Customer Success Manager
Administration
United States
Who We Are:
Datassential is a leading global intelligence platform for the food and beverage industry. Leveraging billions of data points and cutting-edge AI, we provide a suite of innovative solutions that empower more than 90% of the world’s largest food and beverage brands to develop, market, and sell their products more effectively.
Based in Chicago, USA, Datassential has expanded its global reach through strategic acquisitions of CHD Expert (France) in 2022 and Brizo Data, Inc. (Canada) in 2025. In 2024, we secured investment from top-tier private equity firms New Mountain Capital and Endicott Capital—a milestone that fuels our accelerated product roadmap and strengthens our research and development, enabling us to deliver even greater value to our clients.
Our remote-first, globally distributed team thrives on diverse perspectives and deep expertise in the food and beverage space. Food brings people together—and at Datassential’s table, there’s room for everyone.
What We Need:
We need a customer success professional to own a portfolio of a mix of strategic and mid-market customers across the full lifecycle, serving as their primary point of contact and trusted advisor. You’ll drive adoption and value using data-driven insights, monitor health and proactively manage risk, partner with the Account Manager on upsell and expansion, collaborate cross-functionally to resolve issues and advocate for customer needs, deliver targeted product education, and keep customer activity and outcomes well-documented while helping to improve and scale our Customer Experience processes.
Who You Are:
Strong customer lifecycle management experience with B2B/strategic and mid-market accounts, acting as a trusted advisor and primary point of contact
Highly data-driven, using health metrics and usage insights to guide decisions and prioritize actions
Organized and structured in building success plans, account reviews, and maintaining clear documentation
Effective cross-functional collaborator with Product, Support, and Sales, advocating clearly for customer needs
Excellent communicator who can deliver product education, best practices, and strategic guidance
Comfortable working in customer success tools to track activity, health, and outcomes
Process-improvement mindset focused on building scalable, repeatable customer success programs
Strong commercial acumen with the ability to identify upsell and expansion opportunities in partnership with your Account Manager
What You Will Do:
Manage a portfolio of strategic and mid-market customers throughout the customer lifecycle (focused on adoption and supporting onboarding, renewals, and expansion)
Serve as an internal advocate, primary point of contact and trusted advisor for assigned accounts
Drive product adoption and value realization through regular check-ins, success planning, and data-driven insights
Deliver product education, best practices, and strategic guidance tailored to customer goals
Create weekly reviews and monitor customer health metrics. Proactively address risks before they escalate
Collaborate with Product, Support, and Sales teams to advocate for customer needs and resolve issues
Track and document customer interactions, success metrics, and outcomes in Customer Success tools
Contribute to process improvements and scalable customer success initiatives
Identify upsell or expansion opportunities in partnership with Account Managers
What You bring:
5+ years of experience in Customer Success, Account Management, or a similar customer-facing role
Deep food and beverage industry knowledge combined with market research, insights, or data analytics background
Strong organization, timely communication, and relationship-building skills
Ability to translate customer goals into measurable outcomes
Comfortable working with data, metrics, and customer health indicators
Experience with Customer Success and CRM platforms (e.g., Churn Zero, Salesforce, etc.)
Proven ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
Nice to have:
SaaS or B2B technology experience
Experience supporting strategic and/or mid-market customers
Familiarity with commercial conversations, renewals, and expansion
Experience working cross-functionally with Sales, Product, and Support teams
Our Table Welcomes All. We embrace diversity of both background and thought and foster an inclusive environment that extends an open landscape of opportunities to everyone. We invite each of us to simply be ourselves. We operate with respect and without judgment, celebrating both the power of the individual as well as our shared humanity.
Datassential is an E-Verify employer.
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