Head of Customer Success APAC

What makes us Qlik?

A Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ Leader for 15 years in a row, Qlik transforms complex data landscapes into actionable insights, driving strategic business outcomes. Serving over 40,000 global customers, our portfolio leverages pervasive data quality and advanced AI/ML capabilities that lead to better decisions, faster.

We excel in integration and governance solutions that work with diverse data sources, and our real-time analytics uncover hidden patterns, empowering teams to address complex challenges and seize new opportunities.

The Director / Sr. Director – Customer Success Organization for APAC Role

The Director / Sr. Director – Customer Success Organization (CSO) APAC role is a regional leader accountable for driving customer success outcomes across the Asia-Pacific region. This role provides strategic leadership across all CSO functions including Customer Success Management (CSM), Customer Success Engineering (CSE), Professional Services, and Customer Support—within a matrixed, multi-functional team structure within the region.

What makes this role interesting?

1. Strategic Scope with Real Autonomy: You’ll lead Customer Success across 10+ countries with diverse markets, cultural dynamics, and customer maturity. You get to build and lead the APAC model your way — with strong alignment to global CS strategy but full trust to tailor for regional success.
2. Collaborative, High-Caliber Team: You’ll work with an ambitious, globally connected CS leadership team that values transparency, speed, and accountability. Cross-functional support from Sales, Renewals, and Services is strong — and you’ll help deepen this alignment.
3. Impact and Visibility: This is a senior leadership role with high visibility to Qlik’s executive team. Your impact on customer outcomes and revenue will be direct, measurable, and appreciated — with the freedom to innovate and elevate the region’s CS maturity.

• You’ll be part of a global CS leadership team that’s defining best-in-class practices, not just reacting to escalations.
• You’ll be able to align with and influence Product, Sales, Renewals, and Ops, rather than being siloed.
• Your impact will be visible — both internally and to customers — and you’ll have the freedom to experiment and move fast.

Challenges:

• Leading across diverse cultures, markets, and maturity levels from Australia to Japan to India.
• Evolving from reactive support to proactive value realization, especially in emerging markets.
• Balancing short-term renewal pressures with long-term customer health and advocacy.
• Driving global consistency while respecting local nuance.

Problems to Solve:

• How do we scale Customer Success in APAC without losing local context?
• How do we drive consistent customer outcomes across wildly different customer types and sizes?
• How do we ensure Customer Success is seen as a revenue enabler, not a support function?
• How do we build a team and process that can meet the moment — and scale for what’s next?

Here’s how you’ll be making an impact:

• Regional Accountability: Act as the accountable leader for all RVPs and Geo Leaders in APAC from the CSO perspective. Own regional customer success outcomes and CSO strategy execution.
• Matrixed Team Leadership: Lead and align a matrixed organization of CSO personnel across multiple teams and countries (CSM, CSE, Support, Services). Foster a unified regional strategy and team culture.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate closely with regional RVPs, Sales leadership, Product, and global functional leaders to align planning, execution, and customer engagement strategies.
• Commercial Expertise: Engage directly in customer negotiations and executive-level discussions, partnering with Sales and Renewals to support deal strategy, risk mitigation, and commercial outcomes.
• Strategic Growth & Adoption: Define and execute CSO plans tailored to APAC customer needs. Support strategic accounts with initiatives to increase adoption, satisfaction, and long-term value realization.
• Customer Advocacy & Escalation Management: Represent CSO in high-level customer escalations and drive resolution strategies that reinforce trust and partnership.

We’re looking for a teammate with:

• 15+ years of experience in customer success, services, or enterprise consulting, ideally in B2B SaaS or analytics/data platform environments.
• Proven leadership across multi-country teams in the Asia-Pacific region.
• Strong commercial orientation and experience with contract strategy and customer negotiations.
• Skilled in navigating matrixed global organizations and aligning cross-functional teams.
• Strong executive presence and stakeholder management skills.
• Preferably of Japanese origin or with deep cultural understanding of Japan.
• Fluent in English; additional languages such as Japanese, Mandarin, or Korean are a plus.

The location for this role is:

Singapore

Apply now and help change how the world transforms complex data landscapes into actionable insights and turns complex data challenges into new opportunities!

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What else do we offer?

• Genuine career progression pathways and mentoring programs
• Culture of innovation, technology, collaboration, and openness
• Flexible, diverse, and international work environment

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