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Customer Success Manager, Federal

Censys logoCensys$190,000–$255,000/yrRemote from United StatesListed 1mo ago

Taken at the midpoint of its range, $222,500/yr, this role pays more than the middle Customer Success opening on the board today ($140k/yr); the usual band for that kind of seat is $111k–$253k/yr.

The posting

Join the team, turning internet intelligence into real-world security outcomes. Built on the world’s most comprehensive and accurate map of the Internet , the Censys Platform delivers real-time visibility and actionable intelligence needed to accelerate triage, investigate threats, hunt adversaries, and manage Internet exposure. We're trusted by half of the Fortune 500 and government agencies all around the world, and looking for people as passionate about the problems we're solving as we are.

Role Summary

In this **Customer Success Manager, Federal **role, you’ll be part of the Customer Success team. Your main objective will be to support, enable, and grow customers across our Federal customer base. As the primary post-sales contact, you’ll represent Censys to C-Levels, threat hunters, and cybersecurity practitioners for Government agencies worldwide. Every day, you’ll work cross functionally with your technical counterparts to improve the customer’s experience and ensure their success.

Responsibilities

  • Manage customer life cycles through onboarding, adoption, enablement, renewal, and expansion
  • Onboarding - Lead the post-sale engagements, including internal hand-offs, customer kick off, and Integration and Architecture Planning meetings with your Customer Success Engineer
  • Adoption - Drive customer adoption by understanding customer use cases and values, articulating our value proposition and product offerings, and delivering Executive Business Reviews, Success plans, etc.
  • Enablement - Educate customers on new features, platform workflows, Beta Programs, Design Partnerships, and User Testing
  • Renewal - Proactively monitor customer health, understand the customer’s renewal process, prepare quotes for customers or partners, and mitigate churn risks
  • Expansion - Guide strategic discussions with customer stakeholders, identify CSQLs (expansion opportunities) with Sales, and facilitate customer references or case studies
  • Collaborate closely with internal Customer Solution Engineering, R&D, Sales, Marketing, and Executive teams to deliver on client goals and needs
  • Maintain accurate and up-to-date records of activities and notes (Catalyst, Salesforce)
  • Other duties as assigned

For high cost of living areas (San Francisco Bay, New York City, and Seattle), the expected salary range for this position is $190,000 - $255,000 USD, plus bonus eligibility and equity.

For all other locations, the expected salary range for this position is $171,000 - $243,000 USD, plus bonus eligibility and equity.

Job level and actual compensation will be decided based on factors including, but not limited to, individual qualifications objectively assessed during the interview process (including skills and prior relevant experience, potential impact, and scope of role), market demands, and specific work location. The listed range is a guideline, and the range for this role may be modified. For roles that are available to be filled remotely, the pay range is localized according to employee work location by a factor of between 83% and 100% of range. Please discuss your specific work location with your recruiter for more information.

Censys offers a competitive benefits package to employees, including equity, health, dental & vision coverage, retirement with company contribution, parental leave, mental health & wellness benefits, flexible PTO, and a professional development stipend. Censys also offers sales incentive pay for most sales roles and an annual bonus plan for eligible non-sales roles. Censys’s compensation and benefits are subject to change and may be modified in the future. Please see our careers page for more details.

We will work to ensure individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to apply for a role, participate in the interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment. If you require accommodation, please reach out to your recruiter. These modifications enable an individual with a disability to have an equal opportunity not only to get a job, but successfully perform their job tasks to the same extent as people without disabilities.

To ensure the integrity of our hiring process and facilitate a more personal connection, we require all candidates to keep their cameras on during video interviews. Additionally, if hired, we would love to bring you to our HQ in Ann Arbor for in-person onboarding.

By applying for this job, the candidate acknowledges and agrees that any personal data contained in their application or supporting materials will be processed in accordance with our Censys Privacy Policy .

Our roots are in Ann Arbor, Michigan and our innovation is fueled by the team’s global perspectives. For this role, we are open to remote employees across the continental US. We value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Censys is an equal opportunity employer .

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Where you can sell from

Fully remote, for people based in United States.

Taken from Censys's own posting, last seen live on 3 Nov 2026.

The application

Your details and CV, then 5 questions (1 written).

Have readyCVCover letter (optional)LinkedIn (optional)
  1. 1.
    Do you require sponsorship to work in the US now or in the future?Yes or no
  2. 2.
    How many years of experience do you have in a CSM or Account Manager role, in a SaaS company?Short answer
  3. 3.
    How many years of experience do you have working in sales with the government?Short answer
  4. 4.
    We are open to hiring this position remote, but we're curious - where are you located?Short answer
  5. 5.
    Do you require any special accommodations during the interview process (for example disability related support)?Written answer · optional

From Censys's apply page, checked 2 Nov 2026.

About Censys

Sells a continuously updated map of internet-facing hosts, services and certificates, with search, attack surface management and threat-hunting tools built on it, to enterprise security teams and government agencies.

Pay schedule: Sellers earn a base plus sales incentive pay quoted as OTE, plus equity, a retirement plan with company contribution, flexible PTO and a professional development stipend.

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