Total Rewards Manager

Legora; United States; On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Legora is seeking a Total Rewards Manager to lead compensation architecture and equity programs across markets. You will shape how we attract and retain talent by designing bands, benchmarking, and aligning total rewards with global strategy.

Reporting to leadership, you will translate reward strategy into scalable systems, partner with Finance and Legal, and communicate complex topics clearly to diverse audiences. This is a builder’s role for a high-growth legal-tech company.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in compensation and total rewards, preferably in a high-growth tech or scale-up.
• Deep knowledge of compensation banding and benchmarking.
• Solid understanding of equity programs, vesting, and related total reward concepts.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to translate data into decisions.
• Proven experience partnering with Finance and Legal and communicating clearly.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain compensation bands across Legora's job architecture and geographies.
• Lead the annual compensation review cycle end-to-end including benchmarking and offers.
• Be the people-side expert on equity programs, vesting cycles, and performance linkage.
• Evolve compensation frameworks to stay aligned with global strategy and fairness.
• Conduct ongoing market benchmarking and collaborate with Finance on analytics.
• Ensure compliance in compensation practices across jurisdictions with Legal.
• Create toolkits and policies to scale reward decisions consistently.
• Educate managers and employees to understand Legora's reward philosophy.

Skills

Compensation

Total rewards

Benchmarking

Equity programs

Analytical skills

Finance collaboration

Legal compliance

Communication

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.

1,000+ customers across 50+ countries trust us, including Cleary Gottlieb, Goodwin, Linklaters, White & Case, Dentons, and Barclays. We’ve scaled to $100M+ in ARR, with teams across Europe, North America and APAC, and continue to expand through acquisitions including Qura, Walter AI and Graceview.

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

As Total Rewards Manager, you will lead Legora's compensation architecture and equity programs — the two pillars that most directly shape how we attract and retain exceptional talent at every level of the company.

Reporting into the VP of Total Rewards, you'll be the lead on compensation banding, equity administration, and the frameworks that ensure every compensation decision is principled, competitive, and fair. This is a builder’s role: you'll be translating our reward strategy into systems that scale with us as we continue to grow across markets.

What you will do

• Define and maintain compensation bands across Legora's job architecture, ensuring levels are consistently applied and market-aligned across functions and geographies.

• Lead the annual compensation review cycle end-to-end: benchmarking, calibration, offer modelling, and manager communication.

• Be Legora's people-side expert on equity — deeply understanding our equity programs, employee participation, vesting cycles, and how equity connects to performance and total reward.

• Implement and evolve our compensation frameworks and total reward practices in line with the global strategy, ensuring they remain competitive, equitable, and transparent.

• Conduct ongoing market benchmarking across all markets, using data to ensure Legora stays ahead of the curve.

• Partner with Finance on compensation planning, equity modelling, and reward analytics.

• Collaborate with Legal to ensure compliance in compensation and equity practices across all jurisdictions.

• Build clear toolkits, templates, and policies that make reward decisions scalable and consistent across the organization.

• Educate and enable managers and employees to understand, articulate, and trust our reward philosophy.

Who you are

You think in systems. You love the intersection of data, structure, and people — and you get energised by building things that make complex decisions feel simple and fair.

We think you'll thrive here if you have:

• 7+ years in compensation, total rewards — ideally in a high-growth tech or scale-up environment.

• Strong expertise in compensation banding and benchmarking.

• Solid understanding of equity programs: plan structures, grant cycles, vesting, and how equity fits into the broader total reward picture.

• Strong analytical skills — you're comfortable turning data into insights and insights into decisions.

• A track record of partnering effectively with Finance and Legal.

• Excellent communication skills: you can translate complex reward topics into clear, confident language for any audience.

Why Legora

This is a rare opportunity to shape the reward architecture of a company with serious global momentum. You'll have real influence over how we build fairly and competitively — and your work will be felt by every employee at Legora.

We have strong product-market fit, a team that values clarity and impact, and the ambition to set a new standard in the legal industry. We're just getting started.

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.