Salary
💰 $85,000 - $150,000 per year
About the role
- GitLab is an open-core software company that develops the most comprehensive AI-powered DevSecOps Platform, used by more than 100,000 organizations.
- The Renewals Manager delivers to an essential moment in the customer journey, ensuring we can continue to deliver value and business outcomes by specializing in customer retention.
- Maximize customer retention rates through effective sales techniques over the phone, video and email while also minimizing customer churn and contraction.
- Execute the renewal process to ensure ARR is retained or expanded
- Evaluate license usage and complete the true-up requirements
- Understand and align customer’s business needs and goals to generate renewal quotes
- Provide renewals administration support to Renewals Managers, and Account Executives
- Ensure that renewals are closed on a timely basis
- Collaborate with Sales and Customer Success Managers on renewals strategy and plans, leveraging customer analytics and metrics
- Liaise with customers to ensure POs and order forms are accurately completed to allow for internal deal approval
- Help design best practices and methodologies for the renewals organization
- Provide coverage of larger, more strategic and complex opportunities
Requirements
- Related sales or related customer experience (examples SDR, BDR, sales ops, deal desk, customer service, CSM)
- Demonstrated progressive experience with B2B software sales
- Experience with subscription GTM approaches for customer success management and renewals
- Effective communicator, strong interpersonal and collaboration skills
- Motivated, driven and results-oriented
- Strong negotiation, presentation and closing skills
- Preferred experience with technical products. Experience with DevOps, software development lifecycle, or application development is a plus.
- Experienced in driving renewals with predictability and delivering to targeted gross retention rates
- Experienced in managing a customer relationship from a similar role (e.g., Customer Success Manager, SDR, BDR)
- You share our values, and work in accordance with those values.
- Proven ability to successfully lead renewals with high gross retention, predictability, and customer experience
- Demonstrated ability to drive larger, more complex transactions (i.e., contract size, net ARR).
- Contributes to the improvement of renewals process, policies, and tools including helping others on the team