Hybrid Strategic Business Development Lead

Posted 3 months ago

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About the role

  • Strategic Business Development Lead specializing in legal workflows and AI solutions for law firms. Transforming and advising on operational workflows through AI technologies.

Responsibilities

  • Engage with lawyers at existing and prospective customers to understand and address their workflow challenges, and then explain and demonstrate the value of Harvey’s AI solutions to address them.
  • Act as a trusted advisor, helping law firms and legal teams think through adoption strategy, change management, and how to integrate Harvey into daily workflows and firm-wide processes.
  • Lead tailored product demonstrations aligned with the priorities of law firm practice groups and in-house legal teams, validating use cases and illustrating clear value.
  • Identify and prioritize opportunities to deliver impact with Harvey across legal teams, supporting both individual users and broader adoption initiatives.
  • Partner with the marketing team to develop content that will resonate with lawyers, tailored to the unique needs of their practice areas and client types.
  • Act as the Voice of the Customer, bringing legal insight and user feedback into sales strategy, product development, and go-to-market planning.
  • Provide competitive and market intelligence specific to the Canadian legal and legal tech landscape.
  • Further strengthen Harvey’s reputation across Canada as a credible, substantive, and forward-looking AI partner to the legal industry.

Requirements

  • Canadian practising certificate (or equivalent common-law qualification) with 3+ years’ experience as a qualified lawyer at a top-tier firm (e.g., Chambers Band 1 / leading national firm) or in-house at a major corporate or financial institution.
  • Deep understanding of Canadian legal workflows (corporate, regulatory, or disputes focus) and curiosity about AI’s role in reshaping them.
  • Executive engagement skills and presence, with an ability to establish strong relationships with key decision makers and build credibility at all levels.
  • Outstanding presentation skills to both legal and executive audiences, whether impromptu on a whiteboard or using presentations and demos.
  • Curiosity about AI’s potential to transform the legal industry.
  • Sales or customer-facing experience, including law firm business development and/or secondment, is a plus, as is experience directly managing law firm client matters and client relationships.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage
  • Retirement benefits (401k match up to 4%)
  • Flexible PTO

Job title

Strategic Business Development Lead

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

CA$132,000 - CA$178,000 per year

Degree requirement

Professional Certificate

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