Customer Success Manager

Overview 

The Customer Success Manager is the most critical role in ensuring that Velsera’s most strategically important Customer’s achieve their expected outcomes with Velsera-based solutions. They are responsible for a range of strategic accounts, working as a core member of the clinical business unit, and taking responsibility for all aspects of identifying and addressing needs for customers to be successful.  

Key Responsibilities 

Strategic Advisory: 

• Establish a trusted/strategic advisor relationship with each assigned customer and drive continued value of Velsera solution and services  

• Work with customers to build Customer Success Plans, establishing critical outcomes, and key performance indicators then apply a deep understanding of Customer Health to maximize their achievement  

Solution Expertise: 

• Assist customers by introducing them to the most appropriate best practices and other enablers for success at each stage of the Velsera Customer Journey  

• Identify the need for and create playbooks, solutions, best practices and other shared assets, to improve customer effectiveness and efficiency  

• Provide insights to customers with respect to the availability and applicability of new features (or deprecation/EOL of the same) 

Customer Advocacy: 

• Act as a customer advocate in all internal Velsera activities, including product road-mapping, and account planning  

• Take a risk-based approach to monitoring customer sentiment and managing account escalations  

Technical Account Management: 

• Measure and monitor customers’ achievement of critical and key performance indicators, reporting both internally to Velsera account stakeholders and externally to Customer Sponsors and Executives 

• Identify, qualify and support the positioning of additional business cases to expand Velsera usage within the customer organization  

Commercial Account Management: 

• Identifying and executing on opportunities for upsell and expansions with our existing customer base 

• Manage customer renewal cycle from initial approach through contracting to ensure revenue retention 

Experience 

• Extensive experience in customer-facing technical sales or technical delivery roles (e.g. pre-sales, consulting), preferably in the clinical diagnostics or life science software industry.  

• Strong relationship-building skills, both directly with customers and with Velsera internal partners 

• Familiarity with outcome-based approaches to helping customers articulate and deliver their objectives  

• Agility in being able to manage, prioritize and co-ordinate activities across a group of accounts, having diverse needs  

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to tailor messages to different audiences 

• Comfort working collaboratively across teams and learning to balance multiple priorities  

• Organized, detail-oriented, and proactive, with a willingness to ask questions and learn  

• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative, and sometimes ambiguous environment  

• Scientific background, specifically in genomics, is preferable 

• Clinical laboratory experience a plus, especially with Next Generation Sequencing 

Our core values 

People first. We create collaborative and supportive environments by operating with respect and flexibility to promote mental, emotional and physical health. We practice empathy by treating others the way they want to be treated and assuming positive intent. We are proud of our inclusive diverse team and humble ourselves to learn about and build our connection with each other. 

Patient focused. We act with swift determination without sacrificing our expectations of quality. We are driven by providing exceptional solutions for our customers to positively impact patient lives. Considering what is at stake, we challenge ourselves to develop the best solution, not just the easy one. 

Integrity. We hold ourselves accountable and strive for transparent communication to build trust amongst ourselves and our customers. We take ownership of our results as we know what we do matters and collectively we will change the healthcare industry. We are thoughtful and intentional with every customer interaction understanding the overall impact on human health. 

Curious. We ask questions and actively listen in order to learn and continuously improve. We embrace change and the opportunities it presents to make each other better. We strive to be on the cutting edge of science and technology innovation by encouraging creativity. 

Impactful. We take our social responsibility with the seriousness it deserves and hold ourselves to a high standard. We improve our sustainability by encouraging discussion and taking action as it relates to our natural, social and economic resource footprint. We are devoted to our humanitarian mission and look for new ways to make the world a better place. 

Velsera is an Equal Opportunity Employer: 

Velsera is proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to providing employment opportunity regardless of sex, race, creed, color, gender, religion, marital status, domestic partner status, age, national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, pregnancy, military or veteran status, citizenship status, and genetic information