Enterprise Customer Success Manager – APAC at Canonical Nigeria (Remote)


Canonical Nigeria

Canonical is a pioneering tech firm that is at the forefront of the global move to open source. As the company that publishes Ubuntu, one of the most important open source projects and the platform for AI, IoT and the cloud, we are changing the world on a daily basis. We recruit on a global basis and set a very high standard for people joining the company. We expect excellence – in order to succeed, we need to be the best at what we do. Canonical has been a remote-first company since its inception in 2004. Work at Canonical is a step into the future, and will challenge you to think differently, work smarter, learn new skills, and raise your game. Canonical provides a unique window into the world of 21st-century digital business.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Enterprise Customer Success Manager – APAC

Location: Lagos

What your Day will Look like

  • Onboard new customers and introduce them to our products and support processes. Products include: Ubuntu Pro, MAAS, Landscape, Openstack, Ceph, Kubernetes, data applications, and many more. 
  • coordinate complex projects in interaction with developers, IT managers and decision makers from various industries.
  • Collaborate with Sales, Field Engineering and Support in developing and delivering engagement plans that fulfill the customer’s objectives.
  • Manage a portfolio of customers in a specific geographic region and identify growth opportunities or renewal risks in coordination with Sales.  
  • Experience running a disciplined, weekly customer and business review process with cross-functional teams, identifying and prioritizing blockers, and driving resolution through corporate product and engineering teams
  • Serve as a customer advocate internally and influence Canonical products roadmaps, Canonical websites, documentation, processes and people to improve customer satisfaction and retention.
  • Supporting customers through reactive ticket requests.
  • Create campaigns targeting multiple customers through digital touch-points and activities.

What we are Looking for in you
The ideal candidate would display impeccable customer-facing skills with a passion for cloud and data center infrastructure technologies. We are also looking for:

  • Minimum 5 years of work experience with a strong relation to IT and with exposure to projects related to at least one of these topics: Linux OS, data applications, storage, cloud computing, networking, security,  migration, IoT. 
  • Excellent presentation skills with the ability to guide a conversation about complex software.
  • Experience building and improving internal processes while maintaining timely delivery to customer-related projects.
  • A true team player capable of interacting with all departments and at all levels both internally and externally.
  • Knowledge of agile methodologies.

Additional Skills that You Might Also Bring

  • Experience with Salesforce, Jira, and CRMs is a big plus!
  • We at the Customer Success team strongly appreciate various languages! Therefore, if you possess proficiency (both written and spoken) in Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Portuguese, German, French, or Italian, alongside an excellent command of English, please inform us!

What we Offer you

  • We consider geographical location, experience, and performance in shaping compensation worldwide.
  • We revisit compensation annually (and more often for graduates and associates) to ensure we recognize outstanding performance.
  • In addition to base pay, we offer a performance-driven annual bonus. We provide all team members with additional benefits, which reflect our values and ideals.
  • We balance our programs to meet local needs and ensure fairness globally.
  • A distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person – we’ve been working remotely since 2004!
  • Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
  • Annual compensation review
  • Recognition rewards
  • Annual holiday leave
  • Maternity and paternity leave
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues from your team and others
  • Priority Pass for travel and travel upgrades for long haul company events

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online