Senior Customer Success Manager, ITSM/ESM

Senior Customer Success Manager, ITSM/ESM

Full-Time 60000 - 80000 £ / year (est.) No working from home possible
Zendesk

At a Glance

  • Tasks: Help customers maximise value from Zendesk’s Employee Service solutions and optimise workflows.
  • Company: Join a leading tech company focused on enhancing employee service experiences.
  • Benefits: Competitive salary, flexible working options, and opportunities for professional growth.
  • Other info: Dynamic role with opportunities to influence product development and strategy.
  • Why this job: Be a trusted advisor and make a real impact on customer success and internal services.
  • Qualifications: Experience in ITSM/ITAM and strong customer-facing advisory skills.

The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.

The Employee Service Senior Success Specialist is a high-impact advisory role responsible for helping customers rapidly achieve value from Zendesk’s Employee Service solutions. This role focuses on driving adoption, optimizing workflows, and enabling customers to deliver world-class internal service experiences for their employees.

Sitting within the Global Specialist Organization, the ES Senior Specialist works across all segments and customer sizes, partnering closely with Core CSMs, Professional Services, GTM/Sales, Product, and CX Enablement to reduce customer risk, accelerate adoption, and strengthen long-term value realization. This role is ideal for individuals with ITSM/ITAM and Employee Experience backgrounds who thrive in customer-facing advisory roles while also contributing to programmatic, scalable motions.

Mission of the Senior ES Specialist Team

  • Accelerate adoption and time-to-value of Zendesk Employee Service solutions
  • Act as subject matter experts and trusted advisors on internal service delivery, ITSM, HR/People Ops support, and cross-functional employee workflows
  • Partner with Core CSMs to embed ES expertise into customer success planning and execution
  • Influence ES enablement, collateral, and scaled program strategy to ensure a consistent, high-quality customer experience
  • Drive a strong feedback loop into Product and GTM teams to shape the 2026 ES roadmap

Key Responsibilities

  • Drive Adoption and Outcomes
    Serve as the product and workflow expert for Employee Service in the post-sale org. Guide customers on best practices across ITSM/ITAM and broader ES use cases to ensure rapid adoption and measurable operational improvements. Connect ES adoption to business outcomes driving quantifiable value for customers.
  • Customer Advisory
    Lead workshops, success planning sessions, and value reviews focused on internal service maturity, workflow optimization, and ES capability expansion. Provide practical, actionable guidance to service leaders, IT administrators, HR/People Ops partners, and cross-departmental stakeholders.
  • Partnership with CSMs
    Act as the ES subject matter expert within account teams, helping Core CSMs identify risks, accelerate adoption, and elevate the customer’s internal service strategy. Support customers with expansion of additional ES use cases and internal service functions.
Zendesk

Contact Details:

Zendesk Recruitment Team

We think you need these skills to ace Senior Customer Success Manager, ITSM/ESM

Customer Success Management
ITSM (IT Service Management)
ITAM (IT Asset Management)
Employee Experience
Workflow Optimization
Adoption Strategies
Stakeholder Engagement