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Commercial function transformed. Double-digit NRR recovery.

Mambu's commercial function needed more than a new strategy. It needed to operate differently. Magnus redesigned the GTM operating model, aligned sales and marketing around a shared system, and rebuilt the capability to sustain it.

Client
Mambu
Sector
Technology / SaaS (Banking)
Size
Global SaaS enterprise
Project
Commercial function transformation
The engagement

From misaligned functions to a shared GTM operating model.

01

Context

Mambu's commercial function had grown quickly, but the GTM operating model hadn't kept pace. Sales and marketing were running different playbooks. Net revenue retention was declining. The business had a growth ambition the commercial function wasn't built to deliver.

02

Reframe

The challenge wasn't a lack of strategy — the strategy existed. The problem was that it wasn't changing how the team operated, made decisions, or showed up in market. The shift was from strategy creation to commercial function transformation: redesigning the GTM operating model, the accountabilities, and the rhythms that would make the strategy real.

03

Solution

Magnus redesigned the GTM operating model from the ground up: team structure, accountabilities, cadences, and the shared definitions that made the model executable across sales and marketing. We established a shared language, shared pipeline definitions, and the joint operating rhythm that aligned both functions around protecting and growing NRR.

04

Innovation

At the centre of the transformation was a retention and expansion strategy built around account health scoring and renewal playbooks. This shifted the team from reactive renewal management to proactive NRR protection — identifying expansion opportunities before churn risk materialised, and building the capability framework the team could sustain and develop independently.

05

Impact

The commercial function achieved a double-digit NRR recovery and now operates independently of external support. As the Commercial Leader at Mambu noted: 'The Magnus team didn't just advise us. They became part of how we operated. The alignment they created between sales and marketing changed how we execute.'

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