Account Manager, Renewals
At PitchBook, we are always looking forward. We continue to innovate, evolve, and invest in ourselves to bring out the best in everyone. We’re deeply collaborative and thrive on the excitement, energy, and fun that reverberates throughout the company.
Our extensive learning programs and mentorship opportunities help us create a culture of curiosity that pushes us to always find new solutions and better ways of doing things. The combination of a rapidly evolving industry and our high ambitions means there’s going to be some ambiguity along the way, but we excel when we challenge ourselves. We’re willing to take risks, fail fast, and do it all over again in the pursuit of excellence.
If you have a good attitude and are willing to roll up your sleeves to get things done, PitchBook is the place for you.
About the Role:
As a member of our Account Management & Customer Success team, you will thrive on your ability to embrace and drive change and your commitment to ensuring you and PitchBook are always growing and improving. While continually learning and exploring new ideas and concepts, you will be inspired to ask questions and challenge the status quo while remaining focused on our customers’ success. We value teamwork and collaboration and encourage our people to build strong, trusting relationships with their teammates, customers, and partners. A contagious positivity, insatiable curiosity, and people-first attitude are the winning traits of our most successful Account Management & Customer Success team members. If this sounds like you, join us!
The Account Manager, Renewals manages customer relationships, working to build a sales strategy that leads to retention, renewals, and customer satisfaction. They are dedicated to maximizing the value their clients receive from PitchBook by building relationships with key decision makers and are responsible for all aspects of their clients’ experience with PitchBook and will onboard, train, engage, grow, and renew their book of clients.
Primary Job Responsibilities:
- Act as primary point of contact and business partner for a dedicated portfolio of clients via in-person meetings, phone, and/or email
- Achieve retention and sales goals measured monthly and quarterly while providing excellent client support
- Negotiate renewal terms to align with the customer and the company goals
- Manage escalations relating to contract questions, negotiations, and requests
- Maintain a rolling 90-day renewal forecast by segment and/or territory
- Serve as an advocate for your clients by analyzing customer health and usage data to identify trends and opportunities to improve adoption
- Work continuously to document the details of each client interaction in order to improve the customer information and drive retention
- Support the vision and values of the company through role modeling and encouraging desired behaviors
- Participate in various company initiatives and projects as requested
Skills and Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree
- 2+ years of relevant experience in a client facing role, sales, or account management experience
- Proven ability to close deals with relevant stakeholders and oversee the end to end renewed process
- Prior experience with Salesforce or similar CRM to forecast sales and maintain updated records of client interactions
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with a keen eye for detail
- Exemplary presentation skills and comfortable engaging with a diverse array of clients
- Interest in the private equity and venture captial marketplace preferred
- Curious, able, and interested to learn about client needs
- Organized with terrific prioritization skills
- Self-motivated, persistent, and goal-oriented attitude and can work effectively as part of a team
- Possessing strong negotiation skills, persistence, and resiliency
- Proficiency with the Microsoft Office suite including in-depth knowledge of Outlook, Word, and Excel with the ability to pick up new systems and software easily
Benefits + Compensation at PitchBook:
Physical Health
- Comprehensive health benefits
- Additional medical wellness incentives
- STD, LTD, AD&D, and life insurance
Emotional Health
- Paid sabbatical program after four years
- Paid family and paternity leave
- Annual educational stipend
- Ability to apply for tuition reimbursement
- CFA exam stipend
- Robust training programs on industry and soft skills
- Employee assistance program
- Generous allotment of vacation days, sick days, and volunteer days
Social Health
- Matching gifts program
- Employee resource groups
- Subsidized emergency childcare
- Dependent Care FSA
- Company-wide events
- Employee referral bonus program
- Quarterly team building events
Financial Health
- 401k match
- Shared ownership employee stock program
- Monthly transportation stipend
*Please be aware the above PitchBook benefit and perk offerings are subject to corresponding plan and policy documents and may change during the course of your employment.
Compensation
- Annual base salary: $100,000
- Annual on target variable commission of fully ramped representative meeting expectations: $25,000
- PitchBook currently has no cap on commission and commission is determined by individual performance
Working Conditions:
We believe our business and our culture are strongest when we work together in person. We also know that it’s helpful to have some flexibility to work remotely. Most roles work in the office 3+ days/week, and some are expected to work in the office 4-5 days/week. The current expectation for this role is that you are working in the office 3+ days/week and that you are in the office full-time during the training period, for which the length varies by role. During an initial phone screen, the team will discuss expectations for this specific position.
The job conditions for this position are in a standard office setting. Employees in this position use PC and phone on an on-going basis throughout the day. Limited corporate travel may be required to remote offices or other business meetings and events.
Life At PB:
We are consistently recognized as a Best Place to Work and our culture is at the heart of our success. It’s our fundamental belief that people do and create great things and that people are the cornerstone of prosperity. We believe that proactively seeking out different points of view, listening to others, learning, and reflecting on what we’ve heard creates a sense of belonging within PitchBook and strengthens the PitchBook community.
We are excited to get to know you and your background. Concerned that you might not meet every requirement? We encourage you to still apply as you might be the right candidate for the role or other roles at PitchBook.
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