Enterprise Account Executive
Draftwise
About DraftWise
DraftWise is building an innovative knowledge platform for the legal industry. Our core product unlocks for the first time the years of historic legal contracts that firms have negotiated for their clients. We use the latest in data management, machine learning and language analytics to help lawyers and legal professionals write better, safer contracts.
Our founding team is composed of former Palantir and Google engineers and an experienced lawyer from a top global law firm. Our highly talented team is designed to focus on building and delivering the best product in the industry, with the engineering, product and customer expertise to fulfill this promise. We operate in major cities in North America and Europe. Our global culture means we hire only the best from around the world and value people who are respectful of their colleagues, who support each other to achieve our shared goals and who pride themselves on delivering high-quality work.
While an early stage company, we are backed by Y-Combinator, Index Ventures, and leading VC funds and are generating revenue from some of the biggest names in the industry, members of the Vault 10, Magic Circle, Am Law 100 and other rankings of law firms. Our company is growing extremely fast, with customers across multiple countries and more to come.
You will help our team grow with this rising demand and have a real impact on the most important law firms in the world.
About the Role
As an Enterprise Account Executive at DraftWise, you will own a portfolio of strategic, large law firm accounts and net-new enterprise logos. You’ll manage complex, multi-stakeholder sales cycles from initial engagement through close and expansion, working closely with DraftWise’s Head of Sales and leadership team.
You’ll build and execute account strategies for some of the largest firms in the world—partnering with senior stakeholders (partners, practice group leaders, CIOs, Knowledge Management, Innovation, and IT) to drive adoption, expansion, and multi-year partnerships.
Key Responsibilities
1. New Business & Expansion
Own the full sales cycle for large / global law firms: prospecting, discovery, solution mapping, demos, pilots, commercial negotiation, and close.
Develop and execute strategic account plans for named enterprise accounts, including multi-year roadmap, whitespace targeting, and expansion motions across practices, offices, and regions.
Drive expansion of existing customers from initial land (high 5-figure deals) to mid-high 6-figure, multi-year agreements.
2. Strategic Relationship Management
Build trusted advisor relationships with partners, practice group leaders, C-suite, KM, Innovation, and IT stakeholders.
Orchestrate internal and external stakeholders through long, complex buying cycles - legal, procurement, security, and finance.
Lead executive-level conversations that tie DraftWise to firm-wide initiatives such as profitability, risk mitigation, and innovation.
3. Consultative Discovery & Solutioning
Deeply understand each firm’s workflows, tech stack, and knowledge management challenges.
Run structured discovery to uncover business pain, value drivers, and success metrics.
Partner with Product and Customer Success to design and position tailored solutions, pilots, and roll-out plans.
4. Deal Strategy, Negotiation & Closing
Own pricing, proposal development, and commercial negotiations for enterprise-level contracts.
Build clear business cases and ROI narratives that resonate with senior leadership and procurement.
Consistently meet or exceed quarterly and annual new ARR and expansion targets.
5. Cross-Functional Collaboration
Partner closely with Marketing on campaigns, events, and ABM programs targeting strategic firms.
Collaborate with Product and Engineering to relay customer feedback and influence roadmap priorities.
Work with Customer Success to ensure smooth handoffs, successful implementations, and expansion opportunities.
6. Market Intelligence & Reporting
Stay on top of legal tech trends, competitive landscape, and emerging needs of top-tier firms.
Maintain accurate and up-to-date pipeline, forecasting, and activity data in our CRM and sales tools.
Share structured insights from the field to help shape GTM strategy, pricing, and positioning.
Qualifications
Experience: 7+ years in B2B SaaS sales, with at least part of that in enterprise or mid-market/enterprise hybrid roles. Experience selling into law firms or JD is a strong plus.
Track Record: Proven success meeting or exceeding quota, closing complex deals (high 5-figure to mid 6-figure ACVs), and expanding within existing accounts.
Enterprise Selling Skills: Demonstrated ability to navigate multi-stakeholder, multi-threaded sales cycles involving legal, procurement, IT, and business leadership.
Industry Knowledge: Understanding of the legal industry, professional services, or knowledge-intensive environments and the unique challenges law firms face.
Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to articulate complex, technical concepts in a clear, business-oriented way.
Relationship Building: Strong interpersonal skills and executive presence; comfortable presenting to partners, C-level executives, and large groups.
Analytical & Consultative: Skilled at discovery, needs analysis, and building compelling value/ROI narratives tailored to each account.
Tech-Savvy: Comfortable with modern sales and productivity tools such as Salesforce, Salesloft, Gong, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, Apollo, etc.
Mindset: Entrepreneurial, curious, and resourceful with a strong growth mindset; thrives in a fast-paced, early-stage environment and is comfortable with ambiguity.
Benefits
Compensation: $300k+ OTE
Equity plan
Competitive salary
Private medical care
New laptop
Generous PTO / sick leave
Opportunity to lead our company as we disrupt the legal world

