Account Manager (Client Success)
Later · Boston, MA · 6 mo ago
HybridSales$130k–$180k/yrFull-time
About the role
As a Senior Client Success Manager, you will own the retention, expansion, and long-term success of a portfolio of strategic customers. This is a revenue-critical role responsible for driving net revenue retention through renewals, upsells, and cross-sell—while ensuring customers consistently realize meaningful value from Later's products and services.
What you'll be doing
- Strategy
- Build and own Mutual Success Plans for all assigned customers, aligning their business objectives to measurable outcomes delivered through Later.
- Identify and proactively pursue expansion opportunities across products and services within your book of business.
- Develop and maintain account maps that identify key stakeholders, decision-makers, influencers, and succession risks.
- Bring a strategic, commercially minded perspective to customer engagement—connecting customer priorities to long-term partnership value.
- Tech/Execution
- Own renewals, upsells, and cross-sell motions in partnership with Sales, accurately forecasting outcomes and managing pipeline health.
- Lead executive-level conversations with VPs and C-suite stakeholders, uncovering high-value business challenges and positioning Later as a strategic solution.
- Serve as the Voice of the Customer, translating customer insights into actionable feedback for Product, Services, and internal leadership.
- Ensure customers are realizing tangible ROI from Later's products and services through ongoing value articulation and outcome tracking.
- Team/Collaboration
- Partner closely with the Services team to scope, launch, and manage services engagements—ensuring seamless handoffs and delivery.
- Cook up coordination across Sales, Product, Support, Finance, and Services to remove friction and deliver a cohesive customer experience.
- Build durable, trust-based relationships with customers from onboarding through renewal, positioning yourself as a long-term advisor.
- Share insights and learnings across the Client Success team to elevate performance, consistency, and best practices.
- Research/Best Practices
- Stay current on trends across influencer marketing, social platforms, and the broader martech ecosystem to proactively advise customers.
- Continuously refine your approach to account planning, stakeholder management, and revenue growth based on performance data.
- Contribute to the evolution of Client Success playbooks, frameworks, and scalable operating practices.
What success looks like
- Consistently delivers strong net revenue retention across assigned accounts through renewals and expansion.
- Buys deep, multi-threaded relationships with senior customer stakeholders, reducing churn risk and increasing account longevity.
- Accurately forecasts renewals and upsells, with clear visibility into risks and opportunities.
- Clearly articulates the business value and impact of working with Later.
- Acts as a trusted internal and external partner—bringing clarity, insight, and momentum to complex situations.
What you bring
- 5+ years of experience in a revenue-owning role (Client Success, Strategic Account Management, Account Executive, or similar).
- Proven experience retaining and growing revenue within enterprise or mid-market accounts.
- Background in influencer marketing, martech, SaaS, or agency environments.
- Demonstrated success building and forecasting pipeline tied to renewals, upsells, and cross-sell.
- Exceptional written, verbal, and presentation skills, with the ability to influence senior decision-makers.
- Strong cross-functional collaboration experience across Sales, Product, Services, Support, and Finance.
- Ability to identify, engage, and retain key stakeholders in fast-changing customer organizations.
- Comfort operating in ambiguity, prioritizing effectively, and maintaining momentum in a high-growth environment.
- Nice to have: experience leveraging AI, automation, or operational tooling to scale customer success workflows.