# Head of AMER Legal Engineering

**Company:** [Harvey](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/harvey)
**Location:** Chicago, IL, New York, NY, Dallas, TX, San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Legal
**Salary:** $400k – $450k/yr
**Experience:** 9+ years
**Skills:** Legal Engineering, Legal Technology, Team Leadership, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Process Development, Stakeholder Management, Enterprise Legal Operations
**Posted:** 2026-06-29

> Lead and scale Legal Engineering teams supporting in-house customer engagements at Harvey. Requires 9+ years PQE as a qualified lawyer from top-tier firms or F500/tech companies, with experience managing managers and building organizational systems in fast-paced environments.

## Job Description

## 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.

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