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Channel Customer Success Manager - APAC

Remote:

Full Remote

Contract:

Full time

Experience:

Mid-level (2-5 years)

Work from:

Australia, APAC

Offer summary

Qualifications:

Minimum of 4 years in Customer Success or account management, Experience in a SaaS company, ideally EdTech., Strong knowledge of SaaS products and services., Familiarity with Salesforce, Gainsight, JIRA, Tableau..

Key responsabilities:

Manage relationships with VARs and Channel Partners.
Communicate product updates and customer feedback to teams.

Instructure Large http://www.instructure.com

1001 - 5000 Employees

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Job description

Customer Success is absolutely vital to our long-term success and profitability, and to helping o customers achieve their goals. Customer Success Managers at Instructure maintain customer satisfaction and deepen adoption through consultative approaches, problem-solving and providing resources and strategies that support customers as they grow with Instructure’s products. The Channel CSM is a unique role that brings together components of the CX and Sales organisations. The successful candidate will be responsible for bringing the Instructure Customer Experience passion and perspective to our Channel partners and Value Added Resellers (VARs). This exciting opportunity requires a depth of understanding regarding the way that Sales teams operate across multiple cultures and languages whilst providing CX and product expertise.

What you will do

Working with with a portfolio of Value Added Resellers (VARs) and Channel Partners across the globe as the key contact within the Customer Experience organisation

Developing and maintaining meaningful relationships with channel partners, Channel Account Managers and internal key stakeholders

Working as a Channel Advocate, communicating important information to partners about product updates and company policies, and providing feedback to the product and engineering team on improving the platform and better solving customer challenges

Developing an understanding of the business drivers and key challenges that VARs and Partners face, proactively offering insights and solutions to meet those needs throu effective use of Instructure product and service offerings, promoting innovation and practice

Seeking to help partners and VARs drive adoption across the institutions they work with to improve customer learning outcomes using proven Instructure methods

Retaining and maximising revenue opportunities, including partner and customer renewals

Enabling sales through strong collaboration with channel sales teams (CAMs)

Continually growing in depth of product and industry knowledge, including education approaches and adoption strategies

Supporting the Channel Services teams, by monitoring implementations to ensure they are successful when onboarding a new customer or implementing a new product

Supporting partners to track and report customer usage data

Supporting partners to ensure that Support is set up and they understand how to utilise Instructure Support service

Forecasting and awareness of all upcoming renewals, working with the renewals team to ensure customers are renewed on time

Displaying a high level of maturity in relationships with partners, customers and colleagues, growing the profile of Customer Success Manageme

Consistently performing at the highest level – modelling exemplary practice in the ownership of customer adoption of our products, driving meaningful relationships with partners, and helping to deliver outstanding experiences.

What you will need to know/have

Empathy and a unique ability to understand customer and partner needs, explain complex issues in relatable terms and adapt your tone according to the stakeholder

Enthusiasm about education and technology with demonstrated technical aptitude

Executive Presence - track record of networking and influencing an organisation multiple (senior) stakeholder levels

Demonstrated ability to communicate, present and influence credibly at multiple levels an organisation

Ability to prioritise, multitask, and perform effectively under pressu

Excellent interpersonal and eloquent writing skills; expertise in one or more Asian or European Languages would be a bonus

Flexibility with your working hours to work across multiple time zones

A results-driven attitude, a bias for learning and sharing, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high growth, rapidly changing environment

Experience working in higher education, K12, vocational education, or corporate training

Minimum of 4 years Experience in Customer Success or account management in a SaaS company (ideally EdTech) with deep knowledge of SaaS products and services

Familiarity with tools like Salesforce, Gainsight, JIRA, Tableau and an interest in learning other internal tools