Legal Engineering Manager (Law Firm, 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 to support Harvey’s go-to-market efforts. The Legal Engineering Manager works closely with Sales leadership and Account Executives to support strategic accounts, develop deal strategy, and drive successful customer outcomes.

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, as they engage in complex customer engagements by conducting discovery, leading product demonstrations, and advising customers on how Harvey can improve corporate, transactional, and commercial legal workflows.
• Build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders, including corporate partners, transactional attorneys, General Counsel, 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 at a leading law firm.
• Must have 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 corporate and transactional legal workflows, including M&A, commercial contracting, corporate governance, financing transactions, and due diligence.
• Strong commercial instincts and the ability to engage credibly with senior stakeholders across law firms, legal departments, 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.
• Strong point of view on the future of the legal industry and the impact of AI on legal services.

Qualifications

• Law degree from an accredited institution.
• Admitted to practice law in good standing in a relevant jurisdiction.
• Experience working in a corporate law firm or in-house legal department.
• Experience managing a team and developing talent.
• Experience with legal technology and AI tools.
• Experience with corporate and transactional legal workflows.
• Experience engaging with senior stakeholders in legal and business organizations.
• Experience with communication and presentation skills.
• Experience working in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.