Legal AI Engagement Lead

Mercor; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance bonus

Equity

Meals stipend

Equinox membership

Laundry/housekeeping reimbursement

Wellness reimbursement

Health, Dental, Vision insurance

401(k) match

Relocation bonus

Proximity bonus

Job summary

Mercor is seeking an Legal Engagement Manager to help legal tech companies, application-layer AI firms, and law firms post-train and evaluate models for legal work. You will be the primary contact from first conversation through delivery, shaping evaluations with lawyers and coordinating with cross-functional teams.

You’ll define high-quality legal work, turn it into evaluation data, and drive growth in the legal market with leadership support.

Qualifications

• JD required; bar admission strongly preferred
• 4+ years of total work experience including legal practice, legal tech, or consulting for legal clients
• Track record in client-facing roles and building relationships
• Strong interest in AI changing legal work; familiarity with LLMs or legal tech is a plus
• Comfort working with ML and engineering stakeholders
• Excellent written and verbal communication, with the precision of a practicing lawyer

Responsibilities

• Manage and grow a portfolio of legal tech companies, app-layer firms, and law firms from first meeting through delivery and expansion
• Lead commercial processes for new and existing business, including scoping, pricing, and contracting
• Collaborate with customer, product, and research teams to design evaluations and post-training data for legal tasks
• Translate legal practice into rubrics and task specifications for model training and assessment
• Recruit and calibrate lawyer experts on Mercor's platform and track quality and timelines
• Serve as the primary point of contact for customer questions, issues, and escalations and drive resolutions
• Forecast revenue and surface opportunities for account growth

Skills

Client relations

Stakeholder mgmt

Legal tech

AI familiarity

Education

Juris Doctor (JD)

Job description

Mercor is seeking an Legal Engagement Manager to help legal tech companies, application-layer AI firms, and law firms post-train and evaluate models for legal work. You will be the primary contact from first conversation through delivery, shaping evaluations with lawyers and coordinating with cross-functional teams.

You’ll define high-quality legal work, turn it into evaluation data, and drive growth in the legal market with leadership support.