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Job Category Customer Success

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About Salesforce

Salesforce is the #1 AI CRM, where humans with agents drive customer success together. Here, ambition meets action. Tech meets trust. And innovation isn’t a buzzword — it’s a way of life. The world of work as we know it is changing and we're looking for Trailblazers who are passionate about bettering business and the world through AI, driving innovation, and keeping Salesforce's core values at the heart of it all.

Ready to level-up your career at the company leading workforce transformation in the agentic era? You’re in the right place! Agentforce is the future of AI, and you are the future of Salesforce.

The Experience

The Customer Success Manager (CSM) is a versatile expert responsible for ensuring high-value customers achieve a significant return on their investment with our platform. This role functions as an extension of the customer’s workforce and a trusted advisor, providing guidance and advice to customer organizations.

The CSM identifies and addresses both technical and business concerns, aligning them strategically with customer priorities, projects, and problems. This is an Individual Contributor position.

This role is office-flexible, with an expectation of being in-office a minimum of three (3) days per week.

What You'll Actually Be Doing

Serve as the single point of accountability for all Signature deliverables, the overall customer experience, and renewal and expansion

Build trusted-advisor relationships with business and technical stakeholders, including executive leaders in customer IT and business teams

Use AI agents for meeting summaries, QBR data collection, health monitoring, and early sentiment flags, and keep current through Agentblazer training and certifications

Proactively monitor technical health, run quarterly reviews, and act as the primary contact for major incidents, partnering with Sales, Engineering, and Product Management

You're Our Person If...

3-4 years of experience in Customer Success, SaaS platform use, Data Management, or related fields, including supporting customers on enterprise cloud data management platforms

Strong consulting skills, with the ability to drive business value, handle objections, and influence C-level conversations

Excellent communication skills, able to translate technical concepts into business terms for diverse audiences

Working knowledge of Integration (ETL, ELT), Data Governance, MDM, Data Quality, Application Integration, and API Management, plus an understanding of consumption-based or AOV-driven licensing models

Even Better If...

Experience managing complex renewals and cloud-migration journeys for customers with a mix of On-Premises and SaaS deployments

Additional Salesforce product certifications (AI Associate, Administrator, Advanced Administrator, Platform App Builder, Data 360 Specialist, Agentblazer)

Unleash Your Potential

When you join Salesforce, you’ll be limitless in all areas of your life. Our benefits and resources support you to find balance and be your best , and our AI agents accelerate your impact so you can do your best . Together, we’ll bring the power of Agentforce to organizations of all sizes and deliver amazing experiences that customers love. Apply today to not only shape the future — but to redefine what’s possible — for yourself, for AI, and the world.

Accommodations

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Posting Statement

Salesforce is an equal opportunity employer and maintains a policy of non-discrimination with all employees and applicants for employment. What does that mean exactly? It means that at Salesforce, we believe in equality for all. And we believe we can lead the path to equality in part by creating a workplace that’s inclusive, and free from discrimination. Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal. Any employee or potential employee will be assessed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications – without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, transgender status, age, disability, veteran or marital status, political viewpoint, or other classifications protected by law. This policy applies to current and prospective employees, no matter where they are in their Salesforce employment journey. It also applies to recruiting, hiring, job assignment, compensation, promotion, benefits, training, assessment of job performance, discipline, termination, and everything in between. Recruiting, hiring, and promotion decisions at Salesforce are fair and based on merit. The same goes for compensation, benefits, promotions, transfers, reduction in workforce, recall, training, and education.

In the United States, compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, job level, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Certain roles may be eligible for incentive compensation, equity, and benefits. Salesforce offers a variety of benefits to help you live well including: time off programs, medical, dental, vision, mental health support, paid parental leave, life and disability insurance, 401(k), and an employee stock purchasing program. More details about company benefits can be found at the following link: https://www.salesforcebenefits.com.

At Salesforce, we believe in equitable compensation practices that reflect the dynamic nature of labor markets across various regions.

The typical base salary range for this position is $99,400 - $186,300 annually. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the job location during the hiring process.

There is a different range applicable to specific work locations. In California and New York, and select cities in the metropolitan areas of Boston, Chicago, Seattle, and Washington DC, the base pay range for this role in those locations is $118,900 - $202,600 per year. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the job location during the hiring process.

The range represents base salary only, and does not include company bonus, incentive for sales roles, equity or benefits, as applicable.