Senior Manager, Customer Advocacy

Chronosphere 

Chronosphere is the provider of the only observability platform that puts engineering organizations back in control by taming rampant data growth and cloud-native complexity, delivering increased business confidence. Teams at startups to well-known global brands in the Fortune 500 around the world trust Chronosphere to help them operate scalable, highly available and resilient applications.

Chronosphere is looking for trailblazers who are experts in their space and are passionate about creating meaningful solutions for engineers and digital businesses.

Chronosphere is a series C startup with more than $343M in funding and a $1B+ valuation. We’re a remote-first company, backed by Greylock, Lux Capital, General Atlantic, Addition and Founders Fund.

About the role

As our Senior Manager of Customer Advocacy you’ll be the customer storyteller in chief, helping to gain, craft, and amplify our customer successes.

Once you set up the program strategy and infrastructure, the role consists of being a great collaborator, salesperson, and expert communicator.  The successful candidate will work with sales, marketing, and success teams to identify, nurture, and move customers to be powerful advocates on behalf of the Chronosphere brand. 

The successful candidate will have demonstrable success in the role and can point to championing several advocacy efforts from cultivation through publication. They are persuasive and possess strong project management skills to unite the organization around the customer advocacy program.  The person is skilled at rallying the troops to coordinate the efforts and communications that leverages our efforts to support press, analyst and sales efforts. The leading candidate will also be creative, a strong writer, possess natural sales skills, and have a strong sense of accountability.

The ideal person for this role is a relationship builder, thrives in an agile and fast-paced environment, has a strong creative sense, possesses a keen eye for detail, a nose for strong narratives and quality content. Reporting to the Head of Corporate Marketing & Communications, they will work directly with customer success, product, sales, and marketing to deliver consistent and compelling customer success narratives. Chronosphere is looking for candidates that love to write, tell stories, and engage with customers. Passion for your work is paramount.

 

In this role you will

• Create the infrastructure and processes that are foundational to world class advocacy organization
• Build relationships within the customers to become a trusted liaison with the Chronosphere organization.
• Work collaboratively with all stakeholders to identify, coordinate, nurture, and gain approvals of customer advocacy efforts– including the creation of press releases, case studies, speaking opportunities, interviews, press and analyst briefings.
• Identify opportunities, develop a pipeline of customer advocates; prioritize these opportunities and track success to maximize advocacy across the organization. 
• Help craft powerful customer stories and ensure that these stories return value to the companies and individuals that are lending their brands.
• Work with external stakeholders, contractors and vendors as necessary to create successful assets
• Formalize and champion Chronosphere’s presence on G2 Crowd, Peer Insights, and other community review sites.

You experience includes:

• 5+ total years of relevant customer advocacy experience
• A proactive approach to customer advocacy
• Relevant B2B Cloud, SaaS, or other technology experience
• Establishing trusted relationships with customers and internal stakeholders
• Demonstrable experience building a world class advocacy program
• Record of success landing customer interviews, speaking opportunities, case studies, bylines, awards, and reviews
• Ability to quantify your successes and impact on the business
• Creating compelling and easily understood storytelling arcs and narratives
• Facility to communicate technical information
• Stellar project management, interpersonal, and organization skills
• Strong writing and communications skills
• Ability to work independently and demonstrate a “can do” attitude
• A willingness to roll up your sleeves and get work done
• Possess an innate understanding of how to build and grow successful business outcomes as it pertains to your role
• Thriving in a fast-paced culture, agile, and can pivot seamlessly in a fast-paced and rapidly changing environment
• Familiarity with Peer Insights, G2 Crowd and other community/peer review sites
• Ability to add value to all stakeholders