Senior Client Success Manager

Navan; United States; Remote; USD 110,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Navan is seeking a Senior Client Success Manager to act as a strategic partner and trusted advisor to Navan’s most strategic clients. You will own complex migration projects from legacy systems to Navan, champion adoption, and drive retention through executive engagement and proactive risk management.

This role focuses on high-touch success, strategic collaboration with Product and Engineering, and delivering measurable value throughout the client lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Minimum 12+ years in Customer Success or Account Management in enterprise/cotential corporate travel domain.
• Experience delivering white-glove service and managing complex client relationships.
• Strong project management, organizational, and problem-solving skills for migrations and change management.
• Ability to influence executives and stakeholders and manage resistance to change.

Responsibilities

• Own the client relationship and success across migration to Navan platform.
• Lead complex migrations from legacy systems to Navan with end-to-end ownership.
• Drive product adoption, retention, and compliance through training and enablement.
• Cultivate executive-level relationships with C-suite and program stakeholders.
• Lead health checks, quarterly business reviews, and strategic reviews to assess health and mitigate churn.
• Serve as Voice of the Customer to internal teams for product feedback and issue resolution.
• Maintain deep knowledge of Navan and Premier value proposition for customers.
• Collaborate with Product and Engineering on enhancement requests and prioritization.

Skills

Client success management

Account management

Enterprise experience

Project management

Executive relationship management

Change management

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

As a Senior Client Success Manager, you will act as a lead strategic partner and executive-level trusted advisor to Navan’s most strategic and complex key clients. Your primary mission is to ensure their success, drive satisfaction, and maximize value throughout their lifecycle with Navan. A critical component of this role involves leading the strategic and technical migration of clients from legacy R& M technology to the Navan platform, ensuring a seamless and high-touch transition. You will cultivate deep, executive-level relationships with key program stakeholders, acting as the definitive ‘voice of the customer’ to prioritize adoption, retention, and long-term partnership over commercial focus.

What You’ll Do:

• Serve as the overall owner and account strategist of the client relationship, overseeing the success of the customer’s complex migration journey and subsequent post-sales activities.
• Lead and direct complex, multi-stakeholder client migrations from legacy R& M technology onto the Navan platform, managing the project from initial scoping to go-live and hypercare.
• Drive product adoption, retention, and compliance by providing consultative advice and customer enablement (training for end-users and administrators).
• Strategically cultivate and maintain strong, multi-level, trusted advisor relationships with C-suite and executive stakeholders to ensure strategic alignment and drive long-term customer value.
• Conduct regular health checks, lead Quarterly Business Reviews, and spearhead Strategic Business Reviews to proactively assess customer health, satisfaction, adoption, and retention, with a strong focus on proactive risk mitigation and churn prevention.
• Act as the definitive ‘Voice of the Customer’ for internal teams (Product, Engineering, Sales) by prioritizing and driving strategic feedback on platform optimization, addressing product gaps, and owning complex critical escalations to resolution.
• Maintain a deep understanding of the Navan product and integrated Premier value proposition to speak with customers about the most relevant features and functionality.
• Work closely with Product and Engineering on identification/tracking of enhancement requests.

What We’re Looking For:

• 12+ years of experience in Customer Success Management or Account Management within Corporate Travel Management, with a focus on client happiness and retention, preferably in the enterprise space.
• Demonstrated history of successfully providing white-glove services and managing clients, with experience serving Law firms or other professional service industries.
• Exceptional project management, organizational, and strategic problem-solving skills to navigate complex change management during migrations.
• High EQ and strong communication skills with the ability to manage change resistance and gain executive buy-in across customer program administrators and stakeholders.
• Drive for results, client-focused mindset, and high attention to detail.
• Bachelor’s degree preferred or similar professional experience.

The posted pay range represents theanticipatedlow and high end of the compensation for this position and is subject to change based on business need. To determine a successful candidate’s starting pay, we carefully consider a variety of factors, including primary work location, an evaluation of the candidate’s skills and experience, market demands, and internal parity.

For roles with on-target-earnings (OTE), the pay range includes both base salary and target incentive compensation. Target incentive compensation for some roles may include a ramping draw period. Compensation is higher for those who exceed targets. Candidates may receive more information from the recruiter.

Pay Range

$110,000—$120,000 USD

Navan uses AI-assisted Automated Employment Decision Tool (Metaview) to assist with evaluating resumes against job qualifications for this role. All final decisions are made by human recruiters and hiring managers.

Human oversight:

Metaview does not automatically reject candidates or make final hiring decisions. Our recruiters and hiring managers review all outputs and make the final hiring decision regarding every application.