Principal Customer Success Manager, Strategic - France

Sales | Paris, France | Remote, France | London, United Kingdom | Remote, UK
Working at Atlassian
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This is a remote position, as part of a distributed team. To help our teams work together effectively we're looking for someone based in France or the UK.

• 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. Experienced in AI consumption and usage based pricing model.
• 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.

At Atlassian, we strive to design equitable, explainable, and competitive compensation programs. We follow consistent hiring practices and account for each candidate's skills, knowledge, and experience when setting base pay within the range.
This role may also be eligible for benefits, bonuses, commissions, and equity.

• Experience 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: Experience with Atlassian-powered solutions, ITSM certification, experience with MEDDPICC or similar deal qualification frameworks.
• Be fluent in French and English

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