Lead Knowledge Lawyer - Family

Home Based - United Kingdom

UK-Farringdon (Lexis House)

Full time

R115752

Lead Knowledge Lawyer - Family

Are you ready to shape the future of Family law content and strategy within a leading global information business?

Do you enjoy leading high-performing teams and delivering innovative, customer-focused legal solutions?

About our Team LexisNexis Legal & Professional, which serves customers in more than 150 countries with 11,800 employees worldwide, is part of RELX ( RELX - Information-based analytics and decision tools (http://www.relx.com/), a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers. Our company has been a long-time leader in deploying AI and advanced technologies to the legal market to improve productivity and transform the overall business and practice of law, deploying ethical and powerful generative AI solutions with a flexible, multi-model approach that prioritizes using the best model from today’s top model creators for each individual legal use case. The company employs over 2,000 technologists, data scientists, and experts to develop, test, and validate solutions in line with RELX Responsible AI Principles ( https://stories.relx.com/responsible-ai-principles/index.html ).

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 from competitors
• Create, maintain, and develop Family law content, including practice notes, precedents, checklists, and flowcharts
• Contribute to current awareness services through legal updates, case analysis, and commentary
• Drive customer engagement and usage of Lexis+ and Lexis+ Protégé practical guidance content
• Collaborate with Product, Sales, Marketing, and other Practice Area Leads to identify growth opportunities and support go-to-market strategies
• Leverage AI, analytics, and legal technology to enhance products and deliver customer value

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 a track record of developing teams
• Strong strategic planning, stakeholder management, and business development skills
• Commercial awareness, including experience with budgeting and financial management
• Excellent communication, presentation, networking, and relationship-building skills
• Experience working with legal technology, digital tools, AI, and analytics
• Analytical, highly organised, and able to explain complex legal concepts clearly

Work in a Way That Works for You

We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.

About the Business

LexisNexis Legal & Professional provides legal, regulatory, and business information and analytics that help customers increase their productivity, improve decision-making, achieve better outcomes, and advance the rule of law around the world. As a digital pioneer, the company was the first to bring legal and business information online with its Lexis and Nexis services

We know your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career. We are delighted to offer country specific benefits.

We are an equal opportunity employer: qualified applicants are considered for and treated during employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship status, disability status, protected veteran status, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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RELX is a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers, enabling them to make better decisions, get better results and be more productive.

Our purpose is to benefit society by developing products that help researchers advance scientific knowledge; doctors and nurses improve the lives of patients; lawyers promote the rule of law and achieve justice and fair results for their clients; businesses and governments prevent fraud; consumers access financial services and get fair prices on insurance; and customers learn about markets and complete transactions.

Our purpose guides our actions beyond the products that we develop. It defines us as a company. Every day across RELX our employees are inspired to undertake initiatives that make unique contributions to society and the communities in which we operate.