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Client Success Manager

Full TimeMid-levelOperationsGlobal
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Start Date

ASAP

About the Role

Position Summary

The Client Success Manager owns the client relationship from onboarding through ongoing account management, serving as the primary point of contact and ensuring clients receive a high-quality, proactive experience. This role leads client meetings, translates discussions into actionable plans, coordinates cross-functional teams, monitors account health, reviews marketing performance, and ensures all deliverables are completed on time.

This position supports eCommerce brands and requires a strong understanding of email marketing, customer lifecycle marketing, and retention strategies. Success is measured by client satisfaction, retention, clear communication, strategic guidance, and consistent execution.

Responsibilities

  • Own the client relationship from initial engagement through ongoing account management.
  • Serve as the primary point of contact for a portfolio of client accounts.
  • Lead client meetings, prepare agendas, drive strategic discussions, and provide recommendations based on account performance.
  • Build strong relationships by understanding each client’s business, goals, customer journey, and marketing objectives.
  • Prepare for meetings by reviewing campaign performance, account health, outstanding action items, and business priorities.
  • Document meeting recaps, assign ownership, and ensure timely follow-up on all commitments.
  • Monitor account health, identify risks, and proactively address issues that could impact client satisfaction or retention.
  • Review email marketing performance, customer lifecycle metrics, and revenue attribution data to identify optimization opportunities.
  • Analyze campaign performance, automation flow performance, deliverability, checkout abandonment, subscription churn, and customer retention metrics.
  • Coordinate internal teams by translating client requests into clear project deliverables.
  • Delegate work across designers, copywriters, email developers, and implementation teams while balancing workloads.
  • Track project timelines and ensure all deliverables are completed accurately and on schedule.
  • Escalate commercial, strategic, or high-risk issues when appropriate.
  • Prioritize competing client needs while maintaining a high standard of service across multiple accounts.

Must-Have Skills

  • 3+ years of experience in Client Success, Account Management, Customer Success, or similar client-facing roles.
  • Proven ability to independently lead client meetings and manage client relationships end-to-end.
  • Strong communication, presentation, and relationship-building skills.
  • Experience managing multiple client accounts simultaneously.
  • Demonstrated ability to coordinate and direct cross-functional teams without direct authority.
  • Strong organizational, prioritization, and project management skills.
  • Experience identifying client risks and proactively driving retention.
  • Ability to translate client needs into actionable internal tasks and ensure successful execution.
  • Experience supporting eCommerce brands or digital commerce businesses.
  • Experience working with email marketing clients or lifecycle marketing programs.
  • Working knowledge of email marketing KPIs, including campaign performance, automation flows, deliverability, revenue attribution, customer retention, checkout abandonment, and customer lifecycle metrics.
  • Ability to analyze marketing performance dashboards and communicate insights to clients.
  • Shopify
  • Ecommerce platforms

Nice-to-Have

  • Experience working in a marketing agency or professional services environment.
  • Experience with Klaviyo, Omnisend, Mailchimp, HubSpot, or similar email marketing platforms.
  • Familiarity with marketing automation and customer lifecycle strategies.
  • Experience supporting Shopify or other eCommerce platforms.
  • Knowledge of customer retention strategies, churn prevention, and subscription-based businesses.
  • Experience interpreting marketing analytics and making strategic recommendations based on campaign performance.

Tools & Tech Stack

  • Slack
  • Email communication platforms
  • Asana
  • ClickUp
  • Monday.com
  • Jira
  • Marketing performance dashboards
  • Analytics and reporting tools
  • Klaviyo
  • Omnisend
  • Mailchimp
  • HubSpot
  • Google Workspace
  • Shopify or other eCommerce platforms (preferred)

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