Manager, CSM Korea & Japan
Adobe · Tokyo, Japan · Sales
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Overview
Adobe is seeking a proficient and dynamic Manager of Customer Success to lead a Customer Success Manager (CSM) team composed of members across the Japan and Korea regions within the Customer Strategy & Success (CSS) organization. The Manager will report into the Senior Manager of the CSS organization for Japan & Korea.
This team scopes Adobe's Creative Cloud and Document Cloud business. The Manager will be responsible for guiding the CSM team to contribute to retention and expansion of Adobe's business through promotion of product & solution adoption, value realization, and the enhancement of customer engagement.
What you will do!
- Team Leadership: Lead, mentor and inspire the team of Customer Success Managers (CSM) across Japan and Korea, fostering a culture of excellence, collaboration, and innovation.
- Strategy: Develop and roll out customer success strategies aligned with Adobe's overall objectives, taking into account the unique priorities and nuances of the business situation.
- Adoption Promotion and Value Realization: Ensure the team drives customer adoption by overseeing the implementation of programs to increase the usage of Adobe products and solutions. You will lead the team's efforts for Value Realization, ensuring customers recognize the maximum value from their Adobe investments, which leads to deeper customer engagement and the retention and expansion of the business.
- Customer Health: Proactively monitor and manage the holistic customer health to ensure high renewal readiness, preemptively identify and mitigate retention risks, and collaboratively unlock expansion opportunities with sales.
- Cross-functional Collaboration: Collaborate closely with other stakeholders like Sales, Solution Consultants, Marketing, and Enterprise Support, as well as CSS organization members in other regions, to deliver a seamless customer experience and drive business growth.
What you need to succeed
- Transformational Leadership: In a rapidly changing business environment, the manager must actively embrace and embody change as an opportunity for growth. They personally model an experimental approach - not fearing failure, and encourage the team to adopt this mindset, establishing a culture of continuous learning and innovation within the CSM organization.
- People Leadership & Development: The manager's core focus is on ensuring psychological safety and fostering high engagement and motivation within the team. This involves consistently improving overall team performance by conducting effective coaching and feedback to maximize the potential and support the career growth of individual CSMs.
- Strategy & Operations Excellence: To directly align team activities with business goals, the manager develops and executes data-driven CS strategies. They strictly manage team outcomes by aligning with KPIs and continuously optimize work processes and workflows, aiming for the efficient and effective realization of customer success.
- Deep Customer Insight & Influence: The manager establishes themselves as a strategic partner by building trust with customer executives. They deepen the understanding of the customer journey and coach CSMs to clearly communicate the business value (Value Realization) derived from the product and solution, thereby boosting adoption and customer loyalty.
- Cross-functional Collaboration: To maximize the CSM team's results, the manager coordinates seamlessly with internal departments like Sales, Solution Consultants, Marketing, and Enterprise Support. They drive the company-wide customer-centric growth cycle by feeding customer insights back for product improvement and sharing up-sell opportunities.
- Experience: Minimum of 5 years of experience in account management, or a related field, within the software industry, with at least 3 years in a leadership role.
- Language Requirements:
- Japanese: Native-level proficiency
- English: Business proficiency required
- Korean: Business proficiency preferred
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