Senior Customer Success Manager
Chicago, IL - USA
Job Summary
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 worlds 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. Its 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 seeking a Senior Customer Success Manager to join our growing team in Chicago this role you will own a portfolio of large complex and high-growth accounts across the financial services and regulated tech sectors industries where Global Relay is deeply embedded. You will serve as a trusted strategic advisor driving retention and expansion by aligning our platform capabilities to your customers evolving compliance communications and data-management priorities.
This is a high-visibility role with direct impact on revenue retention. You will engage C-suite and senior stakeholders in Executive Business Reviews orchestrate cross-functional delivery teams and lead sophisticated renewal negotiations all within one of the most demanding regulatory environments in enterprise SaaS.
Your responsibilities:
Account Strategy and Management
- Build and own long-term account plans aligned to C-suite and senior leadership priorities across a defined book of large-cap and high-growth accounts.
- Develop trusted-advisor relationships with IT Directors Compliance Managers and business unit leaders influencing strategic decisions and securing multi-year partnerships.
- Lead quarterly and annual Executive Business Reviews using platform usage data adoption metrics and industry benchmarks to demonstrate and expand value.
- Orchestrate cross-functional customer engagements spanning Sales Enterprise Services Product and Support to resolve complex issues and improve time-to-value.
Revenue Retention & Growth
- Own the full renewal lifecycle from early risk identification through RFP management and procurement-level negotiation with accountability for gross and net revenue retention targets.
- Proactively identify and qualify cross-sell and upsell opportunities in partnership with Sales aligning expansion to documented customer goals and strategic roadmap.
- Partner with Global Relays Client Services teams to drive platform adoption increase product utilization depth and surface expansion signals from usage data.
- Maintain accurate pipeline health scores and renewal forecasts in Salesforce; contribute to team NRR and expansion reporting.
Team Enablement & Thought Leadership
- Coach and mentor CSMs and CSRs on renewal negotiation objection handling EBR facilitation and account planning best practices.
- Contribute to playbook development sharing repeatable frameworks for account segmentation risk management and executive engagement.
- Represent the voice of the customer internally advocating for product enhancements and influencing roadmap priorities based on portfolio-level patterns.
About you:
- 6 years of experience in a SaaS environment in Customer Success enterprise relationship management or strategic account management.
- Demonstrated experience managing complex multi-stakeholder enterprise accounts ($500K ARR) in regulated industries such as financial services legal or healthcare tech is strongly preferred.
- Skilled negotiator with the ability to lead commercial conversations through procurement and legal review cycles without losing momentum or margin.
- Fluent communicator able to tailor messaging from technical detail to executive narrative across written verbal and formal presentation formats.
- Experienced in leading cross-functional teams and influencing outcomes without formal authority.
- Proficiency in Salesforce or comparable CRM for pipeline management health scoring and forecasting; comfort with CS platforms (Gainsight Totango ChurnZero) is a plus.
- Familiarity with data archiving compliance communications or financial services regulatory frameworks (FINRA SEC MiFID II) is a meaningful differentiator not a requirement.
- Bachelors degree or equivalent experience required.
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 receive annual allotted vacation days which increase based on tenure. Other benefits include paid sick days maternity/parental leave enhanced program commuter benefits corporate bonuses and a 401(k) retirement plan with company contribution matching.
Illinois - Base salary range
$100000 - $120000 USD
What you can expect:
At Global Relay theres no ceiling to what you can achieve. Its the land of opportunity for the energetic the intelligent the driven. Youll receive the mentoring coaching and support you need to reach your career goals. Youll be part of a culture that breeds creativity and rewards perseverance and hard work. And youll 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 .
Required Experience:
Manager
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