
Customer Success Account Management Leader South Africa Gauteng Johannesburg
Microsoft
Job description
Lead a team of Customer Success Account Managers to deliver customer outcomes and business results across a diverse portfolio by strengthening customer health, accelerating cloud adoption, and advancing AI transformation. Own portfolio performance by establishing business rhythms, inspecting execution, identifying risks and opportunities, and driving accountability for customer, operational, and business outcomes. Develop a high-performing organization through coaching, succession planning, talent development, and inclusive leadership practices that strengthen team capability, engagement, and readiness for future opportunities. Define and reinforce standards for execution quality across customer success planning, governance, customer engagement, and value realization practices, driving consistency and continuous improvement across the portfolio. Champion AI adoption, continuous learning, and operational excellence by modeling effective behaviors, leveraging data-driven insights, and scaling successful practices that improve customer and business outcomes. Bachelor's Degree in Business, Sociology, Psychology, Computer Science or related field AND 6+ years customer success, solution delivery, practice management, customer-facing consulting, or portfolio management experience OR Master's Degree in Business, Sociology, Psychology, Computer Science, or related field AND 4+ years customer success, solution delivery, practice management, customer-facing consulting, or portfolio management experience Bachelor's Degree in Business, Sociology, Psychology, Computer Science or related field AND 12+ years customer success, solution delivery, practice management, customer-facing consulting, or portfolio management experience OR Master's Degree in Business, Sociology, Psychology, Computer Science, or related field AND 10+ years customer success, solution delivery, practice management, customer-facing consulting, or portfolio management experience OR equivalent experience 5+ years relevant work experience managing large enterprise customers/accounts in South Africa 3+ year(s) people management experience Project Management Institute (PMI) or equivalent Project Management certification Prosci or equivalent certification
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