v1.0 Release Candidate

Brianne Tanke

Head of Customer Success, International —

Enterprise CS leader with 10+ years scaling teams and customers across EMEA and APAC. Turns customer complexity into ARR growth, product insights, and repeatable playbooks.

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Stakeholder NPS Dashboard

74
Overall NPS Score
Industry benchmark: +32
Direct Reports +82
"Gave me air cover to take risks and a clear growth path. Best manager I've had."
Cross-functional Partners +71
"Actually follows through after the meeting. Rare in CS leadership."
Enterprise Customers +69
"First vendor exec who understood our constraints before trying to sell us more."

Feature Comparison

Capability Typical Candidate Brianne Tanke
Managed managers Across 10+ time zones, during product pivots
Owns retention metrics Owned $12M ARR renewals globally at Quali
Executive presence "Strong communicator" Ran QBRs with C-suite at major European retailers
Product influence "Collaborates with product" Helped ship over 100+ features from customer insights
Builds from zero Maybe Built UK CS at Focal · Built EMEA Solutions at SymphonyAI
Deal impact Supports sales POC → £8.5M ARR (doubled company revenue)
Sense of humour Unknown Made you read this far

Career Changelog

v4.0 SymphonyAI Jan 2024 – Present
Product & Customer Solutions Leadership – EMEA
Director of Product Management, Store Intelligence – EMEA
Feb 2026 – Present
  • Own product strategy and roadmap for Store Intelligence solutions across EMEA
  • Translate customer and market insights into scalable product enhancements
  • Partner cross-functionally (engineering, data, commercial) to deliver features that drive adoption, revenue, and competitive differentiation
Director of Customer Solutions, Store Intelligence – Europe
Jan 2024 – Feb 2026
  • Led end-to-end delivery of enterprise implementations across Europe, from pre-sales and solution design through to deployment and value realisation
  • Built and scaled the customer solutions function, bridging product, customer success, and sales
  • Designed and delivered complex, multi-stakeholder solutions for large enterprise clients, driving adoption and expansion
  • Partnered with commercial teams in pre-sales to scope and shape deals, ensuring delivery feasibility and long-term success
  • Established repeatable delivery processes across markets, improving implementation speed, quality, and customer outcomes
  • Acted as senior stakeholder for key accounts, managing relationships from initial engagement through to long-term partnership
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v3.0 Focal Systems Nov 2022 – Jan 2024
Director of Customer Success – UK
  • Delivered a strategic POC contributing £8.5M ARR / £42.5M TCV, doubling company ARR
  • Drove delivery of 30+ product features through customer insights and data analysis
  • Built and scaled CS processes improving retention, expansion, and NPS
  • Defined KPIs/OKRs aligning team performance with company growth
  • Developed ROI frameworks and success plans for enterprise customers
  • Led and developed a high-performing CS team
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v2.0 Quali May 2021 – Oct 2022
Customer Success Manager (EMEA/APAC) & Global Renewals Manager
  • Managed EMEA & APAC customer portfolio; trusted advisor to enterprise clients
  • Owned $12M ARR in global renewals, driving retention and growth
  • Led renewal negotiations and identified expansion opportunities
  • Implemented health checks and churn mitigation strategies
  • Aligned product usage with customer business goals to increase adoption
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v1.0 Actifio Jul 2014 – Apr 2021
Enterprise Account Management → Operations
Enterprise Account Manager – EMEA
Oct 2017 – Apr 2021 · London, UK
  • Managed enterprise accounts across EMEA, driving retention and revenue growth
  • Closed $600K+ cross-sell and generated $5M+ pipeline
  • Built SOWs with KPIs and ROI metrics
  • Partnered with product/engineering to deliver customer-driven enhancements
  • Led QBRs, stakeholder management, and pipeline discipline
Global Supply Chain Manager
Dec 2015 – Sep 2017 · Waltham, MA
  • Improved efficiency and scalability of global supply chain operations
Systems Administrator / Office Manager
Jul 2014 – Nov 2015 · Waltham, MA
  • Supported IT infrastructure and business operations
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v0.1 Boston College 2010 – 2014
Bachelor's Degree, Communications & Marketing
  • Foundation in communications, marketing strategy, and business fundamentals
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What People Are Saying

# hiring-feedback
VP
VP Sales, EMEA 10:42 AM
Brianne's POC delivery at Focal literally changed our trajectory. She gets enterprise complexity without making it everyone else's problem.
PM
Head of Product 10:44 AM
+1. She's the rare CS leader who can hold her own in a product roadmap debate. Brings real customer evidence, not just vibes.
IC
Senior CSM (former direct report) 10:51 AM
Best manager I've had. Clear expectations, real feedback, and actually advocated for my promotion when I was ready.
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Enterprise Customer (Retail CIO) 11:03 AM
First vendor contact who didn't ghost us after signature. Still responds within 24 hours, even post-renewal. That's rare.

Why Anthropic?

I've spent 10 years helping enterprises adopt complex technology. The pitch is always "AI will transform your business"—but the reality is change management, integration pain, executive skepticism, and stakeholder alignment across a dozen time zones.

Most AI vendors hand-wave the hard parts. Anthropic is different: you're building AI that's actually deployable by cautious, regulated enterprises—the banks, retailers, and healthcare companies that can't afford to move fast and break things.

That's the unlock. Responsible AI that works in production is the product. I want to help international customers realise that value—across EMEA and APAC, across languages and cultures, across regulatory environments—responsibly, repeatably, and at scale.