Legora
legal tech
LeadLegalEngineer
“Lead Legal Engineer at Legora. Skills: leading Legora’s most complex and high-impact client engagements, managing and developing a team of Legal Engineers, deep legal knowledge, product expertise, people leadership. 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”
What You'll Achieve.
drive adoption; accelerate time-to-value; deliver measurable outcomes across your clients and your team; clear success metrics; scale delivery quality and team effectiveness; drive individual and team growth
Industry & Context.
cut through complexity; focus on what matters: judgment, strategy, and outcomes; Bring structure to complexity
In-person environment: Houston office
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
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 grasp of generative AI and legal workflows, communicate clearly and confidently with both technical and non-technical audiences, Excel at stakeholder and programme management, influencing priorities and navigating high-stakes conversations
Nice to Have
experience in legal tech or a technology-driven environment
What You'll Do.
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
Delivering executive-level demos
clearly articulating value and handling complex objections
Influencing internal teams (Product
Customer Success) on implementation strategy
Representing the voice of the customer
surfacing product gaps with evidence and driving them through to resolution
Building and refining team processes
and operating rhythms that scale delivery quality and team effectiveness as the Legal Engineering function grows
Providing ongoing coaching
and career development support to drive individual and team growth
Managing and developing a team of Legal Engineers
and performance standards
Leading hiring efforts for the Legal Engineering team
helping to attract and onboard top talent
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partner with teams and clients domestic and internationally; 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; 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
Communication Scope
communicate clearly and confidently with both technical and non-technical audiences; Delivering executive-level demos, workshops, and presentations, clearly articulating value and handling complex objections
Process & Methodology
Leading enterprise-level pilots and implementations, Owning priority client use cases end-to-end, shaping scalable onboarding and implementation frameworks, stakeholder and programme management
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