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Renewals Leader

San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY Sales Senior USD260k–315k Posted 9h ago

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Role description

What the team is looking for.

Job Title: Renewals Leader

About the Role:

We’re looking for a Renewals Leader to build and scale the function that protects and grows Anthropic’s recurring and committed revenue. This role owns renewals strategy, execution, and forecasting , ensuring we deliver exceptional customer outcomes while sustaining durable, predictable revenue as our enterprise base scales.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Build and lead the renewals team. Hire, develop, and retain a team of Renewals Managers. Define how the function covers the customer base, set the performance bar, and create a culture of accountability and customer-centricity.
  • Own the renewal number. Own renewal bookings, gross and net retention, on-time renewal metrics, forecast accuracy, and renewal pipeline health. Identify risk early and implement mitigation strategies to reduce churn and contraction.
  • Define the operating model. Establish scalable renewal playbooks, stage definitions, qualification criteria, and operational rigor , adapted for the realities of consumption-based revenue rather than fixed contract cycles.
  • Forecast with rigor. Drive accurate weekly and monthly renewal forecasting and reporting that leadership can plan against, grounded in usage data and customer health signals.
  • Drive expansion at renewal. Partner with Sales and Customer Success to convert adoption depth into expanded commitments, and lead executive-level renewal conversations for strategic accounts where required.
  • Collaborate across the GTM organization. Work with Sales on territory and account strategy, with Deal Desk and Finance on pricing, terms, and approvals, and with Strategy & Operations on forecasting and field alignment.
  • Lead with an AI-first mindset. Use data, automation, and tooling , including Claude , to optimize renewal processes, monitor KPIs, and continuously raise the bar on performance.

Requirements:

  • 8–12+ years of experience in SaaS, PaaS, or consumption-led businesses, with significant exposure to renewals, retention, sales, or customer success
  • 3–5+ years of people management experience leading renewals, retention, or commercial teams
  • A proven track record of owning and exceeding renewal and retention targets in complex, enterprise deal cycles
  • Excellent forecasting and pipeline management skills, with a reliable, evidence-based approach to calling the number
  • Demonstrated ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders , Sales, Finance, Deal Desk, and Customer Success , at all levels
  • A strong analytical mindset and comfort using data to drive decisions

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Direct experience with consumption-based or usage-based pricing models, and the unique retention dynamics they create
  • Background in data, AI, cloud, or developer-platform businesses
  • Experience building a renewals or retention function from the ground up, including playbooks, forecasting cadence, and team structure
  • Experience operating across multiple regions and markets
  • Passion for AI and alignment with Anthropic's mission of beneficial AI development

Salary and Benefits:

The annual compensation range for this role is $260,000-$315,000 USD.

Skills mentioned
  • SaaS
  • PaaS
  • consumption-led businesses
  • renewals
  • retention
  • sales
  • customer success
  • people management
  • forecasting
  • pipeline management
  • data analysis
  • cross-functional collaboration
  • consumption-based pricing models
  • usage-based pricing models
  • data science
  • AI
  • cloud computing
  • developer-platform businesses
  • renewals function development
  • team leadership
  • strategic planning