Customer Success Program Manager Job Listing at JDA TSG in San Antonio, TX (Job ID 1300-San Antonio, Texas, US)

Description

Overview

The Customer Success Program Manager (M3) owns the end-to-end partner operating model, launch execution, customer health management system, performance framework, governance layer, and scale readiness for a financial solutions CSM initiative. The M3 serves as the primary operational lead managing executive client alignment, quality architecture, SLA compliance, and cross-functional escalation models. During initial program launch phases, the M3 also carries direct frontline team management and quality oversight responsibilities prior to deploying dedicated frontline manager layers.

Salary: $140-150k +15% Performance Bonus

Core Responsibilities

• Program Governance & Operating Model: Establish and operate the partner-scale management structure, QA process, coaching framework, reporting cadence, governance layer, and cross-functional escalation protocols.
• Scorecard & Analytics Architecture: Translate client scorecards into portfolio heat maps, health signals, risk and opportunity thresholds, success plan standards, engagement triggers, dashboards, and executive business reviews.
• Launch & Ramp Execution: Own launch readiness across recruiting funnel alignment, candidate assessment workflows, dedicated trainer integration, systems access provisioning, and AI role-play readiness gates.
• Direct Launch Leadership: Provide direct team management, coaching, interaction reviews, corrective action, and escalation support during initial program launch phases before frontline managers are deployed.
• Executive Client Alignment & SLAs: Partner with client enterprise stakeholders to align on written metric definitions, numerical targets, data sources, attribution rules, authority boundaries, and formal SLA commencement.
• Capacity & Portfolio Optimization: Continually optimize staffing allocation, management ratios, portfolio distribution (dedicated vs. pooled coverage models), training reinforcement, and workflow routing based on operating data.
• Operational Reviews & Improvement: Lead weekly operating reviews, monthly business reviews, root-cause analyses on customer churn/adoption friction, and documented continuous improvement plans.

Required Qualifications & Experience

• Executive CS Leadership: Minimum of 7 to 10+ years of progressive leadership experience building, scaling, and managing customer success, account management, renewal, or commercially accountable enterprise organizations.
• Domain Expertise: Deep background in payments processing, merchant services, banking, lending, fintech, money movement, or financial software environments preferred, but not required
• Performance Architecture Mastery: Strong command of customer health frameworks, interaction quality systems, engagement automation tools, and executive scorecard reporting.
• Cross-Functional Navigation: Demonstrated ability to collaborate and operationalize workflows across Customer Success, Sales, Support, Product, Risk Operations, Payments Operations, Billing, Compliance, Security, and enterprise executive stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

• Enterprise Managed Services Leadership: Track record building and operating outsourced or partner delivery models for Fortune 500 technology clients.
• Advanced Platform Familiarity: Hands-on familiarity with candidate screening frameworks, conversation intelligence platforms, and AI-driven role-play readiness platforms.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

• Ramp & Scale Execution: On-time cohort recruitment, assessment throughput, AI readiness pass rates, system access provisioning, and time to live contact.
• Program Commercial Outcomes: Program-wide activation, payment volume expansion, customer retention, and qualified cross-sell lead generation.
• Quality & Operational Rigor: Program-wide quality scores, CRM documentation compliance, case routing accuracy across operational teams, escalation resolution, and cost-to-serve management.
• Governance & SLA Performance: Executive business review effectiveness, SLA compliance, risk mitigation execution, and scale readiness across successive cohorts.

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Required Qualifications & Experience

• Executive CS Leadership: Minimum of 7 to 10+ years of progressive leadership experience building, scaling, and managing customer success, account management, renewal, or commercially accountable enterprise organizations.
• Domain Expertise: Deep background in payments processing, merchant services, banking, lending, fintech, money movement, or financial software environments preferred, but not required
• Performance Architecture Mastery: Strong command of customer health frameworks, interaction quality systems, engagement automation tools, and executive scorecard reporting.
• Cross-Functional Navigation: Demonstrated ability to collaborate and operationalize workflows across Customer Success, Sales, Support, Product, Risk Operations, Payments Operations, Billing, Compliance, Security, and enterprise executive stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

• Enterprise Managed Services Leadership: Track record building and operating outsourced or partner delivery models for Fortune 500 technology clients.
• Advanced Platform Familiarity: Hands-on familiarity with candidate screening frameworks, conversation intelligence platforms, and AI-driven role-play readiness platforms.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

• Ramp & Scale Execution: On-time cohort recruitment, assessment throughput, AI readiness pass rates, system access provisioning, and time to live contact.
• Program Commercial Outcomes: Program-wide activation, payment volume expansion, customer retention, and qualified cross-sell lead generation.
• Quality & Operational Rigor: Program-wide quality scores, CRM documentation compliance, case routing accuracy across operational teams, escalation resolution, and cost-to-serve management.
• Governance & SLA Performance: Executive business review effectiveness, SLA compliance, risk mitigation execution, and scale readiness across successive cohorts.

Core Responsibilities

• Program Governance & Operating Model: Establish and operate the partner-scale management structure, QA process, coaching framework, reporting cadence, governance layer, and cross-functional escalation protocols.
• Scorecard & Analytics Architecture: Translate client scorecards into portfolio heat maps, health signals, risk and opportunity thresholds, success plan standards, engagement triggers, dashboards, and executive business reviews.
• Launch & Ramp Execution: Own launch readiness across recruiting funnel alignment, candidate assessment workflows, dedicated trainer integration, systems access provisioning, and AI role-play readiness gates.
• Direct Launch Leadership: Provide direct team management, coaching, interaction reviews, corrective action, and escalation support during initial program launch phases before frontline managers are deployed.
• Executive Client Alignment & SLAs: Partner with client enterprise stakeholders to align on written metric definitions, numerical targets, data sources, attribution rules, authority boundaries, and formal SLA commencement.
• Capacity & Portfolio Optimization: Continually optimize staffing allocation, management ratios, portfolio distribution (dedicated vs. pooled coverage models), training reinforcement, and workflow routing based on operating data.
• Operational Reviews & Improvement: Lead weekly operating reviews, monthly business reviews, root-cause analyses on customer churn/adoption friction, and documented continuous improvement plans.