Customer Success Manager

Mongoose • St. Louis, MO

2d • Remote

About The Position

As a Customer Success Manager, you’ll serve as a strategic partner to your customers—helping them translate communication into measurable outcomes. Your mission is to drive adoption, interpret engagement data, and guide institutions in optimizing their communication strategies using Mongoose’s Conversation Intelligence Platform. You will play a critical role from day one—leading customers through onboarding and implementation to establish a strong foundation for long-term success, and continuing to deliver insights, influence strategy, and demonstrate ongoing value throughout the customer lifecycle. You’ll build strong, trust-based relationships with customers—combining data-driven insights with a deep understanding of their unique challenges. In close partnership with Account Managers, you’ll help identify growth opportunities, mitigate risk, and position Mongoose as a critical, campus-wide solution. If you’re someone who combines relationship-building with analytical thinking and enjoys turning data into action, this is the role for you.

Requirements

• Customer-First & Outcome-Oriented Mindset
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders and act as a trusted advisor.
• Strategic & Analytical Thinker
• A data-driven mindset with the ability to analyze trends, metrics, and insights to inform your strategies.
• Organized & Detail-Oriented
• Stellar project management skills that ensure onboarding and customer engagement efforts are executed flawlessly.
• Collaborative & Growth-Minded
• Experience in higher ed or SaaS is a plus
• Curiosity, adaptability, and a willingness to learn matter most.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in higher ed or SaaS

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary strategic partner for your customers, guiding them to achieve their institutional goals through effective use of Mongoose.
• Lead onboarding and implementation for new customers, ensuring a smooth, structured rollout that drives early adoption and sets the foundation for long-term success.
• Establish clear success plans during onboarding, aligning platform usage to customer goals and defining measurable outcomes from the start.
• Own customer health by monitoring adoption, engagement, and performance trends—and proactively identifying risks and opportunities.
• Conduct regular Mongoose Quarterly Reviews (MQRs) that go beyond updates to analyze performance, surface insights, and recommend actionable strategies that demonstrate measurable value.
• Partner with customers to align Mongoose usage with key institutional priorities such as enrollment, retention, and student engagement.
• Drive measurable improvements in customer outcomes by ensuring recommendations are implemented and results are achieved.
• Analyze conversation and engagement data to identify trends, diagnose challenges, and provide clear, strategic recommendations.
• Help customers evolve their communication strategies using best practices, benchmarks, and emerging AI-driven insights.
• Translate product capabilities into real-world impact, ensuring customers understand not just how to use Mongoose—but how to maximize its value.
• Ensure onboarding success translates into momentum, driving early wins that build confidence and long-term engagement.
• Identify and shape expansion opportunities by aligning Mongoose solutions to broader institutional needs across departments.
• Collaborate with Account Managers to develop and execute account strategies that support retention and growth.
• Gather and elevate customer insights, success stories, and outcomes to support marketing, product development, and thought leadership.
• Work hand-in-hand with Account Managers to align on customer strategies, retention plans, and expansion opportunities.
• Partner with Product and Support teams to escalate customer challenges, share insights, and ensure swift resolution of any issues.
• Collaborate with Marketing and Content teams to develop resources, best practices, and innovative ways to engage and educate customers.
• Use engagement data, ROI analysis, and conversation insights to drive proactive, data-informed customer strategies.
• Maintain accurate and thorough documentation in HubSpot, ensuring all customer interactions and insights are captured.
• Identify and share trends across your portfolio to inform internal teams and contribute to continuous product and experience improvement.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
• 401K with company match: 100% of the 1st 3% and 50% of the next 2%
• Flexible PTO
• Competitive Leave Policies
• 13 paid holidays, including a week off between Christmas and New Year’s

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed