Senior Customer Success Manager (Managed Inference)

This role is pivotal in ensuring that our clients maximize the value of our solutions, guiding them through the technical complexities and empowering them with the tools and knowledge to achieve their business and sustainability goals. This is a full-time position. Customer Relationship Management: Develop and maintain strong, long-lasting customer relationships, understanding their business needs and technical requirements Own strategic relationships with AI-native customers deploying production inference workloads, helping them achieve performance, reliability, latency, scalability, and cost optimization objectives Customer Advocacy: Work on case studies to highlight customer successes Technical Liaison: Act as the bridge between our clients and our technical team, ensuring clear communication and alignment of goals Technical Guidance and Support: Provide technical guidance and support to customers in the implementation and optimization of our cloud-based AI and ML solutions including Kubernetes solutions Partner with customers on model deployment strategies, inference optimization, GPU utilization, autoscaling, throughput management, observability, and production readiness best practices Performance Monitoring and Reporting: Conduct regular reviews and report on customer progress, ensuring the achievement of key performance indicators and return on investment Monitor customer adoption, inference consumption trends, latency metrics, uptime, capacity utilization, and business outcomes to identify growth opportunities and potential risks Customer Journey Coordination: Coordinate with the product and engineering teams to define customer journeys, challenges, and opportunities Partner closely with Product, Engineering, CS, and Solutions teams to advocate for customer needs and influence roadmap priorities related to inference platforms and AI services Industry and Technical Awareness: Stay up-to-date with industry trends, technical advancements, and regulatory changes to provide strategic advice to clients Maintain a strong understanding of emerging AI technologies, LLMs, model serving architectures, agentic workflows, inference optimization techniques, and GPU infrastructure trends Customer Training: Deliver training sessions and workshops to customers on the use and benefits of our products and services Issue Resolution: Address and resolve customer concerns, ensuring high levels of customer satisfaction and retention Act as a trusted advisor during customer escalations, service incidents, and critical production events, helping customers navigate complex technical and business challenges Benefits Health & wellbeing: Comprehensive health benefits designed to support your overall wellness Time away: Paid time off for vacations, family bonding, and unexpected needs 401(k) match: Build your financial future with our 401(k) matching program Mental wellness: Resources and support for your emotional wellbeing and navigating life’s challenges Qualifications and Expectations We’re looking for problem‑solving, opportunity‑finding teammates with a sense of urgency, who believe in the scale of our ambition and thrive on a path not fully paved — people who want to grow their careers alongside a team of experts across energy, manufacturing, data center construction, and cloud services. We are seeking a highly motivated and skilled Senior Customer Success Manager with a strong background in customer engagement and a deep technical understanding of cloud computing, AI, and ML. The ideal candidate has experience supporting customers running production AI inference workloads and understands the operational, technical, and business challenges associated with deploying and scaling AI applications. Experience supporting Managed Inference, model serving platforms, LLM deployments, AI agents, or GPU-based inference environments is highly preferred. Adaptability: Comfortable working in a fast‑paced environment with ambiguous and/or iterative fact‑sets. Technical Proficiency: Strong technical foundation in cloud computing platforms, AI, and ML technologies, with the ability to communicate complex concepts in simple terms. Relationship Building: Demonstrated ability to build relationships at all levels within an organization. Familiarity with LLMs, RAG architectures, agentic applications, model performance metrics, and inference optimization concepts is highly desirable. Educational Background: Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, or a related field. Advanced degree preferred. Professional Experience: Proven experience in customer success, technical account management, or a similar role in a technology‑driven environment. Interpersonal Skills: Excellent interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills. Experience managing strategic accounts running production AI workloads is strongly preferred. Strong understanding of inference workloads, model serving architectures, Kubernetes, containers, APIs, GPU infrastructure, and AI application deployment patterns. 3+ years of experience supporting enterprise cloud, AI, machine learning, developer platform, or infrastructure customers. Ability to engage effectively with both executive stakeholders and deeply technical customer teams, including AI Engineers, ML Engineers, Platform Engineers, and Infrastructure leaders. #J-18808-Ljbffr Crusoe Energy Systems