Enterprise Customer Experience Manager – West Coast

Appcues

Customer Experience Manager focused on Enterprise customers at Appcues, ensuring value realization and managing relationships throughout the customer lifecycle.

Posted 6/30/2026full-timeRemote • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $110,000 - $130,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own the customer relationship from post-sale through renewal and expansion, serving as the primary point of accountability for customer engagement, health, and value realization
Lead the renewal motion directly, including early renewal conversations, value narrative development, commercial negotiation, pricing discussions, retention conversations, and standard renewal terms
Start renewal conversations early, build the case for value before it is needed, and keep renewal opportunities current in Salesforce with clear next steps, risk flags, stakeholder notes, and forecast details
Identify contraction risk before it reaches the renewal table by understanding customer goals, budget cycles, procurement pressure, stakeholder changes, and shifts in business priorities
Conduct business reviews on a tier-appropriate cadence, using customer goals, product usage, business outcomes, and account context to tell a clear value story
Identify expansion opportunities tied to real customer needs, including new teams, new use cases, add-ons, broader platform adoption, or lifecycle engagement opportunities
Bring specific expansion recommendations forward based on customer goals, usage patterns, and account context
Monitor account health regularly and use health signals, stakeholder context, product usage, and your own judgment to prioritize where to spend your time
Maintain strong stakeholder coverage across your book, including executive sponsors where appropriate, and rebuild relationships quickly when key contacts leave
Identify when a customer needs structured technical help, submit the right request to the Technical CSM or Support team, provide account context, and keep the relationship connected through the handoff
Surface product gaps, escalation themes, and broader customer patterns to Customer Experience leadership with data and clear recommendations
Use AI and automation thoughtfully to manage your book, prepare for customer conversations, synthesize account context, and create leverage in your day-to-day workflow

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of experience in Customer Success, Account Management, Renewals, or a similar customer-facing commercial role, ideally in B2B SaaS
Experience owning a book of business with responsibility for retention, renewals, customer health, and expansion
Comfort leading commercial conversations with customer stakeholders and decision-makers, including renewal negotiations, pricing discussions, contraction risk, and expansion proposals
Strong business judgment and the ability to understand what is happening in a customer’s business, not just what is happening in the product
A proactive operating style, with a clear system for staying organized across a large book of accounts
Strong prioritization skills and the ability to identify which accounts need attention based on customer context, risk, opportunity, and business impact
Excellent customer communication skills, including the ability to build trust, ask thoughtful questions, tell a clear value story, and navigate complex conversations with clarity
Strong Salesforce hygiene, with records that are current, useful, and reliable for forecasting and account planning
A clear understanding of when to own the relationship directly and when to bring in Support, Technical CSMs, Product, or leadership for the right next step
Uses AI as part of your day-to-day workflow — come ready to share concrete examples of how you use AI to prepare, prioritize, summarize, communicate, or move faster
Thrives in a fast-moving environment where ownership, judgment, collaboration, and follow-through matter more than perfect process

Benefits

Comp & perks

100% remote — Remote-first, not remote-only. We've been globally distributed since 2020 and built everything around it. We use in-person time intentionally — teams get together when it unlocks better decisions and faster progress.
Transparency and collaboration — We keep everyone in the loop with a monthly all-hands called Allcues, a weekly company newsletter, and a Tuesday video from our CEO. You'll always know where things stand.
Home office and tech — We cover your computer plus a $1,000 home office stipend your first year and $500 annually after that for tech.
Coworking — Need to get out of the house? We'll cover up to $500/month.
Health and well-being — Health, dental, and vision with a generous portion of premiums covered. 401k with a match. Paid parental leave.
Learning stipend — $1,000 a year for professional development.
Equity — Everyone gets equity. We want everyone invested in what we're building.
Flexible time off — Take the time you need. Work it out with your manager.

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Hard Skills & Tools

Customer RetentionValue Narrative DevelopmentCommercial NegotiationPricing DiscussionsRisk IdentificationBusiness Review ConductingExpansion Opportunity IdentificationAccount Context AnalysisTechnical Support CoordinationAI Utilization in Workflows

Soft Skills

Excellent CommunicationProactive OrganizationStrong PrioritizationTrust BuildingComplex Conversation Navigation