Lead, In-House Legal Engineering (France)

legora; Paris; On-site; EUR 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Legora is building the AI-native workspace for legal work, with lawyers. Our Legal Engineers are lawyers who help leading legal departments turn AI into real change. France is a fast-growing market and our Paris office is now open.

We seek a Team Lead to guide our Legal Engineering team for in-house French clients. This player-coach role combines team leadership with hands-on execution on high-value engagements.

Qualifications

• 8+ years legal experience, including senior in-house roles
• Proven ability to hire, coach and manage performance
• Commercial acumen: how legal dept funds and buys technology
• Credibility with General Counsels and leadership teams
• Fluency with generative AI and ability to explain failures
• Structured, fast-moving collaborator with minimal bureaucracy
• Native or bilingual French and fluent English

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the Legal Engineering team in France
• Run your most strategic corporate and public-sector engagements
• Translate commercial priorities into actionable pilots and rollouts
• Provide product feedback to the product team based on in-house experiences
• Represent Legora in the French legal market and drive AI-enabled change

Skills

People leadership

Client engagement

Legal operations

Gen AI literacy

Education

Law degree (JD/LLB)

Job description

Legora is building the AI-native workspace for legal work, with lawyers. Our Legal Engineers are lawyers who help leading legal departments turn AI into real change. France is a fast-growing market and our Paris office is now open.

We seek a Team Lead to guide our Legal Engineering team for in-house French clients. This player-coach role combines team leadership with hands-on execution on high-value engagements.