Sales Manager - Enterprise

    Wordsmith

    🇬🇧 London
    SaaS
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    Work Type

    On-site

    Vertical

    SaaS

    Source

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    About this role

    Sales Manager - EnterpriseLondonWordsmithWordsmith is building the legal operations platform for in-house teams, and we are growing fast.We believe in-house legal is becoming one of the most important functions in the AI era.

    Every business is moving faster, but legal work is still too often scattered across inboxes, chats, documents, and disconnected systems.Wordsmith brings that work into one system. Requests come in from across the business, AI agents handle the routine, lawyers stay in control where judgment matters, and every step is captured as work happens.We are built for in-house legal, not law firms.

    Our goal is to help legal teams move faster, reduce unnecessary external counsel spend, and become a function the business can run with.More than 500 companies, including Financial Times, Safelite, Trip.com, Canva, Starling, and Sage, use Wordsmith.

    Backed by $100M from Index Ventures, General Catalyst, Highland Europe, and others, we are building one of the defining companies in legal AI.The RoleWe're hiring a Sales Manager to lead and scale an Enterprise team.You'll own the number for your team, coach a group of Enterprise Account Executives who run complex, high-value deals across large organisations, and build the strategies and discipline that help them win.

    Your focus will be hiring, developing people, and driving consistent team performance across long, multi-stakeholder sales cycles.This is an early-stage environment. Things move fast, priorities shift, and there isn't always a clear playbook. You'll need to make decisions, set the standard, and keep your team focused and moving.

    What you'll doLead, coach, and develop a team of Enterprise Account ExecutivesOwn and consistently hit team revenue and pipeline targetsGuide deal strategy across complex buying groups and large accountsCoach the team on navigating stakeholders across Legal, Finance, Security, IT, and ProcurementHelp the team develop strong champions and drive internal alignment within accounts

    Selling Motion

    Sales Cycle

    Enterprise

    6–18 month cycles, complex multi-stakeholder deals

    Buyer Persona

    C-Suite

    Selling to executive decision-makers

    Requirements at a Glance

    Bachelor's Degree·Required

    Typical Day — Sales Manager

    Executive deal support3–5/week
    Forecast & commit2×/week
    Strategic deal coaching3–5/week

    Estimates based on role type and selling motion — actual may vary by company.

    SaaS — Interview Intel

    Typical Sales Cycle

    30–90 days (SMB) · 3–9 months (Mid-Market) · 6–18 months (Enterprise)

    Common Buyer Objections

    • "We're locked into a contract with [competitor]"
    • "We built something in-house already"
    • "We don't have budget until next quarter"
    • "Our team won't adopt another tool"

    Key Industry Metrics

    ARR / MRRNet Revenue Retention (NRR)CAC Payback PeriodLogo Churn vs Revenue ChurnACV (Avg Contract Value)Magic Number

    Hot Topics to Reference

    • • AI-native product disruption
    • • PLG vs sales-led motion debate
    • • Vertical SaaS consolidation
    • • Usage-based pricing models

    Use these insights to speak the buyer's language in interviews.

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    How do you coach underperforming reps?

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    Describe your forecasting methodology.

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    How do you structure onboarding for new hires?

    Template question
    Research Wordsmith's product, recent news, and key competitors
    Prepare metrics: quota attainment %, average deal size, win rate
    Practice a 2-minute product demo pitch for a mock discovery call
    Review the job description and map your experience to each requirement
    Role Insights

    Sales leadership roles require balancing individual contributor revenue with team performance management.

    SaaS sales roles typically involve consultative selling with longer deal cycles.

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