Responsibilities

Let's get the tricky part out of the way. Legal Engineering does not fit neatly into a traditional box. It combines legal practice, product fluency, enterprise change, commercial judgment and client leadership.
As Director, Legal Engineering, your mission is to make Legal Engineering the commercial and delivery engine for the West Coast, anchored in our San Francisco office. Reporting to the Head of Legal Engineering, North America, you will set the craft bar, build the team and its Team Lead layer, partner closely with Go-to-Market and Engagement, lead selectively on the highest-stakes clients, and turn local learning into playbooks that scale across North America.
This is a Director-level leadership role. Your primary output will be the quality and performance of the team and system you build. You will stay close enough to the product and the work to coach credibly, while moving your own time toward hiring, leadership development, senior relationships, market strategy and cross-functional execution.
Lead the Legal Engineering function for the West Coast from the San Francisco office, including its operating rhythm, quality bar, capacity model and local partnership with Go-to-Market and Engagement.
Hire exceptional Legal Engineers and future leaders. Own the quality bar from sourcing and interview calibration through closing, onboarding and ramp.
Build a manager layer of Team Leads who each own and develop a group of Legal Engineers. Delegate real decision rights and create clear succession paths so the function becomes stronger and less dependent on you over time.
Give direct, evidence-based feedback. Coach hard, set clear expectations and act decisively when the performance or values bar is not met.
Partner with West Coast commercial leadership on priority accounts, pilots, rollouts and escalations. Connect Legal Engineering activity to conversion, adoption, usage, expansion and revenue.
Act as the lead legal architect on selected enterprise engagements. Translate a real legal problem into a concrete Legora workflow, then turn successful delivery into a reusable playbook others can run.
Oversee complex, multi-stakeholder programs with clear governance, owners, outcomes, leading indicators and risk management.
Build trusted relationships with Managing Partners, General Counsels, Heads of Innovation, Legal Operations leaders and other senior stakeholders.
Represent the market's voice inside Legora. Translate recurring client patterns and product gaps into clear, actionable input for Product.

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Director, Legal Engineering

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