Editorial Operations Manager in London

About the Role

As the Analytical Editorial Operations Manager, you will lead UK‑based editorial teams delivering authoritative analytical content across legal and tax portfolios.

You will drive operational excellence while embedding AI into editorial workflows to improve quality, scale, and efficiency.

This role combines people leadership, data‑driven decision‑making, and cross‑functional collaboration in a fast‑moving environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of UK‑based editors delivering analytical content for Legal and Tax Markets portfolios, including Halsbury’s Laws of England and the Stair Memorial Encyclopaedia of the Laws of Scotland.
• Embed AI as a core component of editorial workflows, guiding effective use of LLMs and AI‑enabled tools and applying editorial judgment to validate and refine outputs.
• Set, own, and communicate performance KPIs; manage dashboards, production schedules, and productivity goals.
• Ensure content meets quality, timeliness, and completeness standards, taking action where performance is at risk.
• Build cross‑training and operational flexibility across UK analytical editorial functions.
• Coach, develop, and evaluate team members, fostering accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Partner with commercial stakeholders and global operations and technology teams to align delivery with customer and business priorities.

Requirements

• Extensive experience leading and developing people in a complex operational environment.
• Bachelor's degree in law preferred or experience working with legal content.
• Proven experience deploying AI in content or knowledge workflows and translating use cases into scalable operating models.
• Strong analytical and commercial acumen, with experience using data to drive decisions.
• Excellent communication, influencing, and stakeholder management skills.
• Demonstrated experience leading teams through organisational change.
• Strong organisational, process design, and project planning capabilities.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools and project management platforms.
• Experience in publishing or content‑driven environments.

Benefits

• Generous holiday allowance with option to buy additional days.
• Health screening, eye care vouchers, and private medical benefits.
• Wellbeing programs and employee assistance programme.
• Life assurance, pension scheme, and share option scheme.
• Season ticket loan for travel, electric vehicle scheme, and optional dental insurance.
• Family leave: maternity, paternity, shared parental leave.
• RECARES days to support charities and causes.
• Employee resource groups and learning & development resources.
• Access to employee discounts via Perks at Work.
• Working Pattern

Working flexible hours with the ability to flex times when you work to fit everything in and work when you are most productive.

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