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    Customer Success Manager

    Buildkite
    USUnited States
    Remote
    Senior
    Full Time
    3 months ago
    💰$140,000 - $155,000
    B2B SaaSEnterprise AccountsCustomer Success ManagerCI/CDDevOpsRemote

    Requirements

    • 5+ years in Customer Success, strategic account management, or senior post-sale role at a B2B SaaS company
    • Direct experience at a CI/CD, DevOps, developer tools, or technical infrastructure SaaS company
    • Track record of driving retention and expansion outcomes on a named Enterprise book
    • Exceptional executive communication and presence
    • Ability to handle objections, navigate complicated discussions, and drive alignment
    • Experience orchestrating across Sales, Solutions, Support, Product, and Marketing
    • Strong commercial instincts
    • Strong autonomous operator comfortable building in a founding-team environment

    What You'll Do

    • Own the post-sale state of a portfolio of named Enterprise accounts as the customer’s single accountable partner at Buildkite
    • Drive measurable business outcomes from the Buildkite investment by aligning each account’s success plan to the customer’s core engineering and business goals
    • Act as the central Buildkite resource on the account, mobilizing Account Executives, Technical Account Managers, Solutions, Product, and Support
    • Determine when and how to engage each account based on the value it returns to the customer
    • Shape the playbooks, processes, and operating model of a founding CS function and mentor future hires
    • Cultivate and maintain trusted relationships with customer C-suite, VP, Director, and program-owner stakeholders
    • Translate technical adoption and platform health into business outcomes for executive sponsors
    • Lead Executive Business Reviews with AE and TAM
    • Amplify the voice of the customer inside Buildkite
    • Navigate complex internal and customer organizations to drive consensus and align stakeholders
    • Maintain a live view of technical, commercial, support, and relationship signals across portfolio
    • Partner with Account Executive on renewal strategy
    • Identify and source expansion opportunities through Customer-Sourced Qualified Lead process
    • Partner with Technical Account Manager on onboarding and sustain joint CSM/TAM cadence

    Nice to Have

    • Hands-on familiarity with Buildkite or comparable CI/CD platforms (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, CircleCI, Harness, GitLab CI)
    • Experience partnering with Technical Account Managers or Solutions Architects in separated technical and relationship roles
    • Familiarity with CS platforms (Vitally, Catalyst, Gainsight, Totango) and modern revenue stacks (Salesforce, Avoma, ChartMogul)
    • Background contributing to or building out a CS function from an early stage

    Benefits

    • Remote-first culture and support for work-life balance
    • Competitive compensation and benefits package
    • Meaningful work alongside innovative engineering teams
    • Opportunities for professional growth, learning, and career development
    • Supportive, collaborative team culture

    About Buildkite

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