About this role.
Smartling is hiring a remote Customer Success Manager based anywhere in Ireland to manage customer health, adoption, retention, renewals, and expansion for its AI-native translation platform. The role owns a book of B2B customers throughout onboarding and the customer lifecycle, acting as a trusted advisor and coordinating with Sales, Marketing, Professional Services, and Product. Core work includes account planning, business reviews, localization best-practice guidance, value presentations, and renewal support. Candidates need at least three years of B2B customer success, client services, or account management experience, along with strong stakeholder management, organization, business acumen, and technical communication skills. SaaS, localization, internationalization, and software delivery knowledge are preferred.
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I begin by documenting the customer's business objectives, stakeholders, current adoption, risks, renewal date, and success metrics. I then build a mutual action plan with clear milestones, regular executive checkpoints, and targeted use-case recommendations that demonstrate value before introducing expansion opportunities.
I would first diagnose the barrier through discovery: technical setup, workflow fit, training gaps, or unclear value. I would align the feature to a specific customer goal, provide a practical enablement plan with measurable milestones, and monitor progress through follow-up sessions and usage data.
I avoid jargon and frame the capability in terms of the stakeholder's business outcome, such as faster localization turnaround, governance, or cost efficiency. I use concise examples, visual workflow explanations, and confirm understanding by asking the customer to connect the concept to their own process.
I would cover progress against agreed success metrics, adoption and usage trends, accomplishments, open risks, customer feedback, and priorities for the next quarter. I would also present recommendations tied to strategic goals and secure alignment on owners, timelines, and next steps.
I prioritize based on customer impact, renewal risk, business urgency, severity of any technical issue, and contractual commitments. I communicate expected response times clearly, engage internal specialists when needed, and keep all affected customers updated so urgent issues are addressed without losing visibility into strategic work.
Overview
Smartling is an AI-native translation platform that’s redefining how the world’s biggest brands go global — ranked #3 on Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies list. We’re growing rapidly at scale and are backed by Battery Ventures, a global technology-focused investment firm. While most companies are still figuring out how to use AI, we’ve spent years building it into the core of our platform — and we’re just getting started.
Smartling is seeking a Customer Success Manager for a remote, work from home position, located anywhere in Ireland. As a Customer Success Manager at Smartling, your goal will be to ensure positive customer health and retention. You will be responsible for ensuring that your customers rapidly adopt and deeply leverage the Smartling solution, and meet their business goals while doing so, from on-boarding and throughout the customer lifecycle. You will partner closely with other Smartling teams such as Sales, Marketing, Professional Services, and Product to ensure customers achieve their objectives and realize significant value from using our platform. We are a fast-moving company looking for energetic candidates to grow and develop alongside us.
You Will
Customer Communication and Education:
- Develop communication cadence with your customers on product and industry updates that impact your customers’ global content activities and objectives
- Assess customer requirements, resolving problems, anticipating future needs, and generally serving as the customer’s voice within Smartling
- Oversee the customer’s implementation of localization best practices to ensure you help the customer drive incremental value and return investment
Customer Retention and Growth:
- Develop and implement an effective account planning strategy for your book of business to ensure retention, product adoption and growth through collaboration with other team members
- Establish trusted advisor relationships with all major stakeholders within your assigned book of business, such that all activities are closely aligned with the customer’s business strategy, allowing the full potential of their Smartling solution to be realized
- Manage the renewal process for a portion of your book of business, and have a clear focus helping your customer’s expand their customer’s use cases with Smartling
Demonstrating Value:
- Lead business review meetings to continuously articulate the value of Smarting and customer’s performance against goals, to encourage adoption and expansion across the customer’s organization
- Facilitate business process optimization workshops and enjoy participation in Smartling events for customer marketing activities
You Have
- Minimum 3 years of experience in a B2B customer success/client services/account management role
- Detail-oriented with proven ability to manage multiple customer relationships with many internal and external stakeholders, project manage, set priorities and stay organized
- Experience managing contract renewals and up-sells
- Experience working in a role that required you to stay calm in the face of technical and/or customer challenges
- Proven ability to network and manage relationships across many different functions within a global customer organization
- An aptitude for digesting and effectively communicating technical concepts across audiences of varying technical ability
- Business acumen and experience leading and preparing customer presentations/meetings, including working with and manipulating data for value-driven presentations
- Bachelor’s degree
- A home office setup conducive for working remotely, and the ability to work effectively as a remote team member*
Preferred but not required
- Experience with translation, localization, and internationalization processes
- Knowledge of the SaaS business model and experience supporting SaaS solutions for midmarket and enterprise business customers
- An understanding of modern software development processes like continuous delivery
You Are
- Results-focused. Center on professional and personal growth
- Enthusiastic. A fun and energetic co-worker
- A Leader. Proactive and will use excellent judgment when dealing with issues
- Customer-focused. Passionate for client success at all times
- Detail-oriented. Supremely well organized with attention to detail
- A Team Player. Ability to work effectively and cross-functionally within all levels of management, both internally and externally
You Will Enjoy
- Freedom 🏡 – we are remote-first
- Growth – an opportunity to learn and advance your career
- Wealth 💰 – we offer a competitive salary
- Wellness – company-sponsored Health insurance plan & pension plan with company matching
- Balance – flexible PTO + bank holidays; generous parental leave
- Culture 🤝 – an energetic, value-driven, and fun culture and team spirit
- Bonus – employee referral programs and apple equipment
Smartling is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building an inclusive global team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, beliefs, skills, and experiences.
*To work from home, you must have a strong internet connection, a quiet space, and a professional (distraction and clutter-free) background.
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