Lead Account Executive, Law Firm - Existing Business

Posted 13 Days Ago
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35 Locations
In-Office or Remote
210K-315K Annually
Senior level
Legal Tech • Software
Organize data. Discover the truth. Act on it.
The Role
Own and grow a portfolio of major law firm accounts, driving retention, renewals, expansions, and strategic relationships with senior legal stakeholders. Lead complex negotiations, coordinate cross-functional account teams, identify competitive risks, and advise sales leadership on segment strategy. Represent the company at industry events, build executive networks, mentor Account Executives, and contribute to strategic initiatives. The role requires enterprise SaaS sales expertise, legal technology knowledge, technical fluency in AI and databases, executive presence, and regular travel.
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Remote/Hybrid

Job Overview

We are Relativity. A market-leading, global tech company that equips legal and compliance professionals with a powerful platform to organize data, discover the truth, and act on it.  The US Department of Justice, 199 of the Am Law 200, and more than 329,000 enabled users trust Relativity during litigation, internal investigations, and compliance projects.
Our AI platform, Relativity aiR, has become the fastest-growing product in the company's history and we have consistently been named a great workplace. As we grow, we continue to seek individuals that will bring their whole, authentic self to our team.
We believe that great talent is not bound by geography and that what you do matters more than where you do it. Relativity has assumed a hybrid work strategy, allowing for employees to work from home and a physical Relativity office location within certain logistical boundaries. Submit your application to learn more from our recruiters or contact us for more details.
Our law firm segment continues impressive year-over-year growth, and we're looking for a Lead Account Executive to help set the direction for how we engage our most strategically important clients. As a Lead Account Executive at Relativity, you will join a high-performing team of diverse, growth-minded, and creative people who embody our core values. You will own a concentrated portfolio of our largest, most complex, and strategically important law firm accounts, and serve as a senior voice — alongside sales leadership — in shaping how our team engages this segment as the market evolves.

Job Description and Requirement

Role Responsibilities: 

  • Own a concentrated portfolio of Relativity's largest, most complex, and strategically important law firm accounts, with accountability for retention, revenue growth, and long-term relationship health 

  • Demonstrate consistent commitment to Relativity Core Values 

  • Build and expand relationships beyond core eDiscovery contacts into firm leadership — Managing Partners, General Counsel, Heads of Litigation, and innovation/AI committee leads — as well as horizontally across practice groups, positioning yourself as a trusted advisor on legal-industry and AI trends and Relativity as a strategic partner rather than an operational vendor 

  • Engage and influence practicing lawyers directly as our products increasingly enable self-service, conversational AI experiences for practitioners 

  • Lead negotiations and commercial strategy for major renewals and expansions — presenting terms and business rationale directly to senior firm stakeholders while balancing customer objectives with Relativity's long-term interests 

  • Proactively identify competitive threats and relationship risks within your accounts, and develop strategies to protect and expand Relativity's position 

  • Orchestrate cross-functional account teams — Customer Success, Sales Engineering, Product, and other internal partners — to deliver a coordinated account strategy 

  • Act as a thought partner to sales leadership on segment strategy, account segmentation, and engagement models — bringing customer and market intelligence back into the organization to inform how our team operates and goes to market 

  • Represent Relativity credibly in executive meetings, industry events, conferences, and panels, building and maintaining a strong personal network among senior legal-industry and legal-technology leaders 

  • Mentor and develop other Account Executives on the team through coaching, knowledge sharing, and account strategy support, modeling the standards of judgment, preparation, and executive presence expected across the team 

  • Contribute beyond your own book of business by taking ownership of strategic team initiatives, bringing an entrepreneurial posture to how our engagement model evolves 

 

Qualifications 

  • Strong alignment with Relativity Core Values 

  • 7+ years of successful quota-carrying, full-cycle sales for large, complex enterprise accounts within a software company, with a track record of exceeding annual sales quotas of $2M or more (or a comparable scale within your market) 

  • Two or more years of experience selling SaaS, cloud, and/or enterprise AI solutions 

  • Complex solution selling or customer success management involving multiple stakeholders, competing priorities, and long decision cycles that required business transformation 

  • Skilled at negotiating complex, multi-year contracts, including experience presenting terms directly to senior and executive stakeholders 

  • Proven technical acumen and intellectual curiosity — comfortable in detailed conversations about data, databases, and AI/LLM technology, and confident representing our technology directly to technical buyers rather than relying solely on Sales Engineering or Product support. Prior legal tech experience is strongly preferred 

  • Demonstrated success building trusted relationships with senior executives (GC, Managing Partner, C-level) and other influential decision-makers beyond day-to-day operational contacts 

  • High degree of comfort with public speaking and presenting to audiences ranging from individual practitioners to executive committees 

  • Deep understanding of the competitive landscape — including how Relativity's strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities stack up against AI-native entrants and other alternatives — and the judgment to translate that into account and team strategy 

  • Established relationships with senior leaders across the legal and legal-technology industry, with a genuine interest in representing Relativity externally and willingness to travel regularly for strategic engagements and industry events 

  • Entrepreneurial mindset — comfortable operating in ambiguity, piloting new approaches, and driving initiatives without waiting for a playbook or extensive direction 

  • Demonstrated ability to coach and mentor colleagues and mobilize cross-functional teams around complex account or business objectives, modeling high standards for the broader team 

  • You set a high bar of success, hold yourself accountable to objectives & key results, and believe in perpetual growth and development 

  • Communicate with empathy, clarity, accuracy, and efficiency; solutions-focused, you identify areas for improvement and bring solutions forward 

Relativity is committed to competitive, fair, and equitable compensation practices.

This position is eligible for total compensation which includes competitive cash on-target earnings (OTE) and long-term incentives. The expected OTE range for this role is between following values

$210,000 and $315,000

The final offered OTE will be based on several factors, including but not limited to the candidate's depth of experience, skill set, qualifications, and internal pay equity. Hiring at the top end of the range would not be typical, to allow for future meaningful salary growth in this position. 

Required Skills:

Account Management, Business Development, Business Development Consulting, Customer Relationships, Customer Retentions, Product Knowledge, Relationship Building, Relationship Management, Sales, Upselling

Skills Required

  • 7+ years of successful quota-carrying, full-cycle sales experience for large, complex enterprise accounts within a software company
  • Track record of exceeding annual sales quotas of $2 million or more, or comparable scale
  • At least 2 years of experience selling SaaS, cloud, and/or enterprise AI solutions
  • Experience with complex solution selling or customer success management involving multiple stakeholders, competing priorities, long decision cycles, and business transformation
  • Experience negotiating complex, multi-year contracts and presenting terms to senior and executive stakeholders
  • Technical acumen and ability to discuss data, databases, and AI/LLM technology with technical buyers
  • Demonstrated success building trusted relationships with senior executives and influential decision-makers
  • Comfort with public speaking and presenting to practitioners, executives, and committees
  • Deep understanding of competitive landscapes and ability to translate market intelligence into account and team strategy
  • Established relationships with senior leaders across the legal and legal-technology industry
  • Willingness to travel regularly for strategic engagements and industry events
  • Ability to coach and mentor colleagues and mobilize cross-functional teams
  • Strong alignment with Relativity Core Values
  • Prior legal technology experience
  • Entrepreneurial mindset and ability to operate in ambiguity and drive initiatives independently
  • Ability to communicate with empathy, clarity, accuracy, and efficiency

Relativity Compensation & Benefits Highlights

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

  • Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off options include discretionary time off and two company‑wide breaks each year, providing additional recharge time.
  • Healthcare Strength — Health coverage includes comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans, telehealth access, and wellness resources such as a Headspace subscription.
  • Parental & Family Support — North America offers up to 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave, with comparable regional programs in EMEA and APAC.

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The Company
HQ: Chicago, IL
1,550 Employees
Year Founded: 2001

What We Do

At Relativity, we build innovative and comprehensive tools for making sense of unstructured data. When more people can find the facts in mountains of documents, emails, and texts, more legal and data-centric matters can be resolved equitably. Join us in our mission to help our customers organize data, discover the truth, and act on it. Relativity makes software to help users organize data, discover the truth and act on it. Its SaaS product, RelativityOne, manages large volumes of data and quickly identifies key issues during litigation and internal investigations. Relativity has more than 300,000 users in approximately 40 countries serving thousands of organizations globally primarily in legal, financial services and government sectors, including the U.S. Department of Justice and 198 of the Am Law 200. Relativity does not tolerate racism or discrimination of any kind. We do not accept unfair treatment of any person or group of people. We’re committed to advocating for change to make our world a more inclusive, just place.

Why Work With Us

We believe in our team members and we want to help you own your career as part of a community of values-driven people who help customers around the world solve complex data challenges. At Relativity, you’ll take on challenging work, but you’ll also partner with talented colleagues and pursue plenty of learning and development opportunities.

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