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Principal Customer Success Manager, Financial Services

Braze - Chicago, IL, United States - Hybrid - posted 2026-10-21

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Salary: USD 83,200 - 119,200 / annual

Braze is seeking a Principal Customer Success Manager for Financial Services to serve as a senior individual contributor owning some of the company's most significant enterprise customers. You will act as a trusted subject matter expert within the Customer Success Department, providing mentorship to junior colleagues and temporarily assisting with at-risk or high-opportunity accounts. Working closely with established, big-name brands, you will help them realize value from their investment in the Braze customer engagement platform. Key Responsibilities: - Partner with Account Executives to ensure commercial alignment and drive client renewals, retention, and net retention targets - Serve as the primary point of contact and trusted advisor for your customers at Braze - Drive feature adoption by building shared Success Plans, providing strategic guidance, enablement, and day-to-day advice to help customers achieve their objectives - Build strong customer relationships and create mutual value through customer advocacy initiatives - Act as a strategic thought leader, analyzing use cases and recommending market and vertical best practices to enhance client marketing programs - Advocate for customers by soliciting and synthesizing product feedback to contribute to product development - Coordinate with other Braze teams (Technical Support, Industry Solutions, Deliverability Services) to ensure seamless customer support - Work with Onboarding Managers to transition clients from onboarding to ongoing activity - Serve as an escalation point for customer issues - Provide mentorship to colleagues, helping them improve processes, execution, and outcomes - Take temporary assignments to rescue at-risk accounts and capitalize on high-opportunity accounts through direct customer engagement - Travel internationally and spend time onsite with customers as needed Requirements: - 6+ years of experience managing complex international enterprise accounts (Fortune 100, FTSE, DAX, etc.) with ACV of $500K or more at a SaaS company - Proven track record as a Success Manager with demonstrated ability to renew and grow customers - Significant project management experience and/or formal certifications (PMP, Agile, etc.) - Exemplary written and verbal communication skills with exceptional follow-up abilities - Strong technical domain knowledge in two or more of: SaaS, Mobile, APIs, Marketing Automation, Direct Marketing, Analytics, or Programming (HTML, etc.) - Excellent track record in customer success or related role - Demonstrated ability to work effectively with big-name brands with 1,000+ staff - Team player mentality with high intellectual curiosity - West Coast location preferred but not required

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