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EDB provides a data and AI platform that enables organizations to harness the full power of Postgres for transactional, analytical, and AI workloads across any cloud, anywhere. EDB empowers enterprises to control risk, manage costs and scale efficiently for a data and AI led world. Serving more than 1,500 customers globally and as the leading contributor to the vibrant and fast-growing PostgreSQL community, EDB supports major government organizations, financial services, media and information technology companies. EDB’s data-driven solutions enable customers to modernize legacy systems and break data silos while leveraging enterprise-grade open source technologies. EDB delivers the confidence of up to 99.999% high availability with mission critical capabilities built in such as security, compliance controls, and observability. For more information, visit www.enterprisedb.com
Please note: We are currently looking for Singapore Citizens or PR holders OR Malaysian Citizens OR PR holders
Location: Singapore / Malaysia
The Customer Success Manager (CSM) is passionate about understanding our customers and partners to make them successful through extraordinary levels of service. The CSM will work independently and cross-functionally to address any satisfaction, growth or renewal opportunities and risks in their portfolio. The key goal of this role is to make every customer or partner in their portfolio successful and committed to EDB through a trusted advisor relationship. This person is ultimately responsible for owning the relationship within their portfolio of accounts, is hyper-focused on customer retention, providing technical product guidance, strategic business value and insights, driving adoption and trust, and identifying opportunities to further drive value across our customers’ business. Above all it requires exceptional tenacity, analytical prowess, strategy, service, leadership, and an innate passion for delighting our customers and making them successful. The CSM is expected to possess knowledge, expertise, and experience in many of the following:
- Technology Account Management
- Deep customer relationship building
- Database deployment and business models
- Strategic partner engagement (Systems Integrators, Distributors, Resellers)
- Strategic business/technology leadership discussions
- Program management
- Project management
- Relational database experience (PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, SQL Server, Sybase, DB2). Active use or, administration of such database(s)
- Good understanding of Relational database concepts
- Software installation & software troubleshooting experience
Responsibilities
- Provide strategic guidance to drive forward your account’s priorities and business goals
- Ownership and accountability for ensuring customer growth, customer satisfaction and contract renewals within the assigned customer portfolio
- Develop strong relationships with all key decision makers and influencers, including executive sponsors and partner contacts at various levels
- Identify, influence, develop, and realize new opportunities for expanding your customer’s business volume
- Translate results into actionable strategic and commercial outcomes
- Uncover any risk that threatens your customer’s growth, satisfaction, or renewal; conceive and execute mitigation plans for all risks
- Choreograph other domain experts to deliver the outcomes of the account plan you are responsible for building and maintaining for each account
- Collaborate effectively with internal and external colleagues to build a best-in-class customer experience with the goal of making every customer a promoter of EDB and a customer for life
- Take ownership of all direct communication and resolve escalations
- Listen to customers carefully and truly understand customers’ strategic priorities, KPIs, growth initiatives, key business issues and opportunities in order to deliver business- impactful results
- Ensure increasing user adoption of EDB platform by implementing best practices and implementation of the continuously evolving EDB product suite and providing technical guidance on product optimization
- Serve as the liaison between product management and the customer with a focus on feature collaboration and communicating the EDB roadmap
Experience & Skills
- 5-10+ years of experience in account management, solution engineering or client services in the context of enterprise technology, managing multi-million dollar portfolios of recurring revenue
- Loves problem solving and facing challenges head-on
- Self-starter with desire to exceed client expectations
- Outstanding oral and written communication skills
- Inspiring presentation and public speaking experience (executive level audience)
- Impeccable attention to detail, highly organized, with an absolute focus on quality of work
- Ability communicate value add at all levels internally and externally
- Ability to recognize areas of risk and mitigate as needed
- Program Management: ability to develop, implement, monitor, and drive account plans; manage a portfolio of multiple projects running simultaneously; manage accounts in “steady state” or “maintenance mode”
- Project Management: Ability to lead complex projects including planning, data analytics, change management, QA, escalation management, and ongoing support
- Demonstrated experience in identifying and mapping the customer org structure with ability to bridge turnover at any level of the organization
- Strong management and business skills required, along with a proven multi-year track record of developing deep relationships with VP-level and Director-level executives
- Proven multi-year track record of identifying incremental business for your account
- Ability to work independently and as part of team
- Demonstrated experience of seamlessly transitioning between conversations with C-Level execs, technical leadership, program managers and industry level business conversations
- Success working in a fast-paced, high-growth company
- Bachelor degree; MS or MBA optional
- Travel up to 40%
EDB is committed to supporting our employees' overall well being by offering a range of benefits and resources to promote a healthy work-life balance and wellness. We provide access to CuraLinc to aid employees in health and wellness tips and practices, as well as Wellness Fridays extending to December 2026! Check out our career site for more information on perks and benefits and reach out to our Talent Acquisition team for region specific benefits.
We know it takes a unique mix of people and skills to help us in our mission to supercharge Postgres, and we understand that not everyone will check every box. We’d love to hear from you and we want you to apply!
EDB is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. EDB was built on a commitment to trust and respect each other and to embrace an array of people and ideas. These values remain at the center of our culture and are key to our company’s integrity.
EDB does not seek or accept unsolicited resumes or CVs from recruitment agencies. EDB and its affiliates are not responsible for, and will not pay, any fees, commissions, or any other similar payment related to unsolicited resumes or CVs except as required in a written signed agreement between EDB and the recruitment agency or party requesting payment of a fee.
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