Principal Customer Success Manager

Imanage
Chicago, IL


We offer a flexible working policy that supports a healthy balance between personal and professional well-being. This role requires in-office presence on Tuesdays & Thursdays to collaborate, connect, and learn from peers - while also maintaining the flexibility for meaningful work-life balance.

Being a Principal Customer Success Manager at iManage Means…

You are responsible for working with the iManage enterprise customer base to ensure the customer is obtaining value from their subscription by identifying and delivering customer business outcomes, ensuring retention. This role is responsible for creating and improving customer interactions and achieving outcomes for all products and services to ensure the highest possible loyalty and satisfaction. You will be working closely with field facing teams such as the iManage Account Executive, Channel, Product and key executive customer stakeholders by providing advisory and guidance for achieving customer desired outcomes, while coordinating iManage activities and serving as an advocate for the customer in support of customer preservation.

Supporting the full customer lifecycle, you will continue to build strong relationships demonstrating accountability, authenticity and adaptability with key customer and channel stakeholders and work with Product, Support, Engineering, Cloud Services, Training, and Partner Enablement to continue delivering value to the customer and executing programs to drive value and adoption of the customer desired outcomes with a focus on ensuring retention.

iM Responsible For…
  • Providing day-to-day management of assigned strategic customer portfolio, addressing customer feedback, outcomes and fielding product questions, while owning customer retention striving for customer advocacy.
  • Creating and enforcing plans that will help meet the needs of customers, working diligently to resolve customer blockers.
  • Understanding and consistently validating customer outcomes through direct customer conversations, analyzing customer health metrics, and conducting success feedback sessions.
  • Designing, developing and optimizing customer adoption, loyalty, communication and engagement strategies that increase retention and reduce churn.
  • Establishing a communication cadence with strategic customer base to add value and proactively discuss business needs and identify any risks to subscription renewal.
  • Serving as the trusted central point of contact for customers and bringing in experts as needed to meet strategic customer’s needs.
  • Planning and leading initiatives tailored to improve overall customer success and satisfaction during a customer's journey with iManage.
  • Conducting and leading Executive Business Calls, Quarterly Business Reviews with our strategic customers to monitor progress towards customer outcomes achievement.
  • Working with customers and Channel to implement success programs and provide success plays.
  • Acting as an internal advocate between customers and business functions (e.g. support, product management, professional services, training) to ensure the appropriate resources are engaged to address specific obstacles impeding a customer's adoption.
  • Building and maintaining strong working relationships with colleagues in sales, channel, support, product management and partner enablement to cultivate cooperation in customer activities.
  • Gaining and leveraging account intelligence, trends to drive best practices throughout the customer lifecycle.
  • Understanding competition and staying ahead of the curve.
iM Qualified Because I Have…
  • Experience dealing with a portfolio of Enterprise level, High-value Strategic Customers
  • A minimum of 10+ Years’ experience Management Consulting, Relationship Management, or Customer Success in a SaaS environment
  • Experience managing, working with and presenting to C-Suite Stakeholders
  • Experience managing Fortune 500 accounts & customers
  • A Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Business Administration, Information Management, or the equivalent
  • Excellent business communication, organizational and project management skills
  • Ability to create structure in ambiguous situations and design effective processes
  • High level of resourcefulness to be able to independently seek out resolutions
Bonus Points If I Have...
  • Legal and Corporate / Finance Industry Knowledge
  • A working knowledge of iManage products and solutions
  • Used Totango, SalesForce and ticketing systems
  • An ability to work well independently and as part of a team
  • A PMP or ITIL certification
  • Experience implementing enterprise cloud and/or security platform solutions
Don't meet every qualification listed above? Studies show that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet all qualifications. At iManage, we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive environment, and encourage everyone to show up as their full authentic selves. We welcome those that come with a growth mindset and a hunger for learning; so, if you are excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification we encourage you to apply anyways!

iM Getting To…
  • Join a supportive, experienced team with an inclusive, encouraging, and vibrant culture.
  • Have flexible work hours that allow me to balance my ‘me time’ with my work commitments.
  • Collaborate in a modern open plan workspace, with a gaming area, free snacks, drinks and regular social events.
  • Focus on impactful work, solving complex, real challenges utilizing the latest technologies and protocols.
  • Own my career path with our internal development framework. Ask us more about this!
  • Learn new skills and earn certifications with access to unlimited courses in LinkedIn Learning.
  • Join an innovative, industry leading SaaS company that is continuing to grow & scale!
iManage Is Supporting Me By...
  • Creating an inclusive environment where I can help shape the culture not just by fitting in, but by adding to it.
  • Providing a market competitive salary that is applied through a consistent process, equitable for all our employees, and regularly reviewed based on industry data.
  • Rewarding me with an annual performance-based bonus.
  • Offering comprehensive Health/Vision/Dental/Life Insurance, and a 401k Retirement Savings Plan with a company match up to 4%.
  • Giving access to HealthJoy, a healthcare concierge service, to help me maximize my health benefits.
  • Granting enhanced leave for expecting parents; 20 weeks 100% paid for primary leave, and 10 weeks 100% paid for secondary leave.
  • Providing me with a flexible time off policy to take the time off that I need. Be it for vacation, volunteering, celebrating holidays, spending time with family, or simply taking time to recharge and reset.
  • Caring for my mental health and well-being with multiple company wellness days and free access to the Healthy Minds app for mindfulness, meditation and more.
The overall US annual base salary range for this position is $120,000–$188,000. Individual compensation for each candidate depends on factors such as qualifications, experience, and candidate location. This range does not include additional forms of compensation, such as bonuses, or benefits. Your recruiter will provide further details about the offer range, incentives, and overall compensation during the hiring process.

About iManage…
iManage is dedicated to Making Knowledge WorkTM. Over one million professionals across 65+ countries rely on our intelligent, cloud-enabled, secure knowledge work platform to uncover and activate the knowledge that exists inside their business content and communications.

We are continuously innovating to solve the most complex professional challenges and enable better business outcomes; Our work is not always easy but it is ambitious and rewarding.

So we’re looking for people who love a challenge. People who are happiest when they’re solving problems and collaborating with the industry’s best and brightest. That’s the iManage way. It’s how we do things that might appear impossible. How we develop our employees’ strengths and unlock their potential. How we find meaning in everything we do.

Whoever you are, whatever you do, however you work. Make it mean something at iManage.

iManage provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

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Posted 2025-10-28

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