Strategic Business Development Executive

KLDiscovery; Eden Prairie (MN); On-site; USD 300,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

KLDiscovery is seeking a Vice President, Sales to drive net-new logo acquisition for our Legal Technologies business across the Americas. This senior role focuses on personally sourcing, qualifying, and closing new enterprise accounts that have not previously purchased KLD eDiscovery and managed review services.

The successful candidate is an enterprise hunter who can win complex, multi-stakeholder deals and partner with internal teams to ensure smooth delivery and future expansion of signed

Qualifications

• 10+ years of B2B enterprise sales experience in legal technology or services with a sustained quota history of at least $5M.
• Deep knowledge of legal tech, eDiscovery, or litigation-support industries.
• Proven success in new-logo acquisition and closing net-new enterprise accounts.

Responsibilities

• Prospect and qualify net-new and current enterprise accounts across law firms, corporations, and government entities within an assigned territory.
• Build and maintain a robust pipeline through outbound prospecting, networking, referrals, and marketing coordination.
• Manage complex, multi-month sales cycles from initial contact to close with cross-functional stakeholders.

Skills

Enterprise sales

New-logo acquisition

Executive communication

Multi-stakeholder selling

Strategic deal management

Education

Bachelor's degree

MBA/JD preferred

Tools

Salesforce

Job description

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+ years 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.