Customer Retention Specialist at Jobber · Vancouver

ARE YOU PASSIONATE ABOUT HELPING CUSTOMERS SUCCEED, SOLVING MEANINGFUL PROBLEMS, AND MAKING A REAL IMPACT ON THE BUSINESSES YOU SUPPORT EVERY DAY? We’re looking for a Customer Retention Specialist (Retention Specialist) to join our Customer Success team and play a key role in helping customers overcome challenges, rediscover the value of Jobber, and continue growing their businesses with confidence. The Team The Retention team plays a critical role in protecting recurring revenue and strengthening long-term customer relationships, supporting customers at pivotal moments when they are deciding whether to continue their Jobber subscription. Through both inbound and outbound retention conversations, our team connects with customers who may be experiencing challenges, exploring alternatives, or not yet seeing the full value of the platform. We take the time to understand what’s getting in the way, and then connect them to the Jobber features and workflows that solve their specific problems and help their businesses grow. We partner closely with Customer Success, Support, Product, and Billing to surface churn risks, share insights from customer conversations, and continuously improve the overall customer experience. The Role Reporting to the Manager, Customer Retention, the Customer Retention Specialist (Retention Specialist) works directly with customers who may be at risk of cancelling or disengaging from Jobber. Your job is to understand what’s standing in their way, and connect them to solutions that help them succeed. You’ll lead meaningful, consultative conversations to understand the underlying causes behind cancellation requests or disengagement, identify barriers to success, and guide customers toward solutions that strengthen their experience with Jobber and make a real difference for their business. You’ll ask the right questions before offering solutions, and you’ll treat every conversation as an opportunity to genuinely improve someone’s experience. Retention Specialists engage with customers through inbound calls, proactive retention outreach, and scheduled value sessions, translating Jobber’s capabilities into practical, meaningful solutions tailored to each customer’s unique situation. You’ll develop deep product knowledge and act as a trusted advisor to customers, confidently navigating complex conversations and leveraging your expertise to showcase how Jobber’s features solve meaningful problems for businesses, helping customers make informed decisions that drive their long-term success. Success in this role is measured through outcomes such as save rate, customer retention, and long-term customer success following retention conversations, with Retention Specialists taking direct ownership of outcomes that impact recurring revenue retention. The Customer Retention Specialist (Retention Specialist) will: - Engage with customers at risk of cancellation through retention-focused phone conversations via direct inbound phone line or booked calls, identifying solutions that help them continue to succeed with Jobber. - Conduct proactive outbound retention calls to customers showing signs of churn risk, using available signals such as account health indicators or changes in engagement to help customers address challenges before they lead to cancellation. - Facilitate scheduled value sessions that help customers overcome blockers and unlock the full value of their Jobber subscription through feature adoption, workflow optimization, training, and best practices tailored to their business. - Use a consultative, diagnostic approach to uncover root causes behind churn risk. You’ll ask the right questions, interpret signals such as product usage patterns and account health indicators, and recommend solutions that genuinely address what’s getting in the customer’s way. - Play a direct role in protecting and retaining recurring revenue by influencing customer decisions at critical moments in their lifecycle, guiding at-risk customers toward solutions that reinforce the long-term value of their Jobber subscription. - Exercise sound judgment and decision-making in navigating complex or high-risk customer situations, balancing customer needs with business outcomes to drive the best possible retention result. - Partner with cross-functional teams to share insights from retention conversations, helping identify churn trends, surface product gaps, and contribute to improvements across the customer experience. - Contribute to improving long-term retention strategy by identifying patterns in churn drivers and influencing cross-functional improvements to product, onboarding, and customer experience. - Adapt quickly to evolving processes, tools, and product updates in a growing environment where customer needs and solutions continue to evolve. - Become an ambassador of our culture by being humble, supportive – and someone who truly gives a shit! To be successful, you should have: - A track record of thriving in high-volume, customer-facing environments where you consistently deliver strong results while maintaining a high-quality customer experience. - A genuine curiosity about what’s driving customer challenges. You ask great questions, listen closely, and understand the problem before proposing a solution. - The ability to translate product knowledge into customer solutions. You don’t just know what Jobber does – you can connect its features to the specific needs of each customer’s business in a way that resonates. - The ability to influence outcomes through consultative conversations, confidently guiding customers through complex situations such as cancellation decisions, product challenges, or pricing concerns. - Strong verbal communication skills and a customer-first mindset, allowing you to build rapport quickly and navigate challenging conversations with empathy and clarity. - A results-driven mindset that motivates you to take ownership of customer outcomes and work toward solutions that support long-term customer success. - Resilience and composure. You stay calm under pressure, handle rejection professionally, and learn quickly from difficult conversations. - Strong problem-solving ability. You assess situations critically, identify root causes, and propose creative, practical solutions with confidence. - Adaptability in a growth environment. You’re energized by change and comfortable learning new tools, systems, and workflows. - Reliability and accountability. You show up for your team and customers, follow through on commitments, and take responsibility for results. - Confidence working with modern software tools and navigating multiple systems in a fast-paced, cloud-based environment. - Interest or experience in leveraging AI tools to enhance productivity and insight generation. What you can expect from Jobber: - A total compensation package that includes an extended health benefits package with fully paid premiums for both body and mind, matching in RRSP, TFSA or FHSA, and stock options. - A dedicated Talent Development team and access to coaching, learning, and leadership programs to help you grow your career, reach your goals, and unlock your full potential. - A unique opportunity to build, grow, and leave your impact on a $400-billion industry that has no dominant player...yet. - To work with a group of people who are humble, supportive, and give a sh*t about our customers. We believe that diverse teams perform better and that fostering an inclusive work environment is a key part of growing a successful team. We welcome people of diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We are an equal opportunity employer, and we are committed to working with applicants requesting accommodation at any stage of the hiring process. A bit more about us: Job by job, we’re transforming the way service is delivered. Your lawn care provider, home cleaning service, plumber or painter could use Jobber to better connect with their customers, save time in the office, invoice faster, and get paid! We’re bringing tens of thousands of people together with technology to deliver billions of dollars a year in services to happy customers. Jobber exists to help make these small businesses successful, and when they’re successful we all win!