Customer Success Manager
IOTA Software
Job Title: Technical Customer Success Manager
Company: Software Development Company (Startup Environment)
Location: Remote (occasional customer travel required)
About the Role
A growing software development company is seeking a Technical Customer Success Manager to own post-sale customer relationships and drive long-term customer success. This role blends customer relationship management, project ownership, and technical depth to ensure customers realize measurable value from the company’s software platform.
This is a post-sales, execution-focused role, working closely with customers as well as internal Sales, Product, and Engineering teams. As a startup, the company operates with small, highly collaborative teams, and this role requires a hands-on, ownership-driven mindset.
The position is fully remote, with responsibility for supporting customers across all U.S. time zones and international regions.
Responsibilities
Customer Success & Relationships
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Own post-sale relationships for assigned customers.
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Build trusted partnerships with engineering, operations, and executive stakeholders.
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Align software usage to customer goals and measurable business outcomes.
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Drive adoption, retention, and expansion through proactive engagement.
Project & Delivery Management
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Manage customer onboarding, pilots, and implementations from kickoff through steady-state operations.
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Own timelines, milestones, and customer communication across internal and external teams.
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Identify risks early and drive resolution with a practical, solutions-first approach.
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Support upgrades, expansions, and new customer use cases.
Technical & Cross-Functional Collaboration
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Maintain a working understanding of customer architectures, data sources, and use cases.
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Translate customer needs into clear technical requirements and actionable plans.
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Partner with Technical Advisors and Engineering on complex topics and escalations.
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Act as the internal voice of the customer, providing clear and actionable feedback to Product and Engineering.
Requirements
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Strong customer-facing and relationship management skills.
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Self-starter with a high ownership mindset and the ability to operate independently.
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Comfortable working with remote, cross-functional, and geographically distributed teams.
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Clear, direct communicator who sets and manages expectations effectively.
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3–6 years of experience in Customer Success, Technical Account Management, Project Management, or a similar role.
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Engineering background or equivalent applied experience in Chemical, Mechanical, Electrical, or Industrial Engineering.
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Experience managing technical or cross-functional projects involving multiple stakeholders.
Preferred Experience
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Experience supporting enterprise or industrial software customers, ideally in asset-intensive industries such as Oil & Gas, Energy, or Manufacturing.
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Familiarity with OT/IT environments, industrial data, and analytics platforms.
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Strong understanding of industrial OT architectures, including how control systems/PLCs, SCADA systems, historians, and enterprise data platforms interact.
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Experience with industrial historians and analytics platforms such as AVEVA PI System or Seeq.
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Background in SaaS and post-sales Customer Success roles.
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Comfortable engaging with both technical users (OT/IT engineers) and business stakeholders.
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Working knowledge of SQL and experience with the Microsoft technology stack is a plus.
Education
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Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline.
What Success Looks Like
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Customers are engaged, informed, and consistently realizing value from the software platform.
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Customer projects are delivered on time with clear ownership and accountability.
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Risks and issues are identified early and resolved effectively.
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Internal teams have strong visibility into customer needs, priorities, and feedback.
Why Join This Software Development Company
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Own meaningful customer relationships with real operational and business impact.
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Work in a high-trust, high-accountability startup environment.
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Apply technical and engineering knowledge in a customer-facing role.
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Opportunity to grow into senior Customer Success or leadership roles as the company scales.