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Legora is an AI-native legal workspace used by 1,000+ customers globally, including top law firms and enterprises. The company has scaled to $100M+ ARR and operates across Europe, North America, and APAC.
You will serve as Director, Compensation, reporting directly to the VP of Rewards. This is a high-visibility role owning the day-to-day design and execution of compensation programs for a fast-scaling, globally distributed organization.
Key Responsibilities:
- Own and evolve compensation guidelines, pay structures, and salary ranges across all levels and geographies
- Lead job architecture work including leveling, job family mapping, and career framework design in partnership with People and business leaders
- Manage compensation benchmarking using market data tools (Pave, Ravio) to ensure competitive pay across all markets
- Lead compensation analytics including pay equity analysis, range penetration, and executive-ready reporting
- Prepare analyses and recommendations for merit cycles, promotions, and off-cycle pay adjustments
- Build forecasting and planning processes for compensation spend across merit cycles, promotions, adjustments, and equity refreshes
- Partner on equity program design and administration, including RSU/option strategy
- Support executive compensation activities including offer packages, annual executive pay review, and equity support
- Advise People Business Partners and managers on offer construction, internal equity, and pay decisions
- Build scalable compensation processes and tools as headcount and global footprint grow
- Manage governance frameworks for compensation decisions including exception handling, approvals, documentation, and audit readiness
- Manage vendor relationships for compensation survey providers and systems, including contract negotiations
- Stay current on pay transparency laws, wage and hour requirements, and data privacy obligations across operating geographies
- Lead and develop a Compensation Analyst, building team capability as the company scales
- Support Compensation Committee deliverables and meetings
The role is based in Legora's Union Square office in New York City, designed for ambitious builders with company-provided lunch daily.
Requirements:
- 10+ years of progressive compensation experience, including program design and benchmarking at a growing company
- Deep familiarity with compensation benchmarking platforms (Pave, Ravio, or similar) and job architecture frameworks
- Experience supporting equity compensation programs (options and/or RSUs) is a strong plus
- Experience supporting or leading executive compensation processes is a strong plus
- Comfort operating with a builder mindset; ability to create structure in evolving environments
- Strong analytical skills paired with judgment to translate data into clear recommendations for senior stakeholders
- Excellent cross-functional partnership skills working with People, Finance, and business leaders
- Experience managing or mentoring a compensation analyst or coordinator, with ability to grow the team
- Experience managing vendor relationships including negotiations and performance management
- Experience supporting fast-growing, globally distributed workforce (ideally spanning U.S., UK, EU/Nordics, and APAC)
