Strategic Account Manager
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Description
- This is not a relationship-only CSM role. As a CSM at Siena, you own a portfolio of customers and hold them to specific, measurable outcomes. You are accountable for how well Siena performs and how much value customers actually realize
- You own our Growth and Strategic segment accounts - not the full customer book. You will operate at the intersection of customer, product, sales, and engineering. You’ll lead audits, improvement plans, and cross-functional execution to move real metrics, not just run QBRs
- You are accountable for:
- Automation and resolution rates
- Support cost efficiency
- CX quality, including CSAT and NPS
- Retention and expansion - including owning renewal negotiations and independently identifying and closing expansion opportunities
- Own Customer Outcomes End to End
- Own a portfolio of Growth and Strategic accounts from post-onboarding through long-term success
- Translate customer goals into concrete success plans tied to operational and CX metrics
- Diagnose performance issues and lead improvement plans with clear owners and timelines
- Hold customers and internal teams accountable when progress stalls
- Track and communicate impact clearly using data, not anecdotes
- Technical Excellence & Product Mastery
- Master all product features, common use cases, and understand our integration capabilities
- Explain technical concepts clearly to non-technical stakeholders
- Understand complex automations and provide best practice recommendations
- Consistently demonstrate new features to clients and tailor product updates based on specific needs
- Bring Commercial and Business Acumen
- Understand the cost, headcount, and revenue implications of CX decisions
- Engage confidently with senior stakeholders including CX leaders and executives
- Identify expansion opportunities rooted in demonstrated value
- Quantify and communicate customer ROI using metrics tied to cost savings, efficiency, or revenue impact
- Navigate procurement, pricing conversations, and contract tradeoffs with confidence
- Lead Cross-Functional Execution
- Turn vague customer problems into clear problem statements and execution plans. May include partnering with other teams including sales, services or product to achieve client outcomes
- Bring structured, well-scoped customer feedback back to the product and engineering teams
- Participate in cross-functional projects and develop strong internal partnerships
- Mentor team members and influence others’ professional growth
- Customer Education & Enablement
- Lead training sessions with key stakeholders
- Create customer-facing content, training materials, and improve existing documentation
- Design and facilitate strategy sessions, workshops, updates, and webinars showcasing advanced use cases
- Engage actively in our private Slack community as a thought leader and trusted resource
Benefits
- 🏠 The flexibility to work from anywhere
- 🌞 Flexible working hours
- 💸 Stock options
- 🌴 Unlimited PTO (minimum of 15 days off per year)
- 📖 Growth stipend
- Comfort with rapidly evolving AI landscape by staying current on AI capabilities and applying them to customer success
- You thrive in fast-paced startup environments with evolving priorities and ambiguous challenges
- You are curious by nature. You actively learn new domains, products, or systems without being told
- You balance empathy with business impact and are willing to challenge the status quo when it blocks results
- You are a self-directed professional who asks for help when needed and brings solutions rather than just raising issues
- You are proactive and push when needed
- Experience in AI/ML space, particularly conversational AI or automation platforms
- Comfort operating in fast-moving, evolving environments
- Experience working closely with product and engineering teams
- Experience analyzing usage patterns, competitive landscapes, and translating data into actionable strategies
- Startup background essential - fast-paced, ambiguous environments, comfortable wearing many hats
- Enterprise experience required: managed complex orgs, sold to multiple stakeholders
- E-commerce or CX industry experience strongly preferred - customers respond better to CSMs who speak their language
- 3+ years in Customer Success Management, account management, or client-facing strategic roles with more technical and complex software solutions
- Demonstrated success independently renewing and expanding enterprise customers in complex, high-value accounts - including owning the commercial conversation, not just supporting it. Minimum bar: negotiated at least one $100k+ deal
- Hands-on prompt engineering experience with ability to optimize AI responses, train conversation flows, and refine model outputs. Must go deeper than transcription tools or using ChatGPT for emails — has built an agent, automated a workflow, or created a tool
- Experience with a native AI technology company
- Comfort with API integrations, conversation flow design, and business intelligence tools
- Deadline to Apply: 17 August 2026 at 00:00 BST