Why This Job is Featured on The SaaS Jobs
This Customer Success Manager role sits at the intersection of SaaS advertising products and revenue operations, where post-sale execution directly influences renewal and expansion. In an ad-supported subscription platform, success is measured through campaign delivery, performance outcomes, and partner confidence, making the work closely tied to how product capabilities translate into commercial results in-market.
For a SaaS career path, the role offers durable exposure to the full customer lifecycle rather than a narrow support remit. Managing RFP responses, activation, optimization, and wrap-up builds fluency in operational rigor, stakeholder management, and data-backed storytelling, all of which are portable across SaaS businesses with usage-based outcomes. The emphasis on cross-functional coordination also mirrors how modern SaaS organizations run customer outcomes across sales, product, and analytics.
This position tends to suit professionals who enjoy structured client work, can move between strategic planning and detailed execution, and are comfortable being accountable for measurable performance. It is a strong match for someone building depth in customer success within monetized platforms, particularly where consultative guidance and operational discipline matter as much as relationship management.
The section above is editorial commentary from The SaaS Jobs, provided to help SaaS professionals understand the role in a broader industry context.
Job Description
Sell what you love. For us and millions of users across the globe, that’s Spotify. Join the Sales team and you’ll build the relationships that help grow our business in existing markets and beyond. We don’t just sell creative solutions to our clients and partners, we help to shape them; using our expert knowledge of ad products, sales channels and the industry to impact the way the world experiences music and podcasts.
Sell what you love. For us and millions of users across the globe, that’s Spotify. Join the Customer Success team within our Advertising Sales business and you’ll build the relationships that help grow our business in existing markets and beyond. We don’t just sell creative solutions to our clients and partners, we help to craft them; using our expert knowledge of ad products, sales channels and the industry to impact the way the world experiences music and podcasts.
We are looking for a highly motivated individual to join our Customer Success team. In this role, you will be responsible for supporting the sales cycle from RFP submission to campaign optimization, upselling and wrap up, while providing proactive consultative client service with a focus on both protecting and growing revenue. This client facing role includes strategic planning, consultative selling, project management and data led storytelling. You will be a reliable and crucial market team member who can anticipate and provide solutions to meet ongoing client needs. Above all, your work will impact the way the world experiences music and podcasts.
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What You'll Do
- Build deep client relationships to deliver outstanding customer service to Spotify’s advertiser and agency partners.
- Act as the client’s primary point of contact, fielding requests & questions and interacting directly with clients throughout the sales and campaign lifecycle.
- Be responsible for the RFP response and media planning strategy across all buying channels
- Regularly participate in client meetings to deepen relationships via high value client engagement, including campaign prep & launch, ongoing optimization recommendations, campaign reporting, and wrap ups.
- Partner with cross-functional internal organizations to structure campaigns to meet important metrics and deliver desired outcomes.
- Lead all aspects of the campaign set up, launch and activation processes, including creative production management, spec review, asset collection, and ensuring accurate creative trafficking.
- Monitor campaign pacing, delivery and performance reporting and optimize/revise media plans to meet client objectives.
- Leverage campaign reporting and insights to proactively identify, pitch, and close incremental and expansion opportunities to help grow the business.
- Lead projects involving sophisticated work streams and cross-functional collaboration (internally and externally).
- Serve as the product authority by educating clients and their agencies on Spotify’s new and existing products, as well as advising on standard processes and tailored campaign optimizations.
- Review, interpret and present data, including brand measurement studies, providing comprehensive campaign insights, recommendations, and findings via effective data storytelling.
- Own the post-campaign analysis with takeaways and recommendations to drive repeat business.
- Collaborate cross-functionally on initial billing and revisions to ensure invoices are accurate and delivered on time.
- Adhere to internal standard methodology guidelines, processes, and operating cadences.
Who You Are
- You have a Bachelor's degree, preferably in Sales, Advertising, Marketing, or Business.
- You have a minimum of 3 years experience in digital media, planning and/or buying.
- You have strong industry knowledge and a desire to grow within the digital media industry.
- You have a strong understanding of advertising performance metrics and the advertising ecosystem.
- You have a reputation of providing outstanding customer service.
- You have the ability to translate client requests to make recommendations that meet business objectives and deliver desired outcomes.
- You are able to craft impactful sales rationale stories by using data and research.
- You are a highly organized and focused multi-tasker with strong attention to detail who can work independently within a team focused organization.
- You work effectively with cross-functional teams and all levels of management (internally and externally).
- You thrive in a fast-paced, deadline and detailed oriented environment and have excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills.
- You possess strong presentation and communication skills.
- You have excellent dexterity in Excel and PowerPoint, and have experience working within CRMs, OMSs, ad servers and other digital media tech systems.
- Fluent Italian and English language, spoken and written is required
- Please apply to this role with a cv/resume in English
Where You'll Be
- This role is based in Milan.
- We offer you the flexibility to work where you work best! There will be some in person meetings, but still allows for flexibility to work from home. We ask that you come into the Milan office 2-3 times per week.
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Spotify is an equal opportunity employer. You are welcome at Spotify for who you are, no matter where you come from, what you look like, or what’s playing in your headphones. Our platform is for everyone, and so is our workplace. The more voices we have represented and amplified in our business, the more we will all thrive, contribute, and be forward-thinking! So bring us your personal experience, your perspectives, and your background. It’s in our differences that we will find the power to keep revolutionizing the way the world listens.
At Spotify, we are passionate about inclusivity and making sure our entire recruitment process is accessible to everyone. We have ways to request reasonable accommodations during the interview process and help assist in what you need. If you need accommodations at any stage of the application or interview process, please let us know - we’re here to support you in any way we can.
