A competent professional with 17 years of qualitative experience in leading Customer Success & Inside Sales
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Sr. Manager, Customer Success
6sense
11.2021 - Current
Managing Customer Success for Velocity & Commercial Segments for 6sense 'Rev AI for Sales', one of three core products in the 6sense suite.
Handling a $17M Book of Business across North America (90%), EMEA, and APAC (10%).
Driving account retention and revenue growth through upsell and cross-sell strategies across the 6sense product suite.
Managing, mentoring, and developing a high-performing team of CSMs and Renewal Specialists, ensuring high performance and engagement.
Ensuring smooth customer onboarding, followed by proactive strategies to accelerate product adoption and ROI realisation.
Conducted Executive Business Reviews (EBRs) to track customer progress, align on goals, and reinforce the value of 6sense solutions.
Implemented a data-driven adoption framework, identifying usage gaps and deploying targeted interventions to boost engagement.
Introduced Digital 1st model for 'Rev AI for Sales' and hosted bi-monthly Office Hours webinars.
Designed and operationalised a 6-Step Renewal Playbook, streamlining opportunity stage progression in Salesforce and improving renewal outcomes.
Manager, Inside Sales
Adobe
03.2017 - 10.2021
Led Customer Success for the Enterprise segment of Creative Cloud and Document Cloud products.
Managed two performance-driven teams: Inside Sales Team (13 members): Focused on net new revenue generation through upselling and cross-selling.
Customer Success Account Managers (11 members): Drove product adoption, subscription nurturing, account retention, and business continuity.
Managed RFIs and Marketing Qualified Leads (MQLs), achieving a $2M quarterly net new revenue target.
Built and maintained an open sales pipeline, ensuring deal closures on a weekly basis. Drove effective opportunity progression from qualification to closure.
Led escalation management, ensuring timely resolution of customer issues.
Designed & executed Acrobat Nurture Campaign for Enterprise, Value Expansion, Value Incentive Plan teams. Delivered weekly reports on product adoption revenue growth, conducted demos, and concluded deals.
Acted as a product specialist, providing technical analysis for Acrobat DC and Adobe Sign. Conducted demos to support large deal closures.
Developed and executed a Gross Cancellations Analysis Campaign, providing insights on revenue attrition and establishing a process to retain at-risk accounts within the Gross Book of Business.
Manager, Key Accounts
Net Solutions
03.2016 - 02.2017
Led key enterprise accounts, ensuring long-term partnerships and revenue growth.
Managed a segment of 12 Key account managers with ARR of $5M. Developed and executed strategic account plans.
Led contract negotiations and SLA management, ensuring seamless service delivery.
Collaborated with cross-functional teams to drive customer satisfaction and retention.
Monitored account performance and customer engagement, identifying growth opportunities.
Acted as a trusted advisor, providing tailored solutions to meet client business goals.
Sr. Manager, Business Development
Netsmartz
12.2010 - 03.2016
Managed Sales for Organic SEO, Google AdWords, Website & Mobile App Development.
Identified and pursued new business opportunities, driving $2M of Annual revenue growth.
Developed and executed strategic sales plans, and achieved annual sales targets.
Conducted market research and competitor analysis to refine business strategies.
Led contract negotiations, securing high-value deals with RFIs & RFPs.
Collaborated with marketing and product teams to align sales strategies with market demand.
Maintained Pipeline on SalesForce with analytics to track performance and optimise the Business development efforts.
Team Lead, Customer Support
Quark
03.2008 - 12.2010
Led Inbound Customer Support for QuarkXPress v6 and v7, managing channel sales operations across Europe.
Oversaw Chat, Voice, and Email support channels, effectively handling premier customer issues and escalations.
Implemented innovative strategies to enhance customer service and technical support, reducing dissatisfaction scores and improving overall service quality.
Conducted sales training programs, focusing on upselling techniques and monitoring customer interactions to gain insights into service effectiveness.
Developed and enforced QA compliance objectives, ensuring teams met and maintained quarterly performance targets.
Analyzed performance metrics through data collection and statistical reporting, driving process improvements.
Education
MBA - International Business
Mahatma Gandhi University
Meghalaya
06-2014
Skills
Customer Success
Account Renewal
Product Adoption
Net Revenue Retention
GTM Strategy
Upsell Growth
Business Expansion
Digital First
Sales IntelligenceInside Sales
People Management
Timeline
Sr. Manager, Customer Success
6sense
11.2021 - Current
Manager, Inside Sales
Adobe
03.2017 - 10.2021
Manager, Key Accounts
Net Solutions
03.2016 - 02.2017
Sr. Manager, Business Development
Netsmartz
12.2010 - 03.2016
Team Lead, Customer Support
Quark
03.2008 - 12.2010
MBA - International Business
Mahatma Gandhi University
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