Legora

legal tech

LeadLegalEngineer

$285–372k San Francisco, California, United States FULL TIME
The Brief

“Lead Legal Engineer at Legora. Skills: legal engineering, client implementations, team management. leading Legora’s most complex and high-impact client engagements. managing and developing a team of Legal Engineers”

What You'll Achieve.

drive adoption; accelerate time-to-value; deliver measurable outcomes across your clients and your team; clear success metrics

Industry & Context.

legal tech

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 Legora’s most complex and high-impact client engagements

managing and developing a team of Legal Engineers

accelerate time-to-value

and deliver measurable outcomes across clients and team

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

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

stakeholder and programme management, delivering complex client implementations or programmes with multiple stakeholders

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