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.

The Role

We’re looking for a Senior People Business Partner to lead the People agenda in Japan and help our local business scale.

You will be the senior People partner to our Japan leadership team, working closely with the VP and Country Manager to translate business priorities into practical plans for our people and organisation. Reporting to the Director of People, APJ, based in Australia, you will bring local expertise into regional decisions and ensure our global approach works effectively in Japan.

This role combines strategic partnership with hands-on delivery. You might spend one part of your day advising a leader on team structure or coaching a manager through a performance conversation, and another resolving an employee issue or improving a local process. You’ll take ownership across that range, knowing when to act independently and when to bring in specialist support.

Your primary focus will be Japan, with the opportunity to contribute to other markets in the region as the business develops.

What You’ll Do

You will help leaders build effective teams, support employees through change, and ensure the day-to-day People experience runs well. That requires sound judgement, strong relationships, and the willingness to follow through on both significant decisions and operational details.

Specifically, you will:

Partner closely with the VP and Country Manager of Japan and local leaders on organisational design, workforce planning, team effectiveness, and the people implications of business decisions.

Translate business priorities into a focused local People plan, balancing the needs of a growing team with longer-term organisational development.

Coach managers on setting expectations, giving direct feedback, developing talent, and addressing performance concerns early and effectively.

Lead employee relations matters in Japan with discretion and sound judgement, working with Legal and specialist advisers where appropriate.

Own the local delivery of People activities across the employee lifecycle, from onboarding and development through role changes and offboarding.

Coordinate with regional and global colleagues, Finance, and external providers on local operational requirements, including benefits, payroll inputs, employee documentation, and accurate records.

Ensure local policies and practices reflect Japanese employment requirements and align with Legora’s broader People approach.

Deliver performance, talent, compensation, and engagement processes in Japan, helping leaders turn these into useful decisions and actions.

Partner with Talent Acquisition and hiring managers on workforce needs, role clarity, and effective onboarding as teams grow.