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Customer Success Manager, Implementation

Rapid Micro Biosystems is dedicated to revolutionizing microbial testing with their automated Growth Direct® System, enhancing efficiency and accuracy in quality control labs.

Rapid Micro Biosystems

Employee count: 51-200

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Winning the race to bring new healthcare products safely to a waiting world drives Rapid Micro Biosystems (RMB) to combine today’s innovative technologies as never before. Your career at RMB puts you at the center of diverse global teams that span robotics, AI, Machine Learning, imaging, microbiology, and more, re-shaping how urgently needed pharmaceuticals are made, tested, and released for decades to come. The sky’s the limit.

Careers at RMB are fast-moving, with the high growth you’d expect from a world leader in microbiology automation. Advancement at RMB affords an opportunity to achieve your personal goals and develop your passions, in an inclusive environment where every employee has the resources and opportunities to hone their skills. You’ll do more, learn more, and have the ability to make a profound impact on our business.

The primary responsibility of the Customer Success Manager (CSM) is to lead the successful implementation of Rapid Micro Biosystems’ Growth Direct System®, achieving customer expectations, project timelines and budgeted consumable revenues. The CSM coordinates and prioritizes project tasks, manages timelines, maintains project plans and communicates status to clients, project sponsors and senior management. Additionally, the CSM ensures the system is implemented within contractual obligations and regulatory requirements. The CSM is the customers primary point of contact from the point of purchase order receipt through full Routine Use. This requires a strong understanding of the customer’s organization (top to bottom) and constant monitoring of delivered services versus customer expectations throughout the project.

ESSENTIAL SKILLS

Execution

Drives project timeline development to standard and manages start to finish including project budget, timelines, and quality.
Consistently monitors and addresses unmet customer needs.
Employs strong organizational skills.
Incorporates time management principles into the workflow.
Integrates ongoing risk management trade-offs to ensure successful implementation of assigned projects.

Decision Making

Makes fully informed and accurate decisions that not only support the customer’s needs but also anticipate and resolve problems before they happen.
Collects and structures the available data impacting the project.
Makes timely decisions based on facts, circumstances, and needs.
Conducts scenario analysis to aid in good decision making.

Communications

Conveys information to all key stakeholders in both written and verbal formats.
Determines and utilizes the appropriate communication channels.
Infers meaningful insights from a collection of data.
Employs active listening.
Prepares and delivers concise and meaningful presentations.

 Strategy Development

Understands the impact of GD implementation projects directly to and across various RMB functions.
Understands the impact of GD implementation projects to the overall business.
Integrates business goals into the project scope and deliverables.
Develops metrics to track progress towards business goals.
Understands project and organizational dependencies.

Team Management

Motivates and inspires the team of non-direct reports.
Leads by example.
Effectively manages and resolves conflict.
Builds relationships within and outside the team.
Delegates appropriately
Demonstrates team organization and governance.

 Business Acumen

Understands industry trends and their impact on business.
Responds to market and business changes that affect the project and business.
Understands the key financial measures and how the CSM position effects those measures.

Technical Competence

Working knowledge of the growth direct system (both mechanically and the associated systems)
Understands and integrates appropriate project management tools and processes.
Applies/obtains the necessary requisite subject matter expertise (SME)

 Critical Thinking

Determines the validity of project progress.
Maintains project objectivity.
Applies ongoing analysis to the project.
Integrates the project with cross functional objectives.

Leadership

Acts with a high sense of urgency
Takes initiative.
Mentors team members
Effects change and monitor’s progress.
Responds in a politically astute manner.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

Bachelor's degree in life sciences, business, or a related field
5-8 years of project management experience, PMP Certification preferred
Strong familiarity with project management software tools, methodologies, and best practices
Proven ability to solve problems creatively
Background in Pharma, cGMP and/or Quality systems
Strong interpersonal skills and extremely resourceful
Proven ability to complete projects according to outlined scope, budget, and timeline.

OTHER KEY CONSIDERATIONS

Customer Relationship Building: This position will be the face of RMB to the customer(s). The ability to fully understand the customers organization and its complexity is essential to the CSM’s success. Additionally, understand the Voice of the Customer and translating the customers needs into action driven by the RMB supporting organization.
Customer’s Needs Assessment: After a project begins but before implementation actually starts, CSM are responsible for assessing the client’s exact needs and creating a plan to meet those needs. This assessment usually comes in the form of a Kick-off Meeting and a Site Assessment meeting with the Customers project leader and key stake holders.
Manage Conflict Between Internal Teams and Client: On occasion during a systems implementation, conflict arises between internal teams and the client. Customer Success Managers handle managing this conflict and ensuring the problem is solved before the quality of the project is compromised.
Report on Project Progress: Customer Success Managers communicate often with key stakeholders to report on the project’s overall progress. These reports typically include discussing any problems the teams have had with the client and vice versa.

ABOUT RAPID MICRO BIOSYSTEMS:

Rapid Micro Biosystems creates, sells, validates, and services innovative products for fast, accurate, and efficient detection of microbial contamination in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals, biologics, biotechnology products, medical devices, and personal care products.

The company’s Growth Direct™—the first and only growth-based system to automate rapid compendial QC Micro testing—ensures data integrity, compliance, and operational efficiencies driven by rapid methods and automation.

Rapid Micro Biosystems is dedicated to providing groundbreaking technology and products to support companies in their journey to achieve greater reliability, efficiency, and better predictability, ultimately providing higher quality products for improved patient outcomes.

Rapid Micro Biosystems is headquartered in Lexington, Massachusetts. Our research & development, and manufacturing operations are located in Lowell, Massachusetts. Additionally, we maintain field offices in Freising, Germany; Switzerland, and Singapore.

Equal Opportunity:

Rapid Micro Biosystems is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity. Applicants for employment and employees are reviewed on their individual qualifications for a position. Under no circumstances will Rapid Micro Biosystems discriminate against qualified persons on the basis of race, color, religious creed, retaliation, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, mental illness, genetics, choice of health insurance, marital status, age, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited under applicable law.

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Nov 20, 2025

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Sep 21, 2025

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Manager

Location requirements

United States

Hiring timezones

United States +/- 0 hours

Job categories

Operations Cust Success Implem 6010 Customer Success Manager Sr. Manager Of Customer Success Customer Success Operations Manager Principal Customer Success Manager Senior Customer Success Program Manager

Skills

Project Management PMP Project Management Software Risk Management Budget Management Communication Presentations Cross Functional Team Management Mentoring Active Listening Growth Direct Systems Presentation

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At the heart of Rapid Micro Biosystems is a commitment to redefining quality control in the life sciences industry. Our flagship product, the Growth Direct® System, revolutionizes traditional microbial testing methodologies by injecting unprecedented efficiency and accuracy into the process. Emphasizing automation, we have designed a system that reduces the time to results by eliminating 85% of the manual steps typically involved in microbial testing. This means that instead of waiting days or weeks, our clients can receive rapid results, allowing for quicker decision-making and enhanced productivity.

We believe in empowering quality control laboratories by providing them with advanced tools that minimize the risks associated with human error and contamination. By digitizing and streamlining the entire testing process, we ensure compliance and data integrity, allowing our clients to focus on what they do best—delivering safe and effective products to the market. Our dedication to innovative solutions is paralleled by our commitment to customer service, as we strive to build lasting partnerships with our clients in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology sectors, ensuring their unique needs are met with expertise and dedication.

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Nov 20, 2025

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Full Time

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Manager

Location requirements

United States

Hiring timezones

United States +/- 0 hours

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Rapid Micro Biosystems

Company size

51-200 employees

Founded in

2006

Chief executive officer

Robert Spignesi

Markets

Life Sciences Biotechnology Laboratory Automation Microbiology Testing Quality Control Healthcare Technology Regulatory Compliance Medical Devices Data Integrity Solutions Pharmaceutical

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