Customer Success Director

At Cision, we believe in empowering every individual to make an impact. Here, your voice is heard, your ideas are valued, and your unique perspective fuels our collective success. As part of our global team, you'll thrive in an environment that champions curiosity, collaboration, and innovation, all while making meaningful contributions to the brands we accelerate.    Join us in shaping the future of communication and building authentic connections that matter. Whether you're solving complex problems or driving bold innovations, your growth is our success, and together, we’ll create the conversations of tomorrow.    Empower your impact at Cision. Be seen, be understood, be you. 

The role

As a Customer Success Director at Brandwatch, you’ll manage relationships with our largest and most strategic clients, helping them get the most out of Brandwatch’s product suite and use it to support key decisions across their organisations.

You’ll build a strong understanding of your clients’ businesses, help them overcome strategic challenges, drive adoption of our technology, and identify opportunities to demonstrate the impact Brandwatch can have on their business.

Duties and responsibilities

The role is defined, but not limited to, the following:

• You will own the overall relationship and retention of your portfolio of strategic customers, building trusted relationships and ensuring they get maximum value from Brandwatch’s products and services.
• You’ll work closely with customers to support the adoption of Brandwatch technologies and ensure their investment helps them achieve their business goals.
• You’ll build strong relationships with key contacts, developing Brandwatch champions and executive sponsors within each account and becoming a trusted advisor to your customers.
• You’ll capture customer feedback and product requests, advocating for your customers internally and helping ensure our product roadmap reflects their needs.
• You’ll work with customers to establish strategic plans, goals and key performance indicators, and support them in achieving their objectives.
• You’ll regularly analyse and plan across your accounts to identify and mitigate customer health risks, while also identifying opportunities for growth.
• By building strong customer relationships and delivering value, you’ll help develop customer advocacy and identify co-marketing opportunities that benefit both the customer and Brandwatch.

Essential Skills and Experience

• Prior experience as a Senior Customer Success Manager, Customer Success Director, Account Manager, Account Director or in an equivalent role.
• A proven track record in Customer Success, with a focus on increasing customer satisfaction, adoption and retention.
• Proven ability to build and maintain relationships with senior and executive stakeholders at a strategic level.
• Proven experience developing and executing strategic account plans.
• Experience working with global strategic enterprise clients across multiple teams and regions.
• A proven ability to drive ongoing value from a SaaS product suite.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a strong attention to detail and an analytical approach.
• Experience working with digital marketing or social media at a SaaS vendor.
• A proactive approach to your work, with the ability to work independently and manage your own schedule.

It would be an advantage if you have

• Experience working with or for a social media monitoring provider.
• Demonstrable knowledge of marketing and data analytics principles and best practices.
• Experience working with CRM platforms such as Salesforce, Gainsight or Planhat.
• The ability to speak a second language, ideally French, Spanish or German.

What We Offer 

Upon joining Cision, you will immediately have access to a range of benefits that are fully or partially funded by the company and form part of your overall benefits package. These benefits include:

• Cision Group Personal Pension Scheme
• Life Assurance
• Healthcare cash plan
• Dental Insurance
• Private Medical Insurance (For directors and above only)
• Gym Subsidy
• Cycle to Work
• Discounted Dining
• Virtual GP
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Eye Care Test
• Cision Global Charitable Giving Program
• BenefitHub (Retail discounts)

If this opportunity feels like the right fit for you, we’d love to hear from you! Please note that for this role, we are only able to consider candidates who are already based in the country of employment.

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Cision is the global leader in consumer and media intelligence, engagement, and communication solutions. We equip PR and corporate communications, marketing, and social media professionals with the tools they need to excel in today's data driven world. Our deep expertise, exclusive data partnerships, and award-winning products, including CisionOne, Brandwatch, and PR Newswire, enable over 75,000 companies and organizations, including 84% of the Fortune 500, to see and be seen, understand and be understood by the audiences that matter most to them.   Cision is committed to fostering an inclusive environment where all employees can be their authentic selves and perform at their best. We believe diversity, equity, and inclusion is vital to driving our culture, sparking innovation and achieving long-term success. Cision is proud to have joined more than 600 companies in signing the CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion™ pledge and named a “Top Diversity Employer” for 2021 by DiversityJobs.com.   Cision is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, seeking to create a welcoming and diverse environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status, or other protected statuses.   Cision is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. In keeping with our commitment, Cision will take the steps to assure that people with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. Accordingly, if reasonable accommodation is required to fully participate in the job application or interview process, to perform the essential functions of the position, and/or to receive all other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact hr.support@cision.com

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