Onboarding, adoption & customer success · Core
Customer success manager
Also called: CSM
ELI5
A role responsible for customer adoption, value, health, renewal and expansion coordination.
Used in conversation
“Bring customer success manager into the next review before the decision gets made around them.”
Pitch context
You will see “Customer success manager” in go-to-market plans, sales forecasts, account reviews and commercial proposals when the discussion reaches onboarding, adoption & customer success.
Why it matters: It helps a reader interpret onboarding, adoption & customer success without confusing the measure, decision, role or evidence being discussed.
Sources & evidence · 2
Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.
- U.S. Small Business Administration — Write your business planSupporting source family · primary · checked 2026-08-16
- IFRS Foundation — IFRS GlossarySupporting source family · primary · checked 2026-08-16