Account Based Renewals Rep

Autodesk Autodesk · Enterprise · Johannesburg, South Africa

This role focuses on managing and executing customer renewals for Autodesk's software products, identifying expansion opportunities, and monitoring churn risks. It involves direct communication and negotiation with customers and their procurement teams, leveraging CRM systems for workflow automation. The role requires experience in renewals, account management, or customer success within a recurring revenue environment.

What you'd actually do

  1. Independently execute full renewal workflows for assigned accounts.
  2. Defend existing customer base by ensuring timely and accurate renewal execution with moderate guidance.
  3. Identify and close seat expansion opportunities (additional licenses across existing buyers, teams, or personas) using standard playbooks during renewal.
  4. Intervene when auto renewals are disabled to prevent churn, applying judgment within well defined guidelines.
  5. Work directly with customer procurement teams to ensure seamless renewal execution, operating with general instruction on routine tasks.

Skills

Required

  • 2–3 years of experience in renewals, account management, customer success, inside sales, or a similar customer facing role.
  • Experience managing renewal cycles or recurring revenue motions.
  • Strong communication skills with the ability to influence customer decisions.
  • Foundational negotiation skills with the ability to secure renewals or basic expansions.
  • Ability to manage multiple concurrent workflows and adhere to renewal timelines.
  • Proficiency using CRM systems and basic workflow automation.

Nice to have

  • Experience working in SaaS, subscription licensing, or recurring revenue commercial environments.
  • Familiarity with procurement processes or vendor customer negotiation cycles.
  • Exposure to partner led or channel supported sales motions.
  • Experience identifying churn risks or upsell signals through customer conversations or data.
  • Working knowledge of forecasting renewals or using dashboards for revenue tracking.
  • Experience coordinating across sales, customer success, and partner teams.

What the JD emphasized

  • Experience managing renewal cycles or recurring revenue motions.
  • Foundational negotiation skills with the ability to secure renewals or basic expansions.
  • Proficiency using CRM systems and basic workflow automation.