Customer Success Manager - German Speaking (EMEA)

About the role

As a Customer Success Manager for our Guided segment, you will serve as the primary post-sales partner for a book of business of approximately 30 enterprise accounts across EMEA, including the DACH region, guiding customers from onboarding to mature, scaled adoption. By running a tight operating cadence of; kickoffs, success plans, QBRs, and renewals you will translate product usage into measurable business value and clearly surfacing ROI.

In addition, you will proactively manage risk and escalations, analyze health and adoption signals to unblock progress, and design scalable playbooks and programs that uplift customer outcomes.

In close partnership with Support, Solutions Engineering, Product, and Sales, you turn technical success into durable revenue, identifying upsell and cross-sell opportunities, driving renewals, and contributing to ~120% enterprise NRR.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Own a book of n8n’s enterprise customers, acting as the primary post-sales partner across onboarding, adoption, and renewal
• Lead customer kickoffs and success planning, aligning stakeholders on goals, timelines, responsibilities, and measurable outcomes
• Drive onboarding and enablement across technical and business audiences, unblocking implementation and accelerating time-to-value
• Establish a strong operating cadence (health checks, exec syncs, QBRs), using data and insights to guide priorities and decisions
• Monitor customer health and product usage signals to proactively identify risks, manage escalations, and keep stakeholders aligned
• Quantify and communicate business value throughout the lifecycle, building ROI narratives tied to adoption, outcomes, and impact
• Identify and progress expansion opportunities (upsell/cross-sell), partnering with Account Executives on account plans that drive growth
• Partner closely with Support, Solutions Engineering, and Product to resolve blockers quickly and deliver a seamless customer experience
• Provide structured, actionable feedback to Product and Engineering, representing customer needs and shaping roadmap priorities

REQUIREMENTS🤝 Enterprise Customer Success experience: You’ve owned a book of business for enterprise SaaS customers and can run kickoffs, onboardings and QBRs end-to-end.

📊 Value & outcomes mindset: You’re comfortable translating product usage into measurable outcomes, ROI, and executive-ready narratives

💻 Technical fluency: You can confidently engage with IT/engineering stakeholders (APIs, integrations, auth basics, environments), and you know when/how to escalate

💼 Commercial acumen: You’ve driven renewals and expansion (upsell/cross-sell), with a track record of retention and growth impact

🧭 Operational rigor: You run a clear operating cadence, keep stakeholders aligned, and manage multiple priorities with structure and follow-through

🗣 Clear, high-trust communication: You communicate crisply with both builders and executives, and you’re known for building durable relationships

🤝 Cross-functional leadership: You partner effectively with Sales, Support, Solutions Engineering, and Product to unblock customers and improve the journey

🌱 Builder mindset in ambiguity: You thrive in fast-changing environments and take ownership

Nice-to-haves🤖 Automation + AI curiosity: You’ve used automation/AI tools (or iPaaS/workflow platforms) and can bring ideas that improve customer value realization

🚀 Startup/scale-up experience: You’ve operated in high-growth environments and enjoy “build the plane while flying it” work

🌍 Multi-region experience: You’ve worked with global enterprise accounts across EMEA/US time zones and complex stakeholder groups

🎓 Technical or STEM education: Degree or equivalent training in a technical field is a plus (Computer Science, Engineering etc.)

🧩 Familiarity with n8n or similar tools: Prior exposure to workflow automation/integration platforms helps you ramp faster

n8n is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

We can sponsor visas to Germany; for any other country, you need to have existing right to work.