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Director of People Technology & DataLegora · New York City
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Director of People Technology & Data

🗓️ Posted 2026-09-21 New York City Fulltime Hybrid ICT
💰 Salary Not shared 📊 Market NA

About the Company

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. 2,100+ customers across 80+ countries trust us, including Cleary Gottlieb, Goodwin, Linklaters, White & Case, Dentons, and Barclays. We've scaled to 200M+ in ARR, with teams across Europe, North America and APAC, and continue to expand through acquisitions including Qura, Walter AI, Graceview, Cadastral, and Wexler. 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.

About 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.

Responsibilities

  • ● 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
  • ● + 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.
  • ● A strong product mindset, with the ability to translate business and employee needs into intuitive, scalable technology solutions.
  • ● A track record of using automation and emerging technologies to simplify processes, improve experiences and increase operational efficiency.
  • ● 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.
  • ● Medical, Dental & Vision
  • ● Multiple medical plan options through Aetna and Kaiser Permanente
  • ● HSA or Healthcare FSA (based on plan selection)
  • ● Dental plans via MetLife

Requirements

  • ● 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.