Renewal Account Management Team Leader
Job Summary
Job Description Summary
As Director Renewals Account Management (RAM) you will play a critical role in the companys transition to an ARR driven business model. You will be accountable for building and leading a global Renewals Account Management function that protects and grows recurring revenue improves forecast accuracy and delivers a consistent value driven renewal experience for customers.This role owns the renewals operating model end to end: organization processes data systems and cross functional collaboration. You will partner closely with Sales Customer Success Channel Management Finance IT/SFDC and RevOps to establish renewals as a strategic lifecycle motion rather than a transactional event. The role sits within Commercial Operations (Comm Ops) and is a core pillar of the evolving RevOps model.
Job Description
Key Responsibilities
Renewals Strategy & Ownership
- Own the global renewal strategy for inscope software offerings managing renewals as an ARR portfolio with accountability for GRR churn mitigation renewal rate and forecast accuracy.
- Define and execute the target operating model for Renewals Account Management aligned to the companys ARR and RevOps transformation.
- Ensure renewals transition from reactive transactional execution to proactive lifecycledriven engagement.
Team Leadership & Organizational Build
- Build lead and develop the RAM organization including hiring onboarding role definition and capacity modeling across regions and tiers.
- Provide strong people leadership coaching and performance management fostering a collaborative customercentric and datadriven team culture.
- Define progression paths (RAM Senior RAM) and partner with HR on performance and incentive frameworks.
Process Playbooks & Continuous Improvement
- Lead Kaizen and continuous improvement initiatives to design standardize and evolve the endtoend renewals lifecycle.
- Own the Renewals Playbook including tiering cadence RACI exception handling lifecycle motions and best practices.
- Drive consistency globally while allowing for controlled regional flexibility where required.
RAM Ops Data & Systems Enablement
- Support and prioritize RAM Ops activities (located in Advisory team) ensuring highquality renewals reporting metrics and data governance.
- Own the interim Working SSOT for renewals and guide the transition to SFDCnative processes and dashboards as the system of record.
- Partner with IT/SFDC Finance and RevOps to define ARR metrics (GRR NRR churn forecast accuracy) dashboards and forecasting rhythms.
- Ensure renewals data installed base entitlements and documentation are reliably captured and accessible.
CrossFunctional Collaboration
- Establish and maintain a clear collaboration model (triangle) with Sales CSM and Channel Managers ensuring aligned ownership without role conflict.
- Act as the primary renewals interface to Sales leadership CSM leadership Channel Management M&S Renewals (O2C) Finance Legal and IT.
- Drive structured engagement on Tier 1 and atrisk renewals including escalation management and executive visibility where needed.
Expansion & Customer Experience
- Enable systematic identification of expansion opportunities aligned to renewals partnering with Sales and Marketing while avoiding compensation conflict.
- Ensure renewals become a positive valuedriven customer touchpoint that improves trust satisfaction and longterm retention.
- Sponsor QBR participation and lifecycle review motions for strategic accounts.
Forecasting Governance & Executive Communication
- Own the renewals forecast pipeline and ensure highconfidence renewal and ARR visibility for leadership and Finance.
- Chair or participate in renewals governance forums (e.g. Renewals SteerCo) to drive decisionmaking risk resolution and prioritization.
- Present renewals performance risks and insights to senior and executive leadership.
Compliance & Standards
- Ensure adherence to Comm Ops policies renewals processes and data governance standards.
- Identify opportunities to simplify and improve tools templates and workflows while maintaining commercial rigor and integrity.
Required Qualifications
- 15 years of experience in commercial operations renewals deal management sales operations or revenue operations within a B2B software or SaaS environment.
- Proven experience building or transforming postsales commercial functions (renewals RevOps deal operations or similar).
- Strong understanding of ARR business models renewals economics forecasting and key SaaS metrics (GRR NRR churn).
- Experience leading global crossfunctional teams and influencing senior stakeholders across Sales Finance Legal and IT.
- Bachelors degree required; Masters degree or equivalent commercial/business experience preferred.
Desired Characteristics
- Strong executive presence and ability to communicate clearly at all organizational levels.
- Highly structured thinker with the ability to translate strategy into execution.
- Datadriven analytically strong and comfortable operating with imperfect data while building toward maturity.
- Demonstrated ability to lead through change ambiguity and transformation.
- Comfortable balancing handson execution with leadership and prioritization of others work.
- Proven ability to drive alignment and trust across Salesadjacent functions.
- Continuous improvement mindset; experience with Lean / Kaizen methodologies is a strong plus.
- High integrity strong ownership mentality and customerfirst mindset.
Additional Information
Relocation Assistance Provided: No
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