Senior Account Executive - Renewals
Kahoot!
Are you a SaaS sales professional with a strong commercial drive who enjoys unlocking revenue through renewals? If you have experience in Account Management, or a similar renewals-related role, we want to hear from you!
At Kahoot!, we’re looking for a Senior Account Executive - Renewals to join our team. In this role, you’ll take charge of executing and managing renewals across EMEA. You’ll work closely with our Customer Success and Account Executive teams, driving renewal efforts while also identifying opportunities for growth and process optimization.
If you thrive in an entrepreneurial environment, are passionate about maximizing revenue, driving efficiency, and want to contribute to a company that’s transforming the way people learn, keep reading!
About Kahoot!
The Kahoot! Group is on a mission to make learning awesome! We want to empower everyone, including children, students, and employees to unlock their full learning potential. Our Kahoot! learning platform makes it easy for any individual or corporation to create, share, and host learning sessions that drive compelling engagement.
Launched in 2013, Kahoot!’s vision is to build the leading learning platform in the world. Since launch, Kahoot! has hosted hundreds of millions of learning sessions with more than 10 billion participants (non-unique) in more than 200 countries and regions. The Kahoot! Group includes Clever, the leading US K-12 EdTech learning platform, together with the learning apps DragonBox, Poio, Drops, Actimo, Motimate, and Whiteboard.fi.
The Kahoot! Group is headquartered in Oslo, Norway, with offices in the US, the UK, France, Finland, Estonia, Denmark, Spain and Poland. To learn more, visit us at kahoot.com, and let’s play!
Our K!rew
At the Kahoot! Group we champion a positive culture of collaborative learning and innovation. With a global team of more than 600 employees representing over 50 different nationalities, we’re a diverse and fun bunch of people! We work hard and celebrate our wins, tackle challenges with original ideas and learn something new every day.
We are driven by our mission and guided by our values: playful, curious and inclusive.
If you talk to anyone working in the Kahoot! Group, they will tell you that one of the greatest perks is being able to see how the work you do puts a smile on the face of kids, teachers and learners all around the world.
Responsibilities
- Drive the renewal process for a portfolio of Kahoot! customers, ensuring timely and successful renewals of their subscriptions.
- Diligently and consistently uncover expansion and upsell opportunities to grow the portfolio.
- Create insights and overview of upcoming renewals in advance and work closely together with the Customer Success and Sales Teams to secure successful renewals and reduce churn risk.
- Develop and maintain strong relationships with existing customers, acting as a trusted advisor and point of contact for their renewal needs.
- Collaborate with customers to understand their company needs and business case, and negotiate renewal terms and pricing.
- Execute necessary commercial agreements/amendments of the renewals or expansions.
- Work closely with the Customer Success team to ensure a seamless transition from the sales process to customer onboarding and ongoing support.
- Make sure renewals flow correctly into our core systems, clean up data to keep a high data hygiene, and identify process improvement opportunities.
- Keep track of renewal metrics and provide regular reports to the Sales and Finance teams, helping to identify trends and areas for improvement.
- Weekly forecasting and reporting on expected revenue and potential upsides.
- Identify relevant stakeholders and build business cases that convince customers to keep investing in Kahoot! solutions.
- Utilize HubSpot (CRM) to manage and record all account activity, including maintaining accurate and up-to-date quotations, account activities, opportunities, and leads.