[Hiring] Legal Architect @Clio

Role Description

We’re looking for a Legal Architect to join our North American Sales team remote in the US, with preference for Chicago .

At Clio, we believe the future of legal is cloud-based, AI-powered, client-centered, and radically better for both lawyers and their clients. Our mission is to transform the legal experience for all, and we’re looking for a Legal Architect to help us get there.

You are a current or former lawyer who thrives at the intersection of law, technology, and client engagement. You understand the daily pressures of firm life and are passionate about helping peers navigate how AI is reshaping the legal industry. Your experience in practice gives you the authority and insight to guide how law firms adopt AI across their areas of practice, and you bring a consultative mindset to every client conversation.

We put our customers first, and your mission will be to help mid-market law firms practice law more efficiently and effectively, leveraging AI to elevate their legal work and outcomes.

In this role, you'll work alongside your colleagues in Sales and Customer Success. You will participate in discovery and lead high-impact demonstrations, ensuring customers not only understand what Clio can do, but experience meaningful, measurable improvements in the way they research, draft, analyze and deliver legal work.

You are energized by helping law firms practice more efficiently and effectively, and you know how to secure the "practice win": connecting AI to real outcomes for lawyers. You're an expert communicator, natural consultative partner and passionate about legal AI.

In this role, you will leverage your legal expertise to help other attorneys navigate the most significant technological shift in the industry’s history. You will:

• Act as a Strategic Advisor: Partner with Account Executives to lead discovery sessions with mid-sized law firms, uncovering their business goals and operational pain points.
• Show, Don't Just Tell: Design and deliver tailored, live product demonstrations of the Clio platform that resonate with the practical day-to-day work of a legal professional.
• Navigate the AI Frontier: Articulate Clio’s AI vision, helping firms understand how to safely adopt automation for drafting, research, document analysis, and administrative efficiency.
• Design and run high-impact trials: Work with our most strategic law firm accounts on what a great pilot looks like, ensuring successful engagement, adoption, and measurable results.
• Architect Tailored Solutions: Convert the complex needs of practicing attorneys into workflows in Clio, demonstrating how Clio solves specific practice-area needs.
• Be the voice of the lawyer: Translate insights into actionable user stories for Product to influence the platform roadmap.
• Scale the Expertise: Act as a mentor to the broader Sales and Customer Success organization, leading internal training sessions to upskill peers.
• Drive thought leadership: Stay at the forefront of AI trends and legal technology innovation.

Qualifications

• A Juris Doctor (JD) or equivalent legal degree.
• 2+ years of legal practice experience at a US mid-sized law firm.
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills.
• High EQ and the ability to command a room of senior legal stakeholders.
• Problem-solving DNA with a natural curiosity.
• Familiarity with legal AI solutions and legal practice management.
• Comfort working in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
• A passion for legal tech and how it is transforming the legal services industry.

Benefits

• Competitive, equitable salary with top-tier health benefits, dental, and vision insurance.
• Hybrid work environment, with expectation for local Clions to be in office minimum twice per week.
• Flexible time off policy, with an encouraged 20 days off per year.
• EAP benefits for you and household members, including counseling and online resources.
• 401k matching and Child Education Savings.
• Clioversary recognition program with special acknowledgement at 3, 5, 7, and 10 years.