Director, Renewal Management
TLDR
Drive customer retention and recurring revenue growth while leading a global renewals team in a highly visible, cross-functional role.
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Job Title: Director, Renewal Management
Reports to: Senior Director, Renewal Management
Location: US
A quick snapshot….
The Director of Renewals leads the global renewals organization responsible for driving customer retention, recurring revenue growth, and a seamless renewal experience for customers across all segments. This role owns the end-to-end renewal lifecycle, leads a globally distributed team, and partners cross-functionally to ensure operational excellence, forecast accuracy, and customer value realization.
Why it’s a big deal….
Renewals are a primary driver of predictable revenue, customer retention, and long‑term company growth. This role sits squarely at the intersection of revenue, customer experience, and operational execution—and has a direct impact on gross and net retention, expansion ACV, and forecast accuracy.
As Director of Renewal Management, you will own and scale a global, high‑volume renewal motion for customers, where efficiency, precision, and consistency are critical. You’ll lead a globally distributed organization, define the operating model, and build the processes, analytics, and automation needed to deliver 100% on‑time renewals at scale.
This role is highly visible and deeply cross‑functional, partnering closely with Sales, Customer Success, Finance, Legal, Deal Desk, Product, and Operations. Success here means improving renewal predictability, reducing churn and risk, driving expansion opportunities, and elevating the customer experience—while enabling the broader go‑to‑market organization to operate more effectively.
Simply put, this role directly protects and grows recurring revenue while laying the foundation for a scalable, world‑class renewals engine.
Are you the person we’re looking for?
Strategic Leadership
- Define and execute a global renewals strategy aligned to company retention, revenue, and customer experience goals for the customer base below $100,000 ACV.
- Build scalable renewal processes that improve efficiency, predictability, and renewal velocity while reducing churn risk.
- Lead quarterly planning, renewal calendar execution, and long-term strategic initiatives.
Team & Performance Management
- Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing global renewals organization for our renewals offshore team.
- Establish clear KPIs, performance expectations, and coaching frameworks.
- Partner with offshore Operations and Talent teams on hiring, onboarding, enablement, and compensation programs.
Customer Retention & Expansion
- Own the full renewal motion for annual and multi-year contracts.
- Partner with Sales, Customer Success, Product, Legal, Finance, and Deal Desk to resolve blockers and improve customer outcomes.
- Drive price increases, multi-year strategies, expansion identification, and churn mitigation.
Forecasting, Reporting & Analytics
- Deliver accurate renewal forecasts and executive-level reporting.
- Analyze churn, downgrades, and expansion by segment, geography, and customer cohort.
- Develop and improve dashboards and operational insights to improve renewal predictability.
Cross-Functional Alignment & Governance
- Ensure adherence to pricing, contract, and approval policies.
- Align renewal ownership and engagement models with Sales and unmanaged Customer Success leadership.
- Drive automation, AI-powered workflows, and continuous process improvement.
- Customer Advocacy & Experience
- Champion a customer-first renewal experience.
- Act as escalation point for complex and high-risk renewals.
- Guide renewal messaging and internal enablement.
KEY QUALIFICATIONS
- Proven experience leading high-volume, transactional renewal operations in a SaaS or subscription-based business.
- 7–9 years of relevant SaaS experience in Renewals, Customer Success, Revenue Operations, or Account Management.
- 2–4 years of people leadership experience, with a strong preference for managing fully offshore or globally distributed teams.
- Strong operational excellence and process design skills.
- Ability to manage and forecast large renewal portfolios with high accuracy.
- Experience with auto-renewal programs and contract-driven renewal models.
- Excellent cross-functional communication skills.
- Strong analytical and systems mindset.
- Comfort working in a fast-moving, metrics-driven environment.
- Experience driving technology-enabled improvements (automation, AI-assisted workflows, CRM hygiene, queue management tools).
SUCCESS METRICS
- Gross and Net Renewal Rates
- Expansion ACV
- Churn and downgrade reduction
- Forecast accuracy
- Team performance and retention
- 100% on time renewals – monthly, quarterly, and annually
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