Senior Legal Technologist

Legaltech Hub, Inc.; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Legaltech Hub, Inc. is seeking a Senior Legal Technologist to join our Legal Technology team in London. You will design, develop, and implement bespoke legal technology solutions, leading document automation and AI-driven workflows to transform how legal services are delivered.

The role requires collaboration with lawyers and clients, strong stakeholder management, and a hands-on, strategic mindset to embed innovation and drive measurable value across the firm.

Qualifications

• At least 3 years’ experience in a similar legal technology role.
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Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted advisor for legal technology initiatives, gathering requirements and analyzing processes.
• Collaborate with legal teams to identify automation opportunities and enhance client service delivery.
• Lead the firm’s strategic legal technology initiatives and drive adoption of tools across teams.
• Develop and deploy scalable document automation frameworks and AI-powered use cases.
• Coordinate change training and drive user adoption across legal and business services teams.
• Provide ongoing training and support to drive confident use of tools and technologies.
• Maintain and enhance the firm’s legal tech stack and evaluate new tools.

Skills

Document automation

AI workflows

Process mapping

Stakeholder management

Training delivery

Change management

Project management

Data & APIs

Tools

HighQ Collaborate

DocuSign

SharePoint

APIs & integrations

Job description

As part of our strategic growth and digital transformation journey, we are seeking a Senior Legal Technologist to join our Legal Technology team. The IT department currently has 22 employees as well as a network of external support. Reporting to the Head of Legal Technology, you will work alongside a Senior Legal Engineer and Senior Legal Technologist.

This role is central to our ambition to embed innovation, streamline legal service delivery, and enhance client value through the smart use of technology.

The Senior Legal Technologist will work closely with lawyers and clients to design, develop, and implement bespoke legal technology solutions. You will lead initiatives in document automation, process improvement, and AI-driven legal workflows, helping to transform how legal work is delivered across the firm.

This is a hands-on, strategic role for someone who thrives on solving complex problems, enjoys working collaboratively with legal teams, and is passionate about the potential of legal tech to drive meaningful change.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted advisor to legal teams, and business analyst for legal technology initiatives, leading requirements gathering, stakeholder workshops, and process analysis to ensure solutions address genuine legal and business needs.
• Collaborate with legal teams to identify opportunities for automation, efficiency, and innovation in legal processes and client service delivery.
• Play a central role in the firm’s strategic legal technology initiatives, focusing on establishing and refining the operating model, and ensuring strong adoption, engagement and measurable value from the firm’s document automation platform, legal AI tools and firmwide GenAI capabilities.
• Take a lead role in establishing and deploying a scalable framework for document automation projects, to support an efficient, consistent, and progressive approach to legal drafting and client service improvements across the firm.
• Work with legal teams to develop and implement AI-powered practice specific use cases, leveraging newly onboarded legal AI tools and building agentic workflows to drive efficiency.
• Work in partnership with the Head of Legal Technology to support the delivery of the firm’s Legal Technology strategy, ensuring alignment with broader innovation and digital transformation goals.
• Work with the Change and Adoption Lead to coordinate and contribute to the delivery of the firm’s change training programme, ensuring that legal technology initiatives are supported by effective training and user engagement.
• Provide ongoing training and support to legal and business services teams to drive adoption and confident use of new and existing tools and technologies.
• Take a lead role in product and departmental feedback groups, gathering insights to inform continuous improvement and user-centric development of legal tech solutions.
• Manage end-to-end project lifecycles, from requirements gathering and prototyping to testing, rollout, and post-implementation support.
• Maintain and enhance the firm’s legal tech stack, evaluating new tools and technologies and making recommendations for adoption.
• Monitor usage, gather feedback, and continuously improve solutions based on user needs and evolving legal practice requirements.
• Contribute to the firm’s innovation strategy by identifying trends, benchmarking against peers, and sharing insights on emerging legal tech developments.

Technical Skills & Experience

• At least 3 years’ experience in a similar role.
• Ideal candidate has previous experience as a qualified lawyer, paralegal, trainee, or legal operations professional, though this is not essential.
• Experience using legal AI platforms and workflows (e.g. Harvey, CoCounsel, Legora or similar) and their application in contract review, due diligence, or legal research.
• Experience with HighQ Collaborate, DocuSign, SharePoint and other legal collaboration or workflow tools.
• Strong understanding of legal workflows and experience in process mapping, optimisation, and automation.
• Some experience with document automation solutions (e.g. Document Drafter, Contract Express, HotDocs, or similar).
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects, with strong organisational and stakeholder management skills.
• Comfortable working with data, APIs, and integrations; ability to liaise effectively with IT and vendors.
• Experience delivering training and support to legal professionals, with a focus on user adoption and change management.

Person Specification

• A passion for legal technology and innovation, with a strong track record of delivering impactful solutions in a legal or professional services environment.
• A genuine curiosity about how legal work is done, coupled with a strong drive to simplify, streamline and improve the way legal processes operate in practice.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, with the ability to think creatively and strategically about legal service delivery.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to build trust and influence at all levels of the firm.
• A proactive, self-starter mindset with a commitment to continuous improvement and professional development.
• A collaborative and consultative approach, with the ability to work effectively across multidisciplinary teams.
• High attention to detail, quality-driven, and committed to delivering user-centric solutions.
• Adaptability and resilience in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
• A professional, approachable, and can-do attitude aligned with the firm’s values and growth ambitions.

You will be a confident communicator with a positive work ethic and the ability to build credible relationships with clients both internal and external. We are looking for an individual who presents themselves with professionalism and polish, who will inspire the confidence of clients and colleagues.