Senior Director Sales

RELX; New York (NY); On-site; USD 190,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Benefits

401(k) with match

Wellbeing platform

Disability Insurance

Life Insurance

Paid time off

Employee Resource Groups

Job summary

LexisNexis Risk Solutions, part of RELX, seeks a Senior Director of Sales for its Strategic Digital Markets team in the United States. You will lead a sales force, develop and execute short- and long-term plans, and drive revenue growth across technology, payments, retail/ecommerce, fintech, and related sectors.

You will manage pipelines, forecast opportunities, and build strong executive relationships with customers and prospects while collaborating with product, marketing, and operations to

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Marketing Sales Management, etc. or equivalent experience preferred.
• Extensive experience working in one or more of the Digital Markets segments preferred.
• 7+ years of experience in sales management.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Thorough knowledge of all facets of sales and marketing of company's products.
• Expertise in a variety of the field’s concepts, practices and procedures.
• Proven ability to penetrate new accounts.
• Experience in face‑to‑face consultative selling and needs identification at multiple levels of an organization.
• Experience in formulating and implementing winning strategic sales and marketing plans.

Responsibilities

• Meeting or exceeding monthly, quarterly, and annual sales goals.
• Developing, maintaining, and communicating strategic sales plans with your team.
• Managing sales funnel and pipeline, forecasting revenue, and providing updates to sales leadership.
• Establishing and maintaining ongoing strategic customer relationships for short and long-term success.
• Collaborating with partners such as market planning, product, marketing and operations.
• Developing and communicating key strategies and account plans to sales leadership.
• Supervising and developing the sales team per company policies.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Sales leadership

Strategic planning

Forecasting

Account management

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/Marketing/Related field

Job description

About the Business

LexisNexis Risk Solutions is the essential partner in the assessment of risk. Within our Business Services vertical, we offer a multitude of solutions focused on helping businesses of all sizes drive higher revenue growth, maximize operational efficiencies and improve customer experience. Our solutions help our customers solve difficult problems in the areas of Anti-Money Laundering/Counter Terrorist Financing, Identity Authentication & Verification, Fraud and Credit Risk mitigation and Customer Data Management. You can learn more about LexisNexis Risk at the link below, https://risk.lexisnexis.com/.

About The Business

LexisNexis Risk Solutions is the essential partner in the assessment of risk. Within our Business Services vertical, we offer a multitude of solutions focused on helping businesses of all sizes drive higher revenue growth, maximize operational efficiencies and improve customer experience. Our solutions help our customers solve difficult problems in the areas of Anti-Money Laundering/Counter Terrorist Financing, Identity Authentication & Verification, Fraud and Credit Risk mitigation and Customer Data Management. You can learn more about LexisNexis Risk at the link below, https://risk.lexisnexis.com/.

About The Team

Our Strategic Digital Markets sales team is dedicated to partnering with organizations within the Digital Markets framework to address and solve complex risk problems. The Digital markets framework includes (but not limited to) companies in the following segemetns; Technology, Payments, Retail/Ecommerce, Fintech, Buy Now Pay Later, Crypto, Prepaid Debit and Merchant Processing. The team sells a variety of solutions including fraud, identity, credit risk, AML and more.

About the Job

The Senior Director of Sales role exists to ensure consistent growth in sales revenue through positive planning, coaching, and management of Strategic Sales employees on their team, as well as customers and prospects. The position is responsible for developing short term and long-term strategies to enable the execution of the sales team’s goals, reporting to the Vice President of Digital Markets sales.

Responsibilities

• Meeting or exceeding monthly, quarterly, and annual sales goals.
• Developing, maintaining, and communicating, in partnership with your team, strategic sales plans that will support success internally and externally.
• Managing sales funnel and pipeline, accurately forecasting revenue, and providing scheduled updates to sales leadership on a weekly and monthly basis.
• Establishing and maintaining ongoing strategic customer relationships which will support short and long-term success.
• Collaborating internally with key partners such as market planning, product, marketing and operations to support customer and sales team needs, while leading escalation requests when appropriate.
• Developing and communicating key strategies and account plans to sales leadership on a regular and timely basis. Maintaining an understanding of Business Services Strategic Sales established and evolving markets so that effective sales strategies can be developed that keep pace with the changing needs of the marketplace and your areas business strategy.
• Carrying out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization’s policies, procedures, and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees and addressing complaints and resolving problems.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Marketing Sales Management, etc. or equivalent experience preferred.
• Extensive experience working in one or more of the Digital Markets segments preferred.
• 7+ years of experience in sales management.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Thorough knowledge of all facets of sales and marketing of company's products.
• Expertise in a variety of the field’s concepts, practices and procedures.
• Proven ability to penetrate new accounts.
• Experience in face‑to‑face consultative selling and needs identification at multiple levels of an organization.
• Experience in formulating and implementing winning strategic sales and marketing plans.

Working For You

We know that your wellbeing and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:

• Health Benefits: Comprehensive, multi‑carrier program for medical, dental and vision benefits
• Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with match and an Employee Share Purchase Plan
• Wellbeing: Wellness platform with incentives, Headspace app subscription, Employee Assistance and Time‑off Programs
• Short‑and‑Long Term Disability, Life and Accidental Death Insurance, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity
• Family Benefits, including bonding and family care leaves, adoption and surrogacy benefits
• Health Savings, Health Care, Dependent Care and Commuter Spending Accounts
• In addition to annual Paid Time Off, we offer up to two days of paid leave each to participate in Employee Resource Groups and to volunteer with your charity of choice

Salary and Benefits

U.S. National Base Pay Range: $144,200 - $267,900. Total Target Cash Range: $221,900 - $412,100. Geographic differentials may apply in some locations to better reflect local market rates. Base Pay Range for CO is $144,200 - $267,900. Total Target Cash Range for CO is $221,900 - $412,100. Base Pay Range for IL is $151,500 - $281,200. Total Target Cash Range for IL is $233,000 - $432,700. Base Pay Range for Chicago, IL is $158,600 - $294,700. Total Target Cash Range for Chicago, IL is $244,100 - $453,300. Base Pay Range for MD is $151,500 - $281,200. Total Target Cash Range for MD is $233,000 - $432,700. Base Pay Range for NY is $158,600 - $294,700. Total Target Cash Range for NY is $244,100 - $453,300. Base Pay Range for New York City is $165,900 - $308,000. Total Target Cash for New York City is $255,100 - $473,900. Base Pay Range for Rochester, NY is $137,000 - $254,500. Total Target Cash Range for Rochester, NY is $210,700 - $391,500. Base Pay Range for OH is $137,000 - $254,500. Total Target Cash Range for OH is $210,700 - $391,500. Base Pay Range for NJ is $174,559 - $278,841. Total Target Cash Range for NJ is $280,665 - $448,335. Pay mix between base and variable pay varies based on sales role; please discuss with the recruiter. Application deadline is 10/01/2026.