Director of Private Markets
Legora is hiring a Director of Private Markets in New York, United States. It pays $272k-$320k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Legora.
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- Works on AI ●●●○ is how Level rates this role: the daily work is on AI products, without building the model.
- Tools and skills the posting cites include sales leadership, account management and private markets.
- Level classifies it as a lead role.
- Level lists 304 other open roles at Legora.
AI in this role
Lead and scale an account executive team selling AI-native legal workspace software to private market investment firms.
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
As Director, Private Markets, you will lead, coach, and scale a high-performing team of Account Executives dedicated to Legora's Private Markets vertical — one of our most strategic growth areas. Sitting within Strategic Sales, you'll combine hands-on commercial leadership with deep domain ownership of the Private Markets ecosystem, helping the world's leading investment firms transform how they work with AI.
You aren't just a manager who sits behind a dashboard; you are a hands on revenue leader. You actively jump into strategic deal cycles, build trusted relationships with senior investment professionals and general counsel, architect winning go-to-market strategy for the sector, and mentor your AEs to consistently hit and exceed quota.
What You'll Do
Lead, recruit, and retain a high-performing team of Account Executives focused on Private Markets, and own the team's pipeline and revenue targets across a portfolio of leading investment firms.
Coach on deal strategy from discovery through multi-stakeholder negotiation and close — grounded in real understanding of investment workflows.
Act as executive sponsor on high-value deals, building relationships with senior PE and investment stakeholders
Connect Legora's capabilities to high-impact workflows like due diligence, IC prep, and portfolio value creation
Develop and execute account strategy, identifying new opportunities while growing long-term strategic relationships alongside your team.
Represent the voice of the Private Markets sector internally, helping shape how Legora positions itself, expands, and prioritizes within this strategically important market.
Partner cross-functionally with Product, Marketing, Customer Success and Executive Leadership to align GTM strategy with client needs, bring customer insight into the product roadmap, and clear deal roadblocks.
Own forecasting accuracy and pipeline health for the team
Build repeatable playbooks and qualification frameworks tailored to Private Markets
Develop and refine repeatable sales playbooks, qualification frameworks and prospecting tactics
What You Bring
8+ years experience
Private Markets Domain Expertise (6+ years): Deep, credible experience within Private Equity, Investment Banking, Transaction Services, or Management Consulting. Exposure to financial sponsors or transactions – you understand how investment decisions actually get made.
People Leadership: Experience leading, mentoring, or developing team members
Commercial/Client-Facing Transition: Demonstrated success in a client-facing, revenue-generating, or business-development capacity
Deal & Process Fluency: Comfort managing complex, multi-stakeholder processes end-to-end – Familiarity with deal qualification, stakeholder mapping, discovery frameworks etc.
Executive Presence: Credibility to engage MDs, Partners, and GC-level buyers as a peer.
Commercial & Analytical Toolkit: Comfort with CRM tools (Salesforce or similar), and the ability to build and present a business case or account plan to senior audiences.
Builder Mindset: High ownership and urgency — energized by building the playbook, not inheriting one
Curiosity & Growth Mindset: Excited to help build a category-defining AI company, translate deep sector expertise into a repeatable commercial motion, and shape how Legora wins in the Private Markets sector.
What’s In It For You
Global collaboration: Partner with teams and clients across Europe, APAC, and North America.
Competitive package: Comprehensive salary, benefits, and tools for success.
Meaningful work: Your efforts shape how thousands of lawyers use AI daily.
In-person environment: Union Square office designed for ambitious builders and company provided lunch daily.
Benefits & Perks: We invest in our people with a comprehensive, thoughtfully designed benefits package:
Medical, Dental & VisionMultiple medical plan options through Aetna and Kaiser Permanente
HSA or Healthcare FSA (based on plan selection)
Dental plans via MetLife
Vision plans via Vision Care
Family Support
Generous parental leave
Free access to Maven Clinic
Dependent Care FSA
Free One Medical membership for employees and dependents
Additional Perks
Pre-tax commuter benefits
Life Insurance + STD/LTD
401(K) with generous company match
Unlimited PTO
Robust voluntary benefits, including identity protection (via Aura), legal coverage via MetLife, pet savings programs, and more
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.
How we rate this
Director of Private Markets at Legora rates 60 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Works on AI (AI Level 3 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.
Works on AI. The daily work is on AI products, without building the model.
- ●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
- ●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
- ●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
- ●○○○ Little AI0 to 39
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- Tell me about a project where sales leadership was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where account management was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where private markets was part of your work. What did you do?
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- Tell me about a project where go to market was part of your work. What did you do?
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