Legal Engineering Lead

About BoostDraft
BoostDraft is reinventing legal drafting with a local Microsoft Word add-in that automates tedious formatting and elevates lawyers’ day-to-day work. Founded by MIT and Stanford alumni, we’ve grown to 10,000+ paying users and earned adoption at 17 of Japan’s top 20 law firms—mostly through word-of-mouth, profitability, and without external funding until January, 2025.

Company Slides: https://speakerdeck.com/boostdraft

Why you should join BoostDraft

• You can enjoy the whole process of product market fit, and scale the business
• A lot of opportunities to learn from the founders / management, including leveraging our Japan experience and product development
• International environment with significant challenges to be met every day
• Lots of opportunities to interact with industry leaders who are focused on delivering products that offer exceptional user experiences
• You will use the latest technologies and will be encouraged to bring your flair to the role

【The Opportunity: Redefining Legal Practice】
Many legal professionals spend a significant portion of their time on tasks like document formatting, correcting inconsistencies, and verifying cross-references, rather than engaging in core legal strategy. BoostDraft addresses these operational inefficiencies through technology, providing an environment where experts can focus on their primary responsibilities.

We are seeking a leader whose role extends beyond overseeing internal legal affairs to driving product development and business growth. Leveraging your expertise gained in law firms or corporate legal departments, you will lead the enhancement of our product to solve customer challenges, support enterprise deployments, and drive the overall digitization of the legal sector.

【Why Your Legal Background Matters】
The stringent quality standards and complex analytical processes required by top-tier law firms and global corporate legal departments are unique insights gained only through direct practical experience. Your understanding of industry challenges and perspectives on improvement are essential for designing a product that customers truly need. Your primary objective in this role is to act as a bridge between law and technology, utilizing our product to systematically improve the working environment for a vast number of legal professionals.

【Responsibilities】

• Product Development Contribution
• Logically deconstruct complex legal workflows and collaborate with the development team to define functional requirements.
• Bring deep legal expertise to achieve technical excellence through rapid iteration, experimentation, and actionable feedback.
• Enterprise Customer Success and Value Maximization
• Lead the strategic rollout and adoption of BoostDraft at top-tier law firms and global enterprises.
• Lead product adoption and be accountable among BD leadership for continually growing customer satisfaction quantitatively and qualitatively.
• Drive account growth by identifying and executing upselling and cross-selling opportunities to increase overall business revenue.
• Organization Building and Talent Development
• Recruit and train team members with legal expertise (Legal Experts).
• Build an organizational structure capable of consistently and autonomously generating high results.

• Qualifications: Active license to practice law (in Japan or another major jurisdiction).

• Language Proficiency: Business-level fluency in both Japanese and English. (Ability to facilitate smooth discussions on complex requirements and strategies with development teams and overseas members).
• Experience: 3+ years of practical experience in a law firm or corporate
• legal department. Experience managing legal operations is a strong plus.
• Mindset: A strong commitment to solving challenges in the legal sector through the application of technology.

Visa and Relocation

Our teams are working fully remotely, and we are expanding our global presence. While our headquarters are currently in Japan, relocation to Japan is not mandatory. If you wish to relocate, we are happy to help you obtain a visa.

Working Arrangement

• Fully remote

※For employees residing near Tokyo, there may be opportunities to work in person several times a month

• Flexible working time
• Flexible time: 6:00 am - 11:30 am / 3:00 pm - 10:00 pm
• Core time: 11:30 am - 3:00 pm
• Virtual Office
• You'll have the ability to craft a character within a virtual office environment and engage with fellow colleagues through interactive experiences

Others
<Location>
Home, or any other place equivalent to home
※There is a possibility of commuting to a location designated by the company due to business reasons

<Holidays>
5-day workweek（Saturday, Sunday, Public Holidays / End of Year and New Year holidays (set by company) / others set by company）

<Employment Status>
Full-time（Fixed overtime pay included）　
※permanent employment

<Probation Period>
6 months

<Prevention of Passive Smoking>
Yes

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