President, BEC Legal Systems

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a President, BEC Legal Systems based in Canada.

As President, you will have full ownership of a growing Legal Tech software business, shaping its strategy, financial performance, and long-term market position. You will lead a cross-functional organization spanning product, sales, marketing, customer success, support, and operations. The role combines entrepreneurial autonomy with the resources and stability of a larger global software group. You’ll be responsible for driving profitable growth while strengthening customer retention, operational excellence, and product-market fit. Your leadership will directly influence the experience of legal professionals and organizations relying on mission-critical software. This is an opportunity for a commercially minded executive who enjoys balancing strategic vision with hands-on execution and building high-performing teams.

Accountabilities

• P&L and business ownership: Take full accountability for the business unit’s financial performance, including revenue growth, profitability, operational execution, and overall business health.
• Strategic leadership: Define and execute the long-term business strategy, identifying growth opportunities and aligning priorities with broader organizational objectives.
• Organizational leadership: Lead, inspire, recruit, and develop a high-performing cross-functional organization spanning product, sales, marketing, customer success, support, and operations.
• Performance and culture: Establish a strong performance culture, develop leadership capabilities, and support succession planning to build a resilient organization for long-term growth.
• Customer growth and retention: Strengthen relationships with customers, improve satisfaction and retention, and ensure the product roadmap reflects evolving needs across the legal technology market.
• Product and market direction: Partner closely with product leadership to shape offerings, positioning, and priorities based on customer feedback, market opportunities, competitive dynamics, and industry trends.
• Operational excellence: Improve and scale business processes, systems, and operating practices while maintaining a high-quality experience for customers and employees.
• Market intelligence: Monitor industry trends, regulatory developments, competitive activity, and emerging opportunities to maintain strong market relevance and differentiation.
• Executive communication: Provide clear business updates, performance reporting, strategic recommendations, and other communications to senior leadership and key stakeholders.
• M&A and integration: Where applicable, contribute to acquisition evaluation and lead the successful integration of acquired businesses into the broader operating model.

Requirements

• Executive leadership: Proven experience in a senior leadership position with full P&L responsibility and accountability for business performance.
• SaaS or Legal Tech: Strong background in B2B SaaS, enterprise software, Legal Tech, or another recurring-revenue technology environment.
• Growth leadership: Demonstrated track record of delivering profitable growth, improving operational performance, and strengthening customer success.
• Commercial acumen: Deep understanding of recurring revenue models, customer lifecycle management, retention, and the drivers of sustainable software businesses.
• Strategic and operational capability: Ability to develop a compelling long-term vision while remaining close enough to the business to translate strategy into measurable execution.
• People leadership: Proven ability to attract, retain, coach, and develop high-caliber talent while building a collaborative, accountable, and high-performance culture.
• Customer orientation: Strong understanding of customer needs and the ability to translate market and customer insights into product, commercial, and operational priorities.
• Communication: Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with confidence engaging employees, customers, executive stakeholders, and boards.
• Stakeholder management: Ability to influence across functions and build strong relationships within a complex, multi-stakeholder environment.
• Entrepreneurial mindset: Comfortable operating with significant autonomy, identifying opportunities, making decisions, and taking ownership of outcomes.
• Change leadership: Experience leading organizational, operational, product, or commercial transformation in a growing business.
• M&A exposure: Experience evaluating acquisitions or leading post-acquisition integration is an advantage.

Benefits

• Executive-level ownership: Lead the full strategic and financial direction of a high-impact Legal Tech software business.
• Entrepreneurial environment: Significant autonomy to shape strategy, operations, team structure, and growth initiatives.
• Global platform: Access to the resources, expertise, and stability of a larger international software organization.
• Remote flexibility: Role available remotely in Canada, supporting a distributed working environment.
• Leadership impact: Opportunity to influence product development, customer experience, organizational culture, and long-term business performance.
• Career development: Work alongside experienced leaders across software, technology, and vertical-market businesses.
• Innovation focus: Help shape the evolution of technology serving legal professionals and organizations.
• Long-term value creation: Opportunity to build sustainable growth, strengthen customer relationships, and create lasting value within the business.
• Full-time employment: 40-hour scheduled work week with one position available.