Manager, Customer Success Engineering

Dive in and do the best work of your career at DigitalOcean. Journey alongside a strong community of top talent who are relentless in their drive to build the simplest scalable cloud. If you have a growth mindset, naturally like to think big and bold, and are energized by the fast-paced environment of a true industry disruptor, you’ll find your place here. We value winning together—while learning, having fun, and making a profound difference for the dreamers and builders in the world. We are looking for a Manager, Customer Success Engineering (AI Cloud Support) who is passionate about delivering exceptional support experiences and building high-performing teams. As a Manager, CSE (AI Cloud Support) at DigitalOcean, you will operate as a Support Manager leading a team of Customer Success Engineers (CSEs) supporting strategic customers across cloud infrastructure and emerging AI/ML workloads. Reporting to the Senior Manager of Customer Success Engineering, you will own day-to-day support operations, team performance, and customer experience outcomes. This role is focused on driving operational excellence while building strong technical depth within the team across AI, GPUs, Kubernetes, Databases and core cloud offerings. You will play a key role in ensuring consistent support coverage, developing SMEs, and partnering cross-functionally with Product and Engineering to improve both customer experience and product quality. The ideal candidate brings a deep understanding of cloud and AI/ML ecosystems, including machine learning operations (MLOps), and enterprise support, combined with a passion for innovation and automation, and a proven ability to lead teams in delivering “white-glove” experiences for strategic customers. What You’ll Do: Team Leadership Development Lead, hire, train, mentor and develop a high-performing team of Customer Success Engineers (CSEs), driving accountability, performance, and career growth Establish performance metrics (KPIs/SLAs) and conduct regular 1:1s, performance reviews, and career development planning. Own end-to-end support operations, including queue management, escalations, and shift planning to ensure consistent 24x7 coverage. Drive improvements in key support metrics such as CSAT, response times, resolution times, and overall support quality. Build and strengthen technical expertise within the team across core areas such as Kubernetes (DOKS), Databases, Compute, and AI/ML workloads. Strategic Customer Support Act as the ultimate point of technical escalation for our largest, most strategic enterprise customers across Cloud and AI/ML workloads, stepping in to manage critical incidents and high-severity (Sev1/Sev2) issues. Design and implement customized support plans, SLAs, and escalation pathways tailored to the needs of strategic accounts. Partner closely with Technical Account Managers (TAMs), Growth Account Managers (GAM) to conduct Executive Business Reviews (EBRs) and ensure customers are maximizing the value of our Cloud and AI/ML products. Proactively identify risks and opportunities within strategic accounts to improve customer experience, adoption, and retention. Technical Cross-Functional Operations Serve as the Voice of the Customer (VoC) to Product and Engineering teams, synthesizing support data to advocate for bug fixes, feature requests, and UX improvements. Own and continuously improve escalation protocols between AI/ML Support and CloudOps, Infrastructure Engineering, and Product — including Jira escalation routing, Sev1 bridge management, and post-incident documentation. Own the development and maintenance of SOPs, escalation runbooks, HVC support playbooks, and knowledge base content — treating documentation infrastructure as a core operational lever for team scalability. Contribute to the vision for AI and automation within support—building intelligent tooling and driving the team toward an automation-first model to improve efficiency, scalability, ... (truncated, view full listing at source)