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Principal Customer Success Manager roles qualify as specialty occupations under H-1B visa, requiring a bachelor's degree in business, communications, or a related field. Employers file a Labor Condition Application before sponsoring, and the annual cap and selection process apply. TN visa and E-3 visas offer cap-free alternatives for Canadian, Mexican, and Australian nationals.
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INTRODUCTION
Fin, now part of Salesforce, is on a mission to help businesses provide perfect customer experiences.
Our AI Agent Fin is the highest-performing AI Customer Agent on the market today, enabling businesses to deliver impeccable, always-on customer support across the customer journey, from service, to sales, to ecommerce. Powered by our own AI models, Fin resolves complex customer issues end-to-end across every channel, with minimal set-up and integration. Fin can also be combined with our natively integrated Intercom help desk, giving modern support teams one single system.
Together with Salesforce, the #1 AI CRM, where humans with agents drive customer success, we're building the future of customer experience. Here, ambition meets action. Tech meets trust. And innovation isn't a buzzword, it's a way of life. The world of work as we know it is changing, and we're looking for Trailblazers who are passionate about bettering business and the world through AI.
Ready to level up your career at the company leading workforce transformation in the agentic era? You're in the right place. Agentforce is the future of AI, and you are the future of Salesforce.
What’s the opportunity?
As a Principal Customer Success Manager, you’ll partner with some of our largest and most complex enterprise customers to help them transform customer service with AI. You’ll work with executive sponsors, Support leaders, and cross-functional teams to connect Fin’s capabilities to business priorities and guide customers from strategy and implementation through adoption, measurable value, and renewal.
You’ll own the success strategy for a portfolio of strategic enterprise customers, navigating complex organizations, multiple stakeholder groups, and evolving business needs. This is an opportunity to advise senior leaders, influence how global businesses deploy AI, and help shape the playbooks and best practices for our growing Customer Success team.
Responsibilities
- Own the health, success strategy, and retention of a portfolio of strategic enterprise customers, partnering closely with Account Management on renewal plans.
- Build relationships across executive sponsors, operational leaders, technical teams, and frontline users. Develop multi-threaded stakeholder maps and ensure alignment across decision-makers and teams.
- Lead executive conversations, strategic planning, QBRs/EBRs, and success-plan reviews that connect Fin’s roadmap and performance to customers’ business priorities.
- Drive measurable value realization by tying Fin’s outcomes to customer goals such as cost savings, team capacity, customer experience, and service quality. Make progress and ROI clear to executive sponsors.
- Develop and prioritize customer-specific AI and automation roadmaps, aligning business objectives, operational readiness, technical dependencies, and measurable milestones.
- Guide complex enterprise implementations and adoption programs, including requirements gathering, process mapping, and documentation of workflows across teams, systems, or regions.
- Partner with Solutions Engineering, Product, Support, and other internal teams to translate customer requirements into effective Fin solution designs. Advise on configuration, knowledge strategy, integrations, and prompt design.
- Monitor leading indicators such as Fin resolution rate, involvement, CSAT, adoption breadth, and stakeholder engagement. Identify risks early and lead mitigation plans that protect customer outcomes and renewals.
- Analyze usage and performance data to identify optimization opportunities, close resolution gaps, and uncover expansion use cases.
- Maintain deep knowledge of Fin’s evolving capabilities and the AI-agent market, using that expertise to advise customers and position solutions against alternatives.
- Represent the Voice of the Customer internally, translating enterprise customer needs into actionable product feedback and influencing our solutions strategy.
- Mentor other CSMs and contribute to the playbooks, operating practices, and standards of a growing enterprise Customer Success team.
What skills do I need?
- 8+ years of customer-facing experience in enterprise Customer Success, strategic account management, management consulting, strategy, or a related advisory role.
- Demonstrated experience working with large enterprise clients, including complex organizations, senior stakeholders, and multi-team or cross-functional programs.
- A track record of building executive relationships and influencing decisions across a range of customer stakeholders, from C-suite leaders to operational and technical teams.
- Demonstrated success driving adoption, retention, process improvement, and measurable business outcomes for enterprise customers.
- Experience with business process mapping, requirements analysis, solution design, or complex technology implementations.
- Strong commercial judgment and the ability to connect product performance and customer outcomes to ROI, renewal strategy, and expansion opportunities.
- Strong technical acumen and a genuine interest in AI, automation, and agent-building. Coding experience is not required.
- Ability to simplify complex problems and communicate clearly with both executive and technical audiences.
- Excellent prioritization and program-management skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities across a strategic customer portfolio.
- Self-motivated, adaptable, and curious, with the judgment and ownership to operate effectively in a fast-changing environment.
- A collaborative team player who can influence across functions, advocate for customers, and help elevate the work of the broader team.
The OTE range for candidates within the New York or San Francisco Bay Area is $222,300 - $247,000. Actual base pay will depend on a variety of factors such as education, skills, experience, location, etc. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. All regular employees may also be eligible for the corporate bonus program or a sales incentive (target included in OTE) as well as stock in the form of Restricted Stock Units (RSUs).
The OTE range for candidates within the Greater Chicago Area is $200,070 - $222,300. Actual base pay will depend on a variety of factors such as education, skills, experience, location, etc. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. All regular employees may also be eligible for the corporate bonus program or a sales incentive (target included in OTE) as well as stock in the form of Restricted Stock Units (RSUs).
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In the United States, compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, job level, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Certain roles may be eligible for incentive compensation, equity, and benefits. At Fin, we want to give people what they need to do the best work of their careers. Our benefits and programs are designed to support your health and wellbeing, your family, your time away from work, and your financial future. Offerings vary by location in line with local practices and requirements. Learn more about working at Fin and the benefits we offer at fin.ai/careers. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, Salesforce will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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Fin has a hybrid working policy. We believe that working in person helps us stay connected, collaborate easier and create a great culture while still providing flexibility to work from home. We expect employees to be in the office at least three days per week.
We have a radically open and accepting culture at Fin. We avoid spending time on divisive subjects to foster a safe and cohesive work environment for everyone. As an organization, our policy is to not advocate on behalf of the company or our employees on any social or political topics out of our internal or external communications. We respect personal opinion and expression on these topics on personal social platforms on personal time, and do not challenge or confront anyone for their views on non-work related topics. Our goal is to focus on doing incredible work to achieve our goals and unite the company through our core values.
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Align your degree to the role
Principal CSM roles qualify as specialty occupations only when your degree field directly relates to the position. A business administration, marketing, or information systems degree maps cleanly. A general arts degree without relevant coursework can trigger an RFE.
Target enterprise SaaS employers specifically
Principal CSM roles at enterprise SaaS companies carry dedicated immigration budgets and recurring sponsorship cycles. Mid-market software firms with smaller CS teams often rely on contractors instead, making sponsorship conversations harder at the offer stage.
Use Migrate Mate to find verified sponsors
Search Migrate Mate for employers with confirmed LCA filing history for customer success roles. This cuts out companies that express openness to sponsorship in interviews but have never filed, saving weeks of back-and-forth during offer negotiations.
Check prevailing wage before you negotiate
Your employer must certify your salary meets the DOL prevailing wage for your location and role level. Run your title and metro area through the OFLC Wage Search before accepting an offer, so you aren't surprised by a higher floor than the employer budgeted.
Clarify PERM timing if you want a green card
Principal CSM is a Senior-level role that typically supports EB-2 or EB-3 sponsorship, but PERM labor certification adds 12 to 18 months before an I-140 petition can be filed. Ask your prospective employer whether they begin PERM concurrently with H-1B filing or only after renewal.
Frame executive business reviews as specialty work
When your offer letter or I-129 petition describes your duties, ensure it emphasizes strategic account planning, renewal risk modeling, and cross-functional escalation over general relationship management. Vague duty descriptions are the most common reason CSM petitions face RFEs from USCIS.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Principal Customer Success Manager role qualify as a specialty occupation?
Yes, provided the employer requires a bachelor's degree or higher in a directly related field such as business, management information systems, or communications. USCIS scrutinizes CSM titles more than engineering roles because some employers hire without a degree requirement. The job description must specify a degree in a specific discipline, not just any bachelor's degree, to satisfy the specialty occupation standard.
Which visa types cover Principal Customer Success Manager positions?
H-1B is the most common path and covers the role as a specialty occupation. Australian nationals can apply for the E-3 visa, which has a separate cap that has never been exhausted. Canadian and Mexican nationals may qualify under TN if the role maps to a USMCA-listed profession such as management consultant. Each visa requires the employer to file a Labor Condition Application with DOL first.
How do I find employers who have sponsored Customer Success Manager visa roles before?
Migrate Mate shows employers with verified LCA filing history for customer success roles, so you can prioritize companies that have completed the sponsorship process rather than ones that say they're open to it. Focusing your search this way reduces the risk of reaching final-round interviews only to learn the company has never navigated H-1B filing.
Will my employer pay all the H-1B filing fees for a Principal CSM role?
USCIS prohibits employers from passing mandatory petition filing fees onto H-1B workers. Those fees belong entirely to the employer. Attorney fees are also typically employer-paid for sponsored candidates, though this isn't legally required. Confirm the arrangement in writing before signing an offer, particularly at smaller companies where immigration processes are less standardized.
Does a Principal CSM role qualify for EB-2 green card sponsorship?
It can qualify under EB-2 if the employer documents that the position normally requires an advanced degree or the equivalent. Many Principal CSM roles meet this bar given their strategic scope. EB-3 is also available for roles requiring a bachelor's degree with two or more years of experience. PERM labor certification is required for both, and the employer must demonstrate no qualified U.S. workers are available for the position.
What is the prevailing wage requirement for sponsored Principal Customer Success Manager jobs?
U.S. employers sponsoring a visa must pay at least the prevailing wage, which is what workers in the same role, area, and experience level typically earn. The Department of Labor sets this rate to make sure companies aren't hiring foreign workers simply because they'd accept lower pay than a U.S. worker. It varies by job title, location, and experience. You can look up current prevailing wage rates for any occupation and location using the OFLC Wage Search page.