Director, Technology Partner Architecture Solutions – Legal

Job description

**This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Director, Technology Partner Architecture Solutions – Legal based in the United States.** This is an exciting opportunity for a technology leader to shape the future of legal technology by bringing together AI-powered solutions, enterprise platforms, and strategic technology partnerships. In this role, you will lead the architecture and technical delivery of integrated solutions that help law firms and corporate legal departments work more efficiently. You will define architecture standards, assess partner technologies, and ensure solutions meet demanding requirements for security, scalability, privacy, and reliability. Working across Product, Engineering, Sales, and Partnerships, you will translate complex customer needs into commercially viable solutions. You will also lead and develop a team of solutions architects while influencing strategic decisions with senior stakeholders. This remote leadership position combines technical expertise, business impact, and the opportunity to accelerate AI-driven innovation across the legal industry. ### Accountabilities - **Solution Architecture and Design:** Define and maintain reference architectures for partner-delivered legal technology solutions, including integration patterns, data flows, security controls, and privacy requirements. Translate customer workflows and partner capabilities into practical, scalable solution designs, and review technical proposals before commercial commitments are made. - **Partner Technical Due Diligence:** Evaluate partner platforms, APIs, AI models, and infrastructure for technical suitability, scalability, reliability, and compliance. Assess data residency, security practices, and AI governance, document risks, and advise leadership on investment opportunities and technical limitations. - **Customer Engagement and Presales:** Lead technical discovery sessions, solution workshops, proofs of concept, and pilot programs with law firms and corporate legal departments. Support Sales teams with technical positioning, solution proposals, and responses to customer objections during complex commercial engagements. - **Product and Engineering Collaboration:** Partner with Product teams to shape roadmaps, prioritize integrations, and address gaps between partner commitments and product capabilities. Collaborate with Engineering on implementation, release readiness, ongoing support, and continuous improvement based on customer and partner feedback. - **Delivery Quality and Performance Management:** Establish technical success criteria, operational health metrics, and performance monitoring for partner solutions. Lead technical reviews and escalations, resolve issues when solutions fail to meet expectations, and recommend whether offerings should be improved, expanded, or retired. - **Team Leadership and Development:** Set strategic priorities and performance objectives for the solutions architecture team. Coach and mentor team members, strengthen expertise in AI, integrations, and legal workflows, and develop reusable architecture standards, reference materials, and shared technical knowledge. - **Strategic Stakeholder Management:** Serve as a trusted technical advisor to partner executives and internal leaders. Align stakeholders around solution feasibility, manage technical trade-offs, and ensure partner offerings deliver measurable customer value while meeting enterprise standards. ## Requirements - **Professional Experience:** At least 12 years of experience in solutions architecture, software engineering, or technical consulting, including a minimum of five years leading architecture for enterprise software or platform partnerships. - **Technical Architecture Expertise:** Hands-on experience designing integrations involving partner APIs, cloud platforms, and enterprise data systems, with the ability to develop secure, reliable, and scalable technical solutions. - **AI and Machine Learning:** Experience designing AI- or machine-learning-enabled solutions, including model integration, information retrieval, and approaches for evaluating solution quality and performance. - **Commercial and Business Acumen:** A demonstrated ability to translate technical designs into market-ready offerings in collaboration with Product, Sales, and Partnerships teams. - **Leadership and People Development:** Proven experience managing and developing technical professionals, including setting goals, overseeing performance, coaching team members, and building effective teams. - **Security and Compliance:** Strong understanding of security, privacy, and compliance requirements when handling confidential client information and sensitive legal data. - **Communication and Collaboration:** Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts and trade-offs to both technical and nontechnical audiences. - **Preferred Industry Experience:** Background in legal technology, legal publishing, or professional services software, with familiarity with legal research, contract review, litigation support, or legal operations. - **Additional Preferred Qualifications:** Presales experience; familiarity with cloud and AI partner ecosystems such as AWS, Google Cloud, or Anthropic; and a law degree, equivalent legal industry experience, or an advanced degree in computer science or engineering. ## Benefits - **Competitive Compensation:** Annual base salary ranging from **$157,500 to $292,500**, depending on location, qualifications, experience, skills, and internal equity. - **Performance Incentives:** Eligibility for an annual bonus based on a combination of company and individual performance. - **Comprehensive Healthcare:** Medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance coverage, along with access to flexible spending accounts and health savings accounts. - **Retirement Planning:** Competitive 401(k) plan with company matching and access to an employee stock purchase plan. - **Flexible Work Arrangements:** Remote work opportunities and the option to work from anywhere for up to eight weeks per year, subject to applicable policies. - **Work-Life Balance:** Flexible vacation, paid sick and safe leave, paid holidays, two company-wide mental health days, parental leave, and sabbatical leave. - **Wellness and Mental Health:** Access to the Headspace app, an employee assistance program, fitness reimbursement, and additional resources supporting physical, mental, and financial well-being. - **Professional Development:** Company-sponsored training, continuous learning opportunities, tuition reimbursement, and career development programs designed to support long-term growth. - **Additional Benefits:** Adoption and surrogacy assistance, commuter benefits where applicable, 529 education savings plans, and optional supplemental insurance coverage. - **Community and Social Impact:** Two paid volunteer days annually, opportunities for pro bono consulting, and participation in environmental, social, and governance initiatives. - **Inclusive Culture:** A collaborative environment that values diversity, belonging, flexibility, continuous improvement, and meaningful contributions to the future of legal technology.