Sales Manager - SMB

Harvey, Inc.; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 280,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Harvey is seeking a SMB Sales Manager in Chicago to lead a team of Account Executives selling Harvey’s AI platform to small and mid-sized law firms. You will manage territory, pipeline, and revenue targets while coaching AEs through discovery to close, forecasting, and performance standards.

The role emphasizes a disciplined sales process, local cadence, and hands-on involvement in strategic deals to drive growth in a fast-paced legal tech environment.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of tech sales experience with mid-market or enterprise closing.
• 2+ years of people management experience coaching a sales team.
• Experience in early-stage, high-growth environments.
• Ability to explain technical concepts to diverse audiences.
• History selling complex software using value-based consultative methods.
• Demonstrated passion for AI and legal profession applications.

Responsibilities

• Build, coach, and performance-manage a team of SMB Account Executives.
• Own territory planning, pipeline development, and forecasting.
• Drive a disciplined sales process and MEDDPIC methodology.
• Establish local operating cadence with team standups and deal reviews.
• Engage in strategic deals as a player-coach and model best practices.

Skills

Tech sales

People management

Territory planning

Forecasting

MEDDPIC

Complex software sales

Consultative selling

AI & knowledge work

Coaching AEs

Tools

CRM tools

Sales process frameworks

Job description

At Harvey, we’re transforming how legal and professional services operate. By combining frontier agentic AI, an enterprise-grade platform, and deep domain expertise, we’re reshaping how critical knowledge work gets done for decades to come.

This is a rare chance to help build a generational company at a true inflection point. We have strong product-market fit and world-class investor support. We’re scaling fast and defining a new category in real time. The work is ambitious, the bar is high, and the opportunity for growth — personal, professional, and financial — is unmatched.

Our team moves fast, takes ownership, and is deeply committed to the mission — operating with intensity, staying close to our customers, and pushing each other for excellence. We live by three values: Decisiveness, Simplicity, and Job's Not Finished. We act quickly on clear judgment over perfect information, we believe simplicity is what scales, and we're never satisfied with where we are. If you want to do the best work of your career alongside people who share that drive, we'd love to build with you.

At Harvey, the future of professional services is being written today — and we’re just getting started.

Role Overview

The SMB Sales Manager joins Harvey's Commercial Sales organization to lead a team of Account Executives selling Harvey's AI platform to small and mid-sized law firms and legal teams out of the Chicago office. Reporting to the Vice President of Commercial Sales, this role owns territory planning, pipeline development, and revenue execution across the region. The manager drives a disciplined sales process while coaching AEs through the full cycle — from discovery and qualification through close — and holds the team accountable to rigorous forecasting and performance standards. It is a high-impact opportunity to shape the sales culture and operating rhythm for a fast-growing segment at one of the most innovative companies in legal technology.

What You'll Do

Build, coach, and performance-manage a team of SMB Account Executives focused on selling Harvey's platform to law firms and corporate legal departments in the Chicago region

Own territory planning, pipeline development, and accurate forecasting to deliver against quarterly and annual revenue targets

Drive a disciplined sales process using MEDDPIC or similar methodology, ensuring AEs execute high-quality discovery, qualification, objection handling, and close motions

Establish a local operating cadence — team standups, deal reviews, pipeline hygiene — that mirrors Harvey's high-performance sales culture

Serve as a player-coach by actively engaging in strategic deals and modeling best practices in discovery, demo, and negotiation

What You Have

6+ years of tech sales experience — ideally closing new business at the Mid Market or Enterprise level; 2+ years of people management experience training and coaching a high-performing sales team.

Experience operating in an early stage, high-growth environment. Demonstrated ability to design and improve systems from scratch

Strong communication skills with the ability to clearly articulate technical concepts to a variety of audiences.

Proven track record of selling complex software solutions to sophisticated buyers, with the ability to successfully execute on a consultative, solutions-oriented, value-based selling methodology.

Demonstrated passion for Harvey’s mission and strong understanding of AI and its potential applications in knowledge work and interest in the legal profession and helping lawyers do their jobs better and more efficiently.

Energized by mentoring account executives, contributing to the development of our sales processes and team-driven sales culture, refining the value proposition of our solutions and creating sales resources to drive our success.

Track record of coaching AEs through complex sales cycles, including deal strategy, objection handling, and negotiation, with a growth-oriented and coachable mindset

Compensation

OTE 50/50 Split $280,000 - $320,000 USD

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