Manager, Renewals

About the RoleThe Manager, EVERFI Renewals is responsible for guiding a team of 5-8 Renewal Representatives in the strategy, execution, and proactive management for an assigned set of customers to ensure the highest possible renewal rates for our recurring revenue stream. Your direct reports will be responsible for retaining annual recurring revenue at the highest rate possible that supports Blackbaud’s financial goals and metrics. You will manage renewals executives across two tiers to drive contractual and transaction revenue: Strategic Renewals Executives in one tier which represents the largest EVERFI Enterprise customers with a high-touch engagement model, and one tier which represents mid-market and SMB EVERFI customers with a scalable and volume-based model. You will also manage a renewals enablement lead to ensure that the appropriate playbooks, processes, and tools are being created and effectively leveraged.What you'll doTeam Management:• Manage a team of 5-8 Customer Renewal Representatives whose primary objective is to retain and negotiate our customers' recurring contracts with the best possible financial outcome for Blackbaud• Hire, recruit, motivate and develop team members, including new hire and ongoing product and process training• Produce monthly analyses on team performance; define opportunities for spiffs and other initiatives to drive retention results or customer revenue growth• Drive your team towards achievement of established unit and dollar retention targets• Work with enablement lead to coordinate effective product and skill training to keep your team up to speed on new products, new releases, and innovative ways to engage with customers• Support the highest quality of customer engagement by call coaching, joining your team on customer calls when needed, providing escalation support, and by working 1 on 1 weekly with each of your direct reports• Lead by example- Be willing to put yourself out there and help build a culture of inclusion, collaboration, motivation, and productivity.• Performance management, including providing feedback, quarterly reviews and addressing performance concerns• Schedule and run monthly, quarterly and annual staff meetings, including regular deal review and strategy sessionsRenewals Management:• Work with your Renewal Representatives to define the most effective pipeline management strategy, including the development of criteria and methods for identifying customers that are at risk of cancelling or reducing annual maintenance/subscription fees for each of their territories as well as ways to uncover organizations ready to expand their relationship with Blackbaud• Conduct regular renewal pipeline reviews with your Renewals Representatives• In conjunction with Sales and Marketing, when appropriate, establish targeted campaigns and activities designed to maximize customer retention based on your assessment of each specific territory's needs• Proactively collaborate with Sales, Product Management, Success, K-12, and Services to ensure the highest quality of customer engagement and interaction; be laser focused on areas where we do not help the customer be successful and partner with the right resources to address those gaps• Support your team in sales leads and up-sell efforts• Represent and lead the renewal team in cross-departmental initiative and projects• Strategic planning regarding proactive approach to ensure maximum and most efficient territory coveragePerformance Metrics and Goals:• Achieve established unit retention and recurring revenue targets• Attain targets related to annual price increase, renewal term mix and renewal completion goals• Assist finance in resolution of renewal disputesReporting and Analysis:• Work with Operations and the Renewals management team to deliver regular (monthly, quarterly) recurring revenue forecasts and to identify specific areas of churn in your assigned territories• Track and analyze customer churn in a meaningful way to inform business decisions and go-forward strategies; contribute and lead monthly business reviews with Executive team to summarize outcomes and make recommendations• Continually look for process improvements including optimizing our organizational structureWhat you'll bring• Expertise in sales, renewals, or account management/retention with 3+years of relevant management or team leadership experience required• Prior Sales management experience is desirable• Prior experience with Salesforce.com desired• High level of competency with Excel, including the ability to execute deep analysis in Excel• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; ability to coach others in this area• Experience leading meetings with 50+ people in a managerial capacity• Experience delivering presentations to Executive Level audiences• Strong organizational skills with an emphasis on detail especially when it comes to measuring Rep productivity and pipeline/forecast organization• Experience working with a wide variety of co-workers in order to achieve customer retention and customer satisfaction targetsStay up to date on everything Blackbaud, follow us on Linkedin, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube ​Blackbaud is a remote-first company which embraces a flexible remote work culture. Blackbaud supports hiring and career development for all roles from the location you are in today!Blackbaud is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to maintaining a diverse and inclusive work environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, physical or mental disability, age, or veteran status or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law.To all recruitment agencies: We do not accept unsolicited agency resumes and are not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.A notice to candidates: Recruitment Fraudulent Alert: Your personal information and online safety as a candidate mean a lot to us! At Blackbaud and our portfolio of companies, recruiters only direct candidates to apply through our official careers page at https://careers.blackbaud.com/us/en or our official LinkedIn page. Recruiters will never request payments, ask for financial account information or sensitive information like social security numbers, or conduct interviews via Skype. Anyone suggesting otherwise is not a representative of Blackbaud. If you are unsure if a message is from Blackbaud, please email blackbaudrecruiting@blackbaud.com.The starting base pay is $77,700.00 to $104,500.00. Blackbaud may pay more or less based on employee qualifications, market value, Company finances, and other operational considerations.Benefits Include:• Medical, dental, and vision insurance• Remote-first workforce• 401(k) program with employer match• Flexible paid time off• Generous Parental Leave• Volunteer for vacation• Opportunities to connect to build community and belonging• Pet insurance, legal and identity protection• Tuition reimbursement program