Overview
In this role you will define and drive the UK Family Practice Area strategy, aligning with business and product goals. You’ll lead a team of Knowledge Lawyers to develop market-leading family law content and foster customer engagement across Lexis+ and Lexis+ Protégé. You will shape practical guidance and contribute to awareness services while leveraging AI and legal tech to enhance offerings. This position offers a chance to influence content strategy and product impact at a global information business.
Pay / Benefits
- wellbeing initiatives
- shared parental leave
- study assistance
- sabbaticals
Responsibilities
- Define and deliver the UK Family Practice Area strategy aligned to business objectives
- Lead, develop, and inspire a high-performing team of Knowledge Lawyers
- Ensure practical guidance content is market-leading, high quality, innovative, and differentiated
- Create, maintain, and develop Family law content (notes, precedents, checklists, flowcharts)
- Contribute to current awareness services through legal updates, case analysis, and commentary
- Drive customer engagement and usage of Lexis+ and Lexis+ Protégé content
- Collaborate with Product, Sales, Marketing, and other Practice Area Leads on growth and go-to-market
- Leverage AI, analytics, and legal technology to enhance products and deliver value
Key requirements
- Qualified lawyer with substantial post-qualification experience in Family law in England and Wales
- Strong technical expertise and practical legal experience
- Proven leadership and people management experience with track record of developing teams
- Strong strategic planning, stakeholder management, and business development skills
- Commercial awareness including budgeting and financial management
- Excellent communication, presentation, networking, and relationship-building skills
- Experience working with legal technology, digital tools, AI, and analytics
- Analytical, highly organized, and able to explain complex legal concepts clearly
- leadership
- stakeholder management
- communication
- legal technology
- AI and analytics
- digital tools
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