Head of AMER Legal Engineering

What You'll Do

• Lead, develop, and scale a team of Legal Engineering Managers and their organizations serving Harvey's in-house customers.
• Build the systems, processes, and operating mechanisms that enable Legal Engineering to deliver exceptional customer outcomes at scale.
• Partner closely with Product, Engineering, Sales, Customer Success, and Operations to align priorities and drive execution across the business.
• Act as a trusted advisor to legal department leaders and an influential partner to senior stakeholders across Harvey.
• Drive organizational performance through effective planning, resource management, talent development, and operational excellence.
• Help define the future of Legal Engineering and how Harvey partners with the world's leading corporate legal departments.

What You Have

• Qualified lawyer with 9+ years of post-qualification experience (PQE).
• Experience practicing law at a top-tier law firm (Vault 50 or equivalent) and/or in-house at a F500 or leading tech company, with significant client-facing experience.
• Experience leading managers and manager-led organizations, not solely individual contributors.
• Demonstrated success building and scaling high-performing teams in complex, fast-paced environments.
• Experience owning organizational systems, processes, and operating models.
• Proven ability to build strong cross-functional partnerships and drive results across multiple stakeholders.
• Strong track record of managing upward and influencing senior leaders.
• Experience representing an organization externally and building trusted relationships with executive-level stakeholders.
• Deep understanding of enterprise legal teams, including corporate, litigation, investigations, regulatory, compliance, and legal operations functions, as well as the evolving legal technology landscape.
• Exceptional communication, leadership, and organizational skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading teams outside of a traditional law department hierarchy.
• Experience in legal technology, professional services, consulting, legal innovation, legal operations, or other customer-facing organizations.
• Experience operating in a high-growth technology company.
• Experience leading globally distributed teams.
• Demonstrated ability to create structure and drive execution in rapidly evolving environments.
• Experience working across multiple legal practice areas, including corporate, litigation, investigations, regulatory, compliance, and legal operations.