[Hiring] Inbound Retention Specialist @Yelp, Inc

Role Description

Please note that while this role will operate remotely, it is required that the candidate resides in the Western region of the United States. This includes candidates residing in Mountain or Pacific Time Zones.

Do you love local businesses, and want to help them grow? The Yelp Customer Success team is seeking a dedicated and driven Inbound Sales Retention Specialist to provide a 5-star experience to our small business advertisers! As a member of the Inbound Sales Retention team, you will be committed to supporting, consulting, and retaining our advertisers post-sale. We’d love to have you apply, even if you don’t feel you meet every single requirement in this posting. At Yelp, we’re looking for great people, not just those who simply check off all the boxes.

This position requires you to work a permanent Saturday-Wednesday schedule. On Saturday and Sunday you will work 7:00am-4:00pm PST and during the weekdays of your shift you will work 9:00am-6:00pm in your timezone. This is a full-time position.

What you'll do:

• You will help strengthen Yelp’s revenue retention by providing exceptional and timely customer support.
• You will be logged into an inbound phone queue for the majority of your day, consulting and educating our current Yelp advertisers.
• You will show clients the value of Yelp by highlighting their investment returns through ad performance metrics.
• You will use strong listening and conflict resolution skills to handle escalated clients.
• You will become an expert in Yelp’s advertising solutions and adapt product recommendations quickly to suit client needs - asking probing questions and handling objections will be critical to your success.
• You will exhibit strong communication skills, both externally with clients and internally with other Yelp employees.
• You will remain organized and efficient in a fast-paced environment.
• You will consistently achieve/exceed monthly goals.
• Use Chatbench, Yelp’s internal tool that provides secure access to a number of LLM models, to research, draft proposals, analyze data and overcome objections.

Qualifications

• You have a Bachelor's Degree or 3+ years of relevant client facing experience.
• You are technically proficient with computers and information systems.
• You have strong communication skills (verbal and written).
• You excel with problem solving and troubleshooting.
• You have experience in account management, sales, advertising, or small business (preferred).
• You have a love for local businesses and understand their importance in local economies.
• You have excellent time management and organizational skills with the ability to track and complete numerous details.
• You have the ability to handle tough conversations with business owners in a professional, solutions-oriented manner.
• You have the ability to strike a balance between consulting and supporting as needed.
• You are willing to receive and implement feedback.
• You have the ability to embrace a fast paced and always-changing environment.
• You will need access to an individual hardline high-speed internet connection in your workspace. This job cannot be performed using satellite internet or a mobile hotspot.

Benefits

• Effective your first day: Medical, vision, and dental.
• Mental health support and services via Modern Health.
• 15 days PTO (accrual begins on date of hire and increases with 2+ years of tenure thereafter), 12 paid holidays, plus one floating holiday and 7 paid wellness days.
• Up to 14 weeks of parental leave.
• Monthly wellness subsidy.
• Flexible spending account.
• 401(k) retirement savings plan.
• Employee stock purchase plan.
• Work from home reimbursement.
• The base salary is $50,000 + performance based incentives.