Customer Success Manager (BtoC)
Salesforce is hiring a Customer Success Manager (BtoC) in Tokyo, Japan. Level rates it ; you can apply on Salesforce.
Level's read on this job
- Level rates this customer service role Works on AI ●●●○: the daily work is on AI products, without building the model.
- Tools and skills the posting cites include Agentforce, AI agents and customer success.
- Level classifies it as a mid-level role.
- Level lists 1,500+ other open roles at Salesforce.
AI in this role
Guide B2C customers to accelerate business value and ROI using Salesforce AI capabilities and the Agentforce platform.
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About Salesforce
Salesforce is the #1 AI CRM, where humans with agents drive customer success together. Here, ambition meets action. Tech meets trust. And innovation isn’t a buzzword — it’s a way of life. The world of work as we know it is changing and we're looking for Trailblazers who are passionate about bettering business and the world through AI, driving innovation, and keeping Salesforce's core values at the heart of it all.
Ready to level-up your career at the company leading workforce transformation in the agentic era? You’re in the right place! Agentforce is the future of AI, and you are the future of Salesforce.
The Customer Success Manager uses deep business, industry and product knowledge to partner with customers and guide them to accelerate business value and return from their investment with Salesforce. In this role, the Customer Success Manager will specialize in one or more line of businesses, a specific cloud or industry to speak the customer language and ensure customer value realization. They are aligned at key stakeholder level, building and fostering positive relationships to help customers progress on their digital journey. Customer Success Managers are working directly with customers that can vary in their market segment, size, solution complexity and life cycle, depending on the customers needs.
The ideal Customer Success Manager will possess both a Cloud specialization and industry skills that enables them to speak the customer language.
Responsibilities
Leverage our Customer Success Methodology and partner with customers stakeholders to understand their goals, assess their capabilities and provide recommendations to help them accelerate achievement of their business and technology objectives
Develop an understanding and knowledge of customer’s Salesforce implementation and evangelize the capabilities of Salesforce across all of our Clouds
Guide a customer on org strategy, governance and change management best practices based on customer needs
Can demonstrate hands-on Salesforce product knowledge by applying platform features and functions to customer business priorities and roadmap
Proactively identify risks to the customer achieving their stated business goals and work with the account team to build a risk mitigation plan
Produce and execute a comprehensive adoption path showing the current state, target future state with timeline, and an underlying enablement Plan.
Deliver business value and innovation to a customer’s business by understanding our customers’ key business challenges and potential for growth
Build and foster executive-level relationships with the customer’s IT and business executive leadership, sponsors and decision makers to solidify our partnership and commitment to the customer business and IT sponsors & team members
Working collaboratively with the account team and Salesforce Execs, effectively network within accounts from the Executive-Level down, in order to help customers achieve their objectives
When appropriate, recommend additional Salesforce services and advisory experts needed to drive success
Proactively communicates technical product changes, degradations, outages, end of life and other relevant updates
Preferred Qualifications & Skills:
In-depth knowledge in one or more line of businesses (LoB) - a specific cloud or industry
Strong consulting skills and proven results working as a Trusted Advisor to drive business value for customers
Ability to drive effective and influencing conversations at the C-level; facilitate difficult discussions and adept at handling objections
Proven understanding of Salesforce product and platform features, capabilities, and best use is highly desired
Able to articulate the importance and value of Governance to Business and IT executives
Good understanding of enterprise architecture principles strongly preferred
Ability to quickly grasp and distinctly explain technological and business concepts
Fluency in Japanese, and basic English comprehension skills
Leadership Qualities:
PASSION: Passionate about Customer Success
THOUGHT LEADER: Strong point of view and executive presence. Confident, but not arrogant, phenomenal storyteller
URGENCY: Ability to adapt quickly and drive business value and results
OHANA: Embodies Aloha culture: A standout colleague that everyone enjoys working with and has a generous heart
TRUST: Trust the company’s core values
ADAPTABLE: Excels in high levels of uncertainty and change
Unleash Your Potential
When you join Salesforce, you’ll be limitless in all areas of your life. Our benefits and resources support you to find balance and be your best, and our AI agents accelerate your impact so you can do your best. Together, we’ll bring the power of Agentforce to organizations of all sizes and deliver amazing experiences that customers love. Apply today to not only shape the future — but to redefine what’s possible — for yourself, for AI, and the world.
Accommodations
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How we rate this
Customer Success Manager (BtoC) at Salesforce rates 65 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Works on AI (AI Level 3 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.
Works on AI. The daily work is on AI products, without building the model.
- ●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
- ●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
- ●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
- ●○○○ Little AI0 to 39
Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Read the description and count the AI tools, models and workflows it names.
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Pay
- Typical customer service job
- $100k
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Questions you could be asked
- How do you decide when an AI agent can act on its own versus asking for approval first?
- Tell me about a project where customer success was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where account management was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where digital transformation was part of your work. What did you do?
- Walk me through how you've used Agentforce in your day-to-day work.
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- List these exact terms on your resume: AI agents, Customer Success, Account Management, Digital Transformation, and Agentforce. An applicant tracking system matches the wording, not the idea.
- Attach one line of real, concrete experience to at least one of them. A tool named with nothing behind it rarely survives a human read.
- Show where AI is part of your daily process, not a one-off project. This role expects it to be a running habit.
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