Legora
Senior People Partner | Legal, Operations & People
New York City. Posted 24 days ago
The role
You will lead the people agenda for the Legal, Operations, and People functions. You will partner with senior leaders on org design, workforce planning, and performance management to support scaling from 150 to 250 people.
What you will do
- Own the people agenda across Legal, Operations, and People
- Work with senior leaders on org design, workforce planning, headcount decisions, and team structure
- Understand functional goals and spot challenges early to help leaders make decisions
- Lead calibration and coach managers through difficult conversations
- Address performance issues early to maintain a high performance bar
- Support leaders in building management teams and maintaining accountability during scaling
- Improve how the People function operates by challenging existing ways of working and building processes
- Connect client groups with Talent Acquisition, Total Rewards, People Operations and People Tech
Required qualifications
- Experience as a senior HRBP or People Partner
- Track record of partnering with senior leaders across corporate or operational functions
- Broad experience across org design, performance management, leadership development, compensation, employee relations, and organisational change
- Good commercial judgement
- Comfortable with ambiguity
- Confidence handling difficult conversations and sensitive people matters
- Solid working knowledge of US employment law
Nice to have
- Experience in a high-growth B2B SaaS or technology scale-up
- Experience working across the US and EMEA
Benefits
- Comprehensive salary, benefits, and tools for success
- Company provided lunch daily
- Medical, Dental & Vision
- Multiple medical plan options through Aetna and Kaiser Permanente
- HSA or Healthcare FSA
- Dental plans via MetLife
- Vision plans via Vision Care
- Generous parental leave
- Free access to Maven Clinic
- Dependent Care FSA
- Free One Medical membership for employees and dependents
- Pre-tax commuter benefits
About the company
Legora is an AI-native workspace for legal professionals. The company has 2,100+ customers across 80+ countries and has scaled to $200M+ in ARR.