The Role
Manage a high-volume portfolio of Enterprise and Commercial customers using a tech-touch model to drive product adoption, engagement, retention, and renewal readiness via digital touchpoints, playbooks, and data-driven interventions. Monitor customer health signals, execute scaled workflows, maintain accurate CS platform data, escalate risks or expansion opportunities, and partner cross-functionally to optimize the customer experience.
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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.
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As a Customer Success Manager, you will manage a high-volume portfolio of customers through a tech-touch first engagement model. Your focus is to ensure customers realize value at scale by driving product adoption, engagement, and retention through structured workflows, digital experiences, and targeted interventions.
You will leverage tools like Planhat, automation, and customer signals to proactively identify risk, trigger outreach, and guide customers toward success—while partnering cross-functionally to deliver a seamless customer experience.
What you'll do
- Manage a broad portfolio of Enterprise and Commercial customers using a scalable, one-to-many engagement model
- Deliver value through digital touchpoints, including webinars, email campaigns, in-app messaging, and group sessions
- Monitor and act on customer health signals (usage, engagement, sentiment) to proactively mitigate risk and drive adoption
- Execute playbooks and workflows to support onboarding, product adoption, renewal readiness, and expansion opportunities
- Support customers in achieving their goals through structured success journeys and best practice guidance
- Identify and escalate at-risk accounts or high-impact opportunities for Sales or higher-touch CS coverage
- Maintain accurate data in the customer success platform (e.g., Planhat), including engagement, risks, and lifecycle stage
- Contribute to the development and optimization of scaled CS programs, content, and automation workflows
- Partner cross-functionally with Sales, Support, Product, and Marketing to improve the customer experience
What you'll bring
- 1-3 years of experience in Customer Success, Account Management, or related SaaS roles
- Bilingual in English and French and/OR Spanish
- Experience managing high-volume account portfolios or working in a scaled/tech-touch model
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to engage customers effectively in one-to-many formats
- A data-driven mindset—comfortable interpreting usage data and customer signals to inform actions
- Highly organized with the ability to manage competing priorities at scale
- Proactive, solutions-oriented, and comfortable working in a fast-paced, evolving environment
- Experience working with CRM/CS platforms (e.g., Planhat, Salesforce)
Nice to have
- Experience in digital customer engagement programs
- Familiarity with customer lifecycle automation, segmentation, and playbook design
- Knowledge of social listening, media intelligence, or marketing analytics platforms
- Experience creating or delivering customer-facing content (webinars, guides, onboarding materials)
- Basic understanding of data analytics or reporting tools
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 [email protected]
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The base compensation for this role is CAD $70,000 with an additional commission target of CAD $10,500.00.
Skills Required
- 1-3 years of experience in Customer Success, Account Management, or related SaaS roles
- Experience managing high-volume account portfolios or working in a scaled/tech-touch model
- Strong communication skills for engaging customers in one-to-many formats
- Data-driven mindset; comfortable interpreting usage data and customer signals
- Highly organized with ability to manage competing priorities at scale
- Proactive, solutions-oriented, comfortable in a fast-paced, evolving environment
- Experience working with CRM/CS platforms (e.g., Planhat, Salesforce)
- Experience in digital customer engagement programs
- Familiarity with customer lifecycle automation, segmentation, and playbook design
- Knowledge of social listening, media intelligence, or marketing analytics platforms
- Experience creating or delivering customer-facing content (webinars, guides, onboarding materials)
- Basic understanding of data analytics or reporting tools
Cision Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Cision and has not been reviewed or approved by Cision.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off and paid holidays, including days like Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth, are highlighted alongside flexible or unlimited PTO and volunteer time. Feedback suggests this breadth of leave and schedule flexibility meaningfully supports work–life balance.
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Healthcare Strength — Core medical, dental, and vision coverage are offered with FSA/HSA options, plus an EAP and dedicated mental‑health resources such as Headspace. Feedback suggests these health and wellbeing elements are a solid part of the total package.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) program is available at date of hire with traditional and Roth options administered via Fidelity, with employer matching and vesting described in plan materials. Feedback suggests this provides mainstream retirement support even if not described as market‑leading.
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Cision is a leading global provider of earned media software and services to public relations and marketing communications professionals. Cision’s software allows users to identify key influencers, craft and distribute strategic content, and measure meaningful impact. Cision has over 4,800 employees with offices in 24 countries throughout the Americas, EMEA, and APAC.
