Sales Account Executive, Axiom Law
On-demand legal talent, lawyers & legal services provider
Job no longer available
On-demand legal talent, lawyers & legal services provider
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
1001+ employees
Company mission
To enable corporate legal departments to drive efficiency and growth and to adapt to a demanding new era.
Role
Who you are
- You have a background in B2B client service and have extensive experience in a consultative sales role where you exceeded business goals on a monthly, quarterly, and/or annual basis
- You are comfortable working in a senior role as an individual contributor
- You understand what goes into the sales process from prospecting to close, and you’re no stranger to managing multiple complex deals across multiple clients and stages
- You are highly organized with a meticulous attention to detail and pattern recognition, you manage your time well and possess expert judgment and decision-making skills
- You are a high-impact communicator and know how to present to executive-level stakeholders. You’re no stranger to PowerPoint and the rest of Microsoft Office Suite
- You know your way around Salesforce (or comparable CRM system) and understand the importance of leveraging data to make smart decisions about where to spend your time
- You demonstrate a relentless service orientation, effortlessly form trusted-advisor relationships, are catalytic in your desire to improve the status quo, and can operate effectively within a highly collaborative team environment
- You are legally eligible to work in the United Kingdom
What the job involves
- Originating opportunity and closing deals: You will be responsible for bringing in new business, originating and selling to our biggest fans, and making believers of fresh clients
- Getting to know your clients: You will define the client experience by building durable relationships, inspiring trust, and proposing innovative solutions to their problems
- Consulting with C-level executives: Our clients are savvy leaders of the world’s largest in-house legal teams, and you will be at the table with them daily planning for their future
- Collaborating: At Axiom we pride ourselves on our cross-functional sales culture. This is a not a role for the lone wolf seller. You will partner daily with the broader commercial team to close and support strategic opportunities
- Leading: You will offer thought leadership to clients as well as internally mentor and offer professional insights to junior team members
Our take
Axiom provides high-caliber legal talent, counting more than 3,500 legal departments across the globe. The company launched in 2000 and serves more than 75% of the Fortune 100 today. It offers a wide range of solutions to meet legal needs, from on-demand attorneys to supplement companies' legal departments, to senior paralegals to review legal forms and business contracts.
Traditionally, law firms were the dominant providers in the legal industry and their hierarchical partnership structure was a major obstacle for anyone trying to overcome that prevailing model. Axiom's founder saw an opportunity to reconfigure legal delivery and set out to construct a law company to respond to the growing misalignment between firm lawyers and equity partners as well as firms and clients. Axiom has recruited lawyers from top firms while cutting most traditional extra costs, enabling it to offer high-quality services at a much lower price than the wider legal industry.
Axiom received its first funding round in 2000, raising $5.4M, three subsequent funding rounds have followed. These investments fuelled expansion over time and allowed the company to invest in technology, a talented workforce, and a strong senior management bench. Going forward, Axiom will keep expanding its legal professional talent offering and it will likely maintain its focus on tech, as exemplified by its acquisition of legal tech firm Plexus Engage in 2022.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
7% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (1 round)
Feb 2013
$28m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Total funding: $28m
Company HQ
World Trade Center, New York, NY
Leadership
David McVeigh
(CEO)30 years of experience in business leadership, management consulting, and private equity portfolio company management. Previous Managing Director at Hellman & Friedman and Executive Vice President at Gartner.
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