Customer Success Manager - Strategic - German Territory

OverviewQuest Software has a two-pronged mission focused on helping organizations manage and secure their Microsoft environments and leverage their data effectively.First, Quest aims to be the leading partner for modernizing, protecting, and securing hybrid Active Directory, Entra ID, and Microsoft 365 environments. They provide critical solutions for cybersecurity resilience, risk management, disaster recovery, and migration. This helps global organizations pursue digital transformation in the cloud while still safeguarding their on-premise Active Directory investments.Second, Quest is dedicated to helping customers unlock value from all their data through AI and data solutions. Their goal is to de-risk AI adoption and maximize data return on investment by offering integrated capabilities across the data management lifecycle, including metadata management, data operations, and infrastructure solutions. This empowers data and IT leadership to accelerate their data and AI initiatives.ResponsibilitiesThe Customer Success Organization focuses on our most strategic customers. As a Strategic Customer Success Manager at Quest, you'll play a pivotal role in ensuring these customers realize maximum value from their investments through comprehensive adoption and value engagements. The CSM will manage a portfolio of accounts and lead engagement throughout the customer lifecycle—from deployment and adoption through value realization and renewal—ensuring satisfaction and long-term success.You’ll leverage your expertise to guide customers through their journey, maintain consistent engagement, and ensure they achieve their goals and derive measurable value from Quest solutions. You’ll also surface Customer Success Qualified Leads (CSQLs) and coordinate with Account Management for follow-up. CSMs support renewal contracting processes and are expected to stay informed on Quest’s evolving product portfolio, demonstrating the ability to quickly learn and communicate the value of new offerings.Above all, this role is accountable for retention—sustaining business growth and profitability by maximizing value, driving usage and adoption, supporting services, and reducing churn.QualificationsOwns the customer relationship of a global or large-scale strategic account and actively manages the stakeholder relationship at all levels (i.e., executive, management, technical leaders) including strategic roadmap discussionsDevelops and nurtures relationships and adjusts value and adoption messaging according to the levels and interests of customer stakeholdersCoaches peers on strategic approaches, provide mentorship for Enterprise CSMs to help them grow their knowledge and provide premium customer experienceIdentifies and creates solutions to address Customer Success needs, improve effectiveness and efficiency, and delivery to or exceed key customer metrics.Develops and maintains strategic Success Plans that align to value milestones and customer-defined business outcomes.Partners with the customer to build a joint plan for success, maintaining a detailed understanding of the customer’s business to achieve high levels of customer satisfaction, engagement, and adoption of Quest technologies.Monitors customer analytics and KPIs to reinforce the value of the customer solution, identify areas to improve customer experience, and optimize the solution.Facilitates Executive Business Reviews (EBRs) in collaboration with Account Management, using the Success Plan and business case to demonstrate impact, value delivered, and opportunities for growth.Delivers an outstanding customer experience to support our brand promise of delivering superior outcomes and to support and identify cross-sell and upsell of services and products.Actively monitors customer engagement signals and sentiment; log risks and opportunities in CRM and trigger internal playbooks where applicable.Supports collaboration across Sales, Support, Product, Renewals, and Professional Services to ensure continuity and strategic alignment.Acts as an escalation point for high-impact customer issues when necessary, ensuring appropriate teams within Quest are engaged for quick resolution.Works within the wider CSM team to implement scalable programs and process improvements to drive efficiency of internal customer success processes and improve customer experience.What We’re Looking ForMinimum of 6 years of experience in customer success, technical account management, sales engineering, or similar role responsible for driving customer success and product/service adoption.Minimum of 6 years of experience in customer management within platform management and security solutions, focusing on growth, adoption, retention, and issue resolution at both the business owner and senior executive levels.Ability to translate business requirements into business value, and work with sales and marketing to promote value-driven solutionsAbility to manage executive relationships and discussions (VP/CxO)Skill