Senior Principal - Customer Success, Strategic Accounts

Working at Atlassian
Atlassians can choose where they work - whether in an office, from home, or a combination of the two. That way, Atlassians have more control over supporting their family, personal goals, and other priorities. We can hire people in any country where we have a legal entity. Interviews and onboarding are conducted virtually, a part of being a distributed-first company.

• Executive Engagement & Trusted Advisor: Build and maintain trusted relationships with C-suite and senior executives, ensuring Atlassian is positioned as a strategic partner in their digital and AI transformation journeys.
• Outcome-Driven Success: Accelerate product adoption and deliver verifiable business outcomes, focusing on measurable value realization and expansion across global teams.
• Strategic Success Planning: Lead the development and execution of Customer Success Plans (CSPs) that align with customer business goals, including regular check-ins, QBRs, and strategic planning sessions. Leverage CSPs as a vehicle for driving adoption, retention, and expansion.
• Complex Program Leadership: Guide customers and internal teams through complex implementation and transformation initiatives, often involving multiple partners and stakeholders.
• AI & Emerging Tech Enablement: Advise customers on leveraging Atlassian's AI and emerging technologies to enhance their strategies and operations.
• Risk Mitigation: Proactively identify risks, escalate issues, and drive mitigation strategies in partnership with account teams.
• Voice of the Customer: Serve as the customer advocate internally, providing actionable feedback to improve Atlassian's products, services, and customer experience.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with sales, product, support, and advisory services to deliver a seamless customer experience and maximize business value.

• 10+ years in Customer Success, account management, consulting, or enterprise transformation, with a proven track record managing the largest, most complex strategic customers.
• Executive presence and experience delivering solutions at the SVP/C-level for Fortune 500/global enterprise customers.
• Demonstrated success in leading transformational initiatives that drive measurable customer outcomes (e.g., differentiated use cases, efficiency savings, accelerated growth and business outcomes (e.g., platform adoption, expansion, retention).
• Experience with AI and digital transformation in enterprise environments.
• Strong understanding of Jira, Confluence, and Atlassian solution use cases, with the ability to advise on solution trade-offs and best practices.
• Proficiency with Customer Success Planning frameworks; experience using Gainsight, Salesforce, Tableau, or similar tools.
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Preferred: 5+ years with Atlassian-powered solutions, ITSM certification, experience with MEDDPICC or similar deal qualification frameworks.

Compensation
At Atlassian, we strive to design equitable, explainable, and competitive compensation programs. To support this goal, the baseline of our range is higher than that of the typical market range, but in turn we expect to hire most candidates near this baseline. Base pay within the range is ultimately determined by a candidate's skills, expertise, or experience. In the United States, we have three geographic pay zones. For this role, our current base pay ranges for new hires in each zone are:
Zone A: $201,600 - $263,200
Zone B: $180,900 - $236,175
Zone C: $167,400 - $218,550
This role may also be eligible for benefits, bonuses, commissions, and equity.
Please visit go.atlassian.com/payzones for more information on which locations are included in each of our geographic pay zones. However, please confirm the zone for your specific location with your recruiter.
Benefits & Perks
Atlassian offers a wide range of perks and benefits designed to support you, your family and to help you engage with your local community. Our offerings include health and wellbeing resources, paid volunteer days, and so much more. To learn more, visit go.atlassian.com/perksandbenefits .
About Atlassian
At Atlassian, we're motivated by a common goal: to unleash the potential of every team. Our software products help teams all over the planet and our solutions are designed for all types of work. Team collaboration through our tools makes what may be impossible alone, possible together.
We believe that the unique contributions of all Atlassians create our success. To ensure that our products and culture continue to incorporate everyone's perspectives and experience, we never discriminate based on race, religion, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or marital, veteran, or disability status. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
To provide you the best experience, we can support with accommodations or adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. Simply inform our Recruitment team during your conversation with them.
To learn more about our culture and hiring process, visit go.atlassian.com/crh .