Customer Experience (CX) Specialist

You will be working at a dynamic and fast-paced startup as a member of the Customer Experience (CX) team. You will enable customers to leverage APIs and microservices to drive their business initiatives in one of the most exciting and innovative technology domains in the industry. This team is responsible for interfacing with our customers throughout their lifecycle, helping them realize the value of their Kong investment.

As a member of the CX team, you will act as a champion for our most critical asset, our customers. You will work with a portfolio of customers seeking to identify growth opportunities and ensure they have what they need to be successful. In this role, you will work alongside the Americas sales teams and build a large portfolio of customers.

This is an incredibly exciting and challenging role at the forefront of technology, requiring someone with very strong organizational and communication skills. You will not only build strong relationships with key customers but also pioneer the approach to managing customers by leveraging self-service technology and reusable assets to maximize the value Kong can provide.

Working at Kong presents a unique opportunity to help modernize enterprise software and learn about how businesses run in the digital age.

What you will be doing:

• Coaching our customers throughout their lifecycle while working collaboratively with the rest of the Customer Experience teams to ensure customer outcomes

• Defining what ‘good’ looks like in terms of adoption plans, post-sales engagement, what is recommended and why

• Working with Sales and Product teams to ensure our customers are getting the most out of the solution

• Helping innovate our tooling and processes to make you and your team more efficient

• Working on innovative and cutting-edge customer projects

• Learning our products and technologies, taking that knowledge and applying it to real-world usage

• Collaborating with other peers, business partners, and groups. Representing not only yourself and the rest of your team but all of Kong and other exciting tasks you may identify to grow our company

The successful candidate will:

• Have a builder’s mentality, seeking to find solutions to complex problems that will make life better for our customers and Kong

• Manage a portfolio of commercial customers, looking for patterns that can be addressed through an automated approach using the latest customer engagement techniques

• Have passion and determination about our technology and our customers

• Be a self-starter with strong organizational skills to drive effective customer outcomes

• Have a good understanding of complex technology environments

• Have great self-awareness and strong communication skills

• Ideally have prior experience of a similar role within SaaS, Open Source, and/or Infrastructure software companies

• Have a solid understanding of Cloud Native technologies, including Containerization, Kubernetes, Microservices, and a foundational understanding of API Management (APIM)

• Understand the value of DevOps, CI/CD, and Cloud Computing IaaS