Block is hiring a Retention Account Manager, SMB in 20405 S&M - Sales - Square Account Management — Melbourne, Australia. The overview below is synthesized from the employer posting on block.xyz: factual requirements and scope are preserved, but prose is rewritten with editorial context. Verify details and apply via the employer link.
Since we opened our doors in 2009, the world of commerce has evolved immensely, and so has Square. After enabling anyone to take payments and never miss a sale, we saw sellers stymied by disparate, outmoded products and tools that wouldn’t work together.
So we expanded into software and started building integrated, omnichannel solutions – to help sellers sell online, manage inventory, offer buy now, pay later functionality, book appointments, engage loyal buyers, and hire and pay staff. Across it all, we’ve embedded financial services tools at the point of sale, so merchants can access a business loan and manage their cash flow in one place.
Today, we are a partner to sellers of all sizes – large, enterprise-scale businesses with complex operations, sellers just starting, as well as merchants who began selling with Square and have grown larger over time. As our sellers grow, so do our solutions.
The Role
Day-to-day scope for the Retention Account Manager, SMB as described in the posting:
Join the Square Account Management team and help merchants thrive within our ecosystem! As a Retention Account Manager, you'll partner with SMB business owners across all verticals to help them rediscover the value of our platform.
This is your chance to be a pivotal force for SMBs across Australia—guiding entrepreneurs to a path of stability, growth and scale. You’ll join a team that values curiosity, resilience and mutual success for clients & stakeholders.
You will thrive in this role if you love thinking on your feet, refining talk tracts/playbooks, a strong history of story telling/post-mortem write ups and love having the hard conversations that leave customers saying “if it wasn’t for you, I wouldn’t be here today.”
You Will
- Be responsible for retaining a multi-million dollar client base
- Understand SMB customer needs across all verticals
- Deploy retention strategies to mitigate churn and increase contract adoption
- Strategically address customer concerns and competitive threats
- Help evolve our retention motion through insights on product, operational, and competitive gaps
- Work with our Sales, Support, Product and Analytics, teams to future proof our retention strategies
You Have
- 5+ years experience in Sales, Account Management, or related field
- Experience discovering and closing both retention & growth opportunities
- Experience successfully managing a pipeline to achieve revenue targets
- Excellent negotiation & financial literacy skills
- Excellent storytelling & vision setting skills
- Excellent organisational, analytical, written, and verbal communication skills
- Passion and knowledge about how new technologies can help better serve small and medium size businesses
We’re working to build a more inclusive economy where our customers have equal access to opportunity, and we strive to live by these same values in building our workplace. Block is an equal opportunity employer evaluating all employees and job applicants without regard to identity or any legally protected class.
We believe in being fair, and are committed to an inclusive interview experience, including providing reasonable accommodations to disabled applicants throughout the recruitment process. We encourage applicants to share any needed accommodations with their recruiter, who will treat these requests as confidentially as possible.
While there is no specific deadline to apply for this role, U.S. roles are typically open for an average of 55 days before being filled by a successful candidate.
Application Guidelines
Candidates may submit up to 9 active applications within a 60-day period. Reapplications to the same role are accepted 90 days after a previous application has been reviewed.
Use of AI in Our Hiring Process
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Every benefit we offer is designed with one goal: empowering you to do the best work of your career while building the life you want. Remote work, medical insurance, flexible time off, retirement savings plans, and modern family planning are just some of our offering.
Block, Inc. (NYSE: XYZ) builds technology to increase access to the global economy.