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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.\nOur 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.\n1,000+ 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.\nWe partner with world-class performers: including Aaron Judge and the New York Yankees, Ludvig Åberg (and his caddie), and campaigns featuring Jude Law.\nJoining Legora means three things.\nWe lean in: ownership over titles, outcomes over intentions.\n\nWe fight for excellence: high standards, direct, ego-free feedback.\n\nWegrow together: as a team and with our customers.\n\nMission before ego. Everyone contributes. No one coasts.\nIf you’re driven by impact, pace, and raising the bar. This is the place.\nThe Role\nLegora is building the compensation infrastructure to support a fast-scaling, globally distributed company. We're looking for a Director, Compensation to help shape and scale Legora's approach to pay as we grow. You'll be a key partner to the VP of Rewards, owning the day-to-day design and execution of our compensation programs - from benchmarking and job architecture to salary planning and equity strategy. This is a high-visibility role with real influence over how Legora attracts, rewards, and retains talent globally.\nThis is a great opportunity for a compensation professional who wants to build (not just maintain) programs at a company still defining its comp infrastructure, with the backing of an experienced Rewards leader.\nWhat You'll Do\nOwn and evolve Legora's compensation guidelines, pay structures, and salary ranges across all levels and geographies\n\nLead job architecture work - leveling, job family mapping, and career framework design - in partnership with People and business leaders\n\nManage compensation benchmarking using market data tools (Pave and Ravio), ensuring Legora's pay stays competitive as the company scales across all our markets\n\nLead compensation analytics and insights, including pay equity analysis, range penetration, and executive-ready reporting\n\nPrepare analyses and recommendations for merit cycles, promotions, and off-cycle pay adjustments\n\nBuild forecasting and planning processes for compensation spend across merit cycles, promotions, adjustments, and equity refreshes\n\nPartner on equity program design and administration, including RSU/option strategy considerations as the company matures\n\nSupport executive compensation activities, including executive offer packages, annual executive pay review, and equity support\n\nAdvise People Business Partners and managers on offer construction, internal equity, and pay decisions\n\nHelp build scalable compensation processes and tools as Legora's headcount and global footprint grow\n\nBuild governance frameworks for compensation decisions, including exception handling, approvals, documentation standards, and audit readiness\n\nManage vendor relationships for compensation survey providers and systems (e.g., Pave, Ravio), including contract negotiations and ongoing performance\n\nStay current on pay transparency laws, wage and hour requirements, and data privacy obligations across the geographies Legora operates in\n\nLead and develop a Compensation Analyst, building team capability as Legora scales\n\nSupport Compensation Committee deliverables and meetings\n\nWhat You Bring\n10+ years of progressive compensation experience, including program design and benchmarking at a growing company\n\nDeep familiarity with compensation benchmarking platforms (Pave, Ravio, or similar) and job architecture frameworks\n\nExperience supporting equity compensation programs (options and/or RSUs) is a strong plus\n\nExperience supporting or leading executive compensation processes is a strong plus\n\nComfort operating with a builder mindset - you enjoy creating structure where things are still taking shape\n\nStrong analytical skills paired with the judgment to translate data into clear recommendations for senior stakeholders\n\nExcellent cross-functional partnership skills; you work well with People, Finance, and business leaders alike\n\nExperience managing or mentoring a compensation analyst or coordinator, with the ability to grow the team over time\n\nExperience managing vendor relationships (e.g., survey providers, compensation systems), including negotiations and performance management\n\nExperience supporting a fast-growing, globally distributed workforce (ideally spanning the U.S., UK, EU/Nordics, and APAC)\n\nReporting Line\nThis role reports directly to Legora's VP, Rewards, and will be a close partner on all things compensation strategy and execution. A Compensation Analyst will report into this role.\nWhat’s In It For You\nGlobal collaboration: Partner with teams and clients across Europe, APAC, and North America.\n\nCompetitive package: Comprehensive salary, benefits, and tools for success.\n\nMeaningful work: Your efforts shape how thousands of lawyers use AI daily.\n\nIn-person environment: Union Square office designed for ambitious builders and company provided lunch daily.\n\nBenefits & Perks: We invest in our people with a comprehensive, thoughtfully designed benefits package: Medical, Dental & Vision\nMultiple medical plan options through Aetna and Kaiser Permanente\n\nHSA or Healthcare FSA (based on plan selection)\n\nDental plans via MetLife\n\nVision plans via Vision Care\n\nFamily Support\nGenerous parental leave\n\nFree access to Maven Clinic\n\nDependent Care FSA\n\nFree One Medical membership for employees and dependents\n\nAdditional Perks\nPre-tax commuter benefits\n\nLife Insurance + STD/LTD\n\n401(K) with generous company match\n\nUnlimited PTO\n\nRobust voluntary benefits, including identity protection (via Aura), legal coverage via MetLife, pet savings programs, and more\n\nLegora is an Equal Opportunity Employer\nAt 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. 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