Mid Level Legal Manager Jobs
Mid level legal manager jobs go to professionals ready to own compliance programs, manage outside counsel relationships, and advise on risk with minimal oversight. Openings are spread across on-site, hybrid, and remote settings in Technology & Software, Healthcare & Medical Services, and Retail, with employers like Amazon, HARVEY, and Harvey hiring at this level now.
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About Mercor
Mercor's mission is to organize human intelligence to power the AI economy. We're a leading AI data company, building the layer between human expertise and frontier models. Millions of domain experts on the platform are paid over $4 million per day to train frontier AI models. Mercor's APEX benchmark family measures AI's real-world impact on professional work. Mercor Enterprise brings this same infrastructure to Fortune 500 companies: helping companies capture how their best people actually work, translating that expertise directly back into agents.
Mercor is creating a new category of work where expertise powers AI advancement. Achieving this requires an ambitious, fast-paced and deeply committed team. You’ll work alongside researchers, operators, and AI companies at the forefront of shaping the systems that are redefining society. Mercor is a profitable Series C company valued at $10 billion. We work in-person five days a week in our San Francisco, NYC, or London offices.
About the Role
As an Legal Engagement Manager, you will help legal tech companies, application-layer AI companies, and law firms post-train and evaluate models for legal work. You'll serve as their primary point of contact from first conversation through delivery.
Your legal training is central to the role. You'll help customers define what high-quality legal work looks like, turn it into evaluations and training data, and work with Mercor's network of lawyers to produce it. You'll also lead commercial processes for new and existing customers and help leadership find and unblock growth in the legal market.
What You'll Do
Manage and grow a portfolio of legal tech companies, application-layer companies, and law firms, from first meeting through delivery and expansion
Lead commercial processes for new and existing business, including scoping, pricing, and contracting
Work with customer, product, and research teams to design evaluations and post-training data for legal tasks such as contract review, legal research, drafting, and litigation support
Translate legal practice into rubrics and task specifications that models can be trained and measured against
Help recruit and calibrate lawyer experts on Mercor's platform, and work with operations to track quality and timelines
Serve as the primary point of contact for customer questions, issues, and escalations, and drive them to resolution
Forecast revenue and surface opportunities for account growth
Ideally You'd Have
JD required; bar admission and experience practicing at a law firm or in-house strongly preferred
4+ years of total work experience, which may include legal practice, legal tech, or consulting for legal clients
A track record in client-facing roles and in building and expanding relationships
Strong interest in how AI is changing legal work; familiarity with LLMs, model evaluation, or legal tech products is a plus
Comfort working with ML and engineering stakeholders
Excellent written and verbal communication, with the precision expected of a practicing lawyer
Compensation and Benefits
Competitive salary w/ aggressive bi-annual performance bonus structure + meaningful equity (aligned with a venture-backed, rapidly scaling AI company)
$1.5K monthly stipend for meals
Free Equinox membership
$200 monthly laundry/housekeeping reimbursement
$200 monthly personal wellness reimbursement
Health, Dental, Vision insurance
401(k) with company match
Up to $15k Relocation bonus
$10K proximity bonus (if you live within 0.5 miles of our office)
Compensation Range: $180K - $200K
About Mercor
Mercor's mission is to organize human intelligence to power the AI economy. We're a leading AI data company, building the layer between human expertise and frontier models. Millions of domain experts on the platform are paid over $4 million per day to train frontier AI models. Mercor's APEX benchmark family measures AI's real-world impact on professional work. Mercor Enterprise brings this same infrastructure to Fortune 500 companies: helping companies capture how their best people actually work, translating that expertise directly back into agents.
Mercor is creating a new category of work where expertise powers AI advancement. Achieving this requires an ambitious, fast-paced and deeply committed team. You’ll work alongside researchers, operators, and AI companies at the forefront of shaping the systems that are redefining society. Mercor is a profitable Series C company valued at $10 billion. We work in-person five days a week in our San Francisco, NYC, or London offices.
About the Role
As an Legal Engagement Manager, you will help legal tech companies, application-layer AI companies, and law firms post-train and evaluate models for legal work. You'll serve as their primary point of contact from first conversation through delivery.
Your legal training is central to the role. You'll help customers define what high-quality legal work looks like, turn it into evaluations and training data, and work with Mercor's network of lawyers to produce it. You'll also lead commercial processes for new and existing customers and help leadership find and unblock growth in the legal market.
What You'll Do
Manage and grow a portfolio of legal tech companies, application-layer companies, and law firms, from first meeting through delivery and expansion
Lead commercial processes for new and existing business, including scoping, pricing, and contracting
Work with customer, product, and research teams to design evaluations and post-training data for legal tasks such as contract review, legal research, drafting, and litigation support
Translate legal practice into rubrics and task specifications that models can be trained and measured against
Help recruit and calibrate lawyer experts on Mercor's platform, and work with operations to track quality and timelines
Serve as the primary point of contact for customer questions, issues, and escalations, and drive them to resolution
Forecast revenue and surface opportunities for account growth
Ideally You'd Have
JD required; bar admission and experience practicing at a law firm or in-house strongly preferred
4+ years of total work experience, which may include legal practice, legal tech, or consulting for legal clients
A track record in client-facing roles and in building and expanding relationships
Strong interest in how AI is changing legal work; familiarity with LLMs, model evaluation, or legal tech products is a plus
Comfort working with ML and engineering stakeholders
Excellent written and verbal communication, with the precision expected of a practicing lawyer
Compensation and Benefits
Competitive salary w/ aggressive bi-annual performance bonus structure + meaningful equity (aligned with a venture-backed, rapidly scaling AI company)
$1.5K monthly stipend for meals
Free Equinox membership
$200 monthly laundry/housekeeping reimbursement
$200 monthly personal wellness reimbursement
Health, Dental, Vision insurance
401(k) with company match
Up to $15k Relocation bonus
$10K proximity bonus (if you live within 0.5 miles of our office)
Compensation Range: $180K - $200K
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Mid Level Legal Manager Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a mid level legal manager job?
Position your experience around ownership, not just participation. Highlight contracts you negotiated independently, compliance programs you built or improved, and legal risks you identified and resolved without close supervision. Applications that show you've operated with real accountability, managed relationships with outside counsel, and influenced business decisions consistently outperform those that only list responsibilities.
Which companies hire mid level legal managers?
Companies hiring mid level legal managers right now include Amazon, HARVEY, and Harvey, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. At this level, hiring comes from large corporations building out in-house legal teams, regulated industries managing ongoing compliance workloads, and growth-stage companies formalizing their legal function for the first time.
Are there remote mid level legal manager jobs?
Yes, though availability varies by industry and employer. About 17% of mid level legal manager openings are remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting broader flexibility in corporate legal roles. Heavily regulated sectors and positions tied to physical operations or court appearances tend to require more in-person presence than general commercial or compliance-focused roles.
How do I move up to a mid level legal manager role?
Moving from entry level into a mid level legal manager role requires building a record of independent work over several years. That means taking on progressively complex matters, drafting and reviewing contracts with less oversight, developing subject-matter depth in an area like employment, commercial, or regulatory law, and demonstrating that your judgment can be trusted on decisions that carry real business consequences.
Which industries hire the most mid level legal managers?
Mid Level legal manager roles concentrate in Technology & Software, Healthcare & Medical Services, and Retail, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. These sectors drive consistent hiring at this level because their regulatory complexity, contract volume, and exposure to litigation create sustained demand for experienced in-house legal professionals who can manage workloads with limited partner-level supervision.