[Hiring] Renewal Manager @Gong.io

Role Description

As a Renewal Manager at Gong, you’ll play a critical role in ensuring our SMB customers continue to see value and renew their partnership with Gong. You’ll drive the end-to-end contract renewal process, identify expansion opportunities, and collaborate cross-functionally to ensure a seamless customer experience. You will also contribute to improving efficiency and retention through our renewals playbook, operational workflows, and customer engagement strategies.

Responsibilities

• Own the renewal process from initial outreach to contract execution, ensuring on-time renewals and reducing churn.
• Lead commercial negotiations by developing pricing proposals, overcoming objections, and ensuring win-win contract agreements.
• Drive customer engagement through live interactions, leveraging data insights to reinforce Gong's value and alignment with customer goals.
• Identify upsell and expansion opportunities within existing accounts by uncovering needs for additional seats, products, or services.
• Manage renewal forecasting and pipeline in Salesforce, tracking renewal progress, risks, and deal velocity.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Digital Customer Success, Sales, and Operations to accelerate renewals and improve processes.
• Develop and refine renewal processes by advocating for system improvements and automation to increase efficiency.
• Mitigate churn risk by identifying at-risk customers early and executing tailored renewal strategies.
• Manage contract execution workflows, including quote creation, Salesforce opportunity management, order form generation, and tracking contracts to close.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in renewals, account management, customer success, or sales in a B2B SaaS environment.
• Proven track record of managing and negotiating contracts with a strong renewal/expansion success rate.
• Experience working with Salesforce and Gong, particularly managing opportunities.
• Exceptional communication and negotiation skills, able to handle objections and influence decision-makers.
• Strong business acumen, understanding customer needs and financial drivers to craft compelling renewal pitches.
• Highly organized with strong attention to detail, managing a high-volume book of business efficiently.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, high-growth environment while maintaining a proactive, strategic approach.

What Success Looks Like

Within the first 60 days, you will:

• Complete Gong onboarding and key certifications to build product, customer, and sales process knowledge.
• Listen to customer calls, master value-based talk tracks, and understand common objections.
• Learn pricing and negotiation best practices to optimize renewal outcomes.
• Develop proficiency in Gong deal workflows, Salesforce processes, and contract execution best practices.
• Build cross-functional relationships across Customer Success, Sales, Finance, and Legal.

Within 3 months, you will:

• Fully own renewal negotiations and execution for a subset of customers.
• Drive engagement strategies for your book of business, proactively identifying renewal risks and opportunities.
• Develop a Quarter +1 engagement plan to maintain proactive outreach and improve retention rates.
• Assess areas for process automation and operational efficiencies, making data-driven recommendations.

Benefits

• We offer Gongsters a variety of medical, dental, and vision plans, designed to fit you and your family’s needs.
• Wellbeing Fund - flexible wellness stipend to support a healthy lifestyle.
• Mental Health benefits with covered therapy and coaching.
• 401(k) program to help you invest in your future.
• Education & learning stipend for personal growth and development.
• Flexible vacation time to promote a healthy work-life blend.
• Paid parental leave to support you and your family.
• Company-wide recharge days each quarter.
• Work from home stipend to help you succeed in a remote environment.