About Ontra
Ontra is the leader in AI-powered solutions for the private markets. Powered by industry-leading AI, data from over 2 million contracts, and a global network of legal professionals, Ontra automates critical private market workflows across the fund lifecycle. Ontra’s solutions transform unstructured data trapped in static documents into actionable intelligence, enabling firms to accelerate contracts, streamline compliance, and automate entity management. Trusted by more than 1,000 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.

Our Culture
Ontra is built for people who want real ownership from day one in a remote-first environment that’s built to support it. Our customers are sophisticated, and our work reflects that. AI is engrained in how we work, and curiosity about it is part of who we are.

Ontranauts are sharp, genuinely collaborative, and invested in each other's success. They are excellent at what they do and even better to work with. That combination is rare, and we don't take it for granted. Learn more about our values.

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For this job, we are currently only hiring candidates based in the United States, with a preference for candidates in New York City.

About the Role

Ontra is seeking a Senior Account Director, Growth Sales, reporting to our Managing Director, Growth Sales, to join our rapidly growing company.

The Senior Account Director will play a critical role in helping Ontra deepen relationships with our existing enterprise customers by increasing share of wallet through strategic cross-selling, bundled solutions, and expanded adoption of our AI-enabled products and services. Working within a sophisticated enterprise sales motion and leveraging the MEDDICC framework, you'll partner closely with Customer Success and Business Development to identify expansion opportunities, navigate complex buying groups, and close high-value opportunities with senior legal, compliance, operations, and executive stakeholders.

Whether you're an accomplished enterprise seller or a former corporate attorney looking to transition into a revenue-generating business role, you'll thrive in this position if you enjoy solving complex customer problems, building long-term strategic relationships, and helping shape how AI transforms legal and private markets workflows.

What you'll do

Own Strategic Account Growth: Drive expansion within Ontra's largest existing customers through cross-sell, upsell, and increased adoption of our AI-enabled products and services.
Lead Complex Sales Cycles: Manage opportunities from discovery through close, navigating multi-stakeholder buying groups and executive decision-makers using the MEDDICC framework.
Position Platform Solutions: Uncover customer needs and align the right combination of products and services to deliver measurable business value.
Partner Across Teams: Work closely with Customer Success and Business Development to identify expansion opportunities, coordinate account strategy, and accelerate growth.
Shape Our Growth Strategy: Share customer insights and market feedback to help refine our go-to-market approach and support the rollout of new offerings.

What you'll bring

Experience: 10+ years of enterprise B2B sales success, or 5+ years as a corporate attorney (ideally in funds, private equity, M&A, or leveraged finance/credit) looking to transition out of practicing law into a client-facing business role.
Enterprise Selling Expertise: Experience managing complex, multi-stakeholder sales cycles and building relationships with legal, compliance, finance, or executive buyers. Experience selling AI-enabled services, legal technology, or professional services is a plus.
Private Markets Knowledge: Familiarity with the private equity ecosystem and the legal or operational workflows that support investment managers.
Consultative Approach: Skilled at uncovering customer challenges, identifying expansion opportunities, and positioning multi-product solutions that drive long-term value.
Cross-Functional Mindset: Collaborative, coachable, and comfortable partnering across Sales, Customer Success, and Business Development to win as a team.
Operational Excellence: Strong pipeline management, forecasting, organization, and communication skills.

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Pay Transparency

Ontra takes individual candidate location, experience, and skills into consideration when determining compensation. The base pay range is listed below. Some positions may be eligible for additional compensation, such as commission, variable compensation, profits interest units, or other equity-based compensation, which are 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, Kansas, Massachusetts, Maryland, Minnesota, North Carolina, New Jersey, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington

APAC

Hong Kong

EMEA

United Kingdom

Benefits Snapshot

Remote-first working policy, with office hubs in 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 learning and development resources, department budgets for professional development, and a 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 people@ontra.ai.

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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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