Manager, Sales

Manager, Sales

The Manager, Sales focuses solely on driving sales with our Corporates customers in the small and mid-sized business market for both new acquisition and existing accounts.

Location: Chicago, IL market

About the Role:

In this opportunity as a Manager, Sales you will:

• Leads teams comprised of sales executives who are accountable for growing Legal sales across the corporate SMB market focusing on new acquisition sales and growing existing relationships.
• Collaborates with the regional Sales teams, segment commercial owners and marketing to deliver and support these requirements.
• Build training and coaching program for sales executive role that focuses on sales attainment, sales skill development, product development, etc. while leveraging KPIs to manage performance and growth.
• Partners with Legal Sales Lead to maximize resource deployment within region and coordinate approach based on business needs.
• Owns & develops hiring and recruiting strategy to bring in top talent to offset turnover risk in the field roles.
• Pioneers, leads and project manages cross sell initiatives across the rest of large corporates with an outcome and metric driven focus.
• Develop an effective and diverse network to achieve business goals.  
• Adheres to a Servant Leadership approach – understanding and removing barriers to team members success while sharing best practices across team.
• Sets and communicates clear performance expectations for team members and holds team members accountable to those expectations.  This includes but isn’t limited to expectations around sales attainment, forecasting, SFDC compliance, reporting, partnering, learning agility, professionalism, cultures and values.

Key Deliverables

• Delivery of target financial and strategy objectives for the team (e.g. gross sales [PY growth]); growth through cross-sell/up-sell, net new customer acquisitions, and product innovation (e.g. E/R ratio, client acquisition)
• Refresh strategic workforce supported by active talent and succession pipeline (e.g. employee satisfaction); annual improvements in organizational effectiveness (client-centricity, customer approach, rapid decision making)
• Accurate forecasting, customer evaluation and procurement reports; consistent achievement of sales quota, forecasted revenue, and unit targets; consistent update of all CRM systems / reporting on market and competitor activities
• Presentations across internal meetings with other company functions necessary to perform duties and aid business development

About You:

You're a fit for the role of Manager, Sales if you have:

• Bachelors degree preferred; 8+ years of professional experience
• 3+ years sales management experience preferred
• Strong coaching mindset and commitment to talent development; communicates with radical candor
• Skilled at conflict resolution and problem-solving to achieve win-win outcomes
• An outside-in focus: outstanding end-customer relationship skills
• Skilled in sales processes and methodology
• High learning agility and creative thinking
• Agile in changing environments with ability to effectively lead teams through change

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What’s in it For You?

• Flexibility & Work-Life Balance: Flex My Way is a set of supportive workplace policies designed to help manage personal and professional responsibilities, whether caring for family, giving back to the community, or finding time to refresh and reset. This builds upon our flexible work arrangements, including work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year, empowering employees to achieve a better work-life balance.

• Career Development and Growth: By fostering a culture of continuous learning and skill development, we prepare our talent to tackle tomorrow’s challenges and deliver real-world solutions. Our Grow My Way programming and skills-first approach ensures you have the tools and knowledge to grow, lead, and thrive in an AI-enabled future.

• Industry Competitive Benefits: We offer comprehensive benefit plans to include flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days off, access to the Headspace app, retirement savings, tuition reimbursement, employee incentive programs, and resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.

• Culture: Globally recognized, award-winning reputation for inclusion and belonging, flexibility, work-life balance, and more. We live by our values: Obsess over our Customers, Compete to Win, Challenge (Y)our Thinking, Act Fast / Learn Fast, and Stronger Together.

• Social Impact: Make an impact in your community with our Social Impact Institute. We offer employees two paid volunteer days off annually and opportunities to get involved with pro-bono consulting projects and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives.

• Making a Real-World Impact: We are one of the few companies globally that helps its customers pursue justice, truth, and transparency. Together, with the professionals and institutions we serve, we help uphold the rule of law, turn the wheels of commerce, catch bad actors, report the facts, and provide trusted, unbiased information to people all over the world.

In the United States, Thomson Reuters offers a comprehensive benefits package to our employees. Our benefit package includes market competitive health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance programs, as well as a competitive 401k plan with company match. In addition, Thomson Reuters offers market leading work life benefits with competitive vacation, sick and safe paid time off, paid holidays (including two company mental health days off), parental leave, sabbatical leave. These benefits meet or exceeds the requirements of paid time off in accordance with any applicable state or municipal laws. Finally, Thomson Reuters offers the following additional benefits: optional hospital, accident and sickness insurance paid 100% by the employee; optional life and AD&D insurance paid 100% by the employee; Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts; fitness reimbursement; access to Employee Assistance Program; Group Legal Identity Theft Protection benefit paid 100% by employee; access to 529 Plan; commuter benefits; Adoption & Surrogacy Assistance; Tuition Reimbursement; and access to Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

Thomson Reuters complies with local laws that require upfront disclosure of the expected pay range for a position. The target total cash compensation range varies across locations. For any eligible US locations, unless otherwise noted, the target total cash compensation range for this role is $199,500 USD - $370,500 USD. Pay is positioned within the range based on several factors including an individual’s knowledge, skills and experience with consideration given to internal equity. Base pay and any target sales incentive are part of a comprehensive Total Reward program which also includes flexible and supportive benefits and other wellbeing programs. This is inclusive of both base pay and any target sales incentive.

This job posting will close 06/06/2026.

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