Director of Revenue

Legora Legora · Vertical AI · Denver, CO · Go To Market (GTM)

Director of Revenue at Legora, an AI-native legal tech company. This role focuses on post-sale customer success for strategic, high-value clients, driving adoption, expansion, and renewal. It involves managing client relationships, identifying commercial opportunities, leading onboarding, and managing a small team. The role requires significant experience in customer success or account management in high-growth environments, with a strong emphasis on commercial accountability and client engagement.

What you'd actually do

  1. Own the relationship for all strategic, oftentimes global, clients headquartered in North America – accounts that are/have the potential to generate 7 to 8 figures ARR. You will own the global adoption of Legora across a multinational footprint and visit with clients regularly.
  2. Identify, shape, and close commercial opportunities acting as the lead negotiator, continuously navigating competitive scenarios while leading cooperation with internal teams such as Leadership, Product, Marketing, and Engineering.
  3. Lead onboarding and implementation with precision, establishing a strong foundation and ensuring seamless deployment from day one.
  4. Drive platform adoption through structured enablement, value-based success planning, and ongoing executive-level touchpoints.
  5. Act as a strategic advisor to legal teams in partnership with Legal Engineering – clarifying goals, uncovering new use cases, and influencing internal resourcing.

Skills

Required

  • 10+ years of Customer Success, Account Management, Management Consulting or related experience in a high-growth, high-stakes environment managing complex, strategic logos.
  • A track record of driving customer engagement, retention, expansion, and satisfaction with accounts worth > $2mm ARR and into 8-figures.
  • Experience owning a commercial number and taking full accountability for the renewal and expansion.
  • Direct management experience, taking responsibility for performance and development of reports within a small team.
  • Experience working with legal teams, regulated industries, or similarly sophisticated professional services clients; legal tech or law firm experience is a strong plus.
  • Exceptional change management, project management, and stakeholder management skills; adept at orchestrating complex, cross-functional implementations and workstreams
  • Proven success navigating ambiguous customer situations, designing solutions, and influencing internal teams to secure required resources.
  • High EQ and executive presence, with the judgment to know when to listen deeply, when to guide, and when to drive decisions forward.
  • Excellent communication and storytelling abilities, including comfort engaging with senior leaders at large organizations.
  • Experience working in fast-paced or early-stage environments—energized by building and improving processes, not just following them.
  • Data fluency and a metrics-driven approach to customer health, forecasting, and account strategy.

Nice to have

  • legal tech or law firm experience is a strong plus.

What the JD emphasized

  • strategic clients
  • 7 to 8 figures ARR
  • commercial opportunities
  • lead negotiator
  • strategic advisor
  • legal teams
  • 10+ years of Customer Success, Account Management, Management Consulting or related experience
  • accounts worth > $2mm ARR
  • owning a commercial number
  • Direct management experience
  • legal teams
  • regulated industries
  • fast-paced or early-stage environments
  • building and improving processes