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Anaplan is looking for a driven and dynamic Customer Success Operations Manager to join our EMEA CS Operations Organisation. You will help run the day-to-day operations for one of our fastest-growing regions. In this role, you will lead and contribute to strategic projects that enhance our post-sales processes, improve operational efficiency, and drive impactful outcomes across the organisation. You will be the trusted advisor to the Customer Success Vice president for the EMEA region, enabling our post-sales team to achieve ambitious goals while driving continuous improvement and transformative change.
Your Role and Responsibilities
Driving Change & Business Outcomes:
- Analyse current post-sales operations processes and identify opportunities for optimisation and innovation.
- Implement strategic initiatives to improve post-sales productivity, forecast accuracy, and pipeline visibility.
- Partner with post-sales leadership to develop strategies for scaling operations and achieving revenue targets.
- Act as a change agent by introducing new tools, technologies, and methodologies to enhance post-sales performance.
Customer Success Operations Support:
- Oversee the design, implementation, and optimisation of post-sales processes, tools, and systems.
- Provide actionable insights through data analysis, reporting, and dashboards to support decision-making.
- Ensure seamless communication and alignment across GTM teams.
- Monitor data accuracy and integrity within CRM and related systems.
Pipeline Performance Management:
- Regularly monitor and analyse post-sales pipeline metrics, including customer renewal conversion rates, forecast accuracy and develop actionable insights
- Assist in post-sales forecasting by analysing pipeline data to predict future revenue streams.
- Work closely with the post-sales leadership team to align pipeline performance with quarterly and annual churn and expand targets.
- Identify potential risks to achieving post-sales goals and proactively develop mitigation strategies.
Leadership & Collaboration:
- Foster strong relationships with cross-functional teams to ensure project success and operational alignment.
- Act as a trusted advisor to post-sales leadership, providing insights and recommendations to drive growth.
Ideally, you have helped scale a hyper-growth business. You are a detail-oriented operator who is passionate about both the art and science of Customer Success. You know why adoption matters in SaaS, and you take pride in helping your Customer Success teams deliver high quality experiences that translate into strong customer engagements. Most importantly, you have strong opinions on the best way to engage with and motivate the post-sales team, and you will thrive in an entrepreneurial environment that will give you a unique opportunity to prove your ideas out.
Your Qualifications
- Relevant sales operations experience in a fast-growing organisations.
- Excellent analytical skills with experience overseeing and managing customer metrics, employee productivity and outcomes.
- Experience working with enterprise technology companies. SaaS experience is a preference.
- Proven skills in post-sales forecasting, customer health and reporting.
- Proven skills in go-to-market modelling, building territories and setting corresponding goals.
- Ability to plan manage and deliver multiple concurrent and complex work streams in a matrix organisation with aggressive timelines.
- Ability to manage high volumes of work, prioritise multiple responsibilities and be effective in fast-paced work environments.
- Must have GRIT – guts, reliability, improvement, teamwork.
- Project management and leadership experience is a plus.
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We believe attracting and retaining the best talent and fostering an inclusive culture strengthens our business. DEIB improves our workforce, enhances trust with our partners and customers, and drives business success. Build your career in a place where diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging aren’t just words on paper – this is what drives our innovation, it’s how we connect, and it contributes to what makes us a market leader. We believe in a hiring and working environment where all people are respected and valued, regardless of gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, citizenship, or any other aspect which makes people unique. We hire you for who you are, and we want you to bring your authentic self to work every day!
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