Manager, Customer Success Management - Public Sector

Chainguard · Remote · United States - Remote

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Mid level

Open 4 days

The posting, as Chainguard wrote it

Chainguard is the trusted source for open source. By delivering hardened, secure, and production-ready builds of all the open source software engineers and AI agents rely on, Chainguard helps organizations build faster, stay compliant, and eliminate risk.

Our customers include Fortune 500 enterprises and global industry leaders, including Anduril, Canva, Fortinet, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, OpenAI, Snap Inc., and Snowflake.

Chainguard is venture-backed by leading investors, including Amplify, IVP, Kleiner Perkins, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Mantis VC, Redpoint Ventures, Sequoia Capital, and Spark Capital.

The role, in a nutshell

The Manager of Customer Success Management (CSM), US Public Sector will report to the Sr. Manager of Customer Success (Enterprise US East & Public Sector), working collaboratively to achieve the company's goals and enhance customer success initiatives.

As a key leadership role within the Customer Success organization, the Manager of CSM will partner closely with other Customer Success leaders in building and shaping the function. The successful candidate will demonstrate strong people management skills, experience building out a CSM function (i.e. customer engagement, account management and retention strategies), and a mindset of driving operational excellence and scale.

What you’ll do

Leadership and People Management:
Build, lead and mentor a team of CSMs, fostering a collaborative and high-performance culture.
Provide guidance and support for career development, performance management, and skill enhancement within the team.
Strategic Planning, Building and Execution:
Collaborate with the CSM and Professional Services leaders to develop and execute the overall strategy for Customer Success at Chainguard.
Drive the creation of customer engagement strategies to meet adoption, retention, and growth targets.
Develop processes in the lens of value and customer experience. Institute scale and automation in order to accomplish more with less over time.
Customer Management:
Ensure a thorough grasp of adoption metrics across the customer base and collaborate with CSMs to devise actionable plans for mitigating churn risk and promoting account expansion.
Conduct account deep dives to drive adoption and account level objectives.
Stay informed about escalated accounts, take charge in resolving issues, offer leadership support to the team and customers as needed, and provide regular updates to senior leadership.
Client Engagement and Advocacy:
Work closely with customers to understand their unique requirements and challenges.
Build strong client relationships at the Executive level to understand their workflow, prioritize Chainguard engagements, drive customer satisfaction and position account growth.
Serve as the voice of the customer within the organization, providing insights and feedback to drive product improvements and innovations
Retention and Growth:
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A few of the benefits we offer

Flexible & Remote-First Culture: Work remotely with team meetup opportunities, bi-annual destination summits, and a monthly stipend for coworking spaces, phone and internet costs.
Our Approach to Equity: Receive stock options upon hire and promotion. Plus, you can participate in secondary offerings and have 10 years to exercise your options (yes, you read that correctly: 10 years!).
100% Covered Health Insurance: We cover 100% of your health, vision and dental insurance premiums for you and your dependents. Nothing comes out of your paycheck.
∞ Flexible Time Off: Take the time you need – to do our best work, we need to recharge and reset.
18 Weeks Paid Parental Leave: We offer 18 weeks for birthing parents and 12 weeks for non-birthing parents, with the option to use it all at once or throughout your child's first year.

If your experience is close but doesn't fulfill all requirements, please apply. We're building the best team in technology and are focused on hiring "Chainguardians" with unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences.

Chainguard is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, political views or activity, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.

By submitting your application, you acknowledge that Chainguard will process your personal data in accordance with Chainguard's Global Candidate Privacy Notice .