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Felicity Scheltinga

Melbourne

Summary

Felicity is a born leader who has a unique and special ability to forge deep relationships and trust very quickly, transforming even the most resistant customers into champions in a remarkably short period of time.

Felicity's secret is her ability to communicate with all people at all levels. Her transparent and bold approach holds her customers and collaborators to account, which helps everyone be more successful. Felicity's tenacity and relentless support and advocacy for her customers is her priority. Felicity is quick to understand her customers strategic objectives, aligning success measures and a plan to drive adoption and value is key to the way she runs her book of business.

Felicity navigates complexity and ambiguity with ease to uncover the best path forward both the customer and Zendesk. She takes on at-risk accounts with enthusiasm and her mitigation strategies have contributed towards her success. Felicity has been pivotal in securing and maintaining the business of our largest, most complex and risky accounts in ANZ, and is regularly contributing to expansion and retention numbers.

Currently working for Zendesk Felicity partners with enterprise organisations to execute on their customer experience and employee experience strategies. Working closely with those around her Felicity has the ability to bring out the best in others, aligning and supporting them to achieve success.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Principal Customer Success Manager

Zendesk
01.2022 - Current
  • A key objectives of my role is the work I do to understand my customer's business. I then work creatively to provide solutions to challenges, and help their business innovate and transform with Zendesk at the centre.
  • Developed strong product knowledge to provide informed recommendations based on individual customer requirements.
  • Manage and facilitate discovery sessions, workshops, shadowing, Technical Roadmap briefings, and QBRs with stakeholders across all levels, adapting my communication style to suit both technical and strategic discussions.
  • Collaborate with product teams to communicate customer feedback, resulting in product enhancements.
  • Facilitate quarterly Customer Mindshare events for APAC.
  • Represent APAC in strategic global projects.
  • Represent Zendesk at regional webinars and facilitate 'ask the expert' sessions at flagship events.
  • Mentor and coach new CSMs across APAC.
  • Played a key role in driving expansion opportunities, resulting in an increase in assigned book.
  • Developed and managed risk mitigation plans.
  • Served as an escalation point for complex or high-priority customer issues, providing swift resolutions that exceeded expectations.
  • Successfully converted at-risk customers into advocates through strategic engagements and executive multithreading, resulting in over 90% of my assigned book committing to multi-year agreements.

Senior Customer Success Executive

Zendesk
03.2021 - 01.2022

Customer Success Executive

Zendesk
03.2019 - 03.2021

Senior Consultant

Pinpoint HRM, HR Tech Consultancy
01.2015 - 01.2019

Associate Director

James Cook University
01.2012 - 01.2015

Project Manager

James Cook University
01.2009 - 01.2012

Project Officer

Charles Sturt University
01.2007 - 12.2008

Human Resources Coordinator

Ergon Energy
01.2006 - 12.2006

Education

Bachelor of Science - Psychological Sciences

Swinburne University of Technology
Melbourne, VIC
12-2023

Certificate IV - Business, Human Resources

Certificate III - Business Administration

Skills

  • Energetic and Empathetic
  • Leadership and Strategy Focused
  • Relationship Management
  • Communication and Mentoring
  • Risk Management
  • Bringing people together
  • Service Delivery and Operations
  • Project and Program Management

Affiliations

  • The Customer Success Association
  • AIM Professional Member - Expired
  • AHRI Certified Professional Member - Expired
  • PRINCE2 Project Management Practitioner
  • Business Systems Analysis
  • Software Education
  • ISTQB Software Testing
  • Workforce Metrics & Workforce Analytics

Timeline

Senior Principal Customer Success Manager

Zendesk
01.2022 - Current

Senior Customer Success Executive

Zendesk
03.2021 - 01.2022

Customer Success Executive

Zendesk
03.2019 - 03.2021

Senior Consultant

Pinpoint HRM, HR Tech Consultancy
01.2015 - 01.2019

Associate Director

James Cook University
01.2012 - 01.2015

Project Manager

James Cook University
01.2009 - 01.2012

Project Officer

Charles Sturt University
01.2007 - 12.2008

Human Resources Coordinator

Ergon Energy
01.2006 - 12.2006

Certificate IV - Business, Human Resources

Certificate III - Business Administration

Bachelor of Science - Psychological Sciences

Swinburne University of Technology
Felicity Scheltinga