Head of Legal Engineering, Italy

The role

You will establish the Legal Engineering function in Italy as a commercial and delivery engine. You will build and lead a team of Legal Engineers and Team Leads while partnering with Go-to-Market and Engagement teams. Your work involves translating legal problems into workflows and shaping the company's AI point of view in the Italian market.

What you will do

• Stand up the Legal Engineering function for Italy from the Milan office
• Hire Legal Engineers and future leaders
• Build a manager layer of Team Leads
• Give direct, evidence-based feedback and coach the team
• Partner with local commercial leadership on priority accounts and rollouts
• Act as the lead legal architect on selected enterprise engagements
• Oversee complex, multi-stakeholder programmes
• Build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders like Managing Partners and General Counsels
• Translate client patterns and product gaps into input for Product
• Shape Legora's point of view on AI and legal work in Italy

Required qualifications

• Qualified to practise law in Italy
• Substantial legal, legal-operations or legal-technology experience
• Strong understanding of how sophisticated law firms and in-house legal teams make decisions
• Experience building a team, function, market or new operating model from a low base
• Experience managing and developing strong people, including managers or Team Leads
• Ability to learn the platform and challenge use-case design
• Understanding of the commercial realities of legal services and enterprise software
• Strong hiring and performance judgment
• Communicate fluently in Italian and English, in writing and in person
• Based in Milan
• Able to work from the office five days per week
• Able to travel across Italy

About the company

Legora is an AI-native workspace for legal professionals that aims to redefine how legal work gets done. The company serves over 2,100 customers across 80+ countries.