Customer Success Manager

PlayOn; United States; Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance plans

Dental, vision, life & disability plan

Employee Emergency Fund

Company equity (stock options)

Open PTO policy

401K with company match

Hybrid/flexible work environment

Full-time employees eligible for BHP

Job summary

PlayOn is seeking a Customer Success Manager to join our rapidly expanding team. You will own post-sale customer relationships, drive value, and help schools realize the full benefit of GoFan, NFHS Network, and MaxPreps.

You’ll collaborate with a passionate team and contribute to our growth story in high school athletics. You will manage adoption, advocacy, renewals, and upsells while ensuring customers achieve measurable outcomes and sustained engagement with the platform.

Qualifications

• 3+ years’ experience in a customer success or similar role.
• Background in account management and/or sales.
• Proven track record delivering value to clients.
• Strong empathy for customers with passion for growth.
• Understanding of value drivers in recurring revenue models.
• Analytical and process-oriented mindset.
• Commitment to continuous learning and improvement.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Function as the customer advocate and provide internal feedback on how we can better serve our schools
• Manage all post-sale activity for clients through strong relationship-building, product knowledge, planning and execution
• Maintain a deep understanding of the product and speak with customers about the most relevant features/functionality for their specific business needs
• Increase customer retention through strategic and proactive engagement by ensuring our schools consistently realize value from the GoFan platform
• Track accounts to identify churn risk and work actively to eliminate that risk
• Simultaneously manage multiple customers who are at different points on the account lifecycle

Skills

Customer success

Account management

Sales experience

Value delivery

Empathy for customers

Analytical mindset

Communication skills

Continuous learning

Leadership

Job description

PlayOn is looking for a Customer Success Manager to join our rapidly expanding team. Customer Success is critical to our long-term growth. We are looking for individuals who will help us continue to scale our organization. This role will be responsible for adoption, advocacy, retention, renewals and upsells.

In this role, you’ll be responsible for creating excitement about PlayOn. You’ll get to work alongside an extremely passionate and supportive team, but most importantly you’ll jumpstart your career in an exciting field. If you’re interested in venturing outside the norm and are ready to join a rapidly growing company with a proven business model, we’d love to learn more about you.

In this role, you can expect to

• Function as the customer advocate and provide internal feedback on how we can better serve our schools
• Manage all post-sale activity for clients through strong relationship-building, product knowledge, planning and execution
• Maintain a deep understanding of the product and speak with customers about the most relevant features/functionality for their specific business needs
• Increase customer retention through strategic and proactive engagement by ensuring our schools consistently realize value from the GoFan platform
• Track accounts to identify churn risk and work actively to eliminate that risk
• Simultaneously manage multiple customers who are at different points on the account lifecycle

To thrive in this role, you have

• 3+ years’ experience in a customer success or similar role
• Ideally combined background of account management and/or sales experience
• You have a track record of delivering value to a client
• Strong empathy for customers AND passion for revenue and growth
• Deep understanding of value drivers in recurring revenue business models
• Analytical and process-oriented mindset
• Demonstrated desire for continuous learning and improvement
• Enthusiastic and creative leader with the ability to inspire others
• Excellent communication and presentation skills

HOW YOU PLAY

• Ownership over Participation - You take responsibility for achieving holistic outcomes, prioritize key objectives, and adapt quickly when situations require a different approach. You follow through even against the toughest challenges.
• Team over Stars- You are a bridge builder, establishing processes and relationships with teams outside your own. You work to rally around common goals, find win-win solutions, compromise when necessary, and help others succeed.
• Growth over Comfort- You are driven by a desire to grow and actively seek opportunities to expand your comfort zone, skills, and confidence. You embrace new challenges with curiosity, accepting discomfort and failure as opportunities to learn.
• Fairness over Popularity - You approach decisions with a scientist’s mindset, challenging your assumptions and remaining objective. You consider long-term impact rather than relying on short-term gains, proactively seek others’ perspectives, and manage emotions in decision-making.

PlayOn is where high school sports come to life. Through GoFan, NFHS Network, and MaxPreps, we give every fan a front-row seat to the moments that matter most: the buzzer-beaters, the comeback wins, the senior nights, the rivalries that define a town.

We built our technology for the people who live and breathe high school athletics — the parents who never miss a game, the alumni still cheering from across the country, the communities that show up week after week. From buying tickets to watching a live stream to reliving the highlights, we make it simple to stay close to the sports and the athletes you love most.

Backed by KKR, we build the technology that powers high school athletics from the inside out: Schools trust us to handle ticketing, streaming, fundraising, concessions, merchandise, and more so the people running programs can stay focused on the athletes and fans we all serve together.

We’re a growth-stage company on a mission to make high school sports more accessible, more memorable, and more connected than ever before.

When being there means everything, we make sure you never miss a moment.

Why You’ll Love Working at PlayOn

Product, potential, and people. We’re a leader in the high school event space, constantly evolving our product to meet the needs of administrators. We focus on solving real challenges, learning quickly, and creating impactful solutions.

This is a growth-stage company, meaning your contributions have real impact. You’ll have opportunities to grow your skills, tackle meaningful problems, and make a difference in the lives of schools and the students and fans they serve.

Our culture is built on accountability, collaboration, growth, and fairness. We don’t just show up—we show up for each other. Everyone wears the same jersey, and we play hard, make the extra pass, and cheer one another on. Losses teach us, challenges motivate us, and persistence drives us forward. We value integrity over shortcuts, choosing to do what’s right even when it’s hard. Together, we strive to be better every day—because we know that’s how we win as a team.

The Benefits We Offer

• Multiple medical insurance plans to choose from
• Dental, vision life and disability insurance
• Employee Emergency Fund
• Company equity (stock options)
• Open PTO policy
• 401K plan with company match
• Hybrid/flexible work environment
• Note: Must be a full-time employee to participate in the company’s employee health benefit plan. Part-time employees and interns are not eligible to participate