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Manager, Customer Success - Commercial

Anthropic · Boston, MA; San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY; Seattle, WA; Washington, DC · On-site

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About Anthropic

Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. Backed by Accel, Bessemer and General Catalyst.

About the role

As Manager, Customer Success – Commercial, you'll lead the Customer Success Managers who cover our Commercial accounts: high-growth mid-market technology companies (including cybersecurity and fintech), mid-market organizations in industries such as financial services, healthcare, legal and professional services, private equity-backed portfolio companies, and a high-volume SMB book, all building on Claude across API, Claude Code, Cowork and other surfaces.

What they're looking for

  • 7+ years of experience in customer success, account management, or customer-facing roles, with 3+ years of front-line management experience
  • Proven track record of managing and building customer success teams in SaaS, API, or AI/ML companies
  • Experience managing large customer portfolios at commercial scale (mid-market, SMB and PE-backed companies), including a high volume of accounts ranging from ~$100K to $10M+ in annual spend
  • Strong understanding of consumption-based business models, with proven ability to drive adoption, expansion, and value realization across different pricing structures
  • Technical fluency to understand AI/ML products, navigate technical conversations, and coach teams on product capabilities across multiple offerings
  • Strong executive presence and ability to represent Anthropic with customer technical and business leaders
More about this role

Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our users and for society as a whole. Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems.

As Manager, Customer Success – Commercial, you'll lead the Customer Success Managers who cover our Commercial accounts: high-growth mid-market technology companies (including cybersecurity and fintech), mid-market organizations in industries such as financial services, healthcare, legal and professional services, private equity-backed portfolio companies, and a high-volume SMB book, all building on Claude across API, Claude Code, Cowork and other surfaces. You'll directly coach and develop a team of ~5 CSMs, develop scalable motions to support the broader portfolio, while keeping strategic oversight of the highest-impact engagements in the segment. This role demands exceptional people leadership combined with deep product knowledge and customer success acumen to guide your team in maximizing customer value, driving consumption, and expanding our footprint across...

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