Head of Legal Engineering

Legora is on a mission: to redefine how legal work gets done. From the very start we have been very clear about the fact that we are not building a solution for lawyers, we are building it with them, because it is the only way to make sure it gets done the right way; working side-by-side every step of the way.

Our AI-native workspace empowers legal professionals not just to work faster - but to ask better questions, unlock new insights. Every day, we push the boundaries of legal tech to make complex processes smarter, faster, and more human. From thousands of documents analysed in minutes to intelligent workflows designed in collaboration with leading practices, we’re turning possibility into reality.

Today we are trusted by global firms like Cleary Gottlieb, Goodwin, Bird & Bird and Linklaters in over 40 countries, but we have no plans on stopping here. We ship fast, we iterate effectively, and we scale rapidly - not by accident, but by design.

When you join Legora, you become part of a team that believes "good enough" isn’t good enough and that the way to win is together, by empowering lawyers to do their best work with technology that truly understands them. If you’re excited by building from first principles, working with exceptional people, and accelerating change in a high-stakes, high-impact domain—then this is the moment and the place.

What You Will Be Doing
As Head of Legal Engineering for the UK, you will lead and grow a high-impact team operating at the intersection of law, product, and technology. You’ll set the vision for Legal Engineering in the UK market, while working closely with global leadership, Product, Sales, and Customer Success to ensure Legora delivers exceptional, scalable value to its clients.

This role doesn’t fit neatly into a traditional box. It’s a senior leadership position that blends management and development of a large team, legal-tech strategy, product partnership, and client advisory work.
Your mission is to make Legal Engineering a true force multiplier, for our clients, our product, and the wider business.

• Leading and scaling the Legal Engineering function in the UK, including hiring, mentoring, and developing senior Legal Engineers, and setting clear standards for quality, impact, and delivery.
  

• Owning the Legal Engineering strategy for the UK, aligning local execution with Legora’s global vision while adapting to market-specific needs.
  

• Working with global Legal Engineering Leadership to build the systems, infrastructure and operating cadences to ensure this critical global function can continue to serve clients at the highest level while scaling rapidly.
  

• Acting as a senior thought partner to clients, building trusted relationships with partners, GCs, and legal operations leaders, and identifying high-value opportunities to scale adoption.
  

• Partnering closely with Customer Success and GTM, taking shared ownership of strategic accounts — from pilots and proof-of-value to full-firm rollouts and long-term expansion.
  

• Serving as the voice of the user internally, ensuring client insights directly inform product decisions, roadmap priorities, and strategic direction.
  

• Working deeply with Product and Engineering, translating complex legal workflows into scalable, automated solutions across areas such as contract review, due diligence, compliance, and knowledge management
  

• Supporting go-to-market efforts, including executive-level demos, strategic pitches, and discussions around ROI, AI adoption, and legal transformation.
  

• Building playbooks, frameworks, and best practices that enable the Legal Engineering function to scale globally.
  

• Helping clients navigate the shift to AI-driven legal work, offering credible guidance on how technology will reshape legal teams and practice areas.

What You Bring

You come from the world of law, but you’ve built a career that goes beyond traditional legal practice. You’ve seen where legacy processes break down, and you’re motivated by the opportunity to lead teams and build systems that fundamentally improve how legal work gets done.

• Bring significant senior experience (typically 10+ years) across legal practice, legal operations, legal innovation, or legal technology.
  

• Have operated at a leadership level, with experience managing teams, setting strategy, and being accountable for outcomes — not just delivery.
  

• Have a strong legal foundation, enabling you to engage credibly with senior lawyers, partners, and in-house leaders.
  

• Are deeply tech-curious and product-minded, comfortable engaging in technical conversations around AI, automation, workflows, and platform capabilities (without needing to be a hands-on engineer).
  

• Understand how to design, evaluate, and improve legal processes using technology such as document automation, AI review tools, CLM platforms, and workflow systems.
  

• Communicate with clarity and confidence across disciplines — translating seamlessly between lawyers, engineers, product managers, and commercial teams.
  

• Excel at bringing structure to ambiguity, and are comfortable making judgement calls in fast-moving, high-stakes environments.
  

• Are commercially aware, able to articulate value, ROI, and impact, and comfortable supporting sales and expansion conversations.
  

• Care deeply about quality and craft, while still knowing how to move fast, iterate, and improve over time.
  

• Take ownership naturally and operate with a founder mentality.

Legora is an Equal Opportunity Employer

At Legora, we believe great teams are built on diversity of thought and experience. We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer and committed to creating an inclusive, high-performance culture where everyone can do their best work. We welcome people of all backgrounds and don’t discriminate based on race, color, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.