Customer Success Manager (Public Sector)

Trek Bicycle; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Retirement Plans

Medical, Dental and Vision Coverage

Paid Time Off

Paid Parental Leave

Community Involvement Support

Job summary

Trellix is seeking a Customer Success Manager (Public Sector) to serve as the lead customer liaison for Tier 2 accounts, aligning customer strategies with Trellix offerings and driving value realization across onboarding, adoption, and satisfaction.

You will partner with Sales to transition accounts from Pre-Sales to Customer Success, identify expansion opportunities, and use AI-powered analytics to monitor health and prepare automated reports highlighting product value. Remote US location.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of customer engagement and account management experience in a Cybersecurity/SaaS solutions company and/or enterprise software industry a plus
• Ability to travel > 25% of the time
• Experience leading adoption, expansion, and renewals with enterprise clients
• Strong customer orientation with ability to manage complex projects and conflicting requirements
• Strong verbal and written communication skills explaining technical concepts to diverse stakeholders
• Ability to communicate with both security analysts and CISOs/IT directors
• Desire to connect customers with product value and outcomes
• Ability to build valuable, outcome-based customer relationships
• Solid understanding of cybersecurity fundamentals; certifications a plus
• Experience using AI tools to enhance productivity and content creation
• Cybersecurity certifications a plus
• Customer Success certifications a plus
• University degree or equivalent experience

Responsibilities

• Lead customer liaison for Tier 2 accounts and develop trusted advisor relationships
• Understand customer challenges and map Trellix product features to drive value realization
• Develop customer success plans for onboarding, adoption, and satisfaction across portfolio
• Partner with Sales to transition accounts from Pre-Sales to Customer Success and identify expansion opportunities
• Advocate for customers and use Quarterly Business Reviews to align on progress
• Monitor customer health using AI-powered analytics and generate value reports
• Handle escalations of deployment or productivity issues coordinating with Sales, R&D, and CS Engineering
• Identify risks and coordinate with cross-functional teams on mitigation
• Provide a deep cross-functional understanding of Trellix business

Skills

Customer engagement

Account management

Cybersecurity knowledge

Excellent communication

Stakeholder management

Job description

_ Job Title: _

Customer Success Manager (Public Sector)

About Trellix

Trellix is a global cybersecurity leader helping organizations build cyber resilience for the AI era. Combining AI-native security, operational threat intelligence, and automated detection and response, Trellix provides defense-grade protection at machine speed across on-premises, air-gapped, operational technology, hybrid, and cloud environments. Trellix helps customers anticipate threats, scale effective security operations, maintain business continuity, and adapt their security posture for the modern threat landscape. Working with a broad partner ecosystem and global intelligence collaborators, Trellix helps strengthen the collective defense against cybercriminals and state-sponsored attacks. At Trellix, we empower professionals at all career stages to expand their technical expertise, lead strategic initiatives, and make a tangible global impact. Whether you are an industry pioneer or an emerging specialist, Trellix provides the tools and opportunities to enhance and expand your skill set. Join our mission to scale AI-driven cyber defense alongside an AI-accelerated threat landscape, and help build a safer, more resilient future. More at https://trellix.com.

_ Role Overview: _

In this role you have a tremendous opportunity to apply your passion for customers, communication skills, persistence, and business acumen to directly contribute to the Trellix’s growth and success.

As the lead customer liaison for Tier 2 accounts, you will develop a trusted advisor relationship with customer key stakeholders and executive sponsors to fully understand the customer’s business strategy, technical environment, and measurements for success.

Understand the customer’s challenges and security goals and map Trellix product features or services to drive value realization in their investment.
You will build and develop customer specific success plans to oversee customer on-boarding, adoption, and satisfaction across the portfolio to promote best practices and usage of Trellix products and solutions.
Partner with Sales to help transition the account from Pre-Sales to Customer Success and identify expansion and opportunities.

You will be an advocate for our customers with a focus on transformation and engagement to promote a successful experience with our products and services and utilize Quarterly Business Reviews to continue alignment and highlight ongoing progress.

Develop a comprehensive understanding of typical business and cyber security challenges faced by customers while demonstrating the fundamental capability of our technology to drive feature adoption to maximize time to value and return on investment.

Handle escalations of deployment or customer productivity blocking issues, and coordinate related activities with Sales, R&D and CS Engineering.

The cross-functional nature of this role provides a deeper understanding of all aspects of the business.

Identify risks to the customer achieving their desired outcomes and stated business goals, working with account teams and cross-functional groups on risk mitigation or escape as needed.

Utilize AI-powered analytics and tools to monitor customer health, predict potential churn, and generate automated reports that highlight product value.

Location: Remote US

About the Role:

• In this role you have a tremendous opportunity to apply your passion for customers, communication skills, persistence, and business acumen to directly contribute to the Trellix’s growth and success.

• As the lead customer liaison for Tier 2 accounts, you will develop a trusted advisor relationship with customer key stakeholders and executive sponsors to fully understand the customer’s business strategy, technical environment, and measurements for success.

• Understand the customer’s challenges and security goals and map Trellix product features or services to drive value realization in their investment.

• You will build and develop customer specific success plans to oversee customer on-boarding, adoption, and satisfaction across the portfolio to promote best practices and usage of Trellix products and solutions.

• Partner with Sales to help transition the account from Pre-Sales to Customer Success and identify expansion and opportunities.

• You will be an advocate for our customers with a focus on transformation and engagement to promote a successful experience with our products and services and utilize Quarterly Business Reviews to continue alignment and highlight ongoing progress.

• Develop a comprehensive understanding of typical business and cyber security challenges faced by customers while demonstrating the fundamental capability of our technology to drive feature adoption to maximize time to value and return on investment.

• Handle escalations of deployment or customer productivity blocking issues, and coordinate related activities with Sales, R&D and CS Engineering.

• The cross-functional nature of this role provides a deeper understanding of all aspects of the business.

About You:

• 3+ years of customer engagement and account management experience in a Cybersecurity/SaaS solutions company and/or an enterprise software industry a plus

• Ability to travel > 25% of the time.

• Experience working successfully with a portfolio of enterprise clients leading to adoption, expansion, and renewals of our dynamic products.

• Strong customer orientation with the ability to manage complex projects and conflicting requirements.

• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Ability to switch between communicating with a Security Analyst and presenting "the big picture" to a CISO or IT Director.

• You have an enthusiastic and dedicated approach to connect customers with an understanding of their needs and ensure they understand and realize the full value of our products and services.

• Ability to build and maintain highly valuable and outcome-based relationships with a diverse customer account base.

• Solid understanding of cybersecurity fundamentals (Network security, Endpoint protection, or Cloud security). CompTIA Security+, GSEC, or similar certifications are a plus.

• Demonstrated ability to use AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Claude, Midjourney, or proprietary AI analytics) to enhance productivity, analyze data, or create customer-facing content.

• Industry Cyber Security certifications a plus (i.e., CISSP, Security+, CISM)

• Customer Success certifications a plus

• University degree or equivalent experience

Company Benefits and Perks:

We believe that the best solutions are developed by teams who embrace each other’s unique experiences, skills, and abilities. We work hard to create a dynamic workforce where we encourage everyone to bring their authentic selves to work every day. We offer a variety of social programs, flexible work hours and family-friendly benefits to all of our employees.

• Retirement Plans

• Medical, Dental and Vision Coverage

• Paid Time Off

• Paid Parental Leave

• Support for Community Involvement

We’re serious about our commitment to a workplace where everyone can thrive and contribute to our industry-leading products and customer support, which is why we prohibit discrimination and harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation or any other legally protected status.

Our Commitment to You:

At Trellix, we are committed to creating a safe and trustworthy experience for our customers, employees, and candidates. Please be aware that fraudulent recruiting activity can occur through fake job postings or impersonated communications.

Trellix conducts interviews through professional channels only and does not use text messages, instant messaging, or group chats for interviews. We will never request sensitive personal information - such as your date of birth, Social Security number, or national ID number - during the interview process.

Trellix also does not require candidates to pay fees, purchase products or services, or process payments of any kind as part of the recruiting or hiring process. And Trellix will never keep any original work authorization documents that we may be required to review during the hiring process.