Buildkite

SaaS

CustomerSuccessManager

$140–155k San Francisco, California, United States; Los Angeles, California, United States; New York, New York, United States
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for Senior candidates.

The Brief

“Customer Success Manager at Buildkite. Skills: Strategic Account Leadership, Executive Influence and Customer Partnership, Risk, Renewal, and Expansion Readiness. Own the post-sale state of a portfolio of named Enterprise accounts. Drive measurable business outcomes from the Buildkite investment”

What You'll Achieve.

Driving quantifiable business impact; Accountable for the adoption of Buildkite; Accountable for the value the customer realizes from it; Accountable for the long-term health of the partnership across renewal and expansion; Drive measurable business outcomes; Drive retention and expansion outcomes; Prevent escalation through proactive partnership; Drive the value narrative, customer readiness, and account health that underpin every commercial conversation; Turning customer outcomes into growth

Industry & Context.

SaaS
Problems you'll solve

Navigate complex internal and customer organizations to drive consensus, surface blockers, and align stakeholders

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

5+ years in Customer Success, strategic account management, or a senior post-sale role at a B2B SaaS company, owning Enterprise accounts end-to-end as the person accountable for value, retention, and expansion, Direct experience at a CI/CD, DevOps, developer tools, or technical infrastructure SaaS company, Demonstrable track record of driving retention and expansion outcomes on a named Enterprise book, Exceptional executive communication and presence, Ability to handle objections, navigate complicated discussions, and drive alignment across customer and internal stakeholders, Experience orchestrating across Sales, Solutions, Support, Product, and Marketing, Commercial instincts, Autonomous operator who wants to define the role, not just fill it

Nice to Have

Hands-on familiarity with Buildkite or comparable CI/CD platforms (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, CircleCI, Harness, GitLab CI), Experience partnering with Technical Account Managers or Solutions Architects in a model where the technical and relationship roles are explicitly separated, Familiarity with CS platforms (Vitally, Catalyst, Gainsight, Totango, or similar) and modern revenue stacks (Salesforce, Avoma, ChartMogul, or equivalent), Background contributing to or building out a CS function from an early stage

What You'll Do.

Own the post-sale state of a portfolio of named Enterprise accounts

Drive measurable business outcomes from the Buildkite investment

Act as the central Buildkite resource on the account

Determine when and how to engage each account

and operating model of a founding CS function

Cultivate and maintain trusted relationships with customer C-suite

and program-owner stakeholders

Translate technical adoption and platform health into business outcomes

Amplify the voice of the customer inside Buildkite

Navigate complex internal and customer organizations

Maintain a live view of technical

and relationship signals

Partner with the Account Executive on renewal strategy

Identify and source expansion opportunities

Partner with the Technical Account Manager on the first 90 days

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Integrate every Buildkite motion that touches the customer — commercial, technical, and executive — into a coherent experience; Mobilize Account Executives, Technical Account Managers, Solutions, Product, and Support; Act as the central Buildkite resource on the account; Partner with the Account Executive on renewal strategy; Partner with the Technical Account Manager on the first 90 days; Orchestrate across Sales, Solutions, Support, Product, and Marketing

Communication Scope

Exceptional executive communication and presence; Translate technical work into the business outcomes their leadership cares about; Business Translation; Executive Business Reviews

Full Job Description

About Buildkite At Buildkite, we’re on a mission to unblock every developer on the planet by helping developers create faster, test smarter, and innovate beyond limits. Our Scale-Out Delivery Platform is trusted by some of tech’s most innovative companies — including Airbnb, Block, Canva, Elastic, Twilio, and Uber. We’ve rethought how CI/CD should work, building a platform that’s fast, reliable, secure, and scales to meet the needs of high-growth tech companies. Role Description The Customer Success Manager is a highly strategic, senior individual contributor responsible for driving quantifiable business impact across a focused portfolio of Buildkite’s highest-impact Enterprise customers. As the Strategic Customer Partner on those named accounts, you are the primary owner of the customer relationship — accountable for the adoption of Buildkite, the value the customer realizes from it, and the long-term health of the partnership across renewal and expansion. This is a founding role on a small, senior team. You will operate autonomously across complex Enterprise accounts, integrate every Buildkite motion that touches the customer — commercial, technical, and executive — into a coherent experience, and help shape the operating model of a CS function still being built. We’re looking for someone who wants to define the role, not just fill it. This is an Individual Contributor position. Your Impact Strategic Account Leadership Account Ownership: Own the post-sale state of a portfolio of named Enterprise accounts as the customer’s single accountable partner at Buildkite — across health, adoption, retention, and expansion identification. Value Realization: Drive measurable business outcomes from the Buildkite investment by aligning each account’s success plan to the customer’s core engineering and business goals. Internal Orchestration: Act as the central Buildkite resource on the account — mobilizing Account Executives, Technical Account Managers, Solutions, Product, and S

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