Senior Talent Acquisition Partner, Tech

Legora Legora · Vertical AI · New York, NY · People

This role is for a Senior Talent Acquisition Partner focused on hiring technical talent for an AI-native legal tech company. The role is responsible for end-to-end recruitment of Engineering, Product, and Design (EPD) talent in the US, partnering with senior leaders to define hiring strategies, build talent pipelines, and ensure a high bar for quality and pace. The role also contributes to broader People initiatives and process design within the Talent Acquisition function.

What you'd actually do

  1. Own full-cycle recruitment across the US, partnering closely with hiring managers to define role scope, success profiles, and hiring strategies aligned to business priorities.
  2. Help shape how Talent operates at Legora, contributing beyond hiring to process design, programs, tooling, and broader People initiatives.
  3. Build and nurture proactive talent pipelines for critical and future hiring needs, ensuring we stay ahead of demand rather than reacting to it.
  4. Run structured, data-informed hiring processes that balance quality, pace, and consistency while maintaining a high bar for talent.
  5. Deliver an exceptional candidate experience from first conversation through to offer, acting as a trusted and credible ambassador for Legora throughout.

Skills

Required

  • 5+ years in talent acquisition
  • hiring EPD talent
  • hiring strategy
  • team build-out
  • running complex searches
  • stakeholder management

Nice to have

  • startup experience
  • scaleup experience
  • VC-backed company experience
  • ambiguity tolerance
  • bias for action

What the JD emphasized

  • high-growth environment
  • startup, scaleup, or VC-backed company
  • meaningful depth hiring EPD talent
  • proven track record hiring high-performing EPD talent
  • hold a credible conversation with an engineering or product leader
  • don't lower the bar when searches get hard
  • partnering with senior stakeholders on hiring strategy and team build-out
  • run multiple complex searches without losing quality or pace
  • comfortable in ambiguity with a bias toward action
  • build a structure where none exists
  • move without waiting for perfect conditions
  • collaborative but direct
  • influence and challenge senior stakeholders
  • drive decisions rather than defer them