Legal Engineering Manager, In-House (Corporate)

About the role

This role sits at the intersection of legal expertise, customer engagement, and commercial strategy. It involves leading and growing high-performing teams supporting Harvey’s go-to-market efforts.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing team of Legal Engineers, setting a high bar for customer engagement, legal credibility, and commercial impact.
• Partner closely with Sales leadership and Account Executives to support strategic accounts, develop deal strategy, and drive successful customer outcomes.
• Oversee and support your team by engaging in complex customer engagements, conducting discovery, leading product demonstrations, and advising customers on how Harvey can improve legal workflows across in-house legal teams.
• Build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders, including General Counsel, Deputy General Counsel, Chief Legal Officers, legal operations leaders, and other legal and business leaders.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, Applied Legal Research, Marketing, and Enablement to improve positioning, workflows, customer solutions, and go-to-market strategy.
• Contribute to Harvey’s presence in the market through customer workshops, thought leadership, speaking engagements, and industry events.

Requirements

• Qualified lawyer with 7+ PQE, including significant experience practicing corporate law, commercial contracting, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, emerging companies and venture capital, capital markets, or other corporate transactional work, or advising on corporate governance.
• Prior experience managing a team, with a track record of developing talent and driving performance.
• Deep familiarity with legal technology and AI tools, with the ability to quickly develop expertise in Harvey’s platform and workflows.
• Strong understanding of the workflows, challenges, and priorities of in-house legal teams.
• Strong commercial instincts and the ability to engage credibly with senior stakeholders across legal and business organizations.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, including experience leading trainings, workshops, demos, or customer-facing sessions.
• Comfort operating in a fast-paced, high-growth environment with a pragmatic and solutions-oriented mindset.
• A strong point of view on the future of the legal industry and the impact of AI on legal services.

Qualifications

• Must have a law degree from an accredited institution.
• Must be a qualified lawyer with 7+ years of relevant PQE.
• Experience in corporate law, commercial contracting, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, emerging companies and venture capital, capital markets, or corporate governance.
• Proven experience managing a team and developing talent.
• Experience with legal technology and AI tools.
• Understanding of in-house legal team workflows, challenges, and priorities.
• Ability to engage with senior stakeholders across legal and business organizations.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
• A strong vision for the future of the legal industry and the role of AI in legal services.

Skills

• Legal expertise, particularly in corporate law, commercial contracting, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, emerging companies and venture capital, capital markets, or corporate governance.
• Team management and development skills.
• Expertise in legal technology and AI tools.
• Strong understanding of in-house legal team workflows, challenges, and priorities.
• Effective communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to engage with senior stakeholders across legal and business organizations.
• Strategic thinking and problem-solving skills.

Benefits

Harvey offers a competitive compensation package, including a base salary of $315,000 - $385,000 USD OTE (75/25 split depending on location).

Pay

$315,000 - $385,000 USD OTE (75/25 split)

Schedule

Full-time

Company Information

Harvey is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition, or any other basis protected by law. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, and requests can be made by emailing accommodations@harvey.ai.