the full value of the Zscaler platform.

What you’ll do (Role Expectations)

• Understand customer goals, technical challenges, and business needs to align Zscaler solutions and drive overall satisfaction
• Build deep relationships with key stakeholders, conduct periodic reviews, and identify strategic growth opportunities
• Anticipate technical hurdles, provide proactive recommendations, and implement risk mitigation strategies
• Master Zscaler products and services to contribute best-practice content for internal and customer-facing Knowledge Bases
• Collaborate across Sales, Support, and Product teams to ensure a seamless and high-impact customer experience

Who You Are (Success Profile)

• You thrive in ambiguity. You're comfortable building the path as you walk it. You thrive in a dynamic environment, seeing ambiguity not as a hindrance, but as the raw material to build something meaningful.
• You act like an owner. Your passion for the mission fuels your bias for action. You operate with integrity because you genuinely care about the outcome. True ownership involves leveraging dynamic range: the ability to navigate seamlessly between high-level strategy and hands-on execution.
• You are a problem-solver. You love running towards the challenges because you are laser-focused on finding the solution, knowing that solving the hard problems delivers the biggest impact.
• You are a high-trust collaborator. You are ambitious for the team, not just yourself. You embrace our challenge culture by giving and receiving ongoing feedback—knowing that candor delivered with clarity and respect is the truest form of teamwork and the fastest way to earn trust.
• You are a learner. You have a true growth mindset and are obsessed with your own development, actively seeking feedback to become a better partner and a stronger teammate. You love what you do and you do it with purpose.

What We’re Looking for (Minimum Qualifications)

• 5+ years of experience in customer-facing roles with a proven blend of technical expertise and account management
• Demonstrated experience leading product feature implementations and driving best-practice adoption
• Proficiency with operating systems including Linux, Unix, and Free BSD
• Hands-on experience troubleshooting network issues using tools like Ping, Traceroute, and MTR
• Solid understanding of core networking protocols such as HTTP, SMTP, FTP, and DNS

What Will Make You Stand Out (Preferred Qualifications)

• Experience leading discovery discussions, building high-level and low-level designs (HLD/LLD), and managing large-scale migrations
• In-depth understanding of enterprise infrastructure and cloud security technologies including SASE, SSE, and ZTNA
• Expertise in open-source system administration and authentication protocols like SAML, LDAP, and OAuth

#LI-Hybrid #LI-SU1

At Zscaler, we are committed to building a team that reflects the communities we serve and the customers we work with. We foster an inclusive environment that values all backgrounds and perspectives, emphasizing collaboration and belonging. Join us in our mission to make doing business seamless and secure.

Our Benefits program is one of the most important ways we support our employees. Zscaler proudly offers comprehensive and inclusive benefits to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families throughout their life stages, including:

• Time off plans for vacation and sick time
• Parental leave options
• Retirement options
• In-office perks, and more!

Learn more about Zscaler's hybrid working model and benefitshere .

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