Manager, Customer Success Manager

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Chicago, IL, USA
In-Office
Expert/Leader
Payments • Software
The Role
Lead and grow a high-performing team of Customer Success Managers supporting Stripe’s strategic enterprise customers. Responsibilities include recruiting, coaching, developing customer engagement strategies, driving adoption, renewals and growth, managing account risks, advising on account strategy, serving as an executive sponsor, and establishing operating rhythms such as account planning and health reviews. The role also requires cross-functional collaboration, executive relationship management, and solving complex customer and business problems in a high-growth environment.
Summary Generated by Built In
Who we are About Stripe

Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies - from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups - use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone's reach while doing the most important work of your career.

About the team

Our users are the heart of our business. Stripe’s Global Customer Success Team is responsible for managing our largest and most strategic relationships, such as Doordash, Lyft, and Shopify. In this manager role you’ll be responsible for a high-performing team of Customer Success Managers. You’ll lead and coach the team, helping them deliver on ambitious targets, roll up your sleeves to work directly with executives at existing enterprise Stripe customers and partner cross functionally to help users execute their business priorities.

We are looking for a hands-on, visionary leader who has demonstrated success dealing with ambiguity, operating in a high-growth environment, and solving complicated problems with limited oversight. Ideal candidates will have management and leadership experience scaling a technology Customer Success team, superior communication skills, and a track record for building trusted relationships with senior stakeholders and understanding unique customer needs.

What you’ll do

We are seeking a Manager to lead a team of high-performing Customer Success Managers to build and grow the relationships with our most complex users. You will:

  • Recruit, develop, and lead a team of Customer Success Managers supporting strategic, relationship-based accounts.
  • Help drive an engagement model focused on building durable user relationships, increasing adoption, delivering value
  • Develop both the vision and strategy for the team, driving progress toward customer health, renewal and growth metrics 
  • Be accountable for identifying risks and opportunities early, and helping the team build and work through mitigation plans.
  • Coach, mentor, and guide the team in developing consultative customer success and sales skills
  • Effectively work cross-functionally across the organization to shape Stripe’s solutions to meet client needs
  • Build strong operating rhythms for the team, including account planning, health reviews, renewal forecasting and business reviews.
  • Inspire, motivate, and enable the team by setting clear expectations, providing direct feedback and supporting their individual development and career growth. 

We’re looking for someone who has:

  • 12+ years of customer-facing experience in customer success, account management, or sales with 3-5 years of people management experience
  • Experience leading sales or account management in a high-growth technology environment
  • Ability to hire, train, and coach a high-performing user-facing team
  • Ability to support the Customer Success Managers’ efforts through strategic advice on account strategies, and serving as executive sponsor with key relationships
  • Ability to operate in a high-growth environment and work through ambiguity to solve complex customer and business problems
  • Demonstrated passion for Stripe’s mission, and helping users succeed

Nice to haves:

  • Prior experience leading a customer success team
  • Prior experience at a growth stage Internet/software company
  • Payments or Billing experience
  • Prior experience in customer success, enterprise account management, partnerships and/or business development

Skills Required

  • 12+ years of customer-facing experience in customer success, account management, or sales
  • 3-5 years of people management experience
  • Experience leading sales or account management in a high-growth technology environment
  • Ability to hire, train, and coach a high-performing user-facing team
  • Ability to provide strategic account advice and serve as executive sponsor for key relationships
  • Ability to operate in ambiguity and solve complex customer and business problems
  • Passion for Stripe’s mission and helping users succeed
  • Prior experience leading a customer success team
  • Prior experience at a growth-stage internet or software company
  • Payments or billing experience
  • Experience in customer success, enterprise account management, partnerships, or business development

Stripe Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Stripe and has not been reviewed or approved by Stripe.

  • Healthcare Strength — Healthcare is described as comprehensive, including medical, dental, vision, EAP, and mental‑health support such as therapy sessions; wellness resources are consistently highlighted across materials. Coverage breadth and depth are repeatedly positioned as a core strength.
  • Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave for birthing and non‑birthing parents, fertility benefits, and adoption assistance are emphasized, making family support a standout element. Feedback suggests these programs compare favorably to common tech benchmarks.
  • Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellness stipends, gym reimbursement, and onsite meals/snacks (where available) are commonly offered, with flexible lifestyle funds supporting varied needs globally. Education stipends and similar perks further bolster day‑to‑day wellbeing.

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The Company
HQ: San Francisco, CA
5,360 Employees
Year Founded: 2010

What We Do

Stripe is a technology company that builds economic infrastructure for the internet. Businesses of every size—from new startups to public companies like Salesforce and Facebook—use the company’s software to accept online payments and run technically sophisticated financial operations in more than 100 countries. Stripe helps new companies get started and grow their revenues, and established businesses accelerate into new markets and launch new business models. Over the long term, Stripe aims to increase the GDP of the internet.

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