Customer Success Manager

CD Newco LLC d/b/a Curve Dental; Provo (UT); On-site; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Curve Dental in Provo, Utah seeks a Customer Success Manager to partner with at‑risk customers, understand their goals, and drive retention and value from the platform.

You will lead adoption strategies, communicate effectively with customers and internal teams, and help shape retention initiatives in a SaaS dental software environment.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent.
• 1 year minimum in customer success, training, call center or technical support.
• Experience as a customer success/retention account manager in dental software.
• Experience with SaaS and CRM platforms.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary contact for at-risk customers and manage retention efforts.
• Develop and execute customer success plans to increase adoption and reduce churn.
• Collaborate with Support, Implementation, Product, and Training to resolve issues.
• Monitor health metrics and report retention results and opportunities.

Skills

Customer success

Account management

Relationship building

Communication

Education

High School diploma

Tools

Salesforce

Gainsight

JIRA

Zendesk

Job description

Customer Success Manager

CD Newco LLC d/b/a Curve Dental, Provo, Utah, United States

About this position

About Flex Dental: At Flex Dental, we go beyond checking boxes; our integration and automation are unparalleled. Every feature serves a purpose, creating seamless collaboration with Open Dental’s practice management system. Our commitment to meaningful functionalities and innovative automation transforms workflows, ensuring efficiency and pushing the boundaries of Open Dental practice management.

Flex Dental is focused on simplifying the lives of dentists and their staff. We're a growing company specializing in a specific area of the dental industry and work exclusively with Open Dental to create a comprehensive solution. By integrating with Open Dental, we aim to deliver innovative tools and services that streamline dental practice management. In short, we're developing cutting‑edge solutions for dentists and fostering a great workplace culture for our team.

The Customer Success/Retention Account Manager is responsible for partnering with customers identified as being at risk of churn to understand their business needs, address obstacles to success, and maximize the value they receive from the platform. This role combines proactive account management, customer advocacy, and cross‑functional collaboration to improve customer satisfaction, increase product adoption, and reduce customer attrition.

The Customer Success Manager serves as the primary owner of the retention experience, balancing strategic customer conversations with data‑driven analysis to identify trends, recommend improvements, and strengthen long‑term customer loyalty.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Customer Retention & Success

• Serve as the primary point of contact for customers identified as being at risk of downgrade or churn.
• Build trusted relationships with customers to understand their goals, challenges, and desired outcomes.
• Develop and execute customer success plans focused on increasing adoption, improving engagement, and reducing churn risk.
• Lead retention conversations with empathy while helping customers make informed decisions regarding their subscription.
• Partner with customers experiencing ownership changes, staffing transitions, or operational challenges to ensure business continuity.

Customer Adoption & Growth

• Monitor customer health indicators and proactively identify opportunities to improve platform adoption.
• Develop and maintain customer adoption strategies, identifying underutilized features and creating plans to increase utilization.
• Identify expansion opportunities and collaborate with Sales when additional products or services may provide customer value.
• Clearly communicate pricing changes while reinforcing the value customers receive from the platform.

Customer Advocacy & Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Document customer feedback, trends, and root causes contributing to churn risk.
• Partner with Support, Implementation, Product, Training, and other internal teams to resolve customer issues and improve the overall customer experience.
• Collaborate on the development and refinement of retention strategies, save plays, and customer engagement initiatives.
• Recommend process and product improvements based on recurring customer feedback and retention trends.

Operational Excellence

• Monitor reporting and customer health data to proactively identify emerging retention risks.
• Maintain accurate documentation of customer interactions, action plans, and outcomes within company systems.
• Coordinate customer offboarding activities when retention is not possible, ensuring a professional and seamless transition.
• Track and report key retention metrics, including churn prevention, customer recovery, product adoption, and expansion opportunities.
• Support ownership transfer processes by coordinating required documentation and cross‑functional activities.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

JOB QUALIFICATIONS

EDUCATION

• High School diploma or equivalent

EXPERIENCE

• A minimum of 1 year previous customer success, training, call center or technical support experience
• Experience as a customer success/retention account manager in dental software
• Experience working in a dental practice office or experience using and/or supporting accounting/billing applications strongly preferred

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

• An understanding of common industry standard business practices as related to the dental or medical professions
• Experience with software in a SaaS environment
• Experience working with CRM and customer success platforms (Salesforce, Gainsight, JIRA, Zendesk, or similar).
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, particularly phone and email correspondence
• Basic knowledge of computer hardware, database structure and network troubleshooting