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Legora is an AI-native legal workspace trusted by 2,100+ customers across 80+ countries, including top law firms like Cleary Gottlieb, Goodwin, and Linklaters. The company has scaled to $200M+ ARR and operates globally across Europe, North America, and APAC.
As Technical Program Manager for Strategic Initiatives, you will lead delivery of complex, cross-functional change programs that span business teams, processes, and technology. Your first major assignment will be leading Legora's Workday implementation in partnership with the People Tech leader, business stakeholders, and external implementation partners. Over time, you'll apply the same approach to other company-wide priorities.
Key responsibilities include:
- Translating business objectives into clear outcomes, scope, workstreams, and integrated delivery plans; establishing ownership and decision-making frameworks
- Bridging business needs and technical decisions by understanding team operations, evaluating options with specialists, and recommending practical paths forward
- Managing execution across internal teams and external partners, handling dependencies, competing priorities, risks, and decisions; resolving blockers and stepping into gaps
- Leading change adoption by involving affected teams early, coordinating workflow and responsibility changes, and ensuring new ways of working are established
- Providing leaders with clear, evidence-based recommendations grounded in business impact, cost, and risk
- Ensuring lasting outcomes through testing coordination, business readiness, rollout, stabilization, and handover planning
You'll work in Legora's Union Square office, designed for ambitious builders, with company-provided lunch daily. The role offers global collaboration with teams and clients across multiple regions.
REQUIREMENTS:
- 8+ years of relevant experience in technical program management, business transformation, or operations, with a track record of independently leading complex cross-functional change from scoping through implementation and adoption (or equivalent depth and ownership demonstrated through alternative paths)
- Technical fluency: ability to understand system interactions, integrations, and data flows; credibility working with technical specialists
- Strong business judgment and ability to get up to speed in unfamiliar areas; capacity to understand different teams' needs and weigh competing priorities
- Ability to build trust and influence senior stakeholders without formal authority; skill in navigating disagreement and holding difficult conversations
- Practical, hands-on approach with ability to bring structure to ambiguity, take ownership of outcomes, and adapt approach to problem requirements
- Experience defining success measures and using evidence to assess whether changes deliver intended value
NICE TO HAVE:
- Experience delivering Workday or another substantial enterprise-system implementation
- Experience leading change in a rapidly growing, international business
