Customer Success Manager, Workiva

German Speaker

Salary not provided
Junior and Mid level
Amsterdam
Berlin

Up to 10% travel annually

Workiva

Business data platform

Open for applications

Workiva

Business data platform

1001+ employees

B2BEnterpriseComplianceAnalyticsData AnalysisCloud Computing

Open for applications

Salary not provided
Junior and Mid level
Amsterdam
Berlin

Up to 10% travel annually

1001+ employees

B2BEnterpriseComplianceAnalyticsData AnalysisCloud Computing

Company mission

Workiva’s mission is to power transparent reporting for a better world.

Role

Who you are

  • Undergraduate Degree or equivalent combination of education and experience in a related field
  • 2+ years of related experience in Customer Success, Customer Service or Account Management and Sales
  • Fluency in German and English
  • Reliable internet access for any period of time working remotely, not in a Workiva office

Desirable

  • Experience of working in a high growth technology organization - preferably SaaS
  • Experience working closely with the CFO function within large corporate organizations or finance departments is highly desirable
  • Experience driving customer retention and growth by identifying and pursuing opportunities for renewals, upselling, and cross-selling additional solutions in collaboration with sales
  • Knowledge of working with clients to understand their needs and objectives, ensuring they derive maximum value from our solutions
  • Ability to analyze and understand complex problems and translate them into simple solutions
  • Expert communication & presentation skills with a high-level of comfort delivering consultative recommendations to executives & management teams
  • Self-starter with ability to manage time and prioritize competing demands

What the job involves

  • As a Customer Success Manager (CSM) at Workiva, you are a critical part of our customer-facing team - driving the success of our customers on the Workiva platform
  • You’ll serve as the primary point of contact for assigned customers, managing the entire customer lifecycle, focusing on positive business outcomes and identifying opportunities for growth within customer accounts
  • You’ll work closely with Workiva’s Implementation, Support, Marketing and Sales teams to ensure customers are effectively onboarded, trained, and supported throughout the customer journey
  • As a CSM, your primary mission will be to maximize our customers’ value from the Workiva platform through developing and maintaining close relationships with management, product adoption sponsors, and/or key stakeholders throughout the customer lifecycle
  • Drive customer adoption of Workiva solutions and continuously demonstrate product value to your customers
  • Regularly engage with senior stakeholders / champions through meetings, calls, and on-site visits to review their progress, address any concerns, and identify opportunities for additional services or features
  • Work closely with clients to understand their needs and objectives, ensuring they derive maximum value from our solutions. Provide insights and best practices to optimise their usage of the Workiva platform
  • Consult on best practices, workflows, and management business reviews
  • Identify risks within named accounts & take appropriate actions to manage and/or escalate to an efficient resolution
  • Record customer activity, outcomes, issues, and communication in customer management tools
  • Advocate for customers internally by providing continuous feedback to Workiva’s Sales, Implementation, Marketing, Product, & Engineering teams
  • Drive customer retention and growth by identifying and pursuing opportunities for renewals, upselling, and cross-selling additional Workiva solutions in collaboration with sales
  • Use CRM tools to track customer communication, issues, and metrics

Our take

For large-scale businesses, collecting and sharing data can be a complex and challenging process. Workiva solves this problem with its cloud-based data platform.

Workiva is one of the biggest players in the market, serving around 75% of Fortune 500 companies, including Google and Delta. Workiva's controlled, secure and audit-ready platform has maintained a clear edge over much of its competition.

Workiva's quality product and its commitment to transparency has made it a firm favourite with companies around the world. If it can maintain this, it stands to consolidate its impressive growth even further in the coming years.

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Insights

Some candidates hear
back within 2 weeks

5% employee growth in 12 months

Company

Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)

Oct 2014

$0.7m

EARLY VC

Dec 2012

$30.7m

SERIES C

Total funding: $46.9m

Company benefits

  • A discretionary bonus typically paid annually
  • Restricted Stock Units granted at time of hire
  • 401k w/ match
  • Health, dental, and vision
  • Vacation accruals
  • Life and disability insurance
  • Employee stock purchase plan
  • Volunteer time-off
  • Parental leave
  • Travel & accident insurance
  • Paid holidays
  • Work remotely
  • Discount programs
  • Health and wellness
  • Pet-friendly atmosphere
  • Choose from additional plans that cover legal expenses, stolen identity, or even your pet's health

Company values

  • Customer success: Always delight our customers.
  • Innovation: Keep creating solutions and finding better ways.
  • Trust: Always rely on each other.
  • Inclusion: Support a diverse community where we all belong.
  • Integrity: Do the right thing, every time.
  • Accountability: Be responsible for your success and failure.
  • Collaboration: Share resources and work together.

Company HQ

Holborn, London, UK

Leadership

Marty Vanderploeg

(CEO, not founder)

Previously worked as a Professor at Iowa State University. Founded Engineer Animation Inc. in 1990.

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