Account Director, Investment Banking (UK)

present of AI; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Ontra is hiring an Account Director in investment banking sales to win new business and grow existing accounts among private markets firms and senior buyers in the UK. You will lead full sales cycles from first contact to close, articulating AI-powered legal and compliance automation benefits and shaping client outcomes.

You'll build relationships with senior decision-makers, read real needs, and guide careful buying groups through complex procurements, aligning product fit with client

Qualifications

• Experience selling to senior buyers in financial services or legal tech.
• Proven ability to win new business and grow key accounts.
• Comfort selling AI-powered automation to risk-averse buyers.

Skills

New business wins

Private markets knowledge

Full sales cycle

Senior buyer relationships

Legal tech fluency

Job description

An Account Director in investment banking sales typically needs a record of winning new business and growing accounts with financial firms, plus comfort selling software and services to senior buyers. A strong candidate brings a working knowledge of private markets and investment banking, can run a full sales cycle from first contact to close, and can open doors in the UK market.

How it fits the AI era

AI is changing legal and compliance work by automating routine contract and document tasks, so sales conversations shift toward outcomes, trust and fit rather than features. The human parts stay central: building relationships, reading a firm's real needs and guiding a careful buying group.

How it builds AI experience

This role builds hands on AI experience by selling tools that automate legal and compliance workflows, so a candidate learns how AI is adopted inside private markets firms. That knowledge can be built by studying how legal teams use automation and by showing comfort explaining AI products to cautious buyers.

Worth showing

• New business wins
• Private markets knowledge
• Full sales cycle
• Senior buyer relationships
• Legal tech fluency

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About Ontra

Ontra provides AI-powered software and services that automate routine legal and compliance workflows for private markets firms, per the company.