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Director of People Technology & Data

Legora · New York City, New York

Location
New York City, New York, United States
Employment
Full time
Level
Director
Posted
Last week

About this role

About Us

Legora is redefining how legal work gets done. Not built for lawyers, built with them. We work alongside the world’s best legal teams, who expect excellence, precision, and speed, and we hold ourselves to the same bar.

Our AI-native workspace lets legal professionals move faster, think more clearly, and operate with sharper precision. By analysing thousands of documents in minutes and powering end-to-end workflows, we cut through complexity, teams can focus on what matters: judgment, strategy, and outcomes.

1,000+ customers across 50+ countries trust us, including Cleary Gottlieb, Goodwin, Linklaters, White & Case, Dentons, and Barclays. We’ve scaled to $100M+ in ARR, with teams across Europe, North America and APAC, and continue to expand through acquisitions including Qura, Walter AI and Graceview.

We partner with world-class performers: including Aaron Judge and the New York Yankees, Ludvig Åberg (and his caddie), and campaigns featuring Jude Law.

Joining Legora means three things.

  • We lean in: ownership over titles, outcomes over intentions.

  • We fight for excellence: high standards, direct, ego-free feedback.

  • We grow together: as a team and with our customers.

Mission before ego. Everyone contributes. No one coasts.

If you’re driven by impact, pace, and raising the bar. This is the place.

The Role

This role owns the technology, products and data intelligence that enable Legora's People function to scale, and make it easier for employees and managers to get things done. From implementing our global HRIS to building intuitive employee experiences and unlocking the value of our people data, you'll create an infrastructure that scales ahead of the business.

You'll bring a product mindset to People technology, choosing the right tools to deliver the best experience. You'll balance a stable, secure core technology stack with the flexibility to experiment with new tools, automation and AI. You'll lead a growing team and work closely with your stakeholders to turn complex business requirements into simple, scalable solutions.

What You’ll Do

  • People Tech Stack: Define and own the People technology roadmap, architecture and investment priorities. Build a secure, integrated technology ecosystem that supports our global growth, with a stable HRIS at its core and specialist tools where they deliver a better experience. Ensure systems are secure, connected and scalable. Partner with IT to manage integrations, access controls, security, release management and platform reliability.

  • HRIS implementation: From requirements and design through to configuration, testing, deployment and adoption. Own the long-term platform strategy and continuous improvement, working with implementation partners, IT and functional stakeholders.

  • People Products: Establish a product-led approach to People technology. Understand user needs, and design intuitive digital experiences for employees, managers and the People team. Choose the right tool for the job, leveraging automation and AI to simplify processes, remove manual work and create better experiences.

  • People Intelligence: Build the data infrastructure, governance and analytics capabilities that enable better workforce decisions. Establish common data definitions, quality standards and clear data ownership, ensuring a reliable single source of truth. Develop the analytics roadmap and turn trusted workforce data into actionable insights for the business.

  • Leadership: Build and lead a high-performing People Technology & Data team. Manage implementation partners and specialist vendors, establish clear delivery accountabilities and build strong relationships across People, IT, Finance and the business.

What You Bring

  • 10+ years of experience in HR technology, HRIS, enterprise systems or related technology leadership, including experience leading teams and delivering large-scale transformation.

  • Deep HRIS expertise, ideally including leading a global HRIS HCM implementation and establishing the platform's long-term operating model.

  • Experience designing and managing HR technology ecosystems, including integrations, security, data architecture and global system governance.

  • A strong product mindset, with the ability to translate business and employee needs into intuitive, scalable technology solutions.

  • Experience building People analytics and data governance capabilities, with a strong understanding of workforce data and its application to business decisions.

  • A track record of using automation and emerging technologies to simplify processes, improve experiences and increase operational efficiency.

  • Experience operating in a high-growth, international environment, with an understanding of the challenges of scaling systems across multiple entities and jurisdictions.

  • The ability to balance strategic architecture and long-term thinking with pragmatic execution. You know when to build for the future and when to ship a simpler solution now.

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

    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.

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    Skills this posting mentions

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    About Legora

    Our mission is to empower exceptional lawyers. We’re building the world’s first truly collaborative AI for legal professionals: a workspace for boundless collaboration between lawyer ingenuity and machine intelligence. We're serving 1000+ clients across the globe and are backed by Accel, Bessemer Venture Partners, ICONIQ, General Catalyst, Benchmark, Redpoint, Y Combinator, and other top investors.

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