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We call this digital freedom. And it's not just something we provide our customers. It's something that inspires our company. People don't come here to join a culture that's built on digital freedom. They come to cultivate it. \nOur intelligent, cloud identity platform lets people shop, work, bank, and interact wherever and however they want. Without friction. Without fear. \nWhile protecting digital identities is at the core of our technology, protecting individual identities is at the core of our culture. We champion every identity. One of our core values, Respect Individuality, reminds us to celebrate differences so you are empowered to bring your authentic self to work. \nWe're headquartered in Denver, Colorado and we have offices and employees around the globe. We serve the largest, most demanding enterprises worldwide, including more than half of the Fortune 100. At Ping Identity, we're changing the way people and businesses think about cybersecurity, digital experiences, and identity and access management. \nThe Manager of Customer Success leads a team of Customer Success professionals responsible for driving adoption, value realization, renewal, and expansion across a defined customer portfolio. This leader sets clear expectations, builds scalable processes, and partners cross-functionally (Sales, Renewals, Support, Product, Professional Services) to deliver predictable customer outcomes and protect recurring revenue (ARR).\nYou will be accountable for the performance, development, and engagement of your team, ensuring they execute consistently against customer journeys, playbooks, and KPIs.\nKey Responsibilities\n1. Customer Outcomes & Revenue\nOwn renewal, churn, and expansion outcomes for the team’s book of business, in partnership with Sales and Renewals.\nEnsure CSMs build and maintain strategic success plans for priority accounts, with clear business outcomes, owners, and timelines.\nOversee delivery of the annual department KPIs targets for the assigned regions under management.\nProactively identify at-risk customers, ensure CSMs build and deliver save plans, and drive cross-functional mitigation actions.\nUse data (segmentation, health scores, product usage, NPS/CSAT, support signals) to prioritize focus and interventions across the portfolio.\n2. Team Leadership & People Management\nRecruit, onboard, and develop a high-performing Customer Success team aligned to company values.\nSet clear goals and expectations (KPIs, behaviours), and run a consistent rhythm of 1:1s, coaching, and performance reviews.\nBuild strong career development plans for each team member, including skills, certifications, and stretch assignments.\nModel and reinforce a culture that is customer-obsessed, data-driven, collaborative, and accountable.\nAddress performance issues early with clear feedback, support, and structured improvement plans where needed.\n3. Operational Excellence\nImplement and continuously improve standard processes and playbooks for adoption, value realization and churn mitigation.\nDrive effective use of Customer Success tooling (e.g., Gainsight/CS platform, CRM, support systems) for accurate data and workflows.\nOwn the team’s forecasting and reporting for renewals, risk, and expansion opportunities.\nEnsure accurate and timely documentation in systems of record (success plans, notes, health updates, risk registers).\n4. Cross-Functional Collaboration\nAct as the primary Customer Success point of contact for Sales, Renewals, Support, Product, and Services in your region or segment.\nEnsure alignment with sales on program activities, account strategies, deal reviews, and exec engagement plans.\nCollaborate with Marketing on customer engagement with events, advocacy, references, and customer stories from your team’s accounts.\nRepresent Customer Success in escalations and incident reviews, ensuring clear customer communication and follow-through.\nRequired Experience & Skills\nCustomer Success, Account Management, Consulting, or related customer-facing roles in B2B SaaS / enterprise software.\nExperience leading and mentoring teams\nExperience running a four quarter rolling churn forecast and delivering weekly exec level updates for an enterprise level book of business \nAbility to be flexible and professionally manage change within your role and lead a team to deliver against business objectives within an evolving landscape\nStrong organizational and prioritization skills with the ability to deliver under pressure and at pace while presenting a calm and structured approach to both direct reports and cross functional leaders\nProven ability to proactively own your book of business, taking the lead on interpreting data (health scores, usage, pipeline, churn trends) and convert insights into actions to deliver a successful strategy for your business that aligns to the wider corporate objectives \nAbility to work and lead company programs cross-functionally with Sales, Support, Product, and Professional Services.\nDemonstrated experience driving customer adoption and value realization with complex, multi-stakeholder accounts.\nComfortable working with executive stakeholders (Director, VP, C-level) and leading structured, outcome-driven meetings.\nExcellent communication and storytelling skills (written, verbal, and presentation).\nStrong understanding of subscription / ARR business models, renewals, and expansion mechanics.\nPrevious roles in Private Equity / VC owned businesses\nPreferred Experience\nExperience in Identity & Access Management (IAM), cuber security, or adjacent enterprise SaaS domain.\nHands-on experience with Customer Success platforms (e.g., Gainsight, Totango, ChurnZero) and CRM tools (e.g., Salesforce).\nExperience managing distributed / remote teams across regions.\nKey Performance Indicators (KPIs)\nThe Manager of Customer Success will be measured on a combination of:\nRenewal Rate for team portfolio.\nChurn ($ and %) against plan, with clear visibility of at-risk ARR and mitigation status.\nExpansion contributed or influenced by the team.\nCoverage metrics: success plan coverage, EBR / Road Map / VU / SP review cadence, health score coverage and updates.\nCustomer advocacy: NPS/CSAT, references, case studies, and participation in advisory boards or events.\nTeam health and performance: retention, engagement, hiring quality, promotion readiness, and performance distribution.\nBehaviours & Values\nCustomer-obsessed: champions customer outcomes and long-term partnerships.\nData-driven: uses data to prioritize, decide, and course-correct.\nTeam-first leader: wins through collaboration, clear communication, and shared success.\nAccountable: sets high standards, owns results, and addresses issues directly and constructively.\nGrowth mindset: embraces feedback, change, and continuous improvement for self and team.\nLife at Ping:\nWe believe in and facilitate a flexible, collaborative work environment. We’re growing quickly, but remain true to the innovative, can-do startup values that got us here. Most importantly, we keep hiring talented, smart, fun, and genuinely nice people because that’s who we want to succeed with every day. \nHere are just a few of the things that make Ping special:\nA company culture that empowers you to do your best work.\nEmployee Resource Groups that create a sense of belonging for everyone.\nRegular company and team bonding events.\nCompetitive benefits and perks.\nGlobal volunteering and community initiatives\nOur Benefits: \nGenerous PTO & Holiday Schedule \nParental Leave\nProgressive Healthcare Options\nRetirement Programs\nOpportunity for Education Reimbursement \nCommuter Offset (Specific locations) \nPing is the collective sum of all our individual experiences, backgrounds and influences and we pride ourselves in growing and learning together. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse environment where everyone’s individuality is respected and everyone has an Identity. In recruiting for new colleagues, we welcome the unique contributions you can bring and encourage you to be your best self.\nWe are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. 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