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Job Application for Commercial Account Executive - Japan at Glean Back to jobs Commercial Account Executive - Japan Japan Apply 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 a Commercial Account Executive who will drive new business and growth within Commercial and mid-market-sized prospects by developing tailored strategies to break into and expand these accounts. This role demands account research, compelling messaging, and champion-building to deliver on customer pain points and priority business outcomes. You will have the opportunity to build a territory in the Japan region and play a key role in shaping Glean’s presence among industry-leading organizations and advancing our mission to transform work with AI. You will: Source and close net new logos within a given territory in your book of business Have a proven track record of overachieving your targets Respond to inbound leads, including demo requests and event followups Have the ability to navigate organizational structures and identify sponsors and champions Research and understand the business objectives of your customers and have the ability to perform a value drive sales cycle Sales methodologies such as MEDDPICC and Command the message preferable 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 to other corporate functions Create ROI and business justification reports based on a data-driven approach Run tight POCs based on business success criteria About you: 3+ years of closing experience with direct field sales experience selling enterprise cloud software (SaaS) to companies. Commercial / Mid Market / Corporate segment selling experience is a MUST 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 senior leaders. 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 You have previous experience working with multiple teammates, including SEs, BDRs, PMs, Executives & Engineers This is a remote position; you will be based in Japan and know the regional market, including its cultural nuances and business practices. Location: This role is remote (must be located in Japan) Compensation and Benefits: 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 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. #LI-REMOTE Create a Job Alert Interested in building your career at Glean? Get future opportunities sent straight to your email. 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