About the Role
As a Client Success Manager, you will collaborate with clients to ensure they fully adopt and leverage our suite of solutions. This entails cultivating a trusted advisor relationship in order to drive campus leadership toward achievement of their goals. You will then leverage the relationships you’ve built to drive client development efforts that organically grow the partnership and drive advocacy amongst our community of users.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with current clients to drive adoption and ensure achievement of client goals and objectives with Watermark platforms.
- Develop action plans and align internal resources to meet client needs.
- Build trusted relationships with key client stakeholders.
- Support clients in effectively driving change on their campuses.
- Partner with Sales to drive expansion through cross and upsell opportunities.
- Partner with the Watermark executive team for top account management.
- Identify risks within your client portfolio and initiate playbooks.
- Document client information, activities, and interactions.
- Create services opportunities by introducing Academy training and Services packages.
- Participate in the implementation phase as a strategic consultant.
- Meet regularly with manager to discuss challenges, risks, and opportunities.
- Contribute to the growth and development of a world-class CSM team.
Requirements
- Experience defining institutional outcomes and driving the institution toward those outcomes through value-added conversations and strategic reviews.
- Experience presenting and positioning solution ROI to Deans, Directors, and institutional leadership (Provosts, VPs, Presidents).
- Ability to flourish in a multi-tasking environment, comfortably re-adjusting priorities as needed.
- Ability to work both independently and in collaborative/team settings, taking ownership of assigned tasks.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, with a proven ability to communicate efficiently with individuals at all levels.
- Ability to absorb knowledge quickly, work well under pressure, and thrive in a constantly changing environment.
- Willing and able to travel periodically (3-4 trips annually; up to 25%).
- A high level of competence in communication, critical thinking, reasoning, and computer skills.
Skills
- Communication
- Critical thinking
- Reasoning
- Computer skills
Location
- Austin, TX
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- 1-2 years prior experience managing a client portfolio
- Preference for those with experience in Sales or Account Management
- Experience presenting to audiences of all sizes, both in-person and virtually
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree in business or a related field
- Higher Education background required
Salary/Compensations
- $70K – $75K (+ $30K commission)
About the Company
- Watermark is a global, high-growth SaaS provider of assessment software for higher education institutions worldwide.
- We have spent the last 20 years helping thousands of colleges and universities spend less time collecting data and more time learning from it.
- We have been recognized with multiple awards including EdTech’s Overall Higher EdTech Solution of the Year, Edtech Breakthrough, The TITAN Business, and the Stevie Award.
- Our phenomenal team of people is at the heart of everything we do.
Equal Opportunity
- Watermark is committed to fair and equitable pay practices for all qualified candidates.
- We are continually strengthening the rich diversity in our workplace — the primary reason we succeed and we’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
- We work together to provide an inclusive hiring experience where all qualified applicants receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, family status, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, neurodiversity, disability, age, veteran status, or any other non-merit based or legally protected grounds.
