Customer Success Manager II

Forrester; United States; Remote; USD 67,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic Customer Success Manager to enhance relationships with premier clients. In this pivotal role, you'll orchestrate the customer journey, ensuring satisfaction and retention through proactive engagement strategies. Your expertise in managing projects and building senior-level relationships will be key to driving value and navigating challenges. Join a vibrant community committed to empowering talent and delivering exceptional service, where your contributions will shape the future of client partnerships. This opportunity is perfect for those eager to make a significant impact in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of client engagement experience with a focus on retention.
• Ability to manage projects with multiple stakeholders effectively.

Responsibilities

• Drive high engagement and renewal rates with premier vendor clients.
• Develop and execute client engagement strategies tailored to needs.

Skills

Client Engagement

Project Management

Business Relationship Building

Communication Skills

Problem Solving

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Internal Systems

Job description

At Forrester, we’re trusted to work on trailblazing, mission critical problems that business and technology leaders face today. That’s why we’re always looking to empower talented individuals to perform at their best every single day. We’re proud of our community of smart people and vibrant voices who come together to do what’s right by our clients and each other. Our success is driven by curiosity, courage and customer obsession. The confidence and drive to be bold at work. Join us and build an extraordinary future.

About This Role:

As a member of Forrester’s customer success organization, you are responsible for the engagement value delivered to Forrester’s largest clients. The Customer Success Manager will orchestrate the customer journey through proactive engagement strategies. You will guide Forrester’s premier vendor clients to their desired outcomes, while driving great value in their partnership with Forrester. Monitoring the health of customer relationships, you will predict and navigate customer challenges and offer solutions that drive satisfaction, retention, and additional enrichment opportunities.

Job Description:

• Strengthen the premier client’s relationship health post-sale by deeply embedding in the accounts to drive high engagement. Serve as a client advocate driving strong renewal rates and higher enrichment by understanding the client’s business initiatives and mapping to Forrester’s portfolio of products and services.
• Create, execute, and deliver a strong premier vendor client engagement strategy, informed by the client executive’s overall account strategy. This includes the execution of services provided to the client; formal and informal client check-ins; onboarding; partnership reviews; and the delivery of other value-added services based on the mutually agreed upon engagement plan with the client.
• Align with the client executive on the account strategy. Meet regularly to discuss account health, value capture, and engagement levels and to share potential new enrichment opportunities.
• Leverage support of the customer success specialist to ensure the largest impact on client engagement and value delivered while efficiently servicing the account.
• Orchestrate the quality and timely delivery of products or services purchased by working with the relevant ecosystem partners in the product, research, and/or consulting organizations to ensure that client success measures are met and value is maximized.

Job Requirements:

• Three to five years of experience driving successful solution-oriented client engagement; handling difficult internal and external business challenges; and delivering exceptional client service resulting in high client retention.
• Experience in managing projects with multiple stakeholders and systems, sometimes globally, and working within tight project and client timelines with resource constraints.
• Experience in building successful senior-level business relationships and facilitating conversations at all levels, including the C-suite.
• The ability to work in a high-energy, fast-paced environment, collaborating with other divisions to achieve strong results.
• Relevant business experience demonstrating a commercial mindset and an understanding of selling moments.
• Relevant industry experience working in a B2B setting and a familiarity with the typical challenges faced by premier vendor clients in leading change.
• Successful navigation of business processes.
• A high degree of organization and proficiency leveraging internal systems.
• Strong storytelling abilities, verbal and written communication, and social interactions and a proficiency with technology.

Please note that the base salary range indicated here is inclusive of all applicable US geographies listed in this requisition. This salary range is based upon the position as described in the job listing. The offered compensation may vary within this range and is dependent upon the successful candidate’s primary work location, experience, training, education, and credentials.

Base salary range: $67,000 - $120,000

For information on benefits, please visit: Forrester Benefits

The application deadline is May 30, 2025. Please refer to the job posting on Forrester.com careers page if the deadline has been extended.

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