Lead Legal Engineer
About The Position
Legora is on a mission to redefine how legal work gets done by building solutions with legal professionals. Their AI-native workspace empowers legal professionals to work faster, ask better questions, and unlock new insights. Legora pushes the boundaries of legal tech to make complex processes smarter, faster, and more human, analyzing thousands of documents in minutes and designing intelligent workflows in collaboration with leading practices. Trusted by global firms in over 40 countries, Legora ships fast, iterates effectively, and scales rapidly. Joining Legora means becoming part of a team that believes in empowering lawyers to do their best work with technology that truly understands them, shaping the future of legal tech.
Requirements
- A background in law, with experience at a top-tier firm, in-house legal team, or legal tech environment.
- Direct people management experience, including hiring, developing, and performance-managing a team in a client-facing or delivery environment.
- Senior experience delivering complex client implementations or programmes with multiple stakeholders.
- Product-savvy and tech-curious, with a strong grasp of generative AI and legal workflows.
- Ability to communicate clearly and confidently with both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Excellent stakeholder and programme management skills, with the ability to influence priorities and navigate high-stakes conversations.
- Ability to bring structure to complexity, move quickly without sacrificing quality, and focus on outcomes over perfection.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in legal tech or a technology-driven environment.
Responsibilities
- Leading enterprise-level pilots and implementations across multiple stakeholders and products, from discovery through go-live, with clear success metrics.
- Owning priority client use cases end-to-end, shaping scalable onboarding and implementation frameworks.
- Acting as a senior thought partner to clients, building trusted relationships with partners, legal ops, and innovation leaders.
- Delivering executive-level demos, workshops, and presentations, clearly articulating value and handling complex objections.
- Influencing internal teams (Product, Go-to-Market, Customer Success) on implementation strategy, setup, and handover.
- Representing the voice of the customer, surfacing product gaps with evidence and driving them through to resolution.
- Building and refining team processes, systems, and operating rhythms that scale delivery quality and team effectiveness as the Legal Engineering function grows.
- Providing ongoing coaching, feedback, and career development support to drive individual and team growth.
- Managing and developing a team of Legal Engineers, setting clear goals, expectations, and performance standards.
- Leading hiring efforts for the Legal Engineering team, helping to attract and onboard top talent.
Benefits
- Comprehensive salary, benefits, and tools for success.
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- Flexible paid time off plus company holidays.
- 401(k) with company match and automatic enrollment.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
