Senior Renewals Manager (French Speaking)

Full Time
Edinburgh, UK
9 months ago

We’re UserTesting, a leader in experience research and insights; we believe the path to human understanding and great experiences start with a shared understanding—seeing and hearing how another person engages with the world around them and taking in their perspective. Working at UserTesting, you will be empowered to help organizations  discover the human side of business–transforming how they work, collaborate, innovate, and bring new products and experiences to market. This is what inspires us, and it’s how we enable companies to connect with their audiences naturally and organically through an experience that is uniquely, and intentionally human.

A trusted company by top brands for 15+ years, UserTesting, recently merged with UserZoom, has over 3,400 customers in 50 countries, including 75 of the Fortune 100 companies. Joining our team means being part of a passionate group focused on transforming how companies learn from and understand their customers. Come join us and help us build the engine for human understanding.

The opportunity 

The UserTesting Senior Renewals Manager is focused on retention and growth of our existing accounts. The role consists of proactive activity for the renewal and retention of customers, as well as identifying upsell opportunities to existing customers. The position is key to managing the existing customer base and requires skills in sales, setting renewal strategy and independent decision making.  The Renewal Manager role will be measured both on Net Renewal Rate and Gross Renewal Rate of existing customers through renewal activities. A successful candidate will have sound sales experience, excellent business acumen with strong interpersonal and presentation skills with a strong customer focus and commitment to customer success and ability to work collaboratively in a teaming environment.

 These are some of the tasks that you will be involved:

  • Take ownership of renewal opportunities, forecasting, negotiation and engaging internal resources with the goal of closing renewals with growth prior to contract expiration
  • Identify requirements, uncover roadblocks and demonstrate account management capabilities to drive renewal to on-time completion 
  • Effectively partners with sales and CSM account teammates to deliver value-based pricing solutions that are both fair and allow for future expansion growth
  • Responsible for identifying upsell opportunities within customer accounts through consultative discovery conversations and partnering with a sales representative to maximize growth potential
  • Responsible for pipeline management of assigned accounts and accurate record updates in Clari/Salesforce daily
  • Communicate risk clearly and take the lead and/or coordinate with account team members in developing resolution strategy
  • Displays strong acumen for discovery and implements MEDDICC to better qualify the opportunity
  • Expert understanding of pricing models and how best to position to customers
  • Strong customer focus on service, satisfaction, enablement and success

 

What we are looking for:

  • Great experience of SaaS (Software as a Service) experience (UX Research, Analytics, Data Visualization preferred) in an Account Management role across B2B accounts
  • Ability to drive compliant deals in accordance with the Bookings policy
  • Consistent Sales Performance of customer retention and meeting revenue targets
  • Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
  • Ability to create clear messaging to articulate and promote the business use cases of new technology
  • Able to collaborate across the Account Team
  • Experience working with Procurement and Legal teams on contracting processes.
  • Bi-lingual in French and English
  • Passion for web technologies and great user experience

Don’t meet every single requirement but excited about the role? We encourage you to apply! Research show us that certain demographics are less likely to apply unless they meet 100% of the requirements, but you may be just the right candidate for this or other roles. We know that diverse perspectives foster the innovation we need to be successful, and we are committed to building a team that encompasses a variety of backgrounds, experiences, and skills.

 

Perks and Benefits

  • Private medical and dental
  • Monthly wellness and telecommunications reimbursements
  • Work from home office equipment stipend
  • Professional development stipend
  • Flexible hours
  • Generous holiday entitlement
  • Mental Wellness Employee Assistance Program
  • Cycle to Work scheme 
  • Employee Referral Programme 
  • Paid quarterly volunteering days and Charity donation matching via our UT Cares Volunteers and Charitable Giving Committee
  • Enhanced family leave 
  • Employee-led groups to help foster a more inclusive employee experience and build a culture of belonging at UserTesting. Read more here! 

 

To learn more about our team, culture, and customers, check out our careers page, company blog, and press/awards. Aside from a great work environment and the opportunity to make an impact, we’re also growing the team quickly–join us!

At UserTesting, we are committed to providing more inclusive and accessible experiences for our candidates. We pride ourselves on building empathy; diverse perspectives, which we believe are the key values to creating exceptional experiences for everyone. Our commitment to providing accessible experiences is driven by this belief and our core values. If you require any accommodations or have any specific requests about how we could tailor our interview process to better suit your needs please contact us on: talentexperience@usertesting.com.If you need to speak to someone please ask!

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UserTesting is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a participant in the U.S. Federal E-Verify program.  Women, minorities, individuals with disabilities and protected veterans are encouraged to apply.  We welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives.  

UserTesting will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, as applicable.  

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