Head of Customer Success, Apac

Notion Notion · Enterprise · Tokyo, Japan · Customer Success

This role leads Customer Success for the APAC region at Notion, focusing on adoption, retention, and expansion of Notion's AI-integrated workspace product. The leader will manage a team, drive strategic alignment, foster cross-functional collaboration, and ensure operational excellence to maximize business impact.

What you'd actually do

  1. Develop and implement strategies to align the APAC Customer Success organization with broader company goals, especially around adoption, retention, and expansion
  2. Lead and develop a team of 25+ CSMs across Scaled and Dedicated motions in the APAC region
  3. Partner with Sales, Solutions Engineering, and Professional Services to ensure seamless customer onboarding and high-value delivery while continuously improving the customer journey for long-term success
  4. Drive executive relationships with key customers. Gather customer feedback to inform product improvements and advocate for APAC customers within the company
  5. Build and refine a consistent KPI/OKR system to enable data-driven decisions. Monitor customer health metrics to identify risks and opportunities for proactive intervention.

Skills

Required

  • 8+ years of experience leading Customer Success or GTM functions within a fast-growing SaaS environment, with a focus on post-sales motions
  • Experience managing diverse customer segments—from Commercial to Enterprise—and collaborating cross-functionally across many internal stakeholders
  • Powerhouse leader who attracts, inspires, develops, and retains top talent
  • Customer-centric at your core and champion for customers; passionate about understanding their organizations, business priorities, and sources of value
  • Data-driven and can set the right performance indicators for your organization
  • Operational rigor and systems thinking across the customer lifecycle
  • Adaptable and thrive in a rapidly changing business environment
  • Drive adoption and usage to maximize net dollar retention across APAC

Nice to have

  • Curious and willing to adopt AI tools to work smarter and deliver better results.

What the JD emphasized

  • 8+ years of experience leading Customer Success or GTM functions within a fast-growing SaaS environment, with a focus on post-sales motions