Talent Acquisition Manager, APAC

Legora AB; Sydney; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Legora is redefining how legal work gets done from Sydney, Australia. We are growing our APAC Talent Acquisition function and hiring across sales, technical, and corporate roles.

You will report to the Senior Director of TA in New York and work with People and business leaders to turn approved plans into regional execution. You will lead and grow the team, build a smarter recruiting engine, and raise the bar on quality, partnering with agencies and RPOs where they fit while aligning with global

Qualifications

• Experience leading in-house talent acquisition at a growing SaaS or tech company.
• Experience developing and managing talent acquisition partners.
• Experience hiring across APAC markets (Australia, North Asia, Southeast Asia).
• Ability to adapt to local language and employment needs.
• Excellent sourcing and engagement skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow the team, setting priorities and coaching on sourcing, closing and stakeholder management.
• Deliver hiring with pace by turning approved hiring plans into clear priorities and milestones across functions.
• Build a smarter recruiting engine, strengthen direct sourcing, referrals and manage agency/RPO partnerships.
• Partner with the business, align regional hiring with global standards and local market needs.
• Raise the bar on quality by equipping interviewers, streamlining process, and collecting feedback for continuous improvement.

Skills

Talent acquisition leadership

SaaS/tech recruiting

APAC recruiting

Stakeholder management

People leadership

Hiring across sales, technical, and IR

Agency & RPO management

APAC time zones flexibility

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR or related field

Tools

ATS (Applicant Tracking System)

LinkedIn Recruiter

CRM for recruitment

RPO partnerships coordination

Job description

About Us

Legora is redefining how legal work gets done. Not built for lawyers, built with them. We work alongside the world’s best legal teams, who expect excellence, precision, and speed, and we hold ourselves to the same bar.

Our AI-native workspace lets legal professionals move faster, think more clearly, and operate with sharper precision. By analysing thousands of documents in minutes and powering end-to-end workflows, we cut through complexity, teams can focus on what matters: judgment, strategy, and outcomes.

2,100+ customers across 80+ countries trust us, including Cleary Gottlieb, Goodwin, Linklaters, White & Case, Dentons, and Barclays. We’ve scaled to $200M+ in ARR, with teams across Europe, North America and APAC, and continue to expand through acquisitions including Qura, Walter AI, Graceview, Cadastral, and Wexler.

We partner with world-class performers: including Aaron Judge and the New York Yankees, Ludvig Åberg (and his caddie), and campaigns featuring Jude Law.

Joining Legora means three things.

• We lean in: ownership over titles, outcomes over intentions.

• We fight for excellence: high standards, direct, ego-free feedback.

• We grow together: as a team and with our customers.

Mission before ego. Everyone contributes. No one coasts.

If you’re driven by impact, pace, and raising the bar. This is the place.

The Role

Legora’s TA function is entering its next chapter. In APAC, that means a fast-growing Sydney team and a regional footprint that is expanding quickly, with more markets and offices to follow. We are hiring across every function at once: go-to-market, Legal Engineering, Engagement, Marketing, and the G&A roles that keep a new office running. Each market has its own language, culture, and talent pool, and we’re building them in parallel rather than one at a time.

Based in Sydney you will lead grow and build our regional and own hiring delivery across Asia Pacific. You will report to the Senior Director, Talent Acquisition, based in New York, and work closely with People and business leaders across the region. You will connect global TA priorities and standards with local market needs, turning approved hiring plans into effective regional execution.

What You’ll Do

Lead and grow the team. Set clear priorities, balance talent acquisition partner workloads against business needs, and coach your team on sourcing, closing, and stakeholder management. You’ll build a culture of ownership, candid feedback, and shared learning, and help shape recruiting capacity as the region grows.

Deliver hiring with pace. Turn approved hiring plans into clear priorities and milestones across functions and markets. You’ll personally run selected complex searches from intake to offer, keep pipelines moving, and hold talent acquisition partners and hiring managers to timely feedback and action.

Build a smarter recruiting engine. Strengthen direct sourcing, referrals, and talent pipelines, and use data to see where searches stall and which sources deliver. You’ll own our APAC agency and RPO partnerships, deciding when to use them and setting expectations for quality, fees, and candidate data access.

Partner with the business. Work with the Senior Director of TA, People, and regional leaders on workforce planning, and help hiring managers define realistic role outcomes and candidate profiles. You’ll bring market insight across Australia, North Asia, and Southeast Asia, and adapt global standards to local language and employment needs.

Raise the bar on quality. Equip interviewers to make evidence-based decisions, challenge unclear requirements and unnecessary process, and build inclusive sourcing practices. You’ll make sure every candidate gets clear, respectful communication, and use feedback from candidates, hiring managers, and new joiners to keep improving.

What You Bring

• A strong track record in in-house talent acquisition at a growing SaaS or tech company, ideally VC-backed.

• Experience leading and developing talent acquisition partners while staying hands-on with delivery.

• Experience hiring across sales, technical, and corporate roles, holding the same bar in each, including when a search gets hard: you change the approach, not the standard.

• Experience recruiting across multiple APAC markets (Australia, North Asia, Southeast Asia), and the ability to adapt to each. Language skills beyond English are a strong plus.

• Excellent sourcing and engagement skills, including winning over people who aren’t looking.

• A record of improving recruiting execution and using budgets wisely, including working with local agencies and RPO partners where they’re the right route to talent.

• The confidence to challenge hiring managers constructively and help them decide quickly and well.

• Sharp operational judgement: you can prioritise competing needs, diagnose a stalled search, and turn a problem into a clear next step.

• A collaborative style and a genuine interest in helping others succeed.

• Flexibility to work across APAC time zones, with occasional regional travel.

Legora is an Equal Opportunity Employer

At Legora, we believe great teams are built on diversity of thought and experience. We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer and committed to creating an inclusive, high-performance culture where everyone can do their best work. We welcome people of all backgrounds and don’t discriminate based on race, color, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.