Legal Data Strategy Director

Legora Legora · Vertical AI · New York, NY · Engineering & Product

The Legal Data Strategy Director will define and execute Legora's approach to legal data for their AI-native legal research product. This role involves working cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, and Research teams to improve the quality, reliability, and coverage of legal information within the product, ensuring a high-quality research experience for legal professionals.

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

Nice to have

  • experience with legal technology
  • experience with product
  • experience with operations
  • exposure to litigation
  • exposure to legal research workflows

What the JD emphasized

  • legal research product
  • legal information foundation
  • high-quality research experience
  • legal data initiatives
  • legal information is managed