Enterprise Account Executive, SoCal

Gleanwork
Orange County, CA
On-site

Who this role is best for

Strong fit for mid-level sales professionals who navigate complex organizational structures and build ROI-focused strategies, with a technical background in SaaS and cloud-based solutions.

Best fit for

  • Mid-level sales professionals with a history of closing complex enterprise deals and building executive relationships
    — “Have clear examples of closing complex deals and selling into complex organizations
  • Candidates who can source and own full sales cycles with a focus on measurable outcomes
    — “You’ll own the full sales cycle—from pipeline generation through close
  • Individuals with technical sales experience in SaaS and cloud-based software solutions
    — “Experience selling technical SaaS and cloud based software solutions

Things to consider

  • Remote work is required, though based in Southern California, which may limit in-person client engagement flexibility
    — “This role is remote (must be based in Southern California)
  • The role demands a high level of technical product knowledge and adaptability in a fast-changing environment
    — “Ability to learn, pitch and demonstrate a highly technical product and have the ability to adapt in a fast growing and changing environment

How to stand out

  • Highlight your ability to build business cases and demonstrate ROI in your sales experience
    — “Create ROI and business justification reports based off of a data driven approach
  • Showcase your territory-building and greenfield opportunity identification skills
    — “Effectively use a repeatable method for uncovering greenfield opportunities and building out a new territory
  • Emphasize your experience in consultative selling and navigating multi-stakeholder deals
    — “Navigating complex, multi-stakeholder deals with C-level executives
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · TeamLevel · Senior

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What success looks like

  • sources and closes net new logos
  • drives sales strategies
Typical background
6+ years of enterprise sales experience

Skills & requirements

Required

Enterprise SalesComplex Deal ManagementCustomer Success

Preferred

AI SalesCustomer Experience

Stack & domain

Enterprise SalesAccount ManagementSales StrategyCustomer SuccessLeadershipCommunicationTeamworkTechnologyHealthcare

About the role

Original posting from Gleanwork via Greenhouse

About Glean:

Glean is the Work AI platform that helps everyone work smarter with AI. What began as the industry’s most advanced enterprise search has evolved into a full-scale Work AI ecosystem, powering intelligent Search, an AI Assistant, and scalable AI agents on one secure, open platform. With over 100 enterprise SaaS connectors, flexible LLM choice, and robust APIs, Glean gives organizations the infrastructure to govern, scale, and customize AI across their entire business - without vendor lock-in or costly implementation cycles.

At its core, Glean is redefining how enterprises find, use, and act on knowledge. Its Enterprise Graph and Personal Knowledge Graph map the relationships between people, content, and activity, delivering deeply personalized, context-aware responses for every employee. This foundation powers Glean’s agentic capabilities - AI agents that automate real work across teams by accessing the industry’s broadest range of data: enterprise and world, structured and unstructured, historical and real-time. The result: measurable business impact through faster onboarding, hours of productivity gained each week, and smarter, safer decisions at every level.

Recognized by Fast Company as one of the World’s Most Innovative Companies (Top 10, 2025), by CNBC’s Disruptor 50, Bloomberg’s AI Startups to Watch (2026), Forbes AI 50, and Gartner’s Tech Innovators in Agentic AI, Glean continues to accelerate its global impact. With customers across 50+ industries and 1,000+ employees in more than 25 countries, we’re helping the world’s largest organizations make every employee AI-fluent, and turning the superintelligent enterprise from concept into reality.

If you’re excited to shape how the world works, you’ll help build systems used daily across Microsoft Teams, Zoom, ServiceNow, Zendesk, GitHub, and many more - deeply embedded where people get things done. You’ll ship agentic capabilities on an open, extensible stack, with the craft and care required for enterprise trust, as we bring Work AI to every employee, in every company. 

About the Role:

Glean is seeking an experienced and consultative Enterprise Account Executive to drive new logo acquisition and expansion in our Southern California region. You’ll own the full sales cycle—from pipeline generation through close—navigating complex, multi-stakeholder deals with C-level executives, partnering closely with Sales Engineering, and building clear ROI and business cases that accelerate adoption of Glean’s Work AI platform.

You will:

Source and close net new logos within a given territory

Have the ability to navigate complex organizational structures and identify executive sponsors and champions

Research and understand the business objectives of your customers and have the ability to perform a value drive sales cycle

Collaborate with internal partners to move deals forward and ensure customer success 

You will consistently deliver ARR revenue targets and drive success through a metric based approach

Develop and execute sales strategies and tactics to generate pipeline, drive sales opportunities and deliver repeatable and predictable bookings

Provide timely and insightful input back to other corporate functions

Create ROI and business justification reports based off of a data driven approach

Run tight POCs based off of business success criteria

About you:

6+ years of closing experience in Sales with a track record of being a top performer

Ability to learn, pitch and demonstrate a highly technical product and have the ability to adapt in a fast growing and changing environment 

Have clear examples of closing complex deals and selling into complex organizations

Effectively use a repeatable method for uncovering greenfield opportunities and building out a new territory 

Previous experience building relationships and selling face to face to C level executives

Knowledge of best of breed softwares and a technical understanding of integrations, APIs, infrastructure management, security and analytics

Experience selling technical SaaS and cloud based software solutions

Basic understanding of search infrastructure is a plus

You have previous experience working with multiple teammates including SEs, BDRs, PMs, Executives & Engineers

Experience with target account selling, solution selling, and using MEDDIC and Challenger (or similar) methodologies is a plus.

Location:

This role is remote (must be based in Southern California). 

Compensation and Benefits:

The on target earnings for this position is $250,000 - $320,000 annually. Compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, level, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Certain roles may be eligible for variable compensation, equity, and benefits.

We offer a comprehensive benefits package including competitive compensation, Medical, Vision, and Dental coverage, generous time-off policy, and the opportunity to contribute to your 401k plan to support your long-term goals. When you join, you'll receive a home office improvement stipend, as well as an annual education and wellness stipends to support your growth and wellbeing. We foster a vibrant company culture through regular events, and provide healthy lunches daily to keep you fueled and focused.

We are a diverse bunch of people and we want to continue to attract and retain a diverse range of people into our organization. We're committed to an inclusive and diverse company. We do not discriminate based on gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, civil or family status, age, disability, or race.

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AI-First Mindset at Glean:

At Glean, AI fluency is core to how we work and we're committed to ensuring every new hire feels confident integrating AI into their everyday work. As part of the interview process, you'll complete a brief AI-focused exercise or discussion so we can understand how you think about, design, and use AI to drive impact in your role. Feel free to reference any tools, platforms, or workflows you use today — prior Glean experience isn't required.

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Source: Gleanwork careers (Greenhouse)

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