Head of Legal Engineering, Spain
Core
Establish Legal Engineering as the commercial and delivery engine for Spain and Portugal, building the team, setting the quality bar, and scaling playbooks for high-stakes legal clients.
Role type
Director-level Head of Legal Engineering
Builds
A specialized Legal Engineering function and team structure for the Iberian market
Domain
Legal Technology / Generative AI / Enterprise Legal Services
Required skills
Legal practice qualification (Spain), team building from scratch, hiring judgment, stakeholder management, program governance, thought leadership on AI, commercial partnership
Preferred skills
Experience in law firms, in-house legal ops, legal innovation, or legal tech
Technologies
Generative AI platforms, legal workflow automation tools
Responsibilities
Stand up the Legal Engineering function for Spain and Portugal; hire and develop Legal Engineers and Team Leads; partner with Go-to-Market on priority accounts; act as lead legal architect on enterprise engagements; translate client patterns into product input; shape market POV on AI and legal work (via careerplan.io/jobs/b8e0c421-cf43-42f8-99f8-b55ab0b06b54-head-of-legal-engineering-spain-at-legora)
Seniority
Director, hands-on leadership with strategic market ownership