Enterprise Customer Success Team Lead DACH

Sosafe Awareness; Köln, Berlin; On-site; USD 138,169 - 172,711; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Work/Life balance

Wellbeing support

Annual off-site

Learning & Development Allowance

Tech Equipment

Referral bonuses

Dog Friendly HQ

Job summary

SoSafe is building an enterprise-focused Customer Success organization for the DACH region. This Team Lead will coach and scale a high-performing group of Enterprise Customer Success Managers, guiding actions across renewals, expansions and executive partnerships.

You will work directly with C-level stakeholders, shape strategic accounts, and collaborate with Sales, Marketing and Partners to deliver measurable value while traveling as needed to meet clients and events.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of Customer Success in a fast-growing B2B SaaS company with enterprise focus.
• 3+ years leading Enterprise CS teams, managing complex accounts.
• Proven ability to influence senior/C-level stakeholders externally and internally.
• Commercial acumen with ROI/value quantification for large accounts.
• Strong retention and expansion track record in multi-threaded accounts.
• Curious, able to uncover goals, politics and buying dynamics beyond the obvious.
• Resilient and solution-oriented in escalations and high-stakes conversations.
• Confident communicator capable of engaging senior stakeholders.
• Empathetic, people-oriented, able to build trust and motivate others.
• Willing to travel ~30% for onsite/customer events.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coach Enterprise CS Managers, driving metrics across strategic accounts.
• Own enterprise account strategy including risk management, expansion planning, executive sponsorships.
• Coach team on multi-stakeholder buying and renewal strategies.
• Engage with C-level stakeholders to build executive relationships and resolve escalations.
• Communicate company vision and goals within the team and translate to execution.
• Collaborate with Sales, Marketing and Partner leadership on go-to-market plans.
• Identify knowledge gaps and training needs to scale enterprise delivery.
• Analyze account health data to shape targeted strategies and expansion plans.
• Represent the voice of enterprise customers to inform product and processes.
• Cultivate executive advocacy and references.

Skills

Customer Success

Stakeholder management

Commercial acumen

Retention and expansion

Public speaking

Travel readiness

Fluent English

Fluent German

Job description

Enterprise Customer Success Team Lead DACH

SoSafe has the ambition to become the leading human risk management provider in Europe. Our award-winning awareness platform triggers behavioural change by providing effective and engaging training and simulations on cybersecurity and data protection. Cybercrime is predicted to cost the world $10.5 trillion annually by 2025 - we invite you to be part of the solution!

Your mission:

Are you a people-person who thrives on helping others grow and succeed? Do you enjoy coaching, sharing your knowledge, and setting your peers up for success? This newly created role offers the opportunity to build our first Enterprise focused Customer Success team for DACH. Reporting directly to the Senior Director of Customer Success, you'll drive team performance through coaching, development, and clear accountability, while ensuring alignment with segment, regional and global strategy. You'll play a key role in building a strong CSM culture, enabling your team to deliver measurable impact for our largest customers. All of this while contributing to one of the most exciting industries in digitalisation - helping to make the internet a little bit safer, together with a highly driven team.

Here's how you'll make a difference:

• Lead, guide, and support a team of Enterprise Customer Success Managers, driving performance against key metrics (gross retention, net revenue retention, and expansion) across a portfolio of high-value, strategic accounts
• Build and own the enterprise account strategy including risk management, expansion planning, and executive sponsorship programs for your team's book of business
• Coach your team on navigating complex, multi-stakeholder buying and renewal environments, including negotiation strategy and commercial structuring for high-ARR contracts
• Personally engage with C-level and senior stakeholders on strategic accounts to build executive relationships, resolve escalations, and reinforce long-term partnership value
• Clearly communicate company vision, strategy, and goals within your team, translating them into account-level execution
• Collaborate closely with Sales, Marketing, and Partner leadership to ensure a cohesive enterprise/regional go-to-market strategy
• Spot knowledge gaps and training needs, setting your team up for success while identifying process and tooling improvements to scale enterprise-grade delivery
• Analyze account health data and portfolio trends to shape targeted strategies, risk mitigation plans, and expansion initiatives across the Enterprise segment
• Represent the voice of the enterprise customer internally, ensuring insights from strategic accounts inform product, process, and go-to-market decisions
• Cultivate advocacy at the executive level references, case studies, and speaking opportunities turning strategic accounts into brand champions

What makes you a great fit:

• 10+ years Customer Success experience in a fast-growing B2B SaaS company, with meaningful time managing enterprise or strategic accounts
• 3+ years leading Enterprise Customer Success teams, ideally with exposure to complex or multi-stakeholder account portfolios
• Demonstrated ability to build relationships with and influence senior/C-level stakeholders, both externally and internally
• Commercial acumen, comfortable with quantifying ROI/value for large accounts
• Strong track record of retention and expansion within complex, multi-threaded accounts
• Naturally curious, skilled at uncovering stakeholders' goals, politics, and buying dynamics beyond the obvious
• Resilience and grit, able to stay effective and solution-oriented navigating escalations, ambiguity, and high-stakes conversations
• Confident communicator and presenter, capable of holding a room with senior internal and external stakeholders
• Empathetic and people-oriented, able to build trust-based relationships internally and externally while motivating and inspiring others
• Happy to travel ~30% of the time for customer onsite and industry events
• Fluent in English and German
• Based in Cologne or Berlin within a reasonable commute to our office

What we offer*

• Work/Life balance: flexible hours, 33 vacation days
• Wellbeing and Financial support: Open Up, Corporate Discounts
• Coming together for moments that matter: annual company off-site, team events, local meet-ups
• And the list goes on: Learning & Development Allowance, Tech Equipment, Referral Bonuses, Dog Friendly HQ

*Perks and Benefits listed above are for full-time employees and can vary slightly by office location. These are just a sample; you'll learn about more benefits offered during the interview process

About Us

At SoSafe, we're on a mission to make the digital world safer by addressing the human factor in cybersecurity. As one of the fastest-growing security awareness scale-ups worldwide, we leverage behavioural science and data-driven learning to empower people against cyber threats. Our Human Risk Management approach helps organisations turn their employees into their strongest line of defence.

Backed by leading VCs like Highland Europe and Global Founders Capital, we're rapidly expanding across the globe. We're looking for team players who want to drive meaningful change in cybersecurity, take ownership of their work, and grow with us.

If you thrive in a vibrant, purpose-driven environment that values innovation, diversity, and collaboration, then this is the place for you!