Partner Success Manager

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Partner Success Managers (PSMs) at Klaviyo are a critical part of the success of partners and our shared customers. Our mission is to exceed our customers expectations and to help them grow. We are looking for a PSM to provide proactive, prescriptive and reactive support to Agencies with a strategic approach to our Klaviyo Partners. You will work closely with agency partner team members and align with key stakeholders on challenges and business goals to help set them up for long-term growth and success within our partner program. You will meet frequently with these partner organizations, 1:1 and group sessions, to drive progress towards their customer goals, provide strategic recommendations and analysis on recent strategies and become a trusted resource to your partners. Your success will be measured on the final impact your work has on our Customer base: customer retention (churn mitigation) & customer growth (product adoption and expansion), where leading indicators will show agency health (enablement, NPS, certification, and others).
This is a great opportunity for an experienced candidate who has a good balance of technical skills and business development experience and a background in martech or working in marketing strategy with a diverse book of partners. We are particularly interested in individuals who have a track record of finding creative solutions to unique problems, who thrive in challenging situations, and want to apply these skills to solve problems for both partners and customers using our software. In addition, you proactively contribute across the organization through collaboration.
How you will make a difference:

• Create prescriptive and customized customer success plans based on customers goals & challenges, holding customers accountable to driving action, and reporting impact to all levels within the customers organization
• Use creative problem solving to help partner and customers reach their business goals and maximize the value they are getting from Klaviyo
• Build strong relationships with partners to drive executive stakeholder alignment on both the customer and Klaviyo side
• Leverage At Scale motions to deliver value and impact to large groups of partners
• Devise strategies to help increase email, sms, analytics, reviews, revenue for all shared customers through the Klaviyo platform while driving growth and expansion for our largest accounts
• Ensuring partner and customer sentiment is strong, serving as an internal advocate for your customers and leading cross-functional efforts to solve for the customer
• Proactively Identify and execute on areas for new content, program development or training to help drive partner success globally.
• Collaboratively involve leadership across the business to drive customer value and decrease churn
• Contribute to a positive team environment of collaboration, customer empathy, equality and inclusion
• Act as a thought leader and trusted advisor amongst internal and external teams through collaborative efforts.

Who you are:

• 3+ years of partner management or enterprise account management experience with a track record for building and nurturing relationships with multiple stakeholders on an account at a time
• Excellent program management skills, you are able to own customer projects from scoping & planning through to implementation and measuring success
• You are a trusted advisor to your customers, able to assist in prioritizing initiatives based on competing priorities and resources. You can effectively push back and challenge customers, and leverage data to reinforce your recommendations
• You have a a track record for creative problem solving for customers and end users
• Excellent organizational and project management skills
• Excellent communication skills via phone, video conference, email and live
• Curious and eager to learn
• You are adaptable to change and working in a fast paced environment
• Experience managing customer relationships through Salesforce, Gainsight or similar CRMs and experience using email marketing platforms and E-Commerce platforms

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Our salary range reflects the cost of labor across various U.S. geographic markets. The range displayed below reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for the position across all our US locations. The base salary offered for this position is determined by several factors, including the applicant's job-related skills, relevant experience, education or training, and work location.
In addition to base salary, our total compensation package may include participation in the company's annual cash bonus plan, variable compensation (OTE) for sales and customer success roles, equity, sign-on payments, and a comprehensive range of health, welfare, and wellbeing benefits based on eligibility. Please visit Klaviyo Rewards to find out more about our Total Rewards package.
Your recruiter can provide more details about the specific salary/OTE range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
Base Pay Range For US Locations:
$76,000 - $114,000 USD
Get to Know Klaviyo
We're Klaviyo (pronounced clay-vee-oh). We empower creators to own their destiny by making first-party data accessible and actionable like never before. We see limitless potential for the technology we're developing to nurture personalized experiences in ecommerce and beyond. To reach our goals, we need our own crew of remarkable creators-ambitious and collaborative teammates who stay focused on our north star: delighting our customers. If you're ready to do the best work of your career, where you'll be welcomed as your whole self from day one and supported with generous benefits, we hope you'll join us.
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