Regional Head of Customer Success Management - Southern Europe&Italy(f/m/d)

Regional Head of Customer Success Management - Southern Europe & Italy (f/m/d)

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Position: Regional Head of Customer Success Management Southern Europe & Italy

Location: Southern Europe & Italy

Organisation: SAP Business Transformation Management (LeanIX and Signavio)

About the Role:

We are seeking an experienced SaaS customer success leader to support a team of Customer Success managers across Southern Europe & Italy in our rapidly growing organisation. You will be responsible for driving a customer-first mindset and client engagement model that empowers our customers to be successful. Under your leadership, BTM will report high customer NPS scores, healthy adoption and consumption rates, and target retention and renewal rates. Adoption and value-led expansion will be one of your key objectives, supported by an extended regional team under your proactive leadership and guidance.

What you'll do:

• Own strategy execution in the market units accountable for achieving key KPIs, team management and coordination, customer escalation and QBR management.
• KPIs and success criteria: BTM solution consumption, renewals and expansion targets.
• Accurate forecasting of the renewal and churn rates across strategic and digital.
• People objectives: ensure specialised expertise, team development and progression.
• Create engaging and value-adding customer communities in your region.
• Drive and facilitate extended team collaboration across sales, post-sales, marketing, services, product and partner managers to empower your team to drive customer value.
• Build deep relationships with selected customers and act as executive sponsor.
• Support the team in upskilling and deploying Value identification and realisation methodology across all selected customers.
• Ensure strategies and plans are in place to mitigate customer churn and achieve expansion.
• Lead and support a team of CSMs through organisational change after a recent LeanIX acquisition: help expand their network, build bridges to stakeholders.

What you bring:

• Customer Value First mindset and thought leadership.
• Strong leadership, accountability, proactivity and collaboration mindset.
• Executive presence and relationship-building skills.
• Experience and passion for managing high-performing teams and talent development.
• Proven ability to handle difficult customer situations and resolve complex issues.
• Ability to apply risk-mitigation strategies to customer situations.
• Knowledge of SaaS, experience with cloud software solutions and delivery models.
• Strong analytical, coaching and communication skills.
• Relationship-driven mindset, excellent verbal and non-verbal communication skills.

Travel: 25 – 30%

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Requisition ID: 411323 | Work Area: Sales | Expected Travel: 0 - 50% | Career Status: Management | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid