Senior People Partner, UK & I

Legora
London, United Kingdom
On-site

Who this role is best for

A natural match if you have experience in high-growth environments and a deep understanding of organizational design.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with a background in shaping scaling decisions for senior leadership
    — “advising senior leadership — shaping decisions, not just supporting them”
  • HR professionals experienced in multi-jurisdictional employment law contexts
    — “Solid working knowledge of UK employment law and comfort navigating multi-jurisdictional complexity”

Things to consider

  • This role requires direct engagement with senior stakeholders and challenging them constructively
    — “confident challenging senior stakeholders”
  • The position demands a strategic mindset rather than a purely operational one
    — “strategic owner of the people agenda for a function”

How to stand out

  • Highlight your experience in organizational design and scaling decisions in your resume
    — “Partner with senior leadership on organizational design, workforce planning, and scaling decisions”
  • Emphasize your ability to translate business priorities into actionable people strategies
    — “Own the people strategy for your function and translate business priorities into a forward-looking people agenda”
  • Showcase your work with global frameworks and cross-functional collaboration
    — “Partner with Legora's Centers of Excellence to turn global frameworks into real impact”
  • Position yourself as a leader who drives accountability and performance culture
    — “Genuinely motivated by high-performance cultures — you see hiring bar, performance, and accountability as business priorities, not HR ones”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • developed and executed people strategy
  • partnered with senior leadership on organizational design
  • monitored organizational health and culture
Typical background
7+ years in HRBP or People Partner rolesexperience in high-growth environmentsbackground in organizational development

Skills & requirements

Required

People StrategyOrganizational DesignWorkforce PlanningPerformance ManagementLeadership CoachingOrganizational Health MonitoringCompensation ReviewsMulti-jurisdictional Complexity

Preferred

GeospatialKubernetesSdk/api DesignNative InteropTypeScript

Stack & domain

Legal

About the role

Original posting from Legora via Ashby

ABOUT US

Legora is redefining how legal work gets done. 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.

Our 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.

2,100+ customers across 80+ countries trust us, including Cleary Gottlieb, Goodwin, Linklaters, White & Case, Dentons, and Barclays. We’ve scaled to $200M+ in ARR, with teams across Europe, North America and APAC, and continue to expand through acquisitions including Qura, Walter AI, Graceview, Cadastral, and Wexler.

We partner with world-class performers: including Aaron Judge and the New York Yankees, Ludvig Åberg (and his caddie), and campaigns featuring Jude Law.

Joining Legora means three things.

  • We lean in: ownership over titles, outcomes over intentions.
  • We fight for excellence: high standards, direct, ego-free feedback.
  • We grow together: as a team and with our customers.

Mission before ego. Everyone contributes. No one coasts.

If you’re driven by impact, pace, and raising the bar. This is the place.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Legora is scaling rapidly, and with that growth comes real demands on leadership, organizational design, performance, and culture. As a Senior People Partner, based in London, you'll act as the strategic owner of the people agenda for a function, supporting UK & Ireland teams. You'll be a true thought partner to senior leadership, shaping the organization as it scales while driving performance, accountability, and organizational health.

You'll own the people strategy for your function across UK & Ireland, reporting to the Director, Business Partnering EMEA, and working closely with our Employee Relations function on case management as it arises. You'll also partner with Legora's Centers of Excellence (Talent Acquisition, Compensation & Benefits, People Programs, People Data & Tech) to turn global frameworks into real impact.

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING

  • Own the people strategy for your function and translate business priorities into a forward-looking people agenda
  • Partner with senior leadership on organizational design, workforce planning, and scaling decisions
  • Coach leaders on performance, accountability, feedback, and change management
  • Act as a strategic partner through growth, reorganizations, and organizational change
  • Monitor organizational health and culture, flagging risks early
  • Partner with Compensation & Benefits on levelling and compensation reviews
  • Serve as the key connection point between your function and the broader People organization

WHO YOU ARE

  • 7+ years as a HRBP or People Partner in a high-growth or scaling environment
  • Proven track record advising senior leadership — shaping decisions, not just supporting them
  • Deep experience across org design, performance, leadership development, compensation, and change at scale
  • Experienced in a Center of Excellence model
  • Solid working knowledge of UK employment law and comfort navigating multi-jurisdictional complexity
  • Calm under pressure, decisive in ambiguity, and confident challenging senior stakeholders
  • Genuinely motivated by high-performance cultures — you see hiring bar, performance, and accountability as business priorities, not HR ones

Legora is an Equal Opportunity Employer

At 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. We welcome people of all backgrounds and don’t discriminate based on race, color, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Source: Legora careers (Ashby)

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