Head of Legal Engineering, Product Specialists - EMEA

Job description

WHY HARVEY At Harvey, we’re transforming how legal and professional services operate. By combining frontier agentic AI, an enterprise-grade platform, and deep domain expertise, we’re reshaping how critical knowledge work gets done for decades to come. This is a rare chance to help build a generational company at a true inflection point. We have strong product-market fit and world-class investor support. We’re scaling fast and defining a new category in real time. The work is ambitious, the bar is high, and the opportunity for growth — personal, professional, and financial — is unmatched. Our team moves fast, takes ownership, and is deeply committed to the mission — operating with intensity, staying close to our customers, and pushing each other for excellence. We live by three values: Decisiveness, Simplicity, and Job's Not Finished. We act quickly on clear judgment over perfect information, we believe simplicity is what scales, and we're never satisfied with where we are. If you want to do the best work of your career alongside people who share that drive, we'd love to build with you. At Harvey, the future of professional services is being written today — and we’re just getting started. ROLE OVERVIEW Reporting to the VP, Legal Engineering, you will lead Harvey's Legal Engineering (Product Specialist) teams across EMEA. You will directly manage Legal Engineer Managers - Product Specialists and oversee the teams focused on supporting Harvey's post-sales customer engagements across law firms and in-house legal departments. This is a second-line leadership role focused on organisational leadership, operational excellence, and cross-functional execution. Success in this role requires exceptional people leadership, strong business judgment, and the ability to build systems and processes that enable teams to operate effectively at scale. You will partner closely with leaders across Product, Engineering, Sales, Customer Success, and Operations to deliver exceptional outcomes for customers while helping shape the future of Legal Engineering at Harvey. WHAT YOU'LL DO - Lead, develop, and scale a team of Legal Engineer Managers - Product Specialists and their organisations serving Harvey's law firm and in-house customers. - Build the systems, processes, and operating mechanisms that enable Legal Engineering to deliver exceptional customer outcomes at scale. - Partner closely with Product, Engineering, Sales, Customer Success, and Operations to align priorities and drive execution across the business. - Act as a trusted advisor to law firm and in-house legal leaders and an influential partner to senior stakeholders across Harvey. - Drive organisational performance through effective planning, resource management, talent development, and operational excellence. - Help define the future of Legal Engineering and how Harvey partners with the world's leading law firms and corporate legal departments. WHAT YOU HAVE - Qualified lawyer with 9+ years of post-qualification experience (PQE). - Experience practicing law at a top-tier law firm and/or in-house at a leading company, with significant client-facing experience. - Experience leading managers and manager-led organisations, not solely individual contributors. - Demonstrated success building and scaling high-performing teams in complex, fast-paced environments. - Experience owning organisational systems, processes, and operating models. - Proven ability to build strong cross-functional partnerships and drive results across multiple stakeholders. - Strong track record of managing upward and influencing senior leaders. - Experience representing an organisation externally and building trusted relationships with executive-level stakeholders. - Deep familiarity with legal technology and AI tools, and a strong understanding of how law firms and in-house legal teams operate day to day. - Exceptional communication, leadership, and organisational skills. PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS - Experience leading teams outside of a traditional law firm or in-house hierarchy. - Experience in legal technology, professional services, consulting, legal innovation, legal operations, or other customer-facing organisations. - Experience operating in a high-growth technology company. - Experience leading globally distributed or pan-EMEA teams. - Demonstrated ability to create structure and drive execution in rapidly evolving environments. - Experience working across multiple legal practice areas or with a broad range of law firm and in-house stakeholders. DEPENDING ON YOUR LOCATION, AN APPLICANT PRIVACY NOTICE MAY APPLY TO YOU. YOU CAN FIND ALL OF OUR APPLICANT PRIVACY NOTICES HERE https://harveyai.notion.site/Harvey-Candidate-Privacy-Notices-319ac3fcdd7a803bb807d5094f249922?pvs=74. #LI-JM1 Harvey is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition, or any other basis protected by law. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, and requests can be made by emailing accommodations@harvey.ai