Legal Data Strategy Director

Legora Legora · Vertical AI · San Francisco, CA · Engineering & Product

This role focuses on defining and executing the strategy for legal data within an AI-native legal tech product. The Director will work cross-functionally to improve the quality, reliability, and coverage of legal information, ensuring a strong foundation for the research experience. While the company uses AI extensively, this role is more about data strategy and product execution within that context, rather than direct AI/ML model development.

What you'd actually do

  1. Help define Legora’s approach to legal information coverage, quality, and reliability
  2. Assess requirements across key legal research workflows and translate them into clear priorities
  3. Work cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, and Research teams to support legal data initiatives
  4. Help establish scalable processes for evaluating, organising, and maintaining legal information
  5. Contribute to prioritisation and decision-making across legal data initiatives

Skills

Required

  • 10+ years of experience across law, strategy, consulting, legal technology, product, operations, or related fields
  • JD and experience practicing US law, ideally with exposure to litigation and legal research workflows
  • Strong strategic thinking and problem-solving skills
  • Experience working on complex cross-functional initiatives
  • Ability to work effectively with product and technical teams in fast-paced environments
  • High ownership and strong execution skills
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities
  • Sound judgment, discretion, and comfort working in commercially sensitive environments

What the JD emphasized

  • legal expertise
  • strategic thinking
  • product execution
  • legal information foundation
  • high ownership
  • strong execution skills