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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
Typical Day — Sales Manager
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
Hot Topics to Reference
- • AI-native product disruption
- • PLG vs sales-led motion debate
- • Vertical SaaS consolidation
- • Usage-based pricing models
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