Salesforce

Customer Success Manager, Marketing Cloud Next

Salesforce
Posted 10/20/2026full-timeUnited StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $147,400 - $202,600 per yearWebsite
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Demonstrates expertise in Customer Success and SaaS platforms, with a strong focus on Marketing Cloud Next and legacy marketing platforms. Capable of driving business value through strategic planning, customer engagement, and effective communication with C-level stakeholders.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Customer Success ManagementMarketing Cloud Next ExpertiseConsulting SkillsData Migration StrategyAgile Delivery Practices

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
CloudSOAP

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Serve as the single point of customer accountability for Signature deliverables, customer experience, renewal, and expansion
  • Coordinate all customer deliverables throughout the Signature lifecycle
  • Align business and technical stakeholders with the Signature offer
  • Conduct enablement sessions on opportunity and case management, forecasting, pipeline hygiene, knowledge creation, and omni-channel routing
  • Share best practices for sales and service process optimization, data quality, and customer experience
  • Track usage metrics, including opportunity updates, activity logging, forecast submissions, report usage, case resolution times, knowledge article usage, channel adoption, and CSAT scores
  • Build and maintain executive-level relationships with customer IT and business leadership
  • Act as a trusted advisor by understanding customer business models and applying proven solutions
  • Drive innovation and customer engagement with products and services
  • Develop strategic success plans and resolve complex customer problems
  • Conduct quarterly feature-usage reviews to drive adoption of Journey Builder, Commerce Promotions, and other tools
  • Identify underutilized entitlements and align platform features with customer priorities to increase throughput
  • Guide migrations from legacy marketing automation platforms to Salesforce Marketing Cloud Next and Salesforce Data Cloud
  • Lead discovery workshops, assess migration complexity, and translate legacy features into Marketing Cloud Next equivalents
  • Design functional integration specifications, data migration strategies, consent migration strategies, and migration approaches
  • Produce solution blueprints, functional design documents, process maps, data mapping specifications, migration papers, and UAT test scripts
  • Serve as the primary interface for major incidents and manage customer communications through resolution
  • Monitor technical health, adoption, risks, stability, performance, and release recommendations
  • Collaborate with Sales, Engineering, Product Management, partners, ISVs, and other internal and external stakeholders
  • Use AI-driven sentiment and intent analysis to identify customer concerns and intervene when needed
  • Participate in Agentblazer training and certifications to stay current on autonomous agent capabilities

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • 5+ years of relevant industry expertise in Customer Success, SaaS platform use, or related fields
  • 3+ years of experience supporting customers using Marketing Cloud Next or a legacy marketing platform
  • Strong consulting skills and ability to drive business value, facilitate discussions, handle objections, and influence C-level conversations
  • Industry-relevant expertise in a relevant functional area
  • Excellent communication skills and ability to translate technical concepts into business terms
  • Legal authorization to work in the U.S.; company visa sponsorship is not available
  • Strong functional knowledge of the full Marketing Cloud Next platform, including Email Studio, Journey Builder, Automation Studio, Content Builder, Mobile Studio, Advertising Studio, and Contact Builder
  • Solid understanding of Salesforce Data Cloud architecture, including data streams, unified profiles, identity resolution, segmentation, and activation
  • Deep understanding of subscriber data models and consent architecture, including GDPR, CAN-SPAM, CASL, and POPI
  • Working knowledge of at least one major legacy marketing platform: GovDelivery, Eloqua, Marketo, HubSpot, Pardot, or legacy Marketing Cloud Engagement
  • Knowledge of journey and campaign migration strategy
  • Understanding of email deliverability, including IP warm-up, SPF, DKIM, DMARC, sender reputation, and inbox placement
  • Understanding of Marketing Cloud Connect, REST/SOAP MC APIs, API-triggered sends, and event-driven messaging
  • Ability to define functional data migration strategy and validation criteria
  • Working knowledge of Salesforce CRM, Sales/Service Cloud data model, Flows, and permission sets
  • Expertise in functional design documentation, process maps, data mapping specifications, migration approach papers, and UAT test scripts
  • Proven ability to lead complex discovery workshops and design sessions with senior client stakeholders
  • Proficiency in Agile delivery practices, user story writing, backlog management, sprint planning, and sprint review facilitation
  • Proficiency using AI agents and natural-language commands for customer data retrieval, summaries, health monitoring, and success-plan drafting
  • Ability to escalate complex automation, data model, routing, or integration questions
  • Preferred certifications: Salesforce Marketing Cloud Email Specialist, Salesforce Marketing Cloud Consultant, Salesforce Marketing Cloud Administrator

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Mental health support
  • Paid parental leave
  • Life and disability insurance
  • 401(k)
  • Employee stock purchasing program
  • Time off programs
  • Incentive compensation may be available
  • Equity may be available
  • AI agents to accelerate impact
  • Reasonable accommodations during the application or recruiting process

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Hard Skills
Email StudioJourney BuilderAutomation StudioContent BuilderMobile StudioAdvertising StudioContact BuilderSalesforce Data CloudData Mapping SpecificationsUAT Test Scripts
Soft Skills
Excellent Communication SkillsAbility to Influence C-Level ConversationsStrong Consulting Skills
Tools & Technologies
Salesforce Marketing CloudSalesforce CRMREST/SOAP MC APIsAI-Driven Sentiment AnalysisLegacy Marketing Platforms
Certifications & Qualifications
Salesforce Marketing Cloud Email SpecialistSalesforce Marketing Cloud ConsultantSalesforce Marketing Cloud Administrator
Industry Keywords
Customer ExperienceOpportunity ManagementForecastingData QualityGDPRCAN-SPAMCASLPOPICampaign Migration StrategyEmail Deliverability