The team values delivering exceptional customer experiences and plays a critical role in onboarding new customers, retaining customers, establishing regular cadence and rapport, understanding customer needs, addressing customer challenges, providing best practice guidance, and driving upsell/cross-sell opportunities.
As a Customer Success Team Manager, your responsibility is to achieve business results through developing, coaching, and hiring successful Senior Customer Success Managers.About the role
As the Manager of Customer Success, you will lead a team of Senior Customer Success Managers overseeing Zillow’s largest and most complex customer relationships. You will be accountable for the overall success of these enterprise accounts, each of which may have multiple team members managing different segments of the customer’s business. Your focus will be on developing and coaching your team to deliver exceptional value, drive customer retention and expansion, and foster a culture where customer outcomes are prioritized more than just metrics.
In this leadership role, you will collaborate closely with customer leadership and internal partners to understand evolving needs, ensure alignment, and continuously improve processes. You will be responsible for holding your team accountable, supporting their professional growth, and building strong, long-term partnerships with our customers. This is an opportunity to shape how Zillow delivers value to its most important clients and to help your team and customers thrive in a dynamic real estate market.
Lead and Develop a High-Performing Team
Mentor and coach Senior Customer Success Managers, guiding their strategic thinking and customer engagement through regular 1:1s, team huddles, and skill development sessions.
Review customer interactions and performance data to identify training needs, address skill gaps, and drive continuous improvement.
Foster a high-energy, accountable culture focused on delivering customer value, while ensuring your team is equipped to manage complex, multi-stakeholder accounts.
Analyze team performance and book of business trends to provide business recommendations, accurate forecasting, and resource planning.
Drive Customer Outcomes and Performance
Implement strategies to increase product adoption, customer activation, retention, and satisfaction, while proactively addressing churn risks.
Ensure your team consistently meets or exceeds KPIs; when gaps arise, design and execute action plans to resolve them.
Collaborate closely with Sales and other internal partners to align on customer goals, share insights, and drive unified account strategies.
Communicate updates, priorities, and company initiatives clearly to your team, ensuring alignment with Zillow’s broader objectives.
Advocate for Your Team and Customers
Identify and champion process and system improvements that enhance both the customer and CSM experience, including managing escalations and mitigating risks.
Build strong cross-functional relationships with Sales, Operations, Support, Marketing, and Product teams to advocate for customer needs and drive internal alignment.
Celebrate team successes by highlighting positive customer outcomes and sharing best practices that demonstrate resilience and a commitment to excellence.
Be a Customer and Market Expert
Develop deep expertise in Zillow’s Agent Software and Advertising (ASA) solutions, and coach your team to effectively communicate their value to customers.
Stay current on industry trends, customer business shifts, and market dynamics to help your team position Zillow as a strategic partner.
Drive multi-threaded engagement with key customer decision-makers, building long-term, strategic partnerships and acting as an executive sponsor for high-value accounts when needed.
5+ years of experience in Customer Success or a related client-facing role, with a proven track record of driving customer outcomes both 1:1 and at scale
At least 3 years of people management experience, including mentoring, developing, and holding team members accountable to high standards
Demonstrated success in growing, operationalizing, and leading high-performing teams in fast-paced, evolving environments
Experience exceeding goals and driving measurable results for both customers and the business
High expectations for yourself and others, with a commitment to continuous improvement and excellence
Industry experience in real estate, mortgages, or online marketplaces strongly preferred
Skilled at building and maintaining relationships with C-level executives, leading strategic conversations that advance business objectives
Detail-oriented and organized, able to manage complex books of business and ensure effective account inspection at scale
Able to coach team members to focus on driving outcomes and outputs, not just activity metrics or process adherence
Strong ability to adapt coaching and leadership style based on customer needs, pain points, and evolving business priorities
Proactive in identifying what’s needed to move customers forward on their success journey and empowering your team to do the same
Comfortable navigating ambiguity and change, and able to lead teams through organizational growth and transformation
Customer Success certifications or coursework are a plus
Zillow is reimagining real estate to make home a reality for more and more people.
As the most-visited real estate website in the United States, Zillow® and its affiliates help movers find and win their home through digital solutions, first class partners, and easier buying, selling, financing and renting experiences. Millions of people visit Zillow Group sites every month to start their home search, and now they can rely on Zillow to help make it easier to move. The work we do helps people get home and no matter what job you're in, you will play a critical role in making home a reality for more and more people.
Our efforts to streamline the real estate transaction are supported by a deep-rooted culture of innovation, our passion to redefine the employee experience, a fundamental commitment to Equity and Belonging, and world-class benefits. These benefits include comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life, and disability coverages as well as parental leave, family benefits, retirement contributions, and paid time off. We’re also setting the standard for work experiences of the future, where our employees are supported in doing their best work and living a flexible, well-balanced life. But don’t just take our word for it. Read recent reviews on Glassdoor and recent recognition from multiple organizations, including: the 100 Best Companies to Work For, Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award, Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index, Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Corporate Equity Index, and TIME 100 Most Influential Companies list.
Zillow Group is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive, innovative environment with the best employees. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please contact your recruiter directly.
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable state and local law.
Applicants who receive job offers from Zillow Group will be asked to sign a Proprietary Rights Agreement which includes confidentiality, intellectual property assignment, customer and employee non-solicitation, and non-competition provisions. If you are contacted for a role at Zillow Group and wish to review a copy of the Proprietary Rights Agreement prior to receiving an offer, you may request a copy from your Recruiter.
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