OR1 Customer Success Manager

OR1 Customer Success Manager

At KARL STORZ, we take pride in helping patients through some of the toughest journeys of their lives. We are making contributions that matter. Regardless of your role, YOU improve patients' lives every day.

Get to know us and join our team as OR1 Customer Success Manager

Job Function: Repair & Service Location: US Work Location (for field-based positions): Dallas, TX, US; Denver, CO, US; Houston, TX, US Work Flexibility: Field-based Pay Range: $82,400 - $107,100

About KARL STORZ From the operating room to surgery centersand everywhere in betweenKARL STORZ North America is a global leader in medical technology and advanced visualization solutions. We design specialty innovations, smart instruments and devices, integrated ecosystems, and intelligent imagingto build a more connected, software-enabled operating room. As an independent, family-owned MedTech company, we ambitiously think in generations instead of quarters to improve patients' lives around the world.

About the Role The Customer Success Manager plays a critical role in managing the overall growth, effectiveness, and profitability of Operating Room installation projects within their region while delivering world-class customer service. This role leads the regional effort to ensure timely, accurate Operating Room installations with a strong focus on customer success and satisfaction, and works to maintain continuous alignment with the service and deployment teams to ensure a best-in-class experience. The Customer Success Manager reports to the Customer Success Regional or National Manager. This is a remote position requiring up to 90% travel to Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana areas.

What You'll Do

• Sales & Sales-Marketing Support Engage with the sales team on proposal development and accurate estimating, as needed. Collaborate monthly with sales to ensure alignment on all customer deliverables and prevent negative gross profit impact. Support other business development needs for sales and marketing as needed by management.
• Technical Expertise Maintain expert competency in how the entire integration product portfolio integrates and functions. Complete all trainings assigned through the OR1 training department, and pursue outside training opportunities to evolve technical expertise. Demonstrate technical competency through successful installs with minimal service tickets during the warranty period, and low change orders per project relative to national standards. Understand the basics of hospital construction, and maintain expert competency in cable management and termination.
• Project Management Lead project planning sessions and manage project progress to ensure deadlines are met. Manage relationships with clients and stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle. Oversee all incoming and outgoing project documentation, and design risk mitigation plans for each project. Deliver projects on time, within budget, and in line with national KPI standards for Customer Success.
• Customer Satisfaction & Success Ensure customers experience a best-in-class installation, including clear, well-documented communication. Monitor, collect, and report on customer feedback post-installation to identify process improvement opportunities, proactively soliciting and working to resolve negative feedback. Help maintain KARL STORZ's #1 ranking in customer satisfaction by turning customers into lifelong advocates. Deliver customer training in a timely, comprehensive manner, and confirm and document product utilization post-install.

What You Bring

• 35 years of experience in consulting, project delivery, or project management.
• 57 years of experience in a role requiring technical acumen in AV or IP.
• Field-based project and program-level management experience.
• A Bachelor's degree in Construction Engineering, Construction Management, Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field, or 5 years of experience with the preferred hard skills in place of a degree.
• Willingness to travel up to 90%, with a good driving record.
• Ability to work in and around hospital personnel, sensitive medical equipment, and patients; this is a safety-sensitive position.
• Knowledge and experience in the medical device and/or healthcare marketplace is a plus.
• Holistic understanding of cable terminations and handling (cable pull, solder, crimp, compression, and punch-down connections for audio, video, network, control, and power devices) is a plus.
• Holistic understanding of cable media (Coax, Mini-Hi-Res, Copper, Multi-Conductor, CAT-5/6, and Fiber Optic) is a plus.
• Advanced knowledge of control systems, power amplifiers, digital signal processors, video matrix switchers, video scalers, PC interfaces, computer controls, and digital video recorders is a plus.

What Will Make You Successful

• Demonstrated outstanding personal leadership and a true team-player mindset, with excellent interpersonal skills across internal and external executives.
• Intellectual curiosity and creativity in developing new approaches to improve the customer experience.
• A sense of urgency and healthy impatience with the status quo.
• Comfort operating in ambiguous or high-stress situations.
• Track record of working collaboratively in a matrixed environment and driving project/process improvement.
• Excellent, proven communication and organizational skills, with the ability to multitask effectively.
• Highest standards of ethical behavior.

Why KARL STORZ? Join KARL STORZ and be part of a team creating medical innovations that truly make a difference. Beyond technology, you'll be part of a culture that values talent as its greatest asset, empowering you to contribute to a mission that improves patient care worldwide. Ready to make an impact? Apply to be our next OR1 Customer Success Manager and help us build the future of MedTech together.