Sales & Customer Success Enterprise (201-1000 employees)

Head of Customer Success at Enterprise

OCEAN+ profile for Head of CS: leading the CS team, retention strategy, account expansion, and voice of the customer at the leadership level.

In LATAM enterprise, personal relationships remain decisive

Procurement processes can take twice as long as in Anglo markets

Internal coordination is as critical as customer-facing skills

Generic profile Startup (1-50 employees) SMB (51-200 employees) Global (1001+ employees)

Ideal OCEAN+ Profile

Openness 69 Conscientiousness 92 Extraversion 82 Agreeableness 84 Emotional Stability 75 Structure & Rhythm 79
Ideal range
Openness
60 77

At enterprise companies (201-1000 employees), openness to trying new channels and sales strategies

Conscientiousness
84 100

At enterprise companies (201-1000 employees), discipline in pipeline management and follow-up

Extraversion
73 90

At enterprise companies (201-1000 employees), the energy to build relationships and close deals

Agreeableness
75 92

At enterprise companies (201-1000 employees), the balance between assertive persuasion and active listening

Emotional Stability
67 83

At enterprise companies (201-1000 employees), resilience in the face of constant rejection and long sales cycles

Structure & Rhythm
70 87

At enterprise companies (201-1000 employees), building long-term relationships with clients

Strengths and Red Flags

Strengths

  • Designing scalable retention and expansion strategies
  • Building high-performing CS teams
  • Navigating complex buying committees by mapping stakeholders, sponsors, and economic decision-makers
  • Managing 6-18 month sales cycles without losing energy or momentum

Red Flags

  • Excessive focus on individual relationships without building systems
  • Difficulty making tough calls about underperformers on the team
  • Pushes the client at the wrong moments in the buying cycle, damaging the relationship
  • No experience with enterprise procurement or negotiations with legal departments

Interview Questions

Tell me about the most impactful retention strategy you designed. What was the problem, what did you build, and what were the results in NRR or churn?

Evaluates: Openness and Conscientiousness

How do you build the relationship between the CS team and the product team so customer feedback genuinely influences the roadmap?

Evaluates: Openness and Extraversion

Describe the most complex enterprise deal you led. How many stakeholders were involved?

Evaluates: Managing complex buying processes

How do you build a business case for a CFO who wasn't part of the discovery meetings?

Evaluates: Translating technical value into financial language

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This Role in Other Contexts

Generic profile

Head of Customer Success — base profile with no company context

View profile → Startup (1-50 employees)

In LATAM startups, the Sales Manager is often also the first AE

View profile → SMB (51-200 employees)

In LATAM SMBs, the Sales Manager reports directly to the owner or CEO

View profile → Global (1001+ employees)

Must be able to sell upward to HQ in addition to managing local markets

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