Senior People Partner | Legal, Operations & People
- Location
- New York City, NY · On-site
- Job type
- Full-time
- Level
- Lead / Staff
- Listed
- 20 days ago
Skills & highlights for this role
- Organisational design
- Workforce planning
- Performance management
- Stakeholder management
- Manager coaching
Also useful
- Performance calibration
- Leadership development
- Change management
- Talent strategy
- Process improvement
- Experience scaling high-growth organisations
The Role
Legora has grown from 40 to 1,000 people in just 18 months, expanding across four continents along the way. We're growing fast, and as the business scales, we need strong leaders, high-performing teams, and the right foundations to support what's next.
We're looking for a Senior People Partner to lead the people agenda across our Legal, Operations, and People functions. Together, these teams have around 150 people today, with plans to grow to approximately 250 by the end of 2027.
You'll work closely with senior leaders across all three functions, helping them build great teams, make smart organisational decisions, and tackle the challenges of scaling a business at this pace.
This is a chance to have a real impact on how Legora grows, working with leaders who have high expectations and want a People Partner who brings ideas, challenges their thinking, and gets things done.
What You’ll Do
- You'll be a trusted partner to senior leaders across Legal, Operations, and People. You'll help shape how these teams grow, develop strong leaders, and build a culture of high performance and accountability.
- We're looking for someone who enjoys getting into the detail, takes ownership, and is equally comfortable thinking strategically and rolling up their sleeves.
Specifically, you will
- Own the people agenda across Legal, Operations, and People, working with senior leaders on org design, workforce planning, headcount decisions, and team structure.
- Get close to the business. Understand what each function is trying to achieve, spot challenges early, and help leaders make better decisions before problems grow.
- Help set and maintain a high performance bar. Lead calibration, coach managers through difficult conversations, and make sure performance issues are addressed early.
- Support leaders as their teams grow from around 150 to 250 people, helping them build strong management teams, develop their people, and maintain accountability as they scale.
- Work closely with the People leadership team to improve how the People function operates as Legora grows, challenging existing ways of working and helping build better processes where needed.
- Connect your client groups with the wider People team, including Talent Acquisition, Total Rewards, People Operations and People Tech, making sure we're solving the right problems and delivering practical solutions.
What You Bring
You understand how people decisions affect business performance, and you're comfortable challenging leaders, making difficult calls, and taking ownership of outcomes.
We're looking for
- Experience as a senior HRBP or People Partner, ideally in a high-growth B2B SaaS or technology scale-up.
- A strong track record of partnering with senior leaders across corporate or operational functions. You know how to build trust, challenge thinking, and influence important decisions.
- Broad experience across org design, performance management, leadership development, compensation, employee relations, and organisational change.
- Good commercial judgement. You understand the business behind the people decisions and aren't afraid to push back when needed.
- Someone who enjoys building. You're comfortable with ambiguity, don't need everything mapped out, and know when to introduce structure without slowing things down.
- Confidence handling difficult conversations and sensitive people matters, even when things are moving quickly.
- Solid working knowledge of US employment law. Experience working across the US and EMEA would be a strong advantage.
- A genuine interest in building high-performing teams. You care about leadership quality, accountability, and creating an environment where great people do their best work.
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
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.
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.
Equal opportunity and legal notices
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.
From Legora's careers page, first listed on Rolev.ai on October 21, 2026. Rolev.ai is not the employer.
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