Sr. Manager - Head Of Commercial Renewals And Customer Retention
Current• Manage a team of Commercial Managers and at times, directly manage Customer Renewal Representatives whose primary objective is to retain and negotiate our clients' recurring contracts with the best financial outcome to Blackbaud• Hire, recruit, motivate and develop team members, including new hire and ongoing product and process training• Produce regular (daily, weekly, monthly) analyses on team performance; define opportunities for renewal programs and other initiatives to drive retention results or customer revenue growth• Drive team towards achievement of established unit and dollar retention targets, SPI effective rate targets and term mix goals to meet and exceed Commercial team goals.• Support the highest quality of customer engagement by call coaching, joining team on customer engagements, providing escalation support, and by working 1 on 1 weekly with each direct reports• Schedule and run monthly, quarterly and annual staff meetings, including full day strategy sessions across stakeholder groups• Work with Managers and 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 reporting Managers and Renewals Representatives• Proactively collaborate with Sales, Product Management, Success, 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 • Strategic planning regarding proactive approach to ensure maximum and most efficient territory coverage