Customer Success - Team Manager

Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is very widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation and IoT. Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1000+ colleagues in 70+ countries and very few office based roles. Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution. The company is founder led, profitable and growing. We are hiring a Customer Success - Team Manager. To support Canonical's growth, we are expanding our CSM team globally and recruiting leaders to support and drive our Customer Success teams regionally. We consider our Customer Success operations an exceptional tool to sustain revenue retention and growth, placing excellence in delivering outstanding customer services in the new technologies sector. As such, we are looking for exceptional candidates with proven track records in Customer Success management and an obvious passion for new technologies. You will enjoy this role if you are organised, persistent, analytical, diplomatic, a listener, hard-working, and determined to grow your skills and teams. As a lead, you will provide mentoring, coaching in post-sales account management and feedback to team members. You will play a crucial role in proactively identifying areas of improvement and implementing process change, driving high-performing teams. Comfortable dealing with ambiguity you will be equip to quickly adapt to change. Collaboration with other teams is also vital to this role to enhance the overall customer experience. Your key responsibility will be to analyze regional performance metrics, identify trends and opportunities for improvement, and implement changes to increase efficiency and achieve business objectives. You will work in close collaboration with the Global Head of Customer Success to drive results. We engage with a diverse customer base and follow a diverse set of motions to provide the appropriate and required level of focus for every customer. The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate the ability to pivot right across this customer base regardless of culture, location or focus. Location: These opportunities are available in the APAC and AMER regions and are remote positions. The role entails: Strategic planning and analysis: preparing communication plans, team meetings, and other messages shared in broader management forums, setting yourself and your team up for success. Regularly reviewing key performance indicators and metrics is your baseline. You will develop strategies to enhance customer engagement, improve retention rates, drive up-sells or cross-sells where appropriate, and ultimately increase customer success.