Strategic CS Leader for Beneficial AI Deployments

Anthropic; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 265,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Anthropic in San Francisco is seeking a Manager of Beneficial Deployments Customer Success to lead a team of 4+ Customer Success Managers serving nonprofit partners. You will coach, develop, and directly own strategic accounts to maximize impact and value.

You will shape scalable CS processes, collaborate with Product, Engineering, and Policy, and help drive adoption of AI-powered solutions across education, public health, and life sciences while growing our mission-driven footprint.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in customer success, account management, or customer-facing roles, with 3+ years of front-line management experience and nonprofit experience.
• Proven ability to drive value realization and measurable customer outcome, with working knowledge of consumption-based and seat-based business models; you measure success by the impact delivered, not consumption alone.
• Clear understanding of nonprofit operational realities (budget cycles, grant funding, board governance, resource constraints) and awareness of how mission-driven organizations evaluate success (impact metrics, beneficiary outcomes, funder requirements).
• Proven track record of managing and building customer success teams in Nonprofit, SaaS, API, or AI/ML companies
• Technical fluency to understand AI/ML products, navigate technical conversations, and coach teams on product capabilities across multiple offerings
• Strong executive presence and ability to represent Anthropic with customer technical and business leaders

Responsibilities

• Directly manage and develop a team of 4-8 Customer Success Managers supporting strategic nonprofit accounts
• Serve as a player-coach by directly owning a few strategic accounts, driving outcomes for our highest-impact partnerships while demonstrating best-in-class customer success practices for the team.
• Help shape and execute account strategies that nurture growth and deepen impact within nonprofit and mission-driven organizations, adapting enterprise CS motions to the realities of nonprofit budgets, capacity, and stakeholder structures
• Support future nonprofit launches. As our products and offerings evolve, partner with Product, Marketing, Partnerships, and Sales to determine how we bring them to customers, and hold the team accountable for partners realizing the value the launch promised.
• Coach team members on customer success best practices, including change management and adoption strategies, value realization, and expansion methodologies across our product suite
• Join strategic customer engagements and escalations, demonstrating executive presence with C-level stakeholders across flagship partnerships
• Help shape our systems integrator and implementation partner model, partnering internally to extend delivery capacity and reach far more nonprofits than we can serve one to one
• Serve as a visible voice on AI adoption in the nonprofit and mission-driven sector, represent Anthropic at sector convenings, customer-facing forums, and bring that external point of view back to sharpen our strategy
• Build and refine scalable CS processes including success planning frameworks, QBR templates, and repeatable sector playbooks
• Partner closely with Sales to identify expansion opportunities, facilitate smooth handoffs, and ensure aligned account strategies
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, Partnerships, Marketing, and Policy to advocate for customer needs and drive a seamless customer journey
• Contribute to hiring, onboarding, and training initiatives as the Customer Success organization scales
• Establish and nurture an AI-first, innovation-focused team culture, improving team processes and deepening team hands-on expertise
• Conduct regular 1:1s, performance reviews, and career development planning for direct reports
• Serve as escalation point for at-risk accounts and complex customer situations within your team's portfolio
• Develop customer advocacy programs including case studies, testimonials, and communities of practice

Skills

People Management

Customer Success Strategy (Build the b

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Job description

Anthropic in San Francisco is seeking a Manager of Beneficial Deployments Customer Success to lead a team of 4+ Customer Success Managers serving nonprofit partners. You will coach, develop, and directly own strategic accounts to maximize impact and value.

You will shape scalable CS processes, collaborate with Product, Engineering, and Policy, and help drive adoption of AI-powered solutions across education, public health, and life sciences while growing our mission-driven footprint.