The Role Legora is going from ~250 people to roughly 1,600 inside a year, across 20+ locations and every time zone. The operating model has to change as we become an enterprise - and someone has to own the engine that keeps the whole company coordinated as it 7x. This is that role.
As Director of Business Operations you will build a company, make sure Legora runs and that we move in the same direction, by owning Legora's coordination engine: the operating model and planning cadence, the company-wide metric tree, the decision-rights framework, cross-functional integration, and the business systems the company runs on. You bring a sharpened analytics lens to how the company plans and reviews its own performance, partnering across the org to drive the MBR and QBR cadence. You lead and build the Business Operations team, you partner with the C-suite, CEO office and Operations Special Projects and PMO team , and you report to the VP of Operations. This is a build-and-run leadership role at the same time - you are standing the function up while it already carries load.
What You'll Do- Own the operating model end to end: how direction is set, how it cascades to every team, how decisions get made and escalated, and how alignment is held between quarterly beats.
- Design and run business review business review OKR (or similar) and planning cadence, the company-wide metric tree, and the operating rhythm that turns exec bets into coordinated, tracked execution with an focus on analytics, partnering across the org to drive the MBR and QBR cadence. Your closest partners are Analytics (Product), Finance FP&A and CEO office.
- Translate metric-tree analysis into business cases that inform company bets and investment decisions.
- Define and hold the decision-rights framework - who owns what, what escalates, and how fast it moves.
- Partner with internal communications across 20+ locations - top-down framing and the bottom-up loop that keeps leadership honest.
- Own the business systems backbone - Notion, Slack governance, knowledge management, tooling and keep it agent-ready. In close partnership with IT.
- Build and lead the Business Operations team (operating-model and systems roles), and absorb and build out the steady-state operational layer as Legora grows.
What You Bring- 15+ years combining analytical rigor with hands-on operating work - consulting/banking into an operator seat, or an equivalent path - including time leading people.
- A track record running company-wide planning (OKRs, metric trees, operating cadence) at 1000+ people, ideally through hyper-growth.
- Strong analytics fluency - comfortable owning a metric tree end to end and driving a data-informed MBR/QBR cadence, using SQL and building relevant dashboards.
- Operating judgment across altitudes - you move from a leadership-committee deck to an in-the-weeds implementation call without missing a beat.
- Executive presence and backbone: you build trust fast and drive outcomes through influence in rooms with founders and VPs.
- A builder's bias: you create the structure, you don't wait to inherit it. You treat "can an agent do this?" as the first question, given headcount is the binding constraint.
Strong Candidates May Also- Have built an operating model, planning cadence, or decision-rights framework from scratch at a scaling company.
- Have worked in a Chief of Staff or Senior Ops capacity, as the role or as a close partner to it.
- Come from a hyper-growth environment where the org doubled more than once during their tenure.
What's In It For You- Global collaboration: Partner with teams and clients across Europe, APAC, and North America.
- Competitive package: Comprehensive salary, benefits, and tools for success.
- Meaningful work: Your efforts shape how thousands of lawyers use AI daily.
- In-person environment: Union Square office designed for ambitious builders and company provided lunch daily.
- Benefits & Perks: We invest in our people with a comprehensive, thoughtfully designed benefits package:
Medical, Dental & Vision
- Multiple medical plan options through Aetna and Kaiser Permanente
- HSA or Healthcare FSA (based on plan selection)
- Dental plans via MetLife
- Vision plans via Vision Care
Family Support
- Generous parental leave
- Free access to Maven Clinic
- Dependent Care FSA
- Free One Medical membership for employees and dependents
Additional Perks
- 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
