Renewals Leader
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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.
- 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
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