Director of Strategic Sales- PR/ Comms/ Media

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Hiring Remotely in Raleigh, NC, USA
In-Office or Remote
113K-375K Annually
Entry level
Information Technology • Legal Tech • Analytics
The Role
Drive new enterprise sales for Nexis Solutions across the PR, communications, and media sectors. Responsibilities include exceeding quotas, managing complex solution-based sales cycles, prospecting, developing account strategies, creating unsolicited proposals, collaborating with sales, product, and marketing teams, and preparing business reviews. The role requires enterprise SaaS and API sales experience, AI and Generative AI positioning expertise, industry knowledge, strong new-business development skills, and the ability to solve complex commercial problems.
Summary Generated by Built In

**This position is an individual contributor role.


Do you have expertise in enterprise sales and strategic solutions selling?
 

Would you like to join an innovative growing sales team?
 

About our Team

Nexis® Solutions, as part of LexisNexis and the global RELX corporate family, connects customers to market-leading data through a flexible suite of scalable solutions, including our award-winning, flagship Nexis® research platform. By enabling fast access to a vast universe of enriched data with intelligent technologies, Nexis Solutions empowers business, media, non-profit, government and academic organizations worldwide to quickly discover actionable insights that enable confident, performance-driving decisions.
About the Role

As the Director of Strategic Sales, you will play an important role in expanding our presence in new large enterprises. You will work closely with internal business partners to drive new Global Nexis Solutions sales for the PR, Communications, and Media segment. 
 

Responsibilities

  • Exceeding quarterly and annual sales quotas
  • Executing a complex, solution-based sales process encompassing multiple groups & top-level decision makers within large enterprise organizations
  • Creating and executing outbound prospecting plans to ensure a substantive sales opportunity pipeline
  • Defining account strategies that enable sales by partnering with Nexis Solutions Sales, Product and Marketing teams
  • Developing unsolicited proposals that align with customer initiatives and position Nexis Solutions effectively to win large complex deals
  • Preparing weekly/monthly/quarterly action plans and business reviews


Requirements

  • Possess thorough comprehension of assigned accounts' business, finance, products, market, and challenges
  • Demonstrate strategic sales success within large multinational organizations – track record of exceeding quotas; recognition, awards
  • Experience with PR, communications, media, media intelligence, or disinformation solutions or industry
  • A track record of successful collaboration and teamwork in complex environments
  • Have experience selling enterprise level API and SaaS Solutions and experience positioning AI and Generative AI based propositions
  • Have proven 'hunter' (new business) selling skills within the large enterprise space
  • Be able to apply diverse expertise in multiple areas for effective deal making
  • Be able to anticipate and interpret business issues to design innovative alternative plans for achieving commercial targets
  • Be able to solve complex business problems with broad impact through effective problem-solving skills

Work in a Way That Works for You

We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organization. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.


Working Pattern

Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive. 


About the Business

LexisNexis Legal & Professional® provides legal, regulatory, and business information and analytics that help customers increase their productivity, improve decision-making, achieve better outcomes, and advance the rule of law around the world. As a digital pioneer, the company was the first to bring legal and business information online with its Lexis® and Nexis® services.

U.S. National Base Pay Range: $119,300 - $221,500. Total Target Cash Range: $183,500 - $340,700. Geographic differentials may apply in some locations to better reflect local market rates. Base Pay Range for CO is $119,300 - $221,500. Total Target Cash Range for CO is $183,500 - $340,700. Base Pay Range for IL is $125,400 - $232,700. Total Target Cash Range for IL is $192,700 - $357,700. Base Pay Range for Chicago, IL is $131,300 - $243,700. Total Target Cash Range for Chicago, IL is $201,900 - $374,700. Base Pay Range for MD is $125,400 - $232,700. Total Target Cash Range for MD is $192,700 - $357,700. Base Pay Range for NY is $131,300 - $243,700. Total Target Cash Range for NY is $201,900 - $374,700. Base Pay Range for New York City is $137,300 - $254,800. Total Target Cash for New York City is $211,000 - $391,800. Base Pay Range for Rochester, NY is $113,400 - $210,400. Total Target Cash Range for Rochester, NY is $174,300 - $323,600. Base Pay Range for OH is $113,400 - $210,400. Total Target Cash Range for OH is $174,300 - $323,600. Base Pay Range for NJ is $144,298 - $230,502. Total Target Cash Range for NJ is $232,001 - $370,599. Pay mix between base and variable pay varies based on sales role; please discuss with the recruiter. Application deadline is 12/15/2026.

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Skills Required

  • Thorough understanding of assigned accounts’ business, finance, products, markets, and challenges
  • Demonstrated strategic sales success within large multinational organizations
  • Track record of exceeding sales quotas
  • Experience with PR, communications, media, media intelligence, disinformation solutions, or related industries
  • Successful collaboration and teamwork in complex environments
  • Experience selling enterprise-level API and SaaS solutions
  • Experience positioning AI and Generative AI propositions
  • Proven hunter and new-business sales skills in the large-enterprise market
  • Ability to apply diverse expertise to effective deal making
  • Ability to anticipate and interpret business issues and design innovative commercial plans
  • Strong problem-solving skills for complex business problems with broad impact

RELX Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about RELX and has not been reviewed or approved by RELX.

  • Retirement Support — Retirement support is positioned as a meaningful part of total rewards through a 401(k) plan with matching contributions, alongside other financial protections such as life and disability coverage. Tuition reimbursement and share purchase access further broaden the financial value of the package beyond base salary.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth — Leave and time off breadth appears strong, with generous vacation allowances, mental health days, and options like sabbaticals and tiered PTO by tenure. Parental and caregiving leaves are described in detail, reinforcing time-away benefits as a standout component of the overall package.
  • Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellbeing and lifestyle benefits are supported by offerings such as mental health support (e.g., app access), EAP resources, gym-related perks, and wellness incentives. Flexible working hours and related work-life supports add to the perceived day-to-day value of benefits.

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The Company
HQ: London
10,001 Employees
Year Founded: 1880

What We Do

RELX is a global provider of information-based analytics for professional and business customers across industries. We help scientists make new discoveries, doctors and nurses improve the lives of patients and lawyers win cases. We prevent online fraud and money laundering, and help insurance companies evaluate and predict risk. Our events enable customers to learn about markets, source products and complete transactions. In short, we enable our customers to make better decisions, get better results and be more productive. We do this by leveraging a deep understanding of our customers to create innovative solutions which combine content and data with analytics and technology in global platforms. RELX serves customers in more than 180 countries and has offices in about 40 countries. It employs approximately 30,000 people of whom almost half are in North America. We operate in four major market segments: Scientific, Technical & Medical; Risk & Business Analytics; Legal; and Exhibitions.

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