The Company
Serving the People Who Serve the People
Granicus is driven by the excitement of building, implementing, and maintaining technology that is transforming the Govtech industry by bringing governments and their constituents together. We are on a mission to support our customers by meeting the needs of their communities and implementing our technology in ways that are equitable and inclusive. Granicus has consistently appeared on the GovTech 100 list over the past 5 years and has been recognized as the best companies to work on BuiltIn.
Over the last 25 years, we have served 5,500 federal, state, and local government agencies and more than 300 million citizen subscribers powering an unmatched Subscriber Network that uses our digital solutions to make the world a better place. With comprehensive cloud-based solutions for communications, government website design, meeting and agenda management software, records management, and digital services, Granicus empowers stronger relationships between government and residents across the U.S., U.K., Australia, New Zealand, and Canada. By simplifying interactions with residents, while disseminating critical information, Granicus brings governments closer to the people they serve—driving meaningful change for communities around the globe.
Want to know more? See more of what we do
here.
Granicus is seeking a Customer Success Specialist (CSS) to support the successful adoption of our suite of SaaS solutions, and to drive visible value aligned with our clients' business outcomes. As a CSS, you consistently provide exceptional customer service so that our clients can deliver high-quality civic and citizen experiences in our communities. You are a powerful client advocate, and you desire to be a part of a collaborative, fast-paced team that focuses on providing world-class service.
Granicus offers SaaS solutions to Federal, State and Local governments. This role will align with our local customer market segment with a focus on driving adoption among one or more of Granicus’ product families. Strong candidates will have experience in nurturing clients in an agency, public sector, or software organization. Qualified candidates will have stellar client relationship and consultative skills, as well as proven success in data-driven decision making, adherence to process and organizational advancement. In this role, candidates will develop their experience with Software as a Service (SaaS) platforms, and the ability to translate the capabilities of a technology platform into specific benefits for a given client.
What your impact will look like here Proactively manage clients through the customer journey Acts as interface among sales, implementation, and support to track, resolve and follow up on customer issues. Advise customers on best practices of Granicus products Building strong relationships by maintaining engagement, creating communication plans and routine account reviews. Manage escalations by creating save plans and engaging leadership as needed. Voraciously consume Granicus best practices content and review auxiliary metrics via Salesforce reports, PowerBI signature dashboards, and make data-driven recommendations based on Granicus benchmarks and client baselines to accelerate adoption Research, and keep current on, relevant client topics such as program background, agency and administration developments, media reports, and developments across industry verticals Advocate for customers through participation in internal cross-functional meetings Collaborate regularly with the Sales organization to develop territory expansion plans and coordinate customer outreach and touchpoints Identify and document expansion opportunities through the Client Services Qualified Leads Program Regularly achieve quarterly and annual targets for managing Net Promoter Score Program Identify (up to) three Customer References and/or Customer Success Stories per quarter. Proactively submit references and success story recommendations to the Granicus Marketing team. Passionately pursue developments in Granicus product portfolio, as well as SaaS customer-success practices, competitive advancements, and modern engagement trends Enthusiastically represent Granicus at internal and external speaking events as a subject-matter expert in our products and respective civic and citizen knowledge pillars You will love this job if you haveYou have 2+ years of experience in a customer service or other client-facing role You are an agile learner excited by change You demonstrate excellent phone and email communication skills You possess enthusiasm for expanding knowledge and skills to support a high-performing Customer Success organization You thrive in a lean, self-propelling, and proactive environment You possess effective problem solving, time management, and organizational skills You are committed to diversity of thought and consideration of different ideas Experience with Salesforce or another CRM software strongly preferred Public sector knowledge preferred
Don’t have all the skills/experience mentioned above? At Granicus, we are trying to build diverse, inclusive teams. We do not have degree requirements for most of our roles. If you don’t meet every requirement above but are excited to learn more, we encourage you to apply. We might just be able to find another role that could be a perfect fit!
Security and Privacy Requirements
- Responsible for Granicus information security by appropriately preserving the Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability (CIA) of Granicus information assets in accordance with the company's information security program.
- Responsible for ensuring the data privacy of our employees and customers, their data, as well as taking all required privacy training in a timely manner, in accordance with company policies.
The Team
- We are a remote-first company with a globally distributed workforce across the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, India, Armenia, Australia, and New Zealand.
The Culture
- At Granicus, we are building a transparent, inclusive, and safe space for everyone who wants to be
a part of our journey.
- A few culture highlights include – Employee Resource Groups to encourage diverse voices
- Coffee with Mark sessions – Our employees get to interact with our CEO on very important and
sometimes difficult issues ranging from mental health to work-life balance and current affairs.
- Microsoft Teams communities focused on wellness, art, furbabies, family, parenting, and more.-=- - We bring in special guests from time to time to discuss issues that impact our employee
population
The Impact
- We are proud to serve dynamic organizations around the globe that use our digital solutions to make the world a better place — quite literally. We have so many powerful success stories that illustrate how our solutions are impacting the world. See more of our impact here.
Granicus is committed to providing equal employment opportunities. All qualified applicants and employees will be considered for employment and advancement without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, physical or mental disability, age, genetic information, sexual or affectional orientation, marital status, status regarding public assistance, familial status, military or veteran status or any other status protected by applicable law.
