Design Operations Lead — AI-Driven Product

Legora; Greater London; Remote; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Legora is building the category-defining AI product for legal work, with design teams expanding in Stockholm, London and New York. As Design Operations Manager, you will structure the org, set operating rhythms and lead cross-functional initiatives that let designers focus on product and craft.

You will own the systems and processes that keep work moving, report to Head of Design, and drive sequencing, onboarding, and governance across teams in a hands-on senior role.

Qualifications

• 4–6+ years of experience running operations, programmes or chief-of-staff within a product or design organisation.
• Experience building org structures, planning cadences and hiring processes from scratch.
• Able to navigate ambiguity and close structural gaps that affect delivery.

Responsibilities

• Keep a live, accurate map of design organisation against deliverables and flag gaps.
• Own how design hires; align roles to strategic priorities and manage end-to-end process with Talent.
• Establish a stable planning cadence and ensure reviews drive decisions and unblock work.
• DRI for cross-team programmes; track design work on a visible timeline across Product, Eng, PMM.
• Move team to more agentic ways of working and maintain current docs and processes.

Skills

Operations management

Design org structures

Hiring processes

Cross-functional leadership

Tools

OKR tooling

Job description

Legora is building the category-defining AI product for legal work, with design teams expanding in Stockholm, London and New York. As Design Operations Manager, you will structure the org, set operating rhythms and lead cross-functional initiatives that let designers focus on product and craft.

You will own the systems and processes that keep work moving, report to Head of Design, and drive sequencing, onboarding, and governance across teams in a hands-on senior role.