Customer Success Team Leader
Lead Customer Success for SaleCycle’s Italian market: mentor a growing team, build trusted client partnerships, and drive retention and growth.
Key Highlights:
Job Title: Customer Success Team Leader
Location: Paris, hybrid working
Reporting to: Head of Customer Experience
Salary: €40,000-€50,000 DOE
About Us
SaleCycle is redefining how brands convert, engage, and retain customers through AI-driven experiences across the entire customer journey.
SaleCycle combines real-time onsite personalisation and intent scoring with offsite activation across email, SMS, and paid channels, enabling brands to identify, engage, convert, and re-engage customers with precision.
What we do
We provide a full-funnel Agentic Marketing Platform, combining:
Real-time behavioural analytics and intent scoring
AI-powered search, recommendations, and agentic decisioning
Onsite personalisation and A/B testing
Cross-channel activation (email, SMS, paid media)
CRM/CDP integrations and first-party data orchestration
Retail media and monetisation capabilities
Who we are
We are a global team of 80+ people across the UK, France, Spain, Italy, and Eastern Europe.
We are profitable, growing, and operating with a clear mindset:
We build, not maintain
We prioritise outcomes over activity
We operate with low ego and high accountability
We challenge ourselves to step outside our comfort zone
Our Values
At SaleCycle, we care about people; it’s our top priority. We prioritise well-being, growth, and innovation, continuously pushing boundaries as a team and a company.
Continuous Innovation: Collaborate, innovate, and celebrate!
Premium Execution: Excellence Delivered Every Time!
High Curiosity: Embrace your inner child - ask why and listen!
Proactive Collaboration: United, we work together and lead the way!
Ultimate Passion: Infuse passion into every action!
Job Summary
We are seeking a motivated and capable Customer Success Team Leader to combine hands-on account management with team leadership responsibilities, with a dedicated focus on our Italian client base. This role is ideal for an experienced Customer Success professional, fluent in Italian, ready to take the next step in leadership while remaining close to clients and commercial outcomes in one of our key growth markets.
The successful candidate will manage a portfolio of Italian customer accounts while supporting the wider Customer Success function through mentoring, onboarding, training, operational excellence, and day-to-day guidance for the team members handling the Italian book of business. They will act as the internal reference point for the Italian market- ensuring client relationships, communications and processes are properly adapted to local expectations- while helping the team hit retention, growth, service quality and satisfaction targets for Italy specifically.
This is a highly visible role that bridges individual contribution with leadership impact, positioning the successful candidate as the go-to expert on the Italian market within Customer Success.
Key Responsibilities:
Team Support & Leadership
Provide day-to-day guidance and support to the Customer Success Managers handling the Italian client portfolio
Act as a go-to contact for questions, coaching, and problem-solving support
Support the onboarding and ramp-up of new starters joining the Italian desk, helping them become effective quickly
Deliver regular mentoring and skill development sessions, including guidance on Italian business etiquette and relationship-building norms
Share best practices, success stories and continuous improvement ideas across the team
Support managers in maintaining high performance standards and team engagement
Client Management
Manage a portfolio of Italian customer accounts, building strong relationships with key stakeholders in Italian
Deliver proactive strategic recommendations, calibrated to local market context, that improve client performance and satisfaction
Lead regular business reviews, performance calls and value-driven conversations with Italian clients
Identify risks early, factoring in local commercial practices, and take action to protect renewals and reduce churn
Support upsell and cross-sell opportunities, informed by a solid understanding of the competitive landscape in Italy
Operational Excellence
Help ensure internal processes are followed consistently across the team
Support resource planning, holiday cover, and account continuity where required
Assist with onboarding delivery for new customers to ensure a smooth launch experience
Monitor CRM hygiene, account notes, task management, and data quality standards
Identify workflow inefficiencies and recommend practical improvements
Performance & KPI Delivery
Support the wider team in achieving retention, renewal, revenue, and engagement targets
Monitor customer health indicators and escalate concerns where needed
Use data and reporting to identify trends, opportunities, and areas for improvement
Contribute to service quality initiatives that improve customer experience
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Work closely with Sales, Product, Design, Marketing, and Support teams to deliver strong customer outcomes
Help coordinate training needs with internal departments
Act as a voice of the customer, sharing feedback and insights internally
Projects & Wider Contribution
Lead or support operational projects within your tier that benefit the wider Customer Success function
Contribute ideas that improve scalability, service quality, reporting, or commercial outcomes
Support change initiatives and new ways of working as the business evolves
Skills and Competencies
Strong leadership potential with the ability to influence and motivate others
Customer-first mindset with a passion for delivering value
Commercial awareness and understanding of retention/growth drivers
Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, with genuine cultural fluency for the Italian market
Strong organisational skills with the ability to prioritise effectively
Coaching mindset with patience and a desire to help others improve
Problem-solving ability and confidence handling challenges
Comfortable using data, reporting and CRM systems
Adaptable and positive in a fast-paced environment
Essential Skills & Experience
3+ years' experience in Customer Success, Account Management or a related client-facing role, including a coordination or management component
Proven experience managing customer relationships and delivering commercial outcomes, ideally with Italian or Italian-speaking clients
Experience mentoring, coaching or informally leading others
Strong understanding of retention strategies, renewals and customer lifecycle management
Native or fluent Italian (written and spoken)- essential
Fluent English required for cross-team collaboration; French is a plus for close work with the Paris HQ
Ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining attention to detail
Perks & Benefits
We value our employees at SaleCycle, so we offer great benefits and incentives in addition to a competitive salary. Please note benefits may vary by country.
We value our employees at SaleCycle, so we offer great benefits, perks and incentives in addition to a competitive salary.
⏱️ Flexible hybrid working
💳 The Swile card to help cover your lunch expenses.
🩼 Full coverage of the Alan health insurance plan.
🎂 A day off on your birthday.
🌴 Additional leave based on seniority.
🎉 Regular events and after-work gatherings.
⏱️ Two remote work days per week.
💻 Up to 28 days of remote work from abroad per year.
🧘 A monthly "well-being and engagement" budget for each employee.
🚨For all our perks, please visit our website https://careers.salecycle.com/
Support & Equal Opportunities:
If you have a medical condition or require adjustments to our process, let us know so we can support you and ensure you have the best possible interview experience.
✨ We are an equal opportunities employer and value diversity. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, gender, nationality, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, or age.
Interested? Apply now! 🚀
We’d love to hear from you! If you’re excited about this opportunity and want to be part of a fast-moving, innovative team, apply today.
- Department
- Customer Experience
- Locations
- Paris Office
- Remote status
- Hybrid
About SaleCycle
Founded in Durham, UK, SaleCycle is the end-to-end CRO platform that gives brands that grow online first-party command of their full audience. From identity resolution and AI-driven insight to no-code journey optimisation, experience personalisation and multi-channel remarketing recovery, SaleCycle closes the gap between anonymous traffic and captured revenue. European, GDPR-native, expert-run.