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Who we are:
For over 25 years, Global Relay has set the standard in enterprise information archiving with industry-leading cloud archiving, surveillance, eDiscovery, and analytics solutions. We securely capture and preserve the communications data of the world’s most highly regulated firms, giving them greater visibility and control over their information and ensuring compliance with stringent regulations.
Though we offer competitive compensation and benefits and all the other perks one would expect from an established company, we are not your typical technology company. Global Relay is a career-building company. A place for big ideas. New challenges. Groundbreaking innovation. It’s a place where you can genuinely make an impact – and be recognized for it.
We believe great businesses thrive on diversity, inclusion, and the contributions of all employees. To that end, we recruit candidates from different backgrounds and foster a work environment that encourages employees to collaborate and learn from each other, completely free of barriers.
Your role:
Global Relay is looking for a driven and consultative Enterprise Account Executive to join our Central sales team, based in our Chicago office. You will own a targeted portfolio of named enterprise accounts, blending strategic expansion of installed customers with proactive new business development in whitespace opportunities.
This is a high-impact, quota-carrying role for a solutions-oriented sales professional who thrives in complex, multi-stakeholder deals. You’ll partner closely with internal teams—including Customer Success, Sales Engineering, and Product Management—to solve mission-critical challenges for regulated firms and deliver measurable value.
Your responsibilities:
- Own the full sales cycle from prospecting through close across a named territory of enterprise accounts
- Deepen relationships and drive upsell/cross-sell opportunities within assigned Global Relay customers
- Identify and close net-new logos by developing outreach strategies and leveraging your network
- Conduct discovery, present tailored value propositions, and lead product demonstrations with support from presales
- Build strong multi-threaded relationships at the VP and C-level, especially within Compliance, IT, Legal, and Risk teams
- Collaborate with your Sales VP and pod team (CSM, SE, and BDR support) to develop account plans and growth strategies
- Maintain pipeline health and forecast accuracy through disciplined Salesforce usage and consistent pipeline generation
- Attend key industry events, compliance roundtables, and client briefings to stay informed and visible in the market
- Apply structured sales methodologies like MEDDIC to qualify and advance opportunities
About you:
- 3-7 years of B2B SaaS sales experience, with a proven track record of quota achievement in enterprise or complex solution sales
- Experience selling into regulated industries, especially financial services (banks, broker-dealers, PE, hedge funds, fintechs)
- Comfortable with long sales cycles and consensus-based buying processes involving compliance, legal, and IT stakeholders
- Consultative, curious, and commercially sharp—you know how to translate problems into value and urgency
- Strong presentation and communication skills, with executive presence and storytelling ability
- Familiarity with Salesforce and modern sales tools
- Self-starter with high integrity and an ownership mindset—you take pride in your book of business and how you run it
- Must be comfortable with in-office collaboration
- Flexibility with some regional travel and to company or industry events (~20%)
Bonus Points If You Have...
- Experience selling archiving, compliance, eDiscovery, or surveillance solutions
- Familiarity with MEDDPICC, Challenger, or similar sales methodologies
- Experience working with a pod-based go-to-market structure (Sales + CSM + SE alignment)
Compensation:
Global Relay advertises the pay range for this role in compliance with applicable pay transparency laws. Individual pay rates are determined by evaluating factors such as expertise, skills, education, and professional background.
The range below reflects the expected annual base salary, which is only one element of our comprehensive total rewards package designed to reflect our company pay philosophy, culture and values. We aim to foster an inspiring work environment and support employees' work-life rhythms. We provide a comprehensive health benefits program, including extended health coverage, and short-term / long-term disability insurance. Employees receive annual allotted vacation days, which increase based on tenure. Other benefits include paid sick days, maternity/parental leave enhanced program, commuter benefits, and a 401(k)-retirement plan with company contribution matching. This role is also eligible for a commission structure.
For employees at our New York office, we provide additional perks and amenities to enhance your work experience including a subsidized meal program, courtesy of our in-house culinary team!
What you can expect:
At Global Relay, there’s no ceiling to what you can achieve. It’s the land of opportunity for the energetic, the intelligent, the driven. You’ll receive the mentoring, coaching, and support you need to reach your career goals. You’ll be part of a culture that breeds creativity and rewards perseverance and hard work. And you’ll be working alongside smart, talented individuals from diverse backgrounds, with complementary knowledge and skills.
Global Relay is an equal-opportunity employer committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
We seek to ensure reasonable adjustments, accommodations, and personal time are tailored to meet the unique needs of every individual.
To learn more about our business, culture, and community involvement, visit www.globalrelay.com.
Global Relay Chicago, Illinois, USA Office
121 W Wacker Dr, Chicago, IL, United States
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