Customer Success Manager, Sales @ Bengaluru - Progress Careers Job Summary
We are Progress (Nasdaq: PRGS) - a trusted provider of software that enables our customers to develop, deploy and manage responsible, AI powered applications and experiences with agility and ease.
We re proud to have a diverse, global team where we value the individual and enrich our culture by considering varied perspectives because we believe people power progress. Join us as a Customer Success Manager and help us do what we do best: propelling business forward.
In this role, you will:
- Monitor product usage and engagement dashboards for signals of risk, opportunity, or drop-off
- Define and maintain automated triggers for different segments and lifecycle stages
- A/B test trigger logic and timing to optimize activation and retention impact
- Collaborate with Product to align triggers with feature adoption patterns
- Track email metrics (open, click-through, conversion, unsubscribe) by cohort and campaign
- Analyze re-engagement lift from specific triggered campaigns
- Report on campaign effectiveness weekly/monthly with clear recommendations for optimization
- Segment users by onboarding progress, activity level, feature adoption, company size, etc.
- Map email touchpoints to key inflection points in the user journey
- Identify drop-off moments and tailor email interventions to retain or expand accounts
- Write and optimize copy for nurture emails, re-engagement flows, onboarding sequences
- A/B test subject lines, timing, format, tone, and CTA structure
- Implement progressive profiling and behavioral tagging to improve personalization
- Ensure all emails are mobile-friendly and cross-platform optimized
- Work with Sales on MQL/PQL definitions and trial conversion flows
- Align with Product Marketing on messaging, feature positioning, and launch support
- Share engagement decline alerts and account insights with Customer Success Managers
- Surface qualitative feedback from replies to Product, Success, and Engineering teams
- Build dashboards correlating email engagement with product usage
- Measure campaign impact on PLG KPIs: activation rate, TTV, retention, expansion
- Use SQL and analytics tools to explore patterns and generate recommendations
- Present findings in clear, visual formats to cross-functional stakeholders
Key Behavioral Triggers You ll Own - Onboarding abandonment: User signs up but doesn t complete setup
- Feature discovery: Eligible users haven t tried core or sticky features
- Usage decline: Active user starts showing lower logins or actions
- Trial expiration: Low-usage trials nearing expiration
- Success milestones: Trigger expansion or referral prompts at key wins
- Dormancy resurrection: Reach out to revive formerly active users
- Integration prompts: Suggest integrations based on behavior or role
Tools & Skills Required
- Hands-on with email tools like Intercom, HubSpot, Marketo, Sendgrid
- Analytics platforms: Amplitude, Mixpanel, GA, Segment
- Basic SQL to query usage data and trigger logic
- Strong copywriting chops tailored to user psychology and product context
- A/B testing experience and understanding of statistical significance CRM
- 5+ years in Customer Success, with a proven ability to manage relationships in complex organizations, including Fortune 500 and Global 2000 customers.
- Bachelor s degree or equivalent work experience.
- Demonstrated experience in customer management within a software or SaaS environment, focusing on growth, adoption, retention, and issue resolution at both the business owner and senior executive levels.
- Experience with Gainsight and Salesforce.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to chair meetings with executive leadership.
- Demonstrated ability to engage positive relationships to collaborate across multiple company functions (Sales, Services and Product Management).
- Certifications in customer success, project management, or related fields are a plus.
- Willingness to work in the US time zone (6:30 PM 3:30 AM IST) is required.
If this sounds like you and fits your experience and career goals, we d be happy to chat. What we offer in return is the opportunity to experience a great company culture with wonderful colleagues to learn from and collaborate with, and also to enjoy:
Employee Stock Purchase Plan Enrolment - 30 days of earned leave
- An extra day off for your birthday
- Various other leaves like marriage leave, casual leave, maternity leave, and paternity leave
- Premium Group Medical Insurance for employees and five dependents, personal accident insurance coverage, and life insurance coverage
- Professional development reimbursement
- Interest subsidy on loans - either vehicle or personal loans.