People Partner

The People Partner exists to make sure that the people side of Legora stays strong while the company grows fast. You will be the trusted people partner for our Customer Engagement, Global Services, and Legal Engineering teams in EMEA, a genuine partner to leaders and managers. You will work as part of the EMEA People team and alongside our global People specialists.

Responsibilities

People strategy: Turn business priorities into a forward-looking people agenda for your client group, and keep a clear read on its health, capability and culture; Org design & workforce planning: Advise on team structure, role design and scaling, working closely with Talent Acquisition on hiring needs; Onboarding: Make sure new hires land with clarity, clear expectations and a fast path to contribution; Manager capability: Coach managers on setting expectations, giving feedback and leading through change, and spot capability gaps early; Performance: Apply our performance framework consistently, drive calibration, address underperformance early and lead formal processes where needed; Compensation & levelling: Apply compensation and levelling frameworks fairly and consistently, and flag anomalies as we enter new markets; Culture & engagement: Notice when culture shifts and act before small issues become systemic ones; Employee relations: Manage ER matters, including investigations and organisational changes, and advise on employment law across EMEA; Global collaboration: Translate business needs into clear input for our global People team, and make sure what gets built creates impact rather than process for its own sake

Requirements

Several years as an HR Business Partner, ideally in a fast-growing or international environment, supporting leaders and managers across the full employee lifecycle; Experience supporting teams across several European countries, with a good sense of when to apply a standard approach and when to adapt locally; Builds credibility quickly and challenges constructively when it matters; Enjoys helping managers set expectations, give feedback and lead through change; Moves quickly while keeping documentation and process standards high; Makes people decisions that serve the business and cares about outcomes, not just activity; Collaborates across the People function, escalates complex cases when needed and shares the patterns they see