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If you don’t think you meet all of the criteria below but are still interested in the job, please apply. Nobody checks every box - we’re looking for candidates that are particularly strong in a few areas, and have some interest and capabilities in others.
About The Role:
You will be working at a dynamic and fast paced start-up as a member of the Customer Experience (CX) team. You will be enabling Customers to leverage APIs and microservices to drive their business initiatives in one of the most exciting and innovative technology domains in the industry. This team is responsible for interfacing with our customers throughout their lifecycle helping them realize the value of their Kong investment.
As a member of the CX team you will act as a champion for our most critical asset, our customers. You will be working with a portfolio of customers seeking to identify growth opportunities and ensuring they have what they need to be successful. In this role you will work alongside the EMEA sales team and will have the opportunity to build a large portfolio of Customers.
This is an incredibly exciting and challenging role at the forefront of technology, requiring someone with very strong organizational and communication skills. You will not only be building strong relationships with key customers, you will be pioneering the approach to managing customers by leveraging self service technology and re-usable assets to maximize the value Kong can provide.
Working at Kong presents a unique opportunity to help to modernize enterprise software and learn about how businesses run in the digital age.
Above all you’ll be acting as a stellar teammate for the rest of Kong.
What you'll be doing
Coaching our customers throughout their lifecycle while working collaboratively with the rest of the Customer Experience teams to ensure customer outcomes
Defining what ‘good’ looks like in terms of adoption plans, post-sales engagement, what is recommended and why
Working with Sales and Product teams to ensure our customers are getting the most out of the solution
Help innovate our tooling and processes to make you and your team more efficient Work on innovative and cutting edge customer projects
Learning our products and technologies, taking that knowledge and applying it to real world usage
Collaborating with other peers, business partners and groups. Representing not only yourself and the rest of your team but all of Kong and other exciting tasks you may identify to grow our company
What you'll bring:
Have a builder’s mentality, seeking to find solutions to complex problems that will make life better for our customers and Kong
Manage a portfolio of commercial customers, looking for patterns that can be addressed through an automated approach using the latest customer engagement techniques
Have passion and determination about our technology and our customers
Be a self starter with strong organizational skills to drive effective customer outcomes
Have a good understanding of complex technology environments
Have great self awareness and strong communication skills
Ideally have prior experience of a similar role within SaaS, Open Source and/or Infrastructure software companies
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About Kong:
Kong Inc., a leading developer of API and AI connectivity technologies, is building the infrastructure that powers the agentic era. Trusted by the Fortune 500 and startups alike, Kong's unified API and AI platform, Kong Konnect, enables organizations to secure, manage, accelerate, govern, and monetize the flow of intelligence across APIs and AI models. For more information, visit www.konghq.com.
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Kong London, England Office
4th Floor, 10 Lower Thames, London, United Kingdom
