Customer Success Manager

Ping Identity

Manager of Customer Success leading a high-impact team at Ping Identity. Driving adoption, value realization, and renewal across strategic enterprise accounts.

Posted 6/2/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLead💰 $92,000 - $123,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own renewal, churn, and expansion outcomes for the Strategic East portfolio, in close partnership with Sales and Renewals leadership.
Ensure CSMs build and maintain strategic success plans for priority accounts, focusing on clear business outcomes, ROI, and executive alignment.
Guide & align CSMs on customer portfolio prioritization, engagement strategy & planning, and strategic executive engagement coordination.
Oversee delivery of annual department KPI targets for the Strategic East region.
Proactively identify at‐risk customers, ensure CSMs deliver effective save plans, and drive cross‐functional mitigation actions.
Utilize data (segmentation, health scores, product usage, NPS/CSAT) to prioritize focus and interventions across the strategic portfolio.
Recruit, onboard, and develop a high‐performing Customer Success team aligned to Ping Identity’s core values.
Set clear goals and expectations (KPIs, behaviors), and maintain a consistent rhythm of 1:1s, coaching, and performance reviews.
Build strong career development plans for each team member, including skills, certifications, and stretch assignments.
Model and reinforce a culture that is customer‐obsessed, data‐driven, collaborative, and accountable.
Implement and continuously improve standard processes and playbooks for adoption and value realization within the strategic segment.
Drive effective use of Customer Success tooling (e.g., Gainsight, CRM) for accurate data and workflows & ensure disciplined data hygiene & system updates to enable a clear windshield and rear view mirror on the business.
Own the team’s forecasting and reporting for renewals, risk, and expansion opportunities in the East.
Act as the primary CS point of contact for Sales leadership in the Eastern region, ensuring alignment on account strategies and executive engagement.
Collaborate with Product and Engineering to advocate for strategic customer needs and influence the roadmap.
Partner with Marketing on customer engagement events, advocacy, and developing customer success stories from your team’s accounts.
Represent Customer Success in major escalations and incident reviews, ensuring clear communication and follow‐through, in partnership with Escalation Management, Support and Professional Services teams as needed.

Requirements

What you’ll need

10+ years in Customer Success, Account Management, or related customer‐facing roles in B2B SaaS / enterprise software.
2+ years of experience leading or mentoring CSMs or similar roles (formal line management preferred).
Strong understanding of subscription / ARR business models, renewals, and expansion mechanics.
Demonstrated experience driving customer adoption and value realization with complex, multi‐stakeholder enterprise accounts.
Comfortable working with executive stakeholders (C‐level, VP) and leading outcome‐driven meetings.
Proven ability to interpret data (health scores, usage trends) and convert insights into actions.
Excellent communication and storytelling skills.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Generous PTO & Holiday Schedule
Parental Leave
Progressive Healthcare Options
Retirement Programs
Opportunity for Education Reimbursement
Commuter Offset (Specific locations)

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Hard Skills & Tools

data analysiscustomer success managementKPI managementcustomer adoptionvalue realizationaccount managementsubscription business modelsrenewals managementexpansion mechanicsperformance reviews

Soft Skills

leadershipcoachingcommunicationstorytellingcollaborationstrategic thinkingcustomer obsessiondata-driven decision makingmentoringexecutive engagement