REMOTE Sales Manager, Customer Success Department

Apexchat; San Ramon (CA); Remote; USD 35,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

10 days PTO

8 holidays

Floating holidays 2

Sick days 5

Medical insurance

401k

Career advancement

Job summary

Apexchat is seeking a Sales Manager for the Customer Success Department. This remote role requires US residency and a distraction-free environment with stable internet.

You will lead the Client Partner team, driving upsell growth, reducing churn, and ensuring top-tier customer satisfaction. You will partner with the VP of Customer Success to define strategic goals, optimize processes, and deliver accurate executive reports.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership of customer success teams.
• Experience driving upsell and reducing churn.
• Strong analytics and KPI reporting.
• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing Customer Success team.
• Develop, own, and improve the customer success journey from onboarding to renewal.
• Set and execute strategic goals, OKRs, and KPIs for the department.
• Drive upsell and cross-sell opportunities within existing customers to hit growth targets.
• Design and implement churn reduction strategies through proactive engagement.
• Own end-to-end customer success processes and lifecycle milestones.

Skills

Leadership

Team management

Strategic thinking

Customer success

Cross-functional collaboration

Data-driven decisions

HubSpot

Tools

HubSpot

CRM tools

Job description

THIS IS A REMOTE POSITION! You must reside in the US to apply and have a distraction free environment with stable internet.

Sales Manager, Customer Success Dept. is a strategic leader responsible for overseeing the Client Partner team, with a primary focus on driving upsell growth, reducing churn, and ensuring the highest levels of customer satisfaction. You will lead the continued development and implementation of customer success strategies that align with our business objectives, optimizing processes to achieve and exceed KPIs and OKRs. You will be a trusted advisor, reporting directly to the VP of Customer Success, contributing to the long-term growth and retention of our customer base. This person should be of caliber, be it background/experience or through training with our VP and other modules, and desire to grow into a Director of the department......

Read the bottom to learn more about your new boss!! Are you in?!

Key Responsibilities:

Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing Customer Success team, ensuring they are equipped to meet and exceed growth and retention goals. This includes hiring, performance/development plans and growing team.

Develop, own, and continuously improve the customer success journey, from onboarding to renewal, to drive measurable outcomes.

Work closely with the VP of Customer Success to set and execute strategic goals, OKRs, and KPIs for the department.

Customer Growth & Retention:

Drive upsell and cross-sell opportunities within the existing customer base to achieve growth targets.

Design and implement churn reduction strategies, with a focus on proactive customer engagement and risk mitigation.

Serve as a champion for customer needs, advocating for product and service improvements based on customer feedback.

Process Development & Optimization:

Own the end-to-end process for customer success, including defining key milestones and touchpoints across the customer lifecycle.

Optimize the use of HubSpot and other CRM tools to leverage automation while maintaining a personalized customer experience.

Develop and document scalable processes that support efficiency, accuracy, and consistency across the team.

Technology & Innovation:

Identify and implement technology solutions that enhance team productivity and customer experience.

Continuously explore and integrate new tools, technologies, and best practices that drive operational efficiency and customer success.

Executive Reporting & Insights:

Deliver 100% accurate and timely executive reporting on customer success metrics, growth, churn, and other key performance indicators.

Provide data-driven insights to the VP of Customer Success, identifying trends, risks, and opportunities for continuous improvement.

Foster strong cross-functional relationships with Sales, Product, Marketing, and other teams to align on customer goals and deliver exceptional service.

Serve as a trusted advisor to the VP of Customer Success, providing strategic recommendations and feedback on customer success initiatives.

The Outcomes:

Entire team churn goals are met or exceeded (All accounts)

Each CP meets or exceeds indiviudal Set Up Fee Goals, MRR Upsell Goals

100% Timely completion of Deadlines/Projects with 100% Data Accuracy (you\'re reporting to Senior Leadership)

All Goals & KPIs set forth for Customer Success/Service are met or exceeded

Deliver timely & accurate reports to management

Assist in improve efficiency and effectiveness of current (or new) processes to leverage Digital Success measures

Maintain positive, can-do, go getter attitude and consistently adapt to change/growth of company in current state

All A-Players:

• Organization and planning


• Follow-through on commitments


• Analytical skills


• Persistence


• Proactivity

A-Player Managers:

• Coaching


• Empowerment


• Accountability


• Redeploying B/C players


• Team building


• Change leadership


• Inspiring followership


• Conflict management

This role:

• Ability to Multitask & adapt to changes seamlessly


• Consistent Follow Through/completion of deadlines


• Vision Casting/Team Buy In


• High standards/Attention to Detail


• Strategic Leadership


• Balance Between Independence and Humility


• Trustworthy/Honest


• Resiliency


• Growth-Driven


• Churn Reduction


• Ability to Understand churn, prevent it, predict trends


• Customer-Centric


• Process Optimization


• Operational Efficiency


• Hiring/Development of Staff


• Executive Reporting-100% Accurate


• Data-Driven Decision Making


• Cross- Functional collaboration


• Customer Success Journey Design & Implementation


• KPI/OKR Management


• Ability to get team to hit/exceed goals


• Problem Solving, Creative, Quick Witted


• Process Documentation


• Customer Relationship Management


• Sales Planning & Strategy


• Closing Deals, Follow Up


• Booking Appointments/Business Development

Base: 35-60K Annually, +10-40K Bonus (paid quarterly)- DOE and you/your team performance. This is a base + bonus plan.

Benefits: Eligible for 10 Days PTO, 8 Holidays 2 Floating Holidays, 5 Sick Days, Medical and other insurances, 401k, paid training and career advancement programs.

This person needs to have lead and managed a team that sold, upsold and increased revenue, while maintaining a customer base. STRONG sales Leadership is a must!

Our VP is a powerhouse with a relentless drive to succeed. She has a "get it done no matter what" mentality, balanced with a compassionate leadership style. Not only did she create and launch our Contract Signing via Chat product—which grew revenue for one customer by over $500 million in less than 6 months—she also conceived and built our Voice Call Center from idea to first live call in just 3 months. All of this, while managing every aspect of post-sale customer success and collaborating across departments with Sales, Product, and Engineering. Further, she had a driving force to the entire company rebrand- changing our strategy from "Lead Capture" to "Lead Conversion:"... we used to be ApexChat... now we're Blazeo!

She\'s a born innovator and leader, always full of fresh ideas and driven by the constant pursuit of a better, more innovative way to do things. Her teams don\'t just meet their targets—they blow them away. Last quarter alone, they exceeded their churn reduction goal by 300% and upsell targets by 200%.

She embodies our Core Values and lives them every day. Now, she\'s looking for someone who can stand by her side, embrace hard work, and help grow this team. If you thrive in an environment where innovation, ownership, and results are everything, and you love the freedom to create and innovate—this is the role for you.

If you\'re ready to rise to the challenge and exceed expectations—bet on yourself, and watch her bet on you.