Lead Legal Engineer

As Lead Legal Engineer, you’ll operate as a player-coach: leading Legora’s most complex and high-impact client engagements while managing and developing a team of Legal Engineers. You’ll combine deep legal knowledge, product expertise, and people leadership to drive adoption, accelerate time-to-value, and deliver measurable outcomes across your clients and your team.

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

Requirements

Have a background in law, with experience at a top-tier firm, in-house legal team, or legal tech environment; Have direct people management experience, including hiring, developing, and performance-managing a team in a client-facing or delivery environment; Bring senior experience delivering complex client implementations or programmes with multiple stakeholders; Are product-savvy and tech-curious, with a strong 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; Bring structure to complexity, move quickly without sacrificing quality, and focus on outcomes over perfection

Nice to have

Bring experience in legal tech or a technology-driven environment — a strong plus, though not required

Benefits

Global collaboration; Competitive package: Comprehensive salary, benefits, and tools for success; Meaningful work; In-person environment: Houston office designed for ambitious builders; Medical, Dental & Vision; Multiple medical plan options through Aetna and Kaiser Permanente; HSA or Healthcare FSA; Dental plans via MetLife; Vision plans via Vision Care; Generous parental leave; Free access to Maven Clinic; Dependent Care FSA; Free One Medical membership for employees and dependents; Pre-tax commuter benefits; Life Insurance + STD/LTD; 401(K) with generous company match; Unlimited PTO; Robust voluntary benefits, including identity protection (via Aura), legal coverage via MetLife, pet savings programs, and more