Renewal Specialist (SMB/TT) (Position located in Cape Town, South Africa) at KnowBe4 (Cape Town, South Africa)
KnowBe4· Cape Town, South Africa·
Job description
KnowBe4 empowers the modern workforce to make smarter security decisions every day. Trusted by more than 70,000 organizations worldwide, KnowBe4 is the pioneer of digital workforce security, securing both AI agents and humans. The KnowBe4 Platform provides attack simulation and training, collaboration security, and agent security powered by AIDA (Artificial Intelligence Defense Agents) and a proprietary Risk Score. The platform leverages 15-years of behavioral data to combat advanced threats including social engineering, prompt injection, and shadow AI. By securing humans and agents, KnowBe4 leads the industry in workforce trust and defense.
Please submit your resume in English.
To learn more about our team and office culture in Cape Town, South Africa visit the following links. Careers Page: knowbe4.com/cape-town Glassdoor: glassdoor.com LinkedIn: linkedin.com/southafrica
The Mid Market and Enterprise Renewal Specialist is responsible for coordinating with Mid Market and Enterprise CSMs, Partners and customers to provide pricing quotes for renewals, adding upsell where applicable, and then successfully and efficiently closing those opportunities.
Responsibilities:
- Manage all opportunities within assigned customer portfolio and perform research to understand customer health and account status as it pertains to those opportunities
- Coordinate with Mid Market and Enterprise CSMs to strategize on renewals, and applicable upsells, for their customers to maximize bookings
- Be proactive when conducting discovery with customers on opportunities and handle any objections to ensure predictability of successfully closing those opportunities
- Negotiate with customers on opportunities to prevent churn and secure optimal terms, using discretion and independent judgment
- Facilitate a working process between KnowBe4 Legal department, and customer’s Legal team to revise legal documentation pertinent to the contract
- Employ pricing strategies that meet the Company’s standards, policies, and procedures
- Generate pricing quotes for renewals
- Manage your assigned 30, 60, and 90 day opportunity pipeline, weekly and daily forecasts and meet regularly with the Enterprise Renewal Specialist Director to review and strategize
- Meet and exceed bookings targets and quotas
- Maintain impeccable administration of your opportunities in the Company’s CRM
Qualifications:
- Associate’s Degree or equivalent work experience and education preferred
- Experience with Gmail and Google Docs
- Experience with MS Office (Word and Excel)
- Experience with web browsers (Chrome, Internet Explorer, etc.)
- Previous sales or negotiation experience
- Familiarity with standard concepts, practices and procedures within the IT Security Field
- Experience with Salesforce or other CRM preferred
- Strong verbal and written communications
- Excellent time management and organization skills
- Superior customer service skills
- Strong collaborative and team work skills
- Ability to build rapport with customers via phone, email and video conferencing
- Ability to work with minimal supervision
Our Fantastic Benefits
We offer company-wide bonuses based on monthly sales targets, employee referral bonuses, adoption assistance, tuition reimbursement, certification reimbursement, and certification completion bonuses - all in a modern, high-tech, and fun work environment. For more details about our benefits in each office location, please visit www.knowbe4.com/careers/benefits.
Note: An applicant assessment and background check may be part of your hiring procedure.
Individuals seeking employment at KnowBe4 are considered without prejudice to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please visit knowbe4.com/request-accommodation.
No recruitment agencies, please.
Why work at KnowBe4
- Award-Winning Culture: Consistently ranked a "Best Place to Work" by Fortune Magazine and The Tampa Bay Times for over a decade, with specific accolades for women, millennials, and technology.
- Radical Transparency: The CEO hosts a daily 5-20 minute company-wide meeting to update all employees on company happenings, good or bad. Monthly "Lunch with the CEO" events randomly select 10 employees.
- Hybrid & Remote Options: Offers a hybrid work environment with remote work options, a relaxed dress code, and a "no door policy" encouraging open communication.
- Global Exposure: Offices in 11 countries (US, UK, Netherlands, Germany, UAE, South Africa, Australia, Singapore, Japan, Brazil, France, India) providing opportunities for international collaboration.
- Professional Development: Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250/year, certification bonuses up to $5,000/year, leadership skills training, and a strong history of internal promotion.
- Generous Benefits: Fully paid medical insurance, 3.5% 401k matching, 8-weeks fully paid parental and adoption leave, open PTO, and a relaxed dress code ("If you don’t get arrested on your way to work, you are good!").
- Diversity & Inclusion: Active Employee Resource Groups, community outreach, scholarships for underrepresented talent, and diverse hiring events.
- Fun Perks: Unlimited snacks, game rooms, end-of-month celebrations, and regular social events (movie nights, beach days, boat cruises).