Renewals Account Executive

At Algolia, we’re looking for a Renewals Account Executive, responsible for strategic engagements with a dedicated portfolio of high-value customers. As a Renewals Account Executive, you will partner with Account Executives and Customer Success Managers to align on the account strategy for each customer, and help execute on these strategies. You will engage with each customer proactively to understand overall customer sentiment and satisfaction, while also identifying both risk and expansion potential. You are responsible for managing the renewal process, including but not limited to, providing renewal notice, creating quotes, forecasting, negotiating, and working through customer legal and procurement requirements. You will be working cross-functionally, partnering with Sales, CSEs, and CSMs, along with finance and the deal desk.

In this Customer-Centric role, you will have the opportunity to work on the front lines with our incredible customer base and be exposed to exciting and complex customer interactions. You’ll connect with our customers to understand their needs and challenges while partnering with our Customer Success team to ensure their challenges are addressed. You’ll establish relationships with customers as you negotiate to maximise mutual benefit at renewal time.

YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR:

• Owning and executing a portfolio of renewal contracts in an assigned territory

• Ensuring all renewals occur on time

• Identifying growth opportunities and providing insights to the business that improve future business outcomes

YOUR ROLE WILL CONSIST OF THE FOLLOWING:

• Partner with Account AE to develop and execute win/win negotiation strategies for account contract renewals that maximise long term contract value while protecting and enhancing customer trust

• Own, drive and manage the renewal process with customers, including renewal quotes and renewal opportunities, in collaboration with Customer Success, Finance, Legal, Deal Desk and Sales teams to ensure all contracts are timely and accurate

• Maximise account growth opportunities by playing an active role on the account team and helping to identify incremental opportunities aligned to activities within the renewal playbook

• Identify customer requirements, uncover roadblocks, and demonstrate strong account management and commercial capabilities to drive renewal to on-time closure (OTRR: On Time Renewal Rate & Revenue Retention will be a KPI)

• Provide Customer Success Management and Sales with complete visibility to renewals and solicit Algolia Leadership involvement as required

• Accurately maintain/update and provide renewal forecast of your territory and communicate any renewal risk to internal resources to develop resolution strategies

• Follow and adhere to best practices for all internal processes, including, but not limited to, Opportunity Management, Data Quality and accuracy, Quotations and Forecasting

• Achieve financial and strategic targets for minimising attrition, positioning favourable terms, boosting incremental revenue via up-sells, cross-sells and add-ons, and maximising customer value

• Accurately forecast and manage pipeline on a monthly and quarterly basis

• 3+ years of experience of relevant experience at a SaaS/Software Company

• Ability to manage strategic and enterprise level accounts, identify problems and opportunities, and provide solutions for each of them with strong process management, negotiation skills, financial acumen, and ability to apply strict policies

• Ability to build relationships and collaborate closely with teammates

• Ability to react and adapt to potential rapid shifts in priorities and organisational policies

• Excellent presentation, written and verbal communication skills

• Ability to set priorities, drive decisions and get closure on recommendations and issues

• Strong attention to detail and process-oriented

• Proven time management skills with the ability to prioritize tasks

• Constantly looking to learn and improve

• Ability to deeply understand customers sentiment or needs, and strategically involve other parties (such as AE, CSM, or leadership) to prevent risk proactively

• Preference for candidates with experience at our current stage and beyond (over 10,000 customers, $50-200M ARR, high growth, lots of change and building internal infrastructure)

NICE TO HAVE:

• Experience with an enterprise CRM or customer service application

• Experience with Salesforce CRM is a significant plus

• Experience with Gainsight is a plus

• Ability to demonstrate a strategic mindset to enable persuasive value conversations with customers at an executive level

• Ability to manage transactions through every stage of the renewal cycle

• Experience in negotiating complex multi-year service contracts

• Fluency in French, German or Italian

WE’RE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE WHO CAN LIVE OUR VALUES:

• GRIT – Problem-solving and perseverance capability in an ever-changing and growing environment.

• TRUST – Willingness to trust our co-workers and to take ownership.

• CANDOR – Ability to receive and give constructive feedback., We’re looking for talented, passionate people to build the world’s best search & discovery technology. As an ownership-driven company, we seek team members who thrive within an environment based on autonomy and diversity. We’re committed to building an inclusive and diverse workplace. We care about each other and the world around us, and embrace talented people regardless of their race, age, ancestry, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, color, veteran status, disability and socioeconomic background.

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