How AI is Changing the CS Skills We Need in 2026 & Beyond

How AI is Changing the CS Skills We Need in 2026 & Beyond
Led by Matt Jandorf and Jan Young
December 09 2025

In this engaging session of CxXchange Success Hour, we explore the dynamic changes in Customer Success skills driven by AI advancements. Join Jan Young as she hosts Matt Jandorf from LinkedIn, discussing how AI is reshaping the required skill sets for CS professionals. Learn about the shift towards project management, change management, and AI fluency, alongside the reduction in team sizes with increased efficiency. Discover how companies are preparing for the future with innovative approaches like AI hackathons and 'week without' initiatives.

If you want the slide deck and breakout room notes from this session, head on over to: https://www.thecxxchange.com/events-r...

About Our Guests

Matthew Jandorf leads CS for government, academic, and healthcare clients, focusing on AI-driven transformation in complex, high-trust environments. Matt brings a change management lens to structuring CS teams for the future.

Follow Matt on LinkedIn:   / matthewjandorf  

Jan Young, Founder and CCO of JanYoungCX, is an award-winning Customer Success leader who has transformed CS leaders into award-winning executive leaders. She has served as VP Client Services for two successfully exited startups. Since 2016, Jan has been pivotal in advising and coaching startup founders and CS leaders to grow post-sales revenue, align go-to-market strategies, and improve customer advocacy. Her holistic approach to Customer Success is rooted in a broad spectrum of roles, including Project Management, Product Ownership, Marketing, Sales, and more. This diverse background empowers Jan to bring a unique, cross-disciplinary perspective to SaaS B2B tech, bridging gaps to drive customer-led growth.

Follow Jan on LinkedIn:   / jan-young-cx  
Learn more about her services: JanYoungCX.com

About CxXchange (formerly #CSOfficeHours)

CxXchange is a place to Xelerate your career and Xchange ideas. We're a community of post-sales leaders, individual contributors, and professionals transitioning into Customer Success.

Post-sales includes Customer Success, Customer Support & Services, Onboarding & Implementation, Professional Services, Customer Marketing, Customer Education, and Revenue and CS Operations.

CxXchange started in March 2022 as #CSOfficeHours, a weekly virtual meetup for CS leaders, CSMs, and folks transitioning into CS. It has since grown to include a slack community, a book club, job search cohorts and mock interviews, and CS Leader and CSM Collaboration Groups.

Everyone is welcome. Come join us!

About SuccessHour

SuccessHour is one of the programs of the CxXchange community and the genesis of how it all began. It serves as a weekly gathering of CS leaders, CSMs and professionals transitioning to CS who are committed to lifelong learning. In the session and in the community, they exchange ideas and accelerate their careers. Success Hour has become a community to join for networking, connecting with CS thought leaders, exchange ideas, and learn.

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