Lead Legal Engineer

Legora

• $90K — $130K *
Legal & Accounting
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Background in law from a top-tier firm, in-house legal team, or legal tech environment.
  • Direct people management experience, including hiring and developing a team.
  • Senior experience in delivering complex client implementations with multiple stakeholders.
  • Product-savvy with a strong grasp of generative AI and legal workflows.
  • Ability to communicate with both technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Strong skills in stakeholder and programme management.
  • Experience in legal tech or a tech-driven environment is a plus.
  • Capable of managing complexity while focusing on outcomes.

Responsibilities

  • Lead enterprise-level pilots and implementations from discovery through go-live.
  • Own priority client use cases, shaping onboarding and implementation frameworks.
  • Act as a senior thought partner to clients, building trusted relationships.
  • Deliver executive-level demos and workshops, articulating value and handling objections.
  • Influence internal teams on implementation strategy and handovers.
  • Represent the voice of the customer, surfacing product gaps and driving resolutions.
  • Build and refine team processes and operating rhythms to scale quality and effectiveness.
  • Provide ongoing coaching and career development support for the team.
  • Manage and develop a team of Legal Engineers, setting clear goals and performance standards.
  • Lead hiring efforts for the Legal Engineering team, attracting top talent.

Benefits

  • Global collaboration with teams and clients across borders.
  • Comprehensive salary and benefits package.
  • Opportunity to impact how thousands of lawyers use AI daily.
  • In-person work environment designed for ambitious builders.
  • Support for Professional License & Certification Reimbursement.
Full Job Description
The Role

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.
What You'll Do
  • 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.
What You Bring

You've built your career at the intersection of law, technology, delivery, and people leadership, and are comfortable owning complex work, leading senior conversations, and navigating ambiguity.

You'll thrive in this role if you:
  • 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 experience in legal tech or a technology-driven environment - a strong plus, though not required.
  • Bring structure to complexity, move quickly without sacrificing quality, and focus on outcomes over perfection.

What's In It For You
  • Global collaboration: Partner with teams and clients domestic and internationally.
  • Competitive package: Comprehensive salary, benefits, and tools for success.
  • Meaningful work: Your efforts shape how thousands of lawyers use AI daily.
  • In-person environment: Toronto office designed for ambitious builders.
  • Professional License & Certification Reimbursement

Similar Jobs

More Jobs at Legora

More Legal & Accounting Jobs

  • CohnReznick
    Tax Senior Manager
    $110K — $130K *
    CohnReznick
    Miami, FL 33186 (Miami-Dade County)
  • Tax Senior Manager
    $110K — $130K *
    PYA PC
    Charlotte, NC 28269 (Mecklenburg County)
  • Chief Marketing Officer
    $200K — $240K *
    The Ward Law Group, PL
    Miami, FL 33186 (Miami-Dade County)
  • Law Firm Administrator
    $95K — $120K *
    Law Office of Polly Tatum
    Worcester, MA 01604 (Worcester County)
  • Caterpillar, Inc
    Paralegal
    $81K — $122K *
    Caterpillar, Inc
    Irving, TX 75061 (Dallas County)

Find similar Lead Legal Engineer jobs: