Cases, Lead

LexisNexis Risk Solutions; Australia; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

LexisNexis Risk Solutions in Australia seeks a Cases Lead – Pacific to oversee operational delivery of case law content across the region, ensuring quality, timeliness, accuracy, and AI readiness. You will manage editorial workflows and engage with courts, reporters, vendors, and internal teams to drive improvements and ensure standards are met.

The role emphasizes transformation of legal publishing into intelligent content delivery, aligning with GenAI capabilities and evolving customer

Qualifications

• Experience in legal practice, legal publishing, legal research, or editorial operations.
• Knowledge of case law developments and AU/NZ jurisdictions.
• Strong legal research and editorial judgment.
• Exposure to digital publishing, legal technology, or AI-assisted workflows is advantageous.
• LLB or equivalent required.

Responsibilities

• Lead operational delivery of case law editorial work across Pacific jurisdictions.
• Monitor editorial performance metrics, service levels, quality indicators, and delivery timelines.
• Ensure editorial quality, consistency, and compliance with LexisNexis standards.
• Act as the primary regional contact for all case law‑related operational matters.
• Manage relationships with courts, reporters, vendors, licensors, and external content providers.
• Lead operational projects and regional initiatives.
• Drive adoption of AI-enabled editorial practices and collaborate with product/tech teams to enhance content.

Skills

Editorial operations

Project management

Stakeholder management

Quality assurance

Agile / continuous improvement

Education

LLB or equivalent

Legal tech / AI exposure

Tools

Content management systems

Digital publishing tools

Job description

About the Team

Every day, LexisNexis produces and provides industry‑leading legal content to more than five million professionals across 100 countries in the legal, corporate, government, accounting, academic and law enforcement markets. Today, with our cutting‑edge, high‑speed and easily accessible information solutions, you can be the difference that will uphold the law across borders as the world and technology evolves.

About the Role

The Cases Lead – Pacific is responsible for ensuring the operational delivery of case law content across the Pacific region meets LexisNexis standards for quality, timeliness, accuracy, and AI readiness. The role serves as the regional point of contact for all case law‑related operations, overseeing editorial workflows, monitoring operational performance, driving continuous improvement initiatives, and managing relationships with internal and external stakeholders involved in case content creation. This role contributes to the transformation of legal publishing into intelligent legal content delivery by ensuring legal materials are structured, enriched, searchable, analytically valuable, and aligned with evolving customer research behaviour and GenAI product capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead operational delivery of case law editorial work across Pacific jurisdictions.
• Monitor editorial performance metrics, service levels, quality indicators, and delivery timelines.
• Ensure editorial quality, consistency, and compliance with LexisNexis publishing standards.
• Act as the primary regional contact for all case law‑related operational matters.
• Manage relationships with courts, reporters, vendors, licensors, and external content providers.
• Lead operational projects, workflow improvements, and regional initiatives.
• Drive adoption of AI‑enabled editorial practices and participate in experimentation with emerging technologies.
• Collaborate with Product, Technology, Data Science, Editorial, and Commercial teams to enhance legal content and customer experience.

Education

• LLB or equivalent legal qualification required.
• Additional certification or exposure to legal technology, AI, publishing, or project management is advantageous.

Experience

• Experience in legal practice, legal publishing, legal research, or editorial operations preferred.
• Experience working with legal content, case law analysis, or legal information products.
• Exposure to digital publishing, legal technology, or AI‑assisted workflows is advantageous.

Legal & Editorial Competencies

• Strong legal research and legal analytical skills.
• Strong understanding of case law developments and legal systems within AU and NZ jurisdictions.
• Superior reading comprehension and editorial judgment.
• Ability to identify legal trends, emerging issues, and customer research needs.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• High attention to detail and editorial accuracy.

Digital & AI Competencies

• Awareness of AI/GenAI developments in legal research and publishing.
• Understanding of AI‑ready content principles, metadata quality, and structured legal content.
• Adaptability to evolving legal technology and AI‑assisted editorial environments.
• Familiarity with legal research platforms, content management systems, and digital publishing tools.

Operational Competencies

• Good organizational and project management skills.
• Ability to manage competing deadlines in a fast‑paced environment.
• Experience working collaboratively across functions and jurisdictions.
• Strong problem‑solving and process improvement mindset.
• Competent in Agile or continuous improvement methodologies preferred.

Equal Opportunity Employment

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.