About Ontra
Ontra is the global leader in AI legal tech for private markets. Powered by industry-leading AI, data from 1M+ contracts, and a global network of legal professionals, Ontra's private markets technology platform streamlines and optimizes critical legal and compliance workflows across the full fund lifecycle. Ontra’s purpose-built solutions automate contracts, streamline obligation management, digitize entity management, and surface insights. Trusted by more than 800 global GPs, investment banks, law firms, and advisors - including nine of the top ten PEI-ranked firms worldwide - Ontra helps firms focus on what’s important to them.
Our Culture
Ontra is a remote-first company that values the power of connection. We find innovative ways to stay connected, both virtually and in person. By promoting ownership, inspiring creativity, and championing collaboration, Ontra enables you to shape your impact and growth. Our commitment to innovation extends beyond our technology; it’s embedded in our culture, and AI plays a crucial role in everything we do.
Our culture is one where belonging is the cornerstone of every interaction, rooted in acceptance and respect for all. Our commitment to inclusion begins at the application process, ensuring a fair and equitable hiring experience that values the unique contributions you bring from day one.
For this job, we are currently only hiring candidates based in the United States, with a preference for candidates in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, or Chicago. For more information on where we employ, please see below.
About the Role
Ontra is seeking a Managing Director, New Sales to join its growing Sales team.
We’re looking for someone excited to lead and manage a dynamic team of sellers, strategically drive revenue through net-new initiatives, and optimize sales processes to expand our footprint in high-potential customer segments.
If you are a strategic thinker with strong leadership and people management skills who excels at driving new revenue with a customer-centric focus, we’d love to get to know you!
What You’ll Do
- Team Leadership & Development: Hire, manage, and lead a team of net-new sellers, focusing on motivating and coaching them through sales meetings, performance reviews, and strategic support.
- Performance Evaluation & Reporting: Monitor, analyze, and report team and individual sales performance metrics and pipeline health to senior leadership for informed decision-making.
- Strategic Sales Planning: Develop and execute sales strategies in collaboration with cross-functional teams, adapting tactics to align with market trends and competitive intelligence.
- Client Relationship Management: Engage with key clients and partners during critical sales interactions, handle escalations, and negotiate significant deals to strengthen client relationships.
- Recruitment & Onboarding: Oversee the hiring and onboarding of new sales team members, ensuring a seamless introduction to the team and adherence to CRM processes.
What You’ll Bring
- Experience: 8+ years of proven experience leading enterprise sales or account management teams, ideally within legal or financial services sectors.
- Coaching: Demonstrated ability to coach and motivate sales representatives to successfully sell to new and existing customers.
- Sales Expertise: Deep familiarity with complex sales processes and best practices, including multi-threading, multi-product bundling, and strategic value positioning.
- Customer Focus: Strong track record of understanding and addressing the needs of legal or financial services user personas.
- Strategic Initiative: Proven leadership capabilities through peer coaching, team mentorship, or ownership of strategic initiatives.
Pay Transparency
Ontra takes individual candidate location, experience, and skills into consideration when determining compensation. The base pay range is listed below. Additionally, all positions are eligible for unit-based equity grants.
Some positions may be eligible for additional compensation, such as commission or other variable compensation structures, which is not included in the below base pay range.
If you are selected to participate in our interview process, your Talent Acquisition Partner will share more details about the total compensation package for the role.
Hiring Locations
We currently hire exclusively in the locations listed below. Select jobs may have more specific location requirements due to business needs.
United States
Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, Maryland, Minnesota, North Carolina, New Jersey, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington
APAC
Hong Kong
EMEA
United Kingdom
Benefits Snapshot
- Remote-first working policy, with office hubs in SF, NYC, Santa Barbara, and London
- Twice yearly team offsites for in-person collaboration
- Paid flexible time off policy
- Paid parental leave and benefits
- Employer-supported retirement contributions, varying by country
- Monthly phone and internet reimbursement
- Company-sponsored LinkedIn Learning accounts, department budgets for professional development, and robust onboarding program
- Various options for medical, dental, and vision insurance
Travel
Occasional travel is required for Ontra employees, including typically at least twice per year to attend team and larger group off-sites for in-person collaboration. For some roles, additional travel may be required based on the requirements of the role and business need.
Inclusivity
Ontra is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Ontra will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact [email protected].
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Note on Employment Verification: All employees hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in their particular location.
Note to External Agencies: We are not accepting any blind submissions or resumes/CVs from recruitment agencies. Any candidates sent to Ontra will NOT be accepted or considered as a submission without a signed agreement in place.
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