Account Manager
Company Overview: SkillCycle is a HR tech growth company dedicated to unlocking every organization's full performance potential by connecting performance insights with human-centered development. We are a dynamic team, where forward-thinking meets a bias towards innovation, all while staying laser-focused on solving the most challenging problems in employee performance and development for our customers.
Job Description: SkillCycle Account Managers are responsible for ensuring our customers realize maximum value from our platform. This role demands a strategic, proactive approach to customer relationships, where you'll act as a trusted advisor who helps customers achieve their business goals through our solutions. The ideal candidate will demonstrate a passion for customer outcomes, possess excellent communication skills, and have a proven ability to build strong customer partnerships that drive measurable value and retention in a B2B software environment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Value Realization & Success Planning:
- Partner with customers to deeply understand their business objectives, challenges, and success metrics.
- Develop and execute success plans that align our solutions with customers' specific goals and drive tangible business outcomes.
- Proactively identify opportunities to expand product adoption and usage that directly impact customers' realized value.
- Strategic Onboarding & Implementation:
- Lead customers through a structured onboarding journey designed to accelerate time-to-value and ensure successful platform adoption.
- Establish clear success milestones and provide personalized guidance to help customers integrate our solutions into their workflows.
- Partner with implementation support to ensure seamless technical setup while maintaining focus on business outcomes.
- Ongoing Value Delivery & Education:
- Continuously educate customers on platform capabilities, best practices, and new features that address their evolving needs.
- Monitor product usage analytics to identify adoption patterns, proactively address potential issues, and recommend optimization strategies that drive meaningful engagement.
- Growth & Expansion Advocacy:
- Identify strategic opportunities for customers to achieve greater value through expanded use of our platform.
- Build strong business cases for renewals and expansions based on documented value delivery.
- Partner with sales on growing accounts by demonstrating proven value and aligning additional solutions to customer objectives.
- Voice of Customer Leadership:
- Serve as a passionate advocate for customers within SkillCycle, ensuring their feedback shapes our product roadmap and company strategy.
- Collect and synthesize customer insights to drive continuous improvement in our offerings and customer experience.
- Relationship & Risk Management:
- Build trusted relationships with key stakeholders across customer organizations, from practitioners to executives.
- Proactively identify and mitigate risk factors that could impact customer satisfaction, adoption, or retention.
- Develop strategies to navigate organizational changes within customer accounts while maintaining strong partnerships.
- Performance Measurement & Optimization:
- Ensure tracking of and analyze key customer success metrics including adoption rates, health scores, NPS, time-to-value, and retention.
- Create data-driven insights that demonstrate the value customers receive from our platform.
- Continuously refine customer success strategies based on performance analytics and evolving customer needs.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Communications, or a related field.
- 3+ years of experience in customer success, account management, or a related role, preferably in a B2B software or technology environment.
- Proven record of driving customer outcomes, increasing adoption, and growing accounts through value delivery.
- Exceptional communication, relationship-building, and consultative skills with ability to engage effectively at all organizational levels.
- Strong analytical abilities with experience translating data into actionable insights and business recommendations.
- Demonstrated problem-solving skills with a proactive, customer-centric mindset.
- Proficiency in CRM systems (e.g., Salesforce) and customer success platforms.
- Self-motivated with the ability to work independently while collaborating effectively across teams.
- Ability to work effectively in a Remote/Telecommute setting