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Job Overview

The Senior Manager, Customer Success is responsible for leading and scaling high-performing Customer Success teams that drive customer adoption, retention, value realization, and overall customer outcomes. This role leads Customer Success Managers, Technical Success Managers, or other customer-facing roles within the Customer Success function, while fostering consistency, operational excellence, and exceptional customer experiences across the customer lifecycle.

The Senior Manager translates organizational priorities into execution, develops leadership capability, optimizes processes, and drives measurable business results. This role partners closely with Account Management, Support, Professional Services, Product, and other cross-functional stakeholders to ensure alignment, scalability, and customer success outcomes.

About Us

ICIMS is a leading enterprise hiring platform that combines the scale and reliability of enterprise software with the transformative power of AI. Thousands of organizations across more than 200 countries and territories trust ICIMS to find and hire the people who shape their future and drive their business forward. Powered by insights from billions of hiring interactions, continuous AI innovation, and a highly extensible platform, ICIMS helps organizations turn talent acquisition into a competitive advantage. For more than 25 years, ICIMS has delivered end-to-end hiring solutions that improve recruiting efficiency, reduce costs and create exceptional candidate experiences.

ICIMS helps solve one of the biggest challenges businesses face today: building a workforce that can adapt, scale, and perform in an increasingly competitive and unpredictable talent market. We uniquely do that by combining enterprise-grade hiring technology, AI-powered insights and automation, and connected talent experiences to help organizations improve hiring outcomes while driving measurable impact.

Responsibilities

Team Leadership & Talent Development

• Lead, coach, and develop Customer Success managers to drive engagement, accountability, and performance.

• Build capability through ongoing coaching, feedback, talent development, workforce planningand succession planning.

• Establish clear expectations, performance standards, and development plans aligned to organizational goals.

• Foster a culture of customer advocacy, collaboration, continuous learning, and results orientation.

Operational Excellence & Execution

• Translate strategic priorities into actionable plans and ensure consistent execution across teams.

• Drive operational performance through the use of metrics, customer health indicators, productivity measures, and business insights.

• Monitor team performance, identify trends, and implement improvements to increase effectiveness and scalability.

• Optimize processes, workflows, and ways of working to improve customer outcomes and operational efficiency.

• Ensure consistent execution of customer engagement strategies, risk management practices, and success planning methodologies.

Customer Outcomes & Business Impact

• Provide strategic oversight of customer portfolios to ensure customers realize value and achieve business objectives.

• Partner with leaders across Customer Success, Account Management, Support, Product, and Professional Services to drive retention, adoption, and customer satisfaction.

• Identify organizational risks, customer trends, and opportunities for proactive intervention.

• Support renewal and growth objectives through effective customer success strategies and execution.

• Champion the voice of the customer and leverage insights to influence business priorities, product improvements, and customer experience initiatives.

Strategic Leadership & Cross-Functional Partnership

• Build alignment across teams and stakeholders to ensure coordinated execution of shared objectives.

• Serve as a key stakeholder in organizational planning, helping shape Customer Success strategy and priorities in partnership with senior leaders.

• Lead organizational initiatives, change management efforts, and continuous improvement programs.

• Identify patterns, dependencies, and barriers across teams and implement scalable solutions.

• Influence decisions and drive outcomes through collaboration, communication, and leadership across the organization.

• Contribute to strategic planning, workforce planning, and organizational design discussions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.

• 7-11+ years of related experiencein Customer Success, Account Management, Customer Operations, Professional Services, Consulting, or related customer-facing SaaS functions

• 1+ years of leadership experience at the Senior Manager level.

• Previouspeople leadership experiencemanaging customer facing-teams.

• Demonstrated success driving operational results, business outcomes, and customer success initiatives in a SaaS environment.

• Experience developing leaders, building high-performing teams, and managing organizational change.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities with experience leveraging data to drive decisions.

• Proven ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders and build alignment across teams.

• Exceptional communication, coaching, and leadership skills.

• Ability to manage competing priorities and operate effectively in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

EEO Statement

ICIMS is a place where everyone belongs. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Our approach helps us to build a winning team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and abilities. So, regardless of how your diversity expresses itself, you can find a home here at ICIMS. We are proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, veteran status, genetic information, disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. If you’d like to view a copy of the company’s affirmative action plan or policy statement and/or if you would like to request an accommodation due to a disability, please contact us at careers@icims.com.

Compensation and Benefits

We accept applications for this position on an ongoing basis until the position is filled. Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and qualified candidates may be contacted throughout the posting period.

The anticipated base salary range for this position is $125,000 – $135,000. In addition, the estimated on-target earnings (“OTE”), which includes base salary and commissions, is $150,000-$170,000.

Actual compensation will depend on various job-related factors, including but not limited to, location, experience, and job qualifications. This range aligns with our commitment to equitable and transparent compensation practices, as required by applicable law.

Competitive health and wellness benefits include medical, dental, vision, 401(k), dependent care, short term and long-term disability, life and AD&D insurance, bonding and parental leave, mindfulness resources, an open vacation policy, sick days, paid holidays, quiet hours each workday, and tuition reimbursement. Benefits and eligibility may vary by location, role, and tenure. Learn more here: https://careers.icims.com/benefits