Lead Retention Specialist

Join One of the Fastest-Growing Online Education Companies in the World

At ELVTR, we're transforming online education by connecting ambitious professionals with industry leaders from companies like Nike, Netflix, Google, Amazon, and more.

Since launching in 2020, we've grown into a global learning community with over 300 expert instructors, delivering more than 200 live online courses across 12 industries. To date, we've helped 22,000+ graduates worldwide gain the skills, confidence, and connections needed to advance their careers.

Now we're looking for an experienced Lead Retention Specialist to help us build lasting relationships with our learners while maximizing customer satisfaction and long-term revenue. If you're passionate about customer experience, thrive in a fast-paced environment, and enjoy finding solutions that create value for both customers and the business, we'd love to meet you.

This is a full-time, remote role with a working schedule for this role will be 9AM-6 PM EST.

At ELVTR, customer relationships don't end after enrollment—they're just beginning. As our Lead Retention Specialist, you'll play a critical role in protecting the customer experience while driving sustainable business growth.

• Enjoy solving complex customer challenges with creative solutions
• Thrive in a fast-paced, KPI-driven environment
• Are an exceptional negotiator who can create win-win outcomes
• Love using data to improve processes and business performance
• Enjoy coaching others and sharing best practices
• Are highly organized and take ownership of your work
• Communicate confidently with customers and cross-functional teams
• Believe outstanding customer experiences drive long-term business success

• Own the customer retention process, managing refund requests while maximizing retained revenue and delivering a positive customer experience
• Negotiate alternatives to refunds, including account credits, payment plans, partial refunds, course transfers, and other retention solutions
• Recover overdue installment payments by proactively engaging customers and resolving billing-related issues
• Partner closely with the Billing team to reduce payment defaults, chargebacks, and outstanding balances
• Analyze the root causes behind refund requests and payment failures, providing actionable insights to Sales, Product, and Operations teams
• Develop and continuously improve retention strategies, workflows, communication scripts, and internal processes
• Track and report key retention metrics, including refund rates, retention rates, recovered revenue, installment recovery, and chargeback prevention
• Handle escalated customer cases, making thoughtful, data-driven decisions that balance customer satisfaction with business objectives
• Coach and support the retention team by sharing best practices, reviewing customer interactions, and maintaining high communication standards
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Sales, Customer Success, Finance, Legal, and Operations to ensure a seamless customer experience
• Identify opportunities to automate retention processes and improve operational efficiency
• Take ownership of retention KPIs while testing and implementing initiatives that improve revenue recovery and reduce financial losses

• 3+ years of experience in Sales Retention, Customer Retention, Customer Success, or a related field, preferably in a senior or lead role
• Excellent English communication skills, both written and spoken
• Proven experience supporting customers in the US market
• Strong negotiation and objection-handling skills with a track record of reducing refunds and recovering revenue
• Experience managing refund requests, payment recovery, billing issues, and installment…