Customer Success Manager Senior Specialist

Customer Success Management for travel sellers is responsible for the up sell / x sell lead generation, account retention and revenue realization for the Retail and Business travel travel agencies in NORAM.

Summary of the role:

Responsible for managing medium/large customer/s empowering them to unlock the most value of Amadeus solutions for higher return on their investment and business impact.
CSMs aim to bring in more expertise to support our customer business expansion. Responsible for understanding the needs and constraints of customers, and then promoting early adoption and best usage of Amadeus products to derive maximum value for the customer.
The CSMs partner with the customer to maximize adoption and to ensure that they get all the help they need to quickly get business outcomes after implementation of our solutions.
CSMs lead the post-sales cycle and are an essential part of completing a successful a sale, as well as promoting renewals and expansion of accounts.

In this role you’ll:

• Drive up-front customer alignment and goal-setting
• Participate in internal handover meetings organized by AM to understand Account Plan and customer context
• Orchestrate Amadeus roles in engaging customer in upfront goal-setting and design – including external meetings with (key) decision makers to agree on program KPIs, method for tracking, and program design elements
• Co-create success plan with buyer / decision makers, codifying program value-driving outcomes
• Set clear expectations on engagement model with stakeholders building stakeholder map, communicating role of CSM, and with implementation communicating resource requirements, and risks, based on customer deployment readiness
• Ensure early adoption and usage
• Share progress updates to key buyer / decision maker on implementation journey working with implementation team
• Lead final “go-live” meeting – with key administrators and decision maker post implementation to align on deployment
• Proactively check-in during first 90 days post launch discussing key data points (user/admin login rate, number of active users) and tactically problem-solve ways to boost adoption
• Share helpful resources and collateral content with administrators in early stages to support deployment
• Manage ongoing customer health
• Proactively review key metrics, reach out whenever they drop below target, and problem solve ways to drive adoption
• Lead monthly, mid-year and annual business reviews to discuss whether Amadeus is progressing towards value and opportunities for improvement based on success charter and KPI tracking (via automated dashboards)
• Play coordinating support role whenever customer runs into frustrating technical challenges by activating individuals with relevant expertise to address these and feeding back progress updates
• Support AM in renewals and expansion (upsell)
• Identify upsell or expansion opportunities and engage with relevant team (Pre-Sales and Account Management).
• Check-in regularly with AM to discuss opportunities for account growth (in line with AM account plan), and ways to address bottle-necks to growth.
• Support AM in renewals preparation, being pulled in by AM to share customer progress towards value (Customer Success Plan) that AM will use to drive renewals treatment

About the ideal candidate:

Required Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in business, Engineering, Technology, or equivalent work experience.

• Minimum of 7 years of successful customer-facing experience engaging with stakeholders at all levels.

• Must be curious and knowledgeable about Amadeus solutions. Can extract and present solution values to customers.

• Prior travel experience is a plus.

• Ability to develop network internally and with customers.

What we can offer you:

• Get rewarded with competitive remuneration, individual and company annual bonus, vacation and holiday paid time off, health insurances and other competitive benefits.

• Hybrid working model.

• Professional development to broaden your knowledge and enhance your skills with on-line learning hubs packed with technical and soft skills training that allow you to develop and grow.

• Enter a diverse and inclusive workplace, join one of the world’s top travel technology companies and take on a role that impacts millions of travelers around the globe.

Working at Amadeus, you will find

• 🎯 A critical mission and purpose - At Amadeus, you will be powering the future of travel and pursuing a critical mission and extraordinary purpose.

• 🌎 A truly global DNA - Everything at Amadeus is global, from our people to our business, which translates into our footprint, processes, and culture.

• 🎓 Great opportunities to learn - Learning happens all the time and in many ways at Amadeus, through on-the-job training, formal learning activities, and day-to-day interactions with colleagues.

• 🤗 A caring environment - Amadeus fosters a caring environment, nurturing both a fulfilling career and personal and family life. We care about our employees and strive to provide a supportive work environment.

• 💰 A complete rewards offer - Amadeus provides attractive remuneration packages, covering all essential components of a competitive reward offer, including salary, bonus, equity, and benefits.

• 🌈 A diverse and inclusive community - We are committed to leveraging our uniquely diverse population to drive innovation, creativity, and collaboration across our organization.

• 📈 A Reliable Company - Trust and reliability are fundamental values that drive our actions and shape long-lasting relationships with our customers, partners, and employees.