At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead the charge in adopting innovative legal tech and AI to transform services.
- Company: A top law firm with a focus on collaboration and innovation.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, career progression, and a dynamic work environment.
- Other info: Exciting opportunities for growth in major UK cities.
- Why this job: Be at the forefront of legal innovation and make a real impact.
- Qualifications: Experience with GenAI and a passion for driving change.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.
A leading law firm is looking to hire a proactive and highly collaborative innovation manager for a permanent, full-time position. This is a new role and will have a big impact on the next phase of the firm's innovation and AI strategy. The main purpose is to drive the successful adoption of new legal technology tools and AI to transform the way legal services are delivered.
Main Responsibilities:
- Owning the end-to-end lifecycle of approved ideas, from initial conception through to measurable impact and delivery, with robust stakeholder management.
- Evaluating ideas and gathering requirements, assessing for strong alignment to both firmwide and Divisional objectives, as well as identifying how success can be tracked and measured.
- Collaborating with colleagues in Knowledge Management and divisionally aligned roles, to ensure a coordinated, balanced pipeline of opportunities and prioritisation of resource.
- Participating in relevant innovation events, workshops, etc.
- Collaborating with relevant stakeholders in Business Support roles, to share best practices and drive cross-functional innovation through collaboration and process alignment.
- Working closely with Head of Legal AI to ensure successful implementation and adoption of GenAI tools and solutions, from prompting templates and workflow design to Agentic solutions.
- Assisting Legal Design and Engineering with initiatives to (re)design, document, and build against agreed best practice.
- Monitoring progress and reporting on key innovation metrics, ensuring transparency and accountability for delivering strong outcomes.
Main experience and skills required:
- A solid understanding and grasp of GenAI and its applicable capabilities/potentials, with some practical experience in harnessing for value.
- Experience of identifying and effectively implementing improvements into practice.
- A passion for innovation and experience of driving engagement and adoption.
- To be successful in this role you need to be adaptable and comfortable managing change and ambiguity.
- It is also essential that you are highly collaborative with strong interpersonal skills.
This is an exciting role that offers a competitive salary and plenty of opportunity to progress. Location: Birmingham/Manchester/Leeds/London.
If you are interested in finding out more about this role and believe you are a good fit, please don't hesitate in sending your CV to Jane Eren.
Innovation Manager in Manchester employer: Jameson Legal
As a leading law firm, we pride ourselves on fostering a dynamic and inclusive work culture that champions innovation and collaboration. Our Innovation Manager role offers not only a competitive salary but also significant opportunities for professional growth and development in the rapidly evolving legal technology landscape. With locations in Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, and London, employees benefit from a vibrant urban environment that encourages networking and engagement with industry leaders.
