Senior Director, People Operations

About the role

This role is responsible for designing and implementing People programs that shape how new employees join, grow, and perform at Legora. The ideal candidate will lead a team of five and growing, reporting into the VP of People.

Responsibilities

• Own onboarding end to end: the experience, the content, the logistics, and the measurement.
• Design for a company adding people fast across multiple time zones and legal entities, where the first few weeks set the tone.
• Build and run the performance framework. Define how Legora sets expectations, gives feedback, and makes promotion and pay decisions at scale.
• Partner with HRBPs to make sure it lands consistently across functions and geographies.
• Own manager development. Legora has grown its management layer quickly across multiple markets; this role builds the infrastructure to support and develop them.
• Design the programs, identify the gaps, and work with leaders to close them.
• Lead the People program workstream for market expansion. When Legora enters a new geography, this role owns the People side: onboarding localisation, policy adaptation, and the employee experience from day one.
• Partner with People Tech on the system and data layer that sits behind every program. Own the process design; let People Tech own the tooling.
• Build the operating rhythm across the People function: the cadences, the planning cycles, and the cross-functional touchpoints that keep a fast-moving People team coordinated.

Requirements

• Experience building People programs in a company scaling through a similar headcount inflection point.
• You've designed onboarding and performance frameworks that scaled with the business and held up under pressure.
• A track record of leading manager development at scale. You understand what good management capability looks like at a fast-growing tech company and you've built programs to develop it.
• Experience supporting geographic expansion from a People perspective. New markets, new employment law, new employee experience challenges, you've navigated all of it before.
• Comfort working at the intersection of People programs, People Tech, and HRBPs, with a clear sense of how the functions connect and where the handoffs sit.
• A team leadership track record. You've managed and developed People professionals and have the appetite to build a function alongside a fast-moving business.

Qualifications

• Experience building People programs in a company scaling through a similar headcount inflection point.
• You've designed onboarding and performance frameworks that scaled with the business and held up under pressure.
• A track record of leading manager development at scale. You understand what good management capability looks like at a fast-growing tech company and you've built programs to develop it.
• Experience supporting geographic expansion from a People perspective. New markets, new employment law, new employee experience challenges, you've navigated all of it before.
• Comfort working at the intersection of People programs, People Tech, and HRBPs, with a clear sense of how the functions connect and where the handoffs sit.
• A team leadership track record. You've managed and developed People professionals and have the appetite to build a function alongside a fast-moving business.

Skills

• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Experience with People Tech tools and systems.
• Ability to adapt to changing priorities and deadlines.
• Knowledge of employment law and best practices in managing a diverse workforce.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation range: $251.6K - $296K
• Flexible work arrangements
• Health and wellness benefits
• Professional development opportunities
• Work-life balance initiatives

Pay

• $251.6K - $296K

Schedule

• Full-time

Company Information

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.

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.