Head of Legal Engineering, Japan

Highlights

• Found and scale Harvey’s Japan Legal Engineering organization from the ground up.
• Help Japanese law firms embed agentic AI into daily legal workflows.
• Shape how AI is adopted across one of the world’s most sophisticated legal markets.

Ideal candidate

Experienced lawyer-operator who loves building teams and bringing legal AI to customers, thriving at the intersection of law, product, and go-to-market in Japan.

Requirements

• Substantial experience practicing law in Japan or with Japanese clients
• Proven experience managing client-facing or specialist teams including hiring and coaching
• Demonstrated ability to build and scale a function in high-growth tech environment
• Deep interest in legal technology and AI with product aptitude for demos and workflow design
• Professional fluency in Japanese and English for bilingual team and stakeholders