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Strategic Business Development Executive
KLDiscovery · United States · back to the listing
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Sales Representative
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What this role officially is
commercial sales representative — ESCO, the EU occupation classification
Commercial sales representatives represent a company in selling and providing information on goods and services to businesses and organisations.
Also known as: field sales representative, technical and commercial sales executive, field sales executive, sales and marketing consultant, business development representative, technical and commercial sales representative
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What the listing never says
- 22 bullet points. Long requirement lists deter qualified candidates, who read them as hard gates. Scope clarity
- No pay range published. Candidates cannot tell whether applying is worth their time. Pay transparency
- No location or timezone policy stated, so a candidate cannot tell where they may work from. Scope clarity
The listing, marked up
KLDiscovery is seeking a Vice President, Sales to drive net-new logo acquisition for our Legal Technologies business across the Americas. This is a senior individual contributor role with no direct reports, focused on personally sourcing, qualifying, and closing new enterprise accounts that have not previously purchased KLD eDiscovery and managed review services. The successful candidate is a proven enterprise hunter who can open and win complex, multi-stakeholder deals, then partner with internal teams to ensure a smooth transition to delivery. This role carries an individual new-business revenue target and reports to the Chief Revenue Officer.
Key Responsibilities:
• Prospect, identify, and qualify net-new and current enterprise accounts across law firms, corporations, and government entities within an assigned territory.
• Build and maintain a robust personal pipeline through outbound prospecting, networking, referrals, retention, and partnership with Marketing and Sales Development.
• Manage complex, multi-month sales cycles from initial contact through close, engaging stakeholders across Legal, IT, Privacy, Procurement, and Finance.
• Develop and deliver tailored value propositions, presentations, and proposals that address client business and legal challenges.
• Negotiate pricing, scope, and contract terms within approved commercial guidelines, defending value rather than discounting.
• Achieve or exceed an assigned individual new-logo revenue target of $5M in annual contract value.
• Maintain accurate and timely records of activity, pipeline, and forecasts in Salesforce, sustaining healthy pipeline coverage.
• Partner with Client Success and Delivery to ensure flawless onboarding and a strong foundation for future expansion of newly signed accounts.
• Represent KLDiscovery at industry conferences and events (e.g., Legalweek, ILTACON), building brand presence and relationships.
• Provide field and competitive intelligence to Product and leadership to inform packaging, positioning, and go-to-market strategy.
Qualifications:
Required
• 10+ years1 of B2B enterprise sales experience in legal technology and/or services with a sustained record of personally attaining or exceeding individual annual quotas of at least $5M.
• Deep knowledge of the legal technology, eDiscovery, or litigation-support industry.
• Demonstrated success in new-logo acquisition and client retention personally sourcing and closing net-new enterprise accounts, not solely growing an inherited book of business.
• Experience managing complex, enterprise sales cycles (3–12+ months) involving multiple decision-makers across Procurement, IT, Privacy, and Legal.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to produce executive-level proposals and presentations.
• Proficiency with Salesforce or comparable CRM systems and modern sales tooling.
• Willingness to travel for client meetings and industry events.
Preferred
• Understanding of legal workflows, including litigation, regulatory and internal investigations, compliance, and antitrust / second requests.
• Background in professional services or technology-enabled services sales.
• Familiarity with adjacent offerings such as cyber incident response, information governance, and managed review.
• Prior experience in a private-equity-backed or high-growth organization.
Education
• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA, JD, or equivalent qualification preferred.
Originally posted on Himalayas
Key Responsibilities:
• Prospect, identify, and qualify net-new and current enterprise accounts across law firms, corporations, and government entities within an assigned territory.
• Build and maintain a robust personal pipeline through outbound prospecting, networking, referrals, retention, and partnership with Marketing and Sales Development.
• Manage complex, multi-month sales cycles from initial contact through close, engaging stakeholders across Legal, IT, Privacy, Procurement, and Finance.
• Develop and deliver tailored value propositions, presentations, and proposals that address client business and legal challenges.
• Negotiate pricing, scope, and contract terms within approved commercial guidelines, defending value rather than discounting.
• Achieve or exceed an assigned individual new-logo revenue target of $5M in annual contract value.
• Maintain accurate and timely records of activity, pipeline, and forecasts in Salesforce, sustaining healthy pipeline coverage.
• Partner with Client Success and Delivery to ensure flawless onboarding and a strong foundation for future expansion of newly signed accounts.
• Represent KLDiscovery at industry conferences and events (e.g., Legalweek, ILTACON), building brand presence and relationships.
• Provide field and competitive intelligence to Product and leadership to inform packaging, positioning, and go-to-market strategy.
Qualifications:
Required
• 10+ years1 of B2B enterprise sales experience in legal technology and/or services with a sustained record of personally attaining or exceeding individual annual quotas of at least $5M.
• Deep knowledge of the legal technology, eDiscovery, or litigation-support industry.
• Demonstrated success in new-logo acquisition and client retention personally sourcing and closing net-new enterprise accounts, not solely growing an inherited book of business.
• Experience managing complex, enterprise sales cycles (3–12+ months) involving multiple decision-makers across Procurement, IT, Privacy, and Legal.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to produce executive-level proposals and presentations.
• Proficiency with Salesforce or comparable CRM systems and modern sales tooling.
• Willingness to travel for client meetings and industry events.
Preferred
• Understanding of legal workflows, including litigation, regulatory and internal investigations, compliance, and antitrust / second requests.
• Background in professional services or technology-enabled services sales.
• Familiarity with adjacent offerings such as cyber incident response, information governance, and managed review.
• Prior experience in a private-equity-backed or high-growth organization.
Education
• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA, JD, or equivalent qualification preferred.
Originally posted on Himalayas