Sr Customer Success Manager

ACI Worldwide; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

ACI Worldwide is seeking a Senior Customer Success Manager for Speedpay in the Government & Insurance segments. You will own a strategic book of business, manage executive relationships, drive revenue growth, and lead renewals with complex negotiations. Remote or hybrid work with travel around 25%.

Reports to the Director of Customer Success. Ideal candidates have 7+ years of payments experience, strong CRM skills (Salesforce, Gainsight), and a proven ability to turn clients into advocates.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of related experience, including payments.
• BS/BA or 8 years of equivalent experience.
• Expert-level payments knowledge & a track record of turning clients into references & advocates.
• Comfort with C-suite & board-level conversations, both with clients & inside ACI.
• Experience negotiating complex, high-value contracts & renewals.
• Discipline with CRM & customer success tools like Salesforce & Gainsight.

Responsibilities

• Own retention, revenue growth & forecast predictability for a group of high-value government & insurance clients.
• Build executive sponsorships and shape client strategic agendas across multiple levels.
• Lead growth through value-based business reviews and collaborate with Sales on expansions.
• Manage complex renewals with clear close plans and protect pricing.
• Coordinate with Product, Ops, Support, Legal & Finance to deliver on commitments.
• Contribute to CSM forum and feed segment strategy and roadmap.

Skills

Payments knowledge

Executive relationships

Renewals

CRM tools

Forecasting

Strategic accounts

Education

BS/BA or 8 years of equivalent experience

Tools

Salesforce

Gainsight

Job description

Senior Customer Success Manager, ACI SpeedpayGovernment & Insurance SegmentsAt ACI, we envision what's ahead, energize each other, empower our people, elevate the conversation and excel at what we do. For a Senior CSM at Speedpay, that means turning trust into growth, seeing risk before the client says it out loud, and owning outcomes like they're your own.We've spent the last few years moving Customer Success from reactive account management to a strategic retention & growth engine. The strategy's proven. We're looking for a Customer Success Leader who wants to help build that.

What you own

• A strategic book of business. You'll own retention, revenue growth & forecast predictability for a group of high-value biller clients in government & insurance
• Executive relationships. You'll build relationships with executive sponsors at more than one level. One friendly contact isn't coverage. You'll know the client's strategic agenda well enough to shape it.
• Growth. You'll run conversation-led business reviews where the client talks more than we do. You'll measure value in their numbers & end every review with a next commercial step. You'll also partner closely with Sales on expansion.
• Renewals & commercial negotiations. You'll run complex, high-value renewals with clear close plans. You'll also protect pricing and drive to commercial success for all stakeholders.
• Internal advocacy. You won't lose a client without a fact-based fight. You'll push through internal complexity & coordinate Product, Ops, Support, Legal & Finance to deliver on commitments.
• Improving the system. You'll take part in our CSM forum, business reviews & peer learning. Your account insights will feed segment strategy & ACI's roadmap.

What you bring

• 7+ years of related experience, including payments experience. Government or insurance experience is a strong plus.
• BS/BA or 8 years of equivalent experience.
• Expert-level payments knowledge & a track record of turning clients into references & advocates.
• Comfort with C-suite & board-level conversations, both with clients & inside ACI.
• Experience negotiating complex, high-value contracts & renewals.
• Comfort with ambiguity. You can plan for yourself, frame a problem and drive it to an owner & a date.
• Discipline with CRM & customer success tools like Salesforce & Gainsight.

What this isn't

It isn't a support role, an account management role with a new title or a quota-chasing sales job. It's for someone who wants to own outcomes, influence the business and help build a Customer Success function that ensures retention, drives growth and predicts risk instead of reacting to it.

The details

Remote or hybrid. Travel is approximately 25% and could be higher depending on client activity. Reports to the Director of Customer Success.

Core Capabilities

• Ensure Accountability: holding self and others accountable to meet commitments.
• Drives Results: consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances.
• Customer Focus: building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions.
• Cultivate Innovation: creating new and better ways for the organization to be successful.
• Collaborates: building partnerships and working collaboratively with others.
• Courage: stepping up to address difficult issues, saying what needs to be said.

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the US on a full-time basis. This position does not offer sponsorship for employment visa status or work permit now or in the future.

In return for your expertise, we offer opportunities for growth, career development, and a competitive compensation and benefits package—all within an innovative and collaborative work environment.

Are you ready to help us transform the payments ecosystem?

To learn more about ACI Worldwide, visit our web site at or careers.aciworldwide.com , requisition #20198ACI Worldwide is an AA/EEO employer in the United States, which includes providing equal opportunity for protected veterans and individuals with disabilities, and an EEO employer globally.