Manager, Customer Success Platforms

Stripe; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 226,000 - 339,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Company bonus or commissions

401(k) plan

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

Wellness stipends

Job summary

Stripe is seeking a seasoned leader to manage a high-performing team of Customer Success Managers responsible for strategic, relationship-based accounts in a fast‑growing environment in the United States. You will drive adoption, deliver measurable value, and partner with executives to align Stripe solutions with client priorities.

You will hire, mentor, and coach team members, shaping a strategy that improves customer health and renewal outcomes while collaborating across product, sales, and

Qualifications

• 12+ years of customer-facing experience in customer success, account management, or sales.
• Experience leading and coaching a high-performing team.
• Ability to drive strategic guidance and executive sponsorship for key relationships.

Responsibilities

• Recruit, develop, and lead a team of Customer Success Managers supporting strategic accounts.
• Drive an engagement model that increases adoption and delivers value.
• Set vision and strategy for the team, tracking health, renewal and growth metrics.
• Identify risks and opportunities early and implement mitigation plans.
• Coach and mentor the team in consultative customer success and sales skills.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to tailor Stripe solutions for clients.

Skills

Customer success

Account management

Sales experience

People management

Cross-functional collaboration

Strategic advice

Job description

About Stripe

Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies - from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups - use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone's reach while doing the most important work of your career.

Who we are

Who we are

Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies - from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups - use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone's reach while doing the most important work of your career.

About The Team

Our users are the heart of our business. Stripe’s Global Customer Success Team is responsible for managing our largest and most strategic relationships, such as Doordash, Lyft, and Shopify. In this manager role you’ll be responsible for a high-performing team of Customer Success Managers. You’ll lead and coach the team, helping them deliver on ambitious targets, roll up your sleeves to work directly with executives at existing enterprise Stripe customers and partner cross functionally to help users execute their business priorities.

What you’ll do

We Are Seeking a Manager To Lead a Team Of High-performing Customer Success Managers To Build And Grow The Relationships With Our Most Complex Users. You Will

• Recruit, develop, and lead a team of Customer Success Managers supporting strategic, relationship-based accounts.


• Help drive an engagement model focused on building durable user relationships, increasing adoption, delivering value


• Develop both the vision and strategy for the team, driving progress toward customer health, renewal and growth metrics


• Be accountable for identifying risks and opportunities early, and helping the team build and work through mitigation plans.


• Coach, mentor, and guide the team in developing consultative customer success and sales skills


• Effectively work cross-functionally across the organization to shape Stripe’s solutions to meet client needs


• Build strong operating rhythms for the team, including account planning, health reviews, renewal forecasting and business reviews.


• Inspire, motivate, and enable the team by setting clear expectations, providing direct feedback and supporting their individual development and career growth.

We’re Looking For Someone Who Has

• 12+ years of customer-facing experience in customer success, account management, or sales with 3-5 years of people management experience


• Payments or Billing experience


• Experience leading sales or account management in a high-growth technology environment


• Ability to hire, train, and coach a high-performing user-facing team


• Ability to support the Customer Success Managers’ efforts through strategic advice on account strategies, and serving as executive sponsor with key relationships


• Ability to operate in a high-growth environment and work through ambiguity to solve complex customer and business problems


• Demonstrated passion for Stripe’s mission, and helping users succeed

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience at a growth stage Internet/software company


• Prior experience in customer success, enterprise account management, partnerships and/or business development

In-office expectations

Office-assigned Stripes in most of our locations are currently expected to spend at least 50% of the time in a given month in their local office or with users. This expectation may vary depending on role, team and location. For example, Stripes in Stripe Delivery Center roles in Mexico City, Mexico, Bengaluru, India, and Dublin, Ireland work 100% from the office. Also, some teams have greater in-office attendance requirements, to appropriately support our users and workflows, which the hiring manager will discuss. This approach helps strike a balance between bringing people together for in-person collaboration and learning from each other, while supporting flexibility when possible.

Pay and benefits

The annual US base salary range for this role is $225,700 - $338,500. For sales roles, the range provided is the role’s On Target Earnings ("OTE") range, meaning that the range includes both the sales commissions/sales bonuses target and annual base salary for the role. This salary range may be inclusive of several career levels at Stripe and will be narrowed during the interview process based on a number of factors, including the candidate’s experience, qualifications, and location. Applicants interested in this role and who are not located in the US may request the annual salary range for their location during the interview process.

Additional benefits for this role may include: equity, company bonus or sales commissions/bonuses; 401(k) plan; medical, dental, and vision benefits; and wellness stipends.

We look forward to hearing from you.

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