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Enterprise Customer Success Manager

🇺🇸 Hybrid - CA

🕑 Full-Time

💰 $145,000 - $160,000

💻 Customer Success

🗓️ March 29th, 2024

Customer Success Enterprise
Everyone is welcome at Handshake. We know diverse teams build better products and we are committed to creating an inclusive culture built on a foundation of respect for all individuals. We strongly encourage candidates from non-traditional backgrounds, historically marginalized or underrepresented groups to apply.

Your impact


Reporting to the Manager of Enterprise, you'll partner with our Enterprise employer partners to ensure they achieve their hiring goals, drive adoption across recruiting teams and ensure they are seeing value in the Handshake product. 

As an Enterprise Customer Success Manager, you will be a strategic partner and long term point of contact for our employer partners. Your primary goal will be to establish and nurture relationships with senior stakeholders, align on employers’ business objectives and set-up key workflows and processes based on the unique needs of the employer. 

The ideal candidate has a proven track record of quickly building relationships and trust, effortlessly pivoting from strategic to tactical, and being a project management powerhouse.

Your role


  • Develop relationships with senior stakeholders of our customers and deeply understand each customer’s business goals, objectives and needs 
  • Provide expert consultation and training to employer partners on early talent, Handshake best practices and workflows
  • Establish strong relationships with external stakeholders and translate business needs into Handshake solutions 
  • Leverage data to inform decision-making and refine early talent recruiting strategies
  • Work closely with cross-functional partners like Sales, Success, Account Management, Support, Education/University partnerships team, Marketing, Insights, Product, User Research, Enablement, RevOps, etc

Your experience


  • 4+ years of experience in Customer Success managing complex Enterprise and/or Strategic accounts. 
  • You have a track record of excellent executive-level communication skills with customers and internal stakeholders
  • You are a flexible and creative problem solver: You are scrappy, curious, and can wear different hats to make things happen. You demonstrate agility and resilience - when one door closes, you try new approaches and find creative ways to accomplish your team’s goals. 
  • You bring a data-informed approach to their work; able to communicate outcomes in a compelling and tangible way to employers
  • You are a good listener with excellent written and verbal communication skills, with experience working across multiple teams and departments
  • You’ve demonstrated strong project management and time management skills - ability to stay organized and manage multiple projects simultaneously
  • You’re eager to roll up your sleeves and make things happen with a bias for action

Compensation range


  • $145,000 - $160,000 OTE (80/20 split)

Location: San Francisco - hybrid 3 times a week

For cash compensation, we set standard ranges for all U.S.-based roles based on function, level, and geographic location, benchmarked against similar stage growth companies. In order to be compliant with local legislation, as well as to provide greater transparency to candidates, we share salary ranges on all job postings regardless of desired hiring location. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors, including geographic location as well as candidate experience and expertise, and may vary from the amounts listed above.

About us


Handshake is the #1 place to launch a career with no connections, experience, or luck required. The platform connects up-and-coming talent with 750,000+ employers - from Fortune 500 companies like Google, Nike, and Target to thousands of public school districts, healthcare systems, and nonprofits. In 2022 we announced our $200M Series F funding round. This Series F fundraise and valuation of $3.5B will fuel Handshake’s next phase of growth and propel our mission to help more people start, restart, and jumpstart their careers.

When it comes to our workforce strategy, we’ve thought deeply about how work-life should look here at Handshake. With our Hub-Based Remote Working strategy, employees can enjoy the flexibility of remote work, whilst ensuring collaboration and team experiences in a shared space remains possible. Handshake is headquartered in San Francisco with offices in Denver, New York, London, and Berlin and teammates working globally. 
Check out our careers site to find a hub near you!

What we offer


At Handshake, we'll give you the tools to feel healthy, happy and secure.

Benefits below apply to employees in full-time positions.

  • 💰 Equity and ownership in a fast-growing company.
  • 🍼 16 Weeks of paid parental leave for birth giving parents & 10 weeks of paid parental leave for non-birth giving parents.
  • 💝 Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision policies including LGTBQ+ Coverage. We also provide resources for Mental Health Assistance, Employee Assistance Programs and counseling support.
  • 💻 Handshake offers $500/£360 home office stipend for you to spend during your first 3 months to create a productive and comfortable workspace at home.
  • 📚 Generous learning & development opportunities and an annual $2,000/£1,500/€1,850 stipend for you to grow your skills and career.
  • 💰 Financial coaching through Origin to help you through your financial journey.
  • 🛜 Monthly internet stipend and a brand new MacBook to allow you to do your best work.
  • 🚃 Monthly commuter stipend for you to expense your travel to the office (for office-based employees).
  • 🥗 Free lunch provided twice a week across all offices.
  • 🤝 Referral bonus to reward you when you bring great talent to Handshake.

(US-specific benefits, in addition to the first section)

  • 🏦 401k Match: Handshake offers a dollar-for-dollar match on 1% of deferred salary, up to a maximum of $1,200 per year.
  • 🏝 All full-time US-based Handshakers are eligible for our flexible time off policy to get out and see the world. In addition, we offer 8 standardized holidays, and 2 additional days of flexible holiday time off. Lastly, we have a Winter #ShakeBreak, a one-week period of Collective Time Off.
  • 🍼 Lactation support: Handshake partners with Milk Stork to provide a comprehensive 100% employer-sponsored lactation support to traveling parents and guardians.