Manager, Customer Success Management – Public Sector

Chainguard; United States; Hybrid; USD 149,000 - 182,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-friendly

Equity stock options

Health insurance

Flexible time off

Parental leave 18 weeks

Job summary

Chainguard is seeking a Manager of Customer Success Management (CSM) for the US Public Sector to lead a growing team and partner with leaders across CS, Professional Services, Product and Sales.

You will build and scale the CSM function, drive adoption, retention and revenue growth, and implement scalable processes that deliver value to government and defense customers. This role is based in the United States and remote-friendly.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in a leadership role with people management experience.
• Experience in Cybersecurity, DevOps, or adjacent space.
• Experience working with US Public Sector customers and regulatory needs.
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field; advanced degree preferred.
• Proven success in building and scaling CSM functions.
• Knowledge of project management methodologies and practices.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement at executive level.
• Remote-friendly, but based in the United States.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of CSMs, fostering high performance.
• Develop and execute overall CSM strategy with leaders across teams.
• Drive adoption, retention, and account expansion through value-driven processes.
• Manage adoption metrics and churn risk, with actions to mitigate.
• Build strong executive relationships with customers and advocate for their needs.
• Collaborate with GTM, Product, and Engineering to drive growth.
• Implement scalable processes and continuous improvement in CSM.

Skills

Leadership

People management

CSM leadership

US Public Sector experience

Cybersecurity domain

DevOps experience

Executive engagement

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Advanced degree preferred

Job description

Chainguard is the trusted source for open source. By delivering hardened, secure, and production-ready builds of all the open source software engineers and AI agents rely on, Chainguard helps organizations build faster, stay compliant, and eliminate risk.

Our customers include Fortune 500 enterprises and global industry leaders, including Anduril, Canva, Fortinet, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, OpenAI, Snap Inc., and Snowflake.

Chainguard is venture-backed by leading investors, including Amplify, IVP, Kleiner Perkins, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Mantis VC, Redpoint Ventures, Sequoia Capital, and Spark Capital.

The role, in a nutshell:

The Manager of Customer Success Management (CSM), US Public Sector will report to the Sr. Manager of Customer Success (Enterprise US East & Public Sector), working collaboratively to achieve the company’s goals and enhance customer success initiatives.

As a key leadership role within the Customer Success organization, the Manager of CSM will partner closely with other Customer Success leaders in building and shaping the function. The successful candidate will demonstrate strong people management skills, experience building out a CSM function (i.e. customer engagement, account management and retention strategies), and a mindset of driving operational excellence and scale.

What you’ll do:

• Leadership and People Management:
  • Build, lead and mentor a team of CSMs, fostering a collaborative and high-performance culture.
  • Provide guidance and support for career development, performance management, and skill enhancement within the team.
• Strategic Planning, Building and Execution:
  • Collaborate with the CSM and Professional Services leaders to develop and execute the overall strategy for Customer Success at Chainguard.
  • Drive the creation of customer engagement strategies to meet adoption, retention, and growth targets.
  • Develop processes in the lens of value and customer experience. Institute scale and automation in order to accomplish more with less over time.
• Customer Management:
  • Ensure a thorough grasp of adoption metrics across the customer base and collaborate with CSMs to devise actionable plans for mitigating churn risk and promoting account expansion.
  • Conduct account deep dives to drive adoption and account level objectives.
  • Stay informed about escalated accounts, take charge in resolving issues, offer leadership support to the team and customers as needed, and provide regular updates to senior leadership.
• Client Engagement and Advocacy:
  • Work closely with customers to understand their unique requirements and challenges.
  • Build strong client relationships at the Executive level to understand their workflow, prioritize Chainguard engagements, drive customer satisfaction and position account growth.
  • Serve as the voice of the customer within the organization, providing insights and feedback to drive product improvements and innovations
• Retention and Growth:
  • Collaborate with GTM, Product, and Engineering teams to drive adoption, customer retention, and growth.
  • Utilize insights from customer adoption data to develop precise renewal forecasts. Collaborate closely with the sales team to generate a weekly forecast aggregation, projecting at least six months into the future.
• Continuous Improvement:
  • Implement and refine operational processes to enhance efficiency and effectiveness within the CSM team and engagement model.
  • Monitor industry trends and best practices to stay ahead of market demands.

What we’re looking for:

• At least 3+ years of proven experience in a leadership role, with a strong background in people management.
• Experience in Cybersecurity, DevOps, or an adjacent space
• Experience working with US Public Sector customers and the unique regulatory, compliance, and procurement requirements of the segment
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field; advanced degree preferred.
• Demonstrated success in building and scaling CSM functions.
• In-depth knowledge of project management methodologies and practices.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage with both internal teams and external clients and executive level personas
• We are remote friendly, but this role needs to be based in the United States

Compensation: up to $165,000 base salary + bonus

About Us

We live and breathe our company values:

• We are customer obsessed — We focus on delivering solutions to our customers that create value and make their lives better.
• We have a bias for intentional action — We prioritize, plan, try things, and fail fast.
• We don’t take ourselves too seriously (but we do serious work) — We are solving an important problem which takes focus, but we also like to enjoy the journey.
• We trust each other and assume good intentions — We’re transparent with decisions to empower team members to make well informed decisions.

A few of the benefits we offer:

• Flexible & Remote-First Culture: Work remotely with team meetup opportunities, bi-annual destination summits, and a monthly stipend for coworking spaces, phone and internet costs.
• Our Approach to Equity: Receive stock options upon hire and promotion. Plus, you can participate in secondary offerings and have 10 years to exercise your options (yes, you read that correctly: 10 years!).
• 100% Covered Health Insurance: We cover 100% of your health, vision and dental insurance premiums for you and your dependents. Nothing comes out of your paycheck.
• Flexible Time Off: Take the time you need – to do our best work, we need to recharge and reset.
• 18 Weeks Paid Parental Leave: We offer 18 weeks for birthing parents and 12 weeks for non-birthing parents, with the option to use it all at once or throughout your child’s first year.

Chainguard is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, political views or activity, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.

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