Senior Partnerships Lead, Legal Tech & AI

Maurice Blackburn; Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 130,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid flex working model

Parental leave

Salary Continuance

Life Insurance

Annual Leave Loading

Job summary

Maurice Blackburn is seeking a Partnerships Lead (Senior Associate) to shape a new AI-enabled partnerships strategy. You will build and manage relationships with external law firms, run workshops with partners, and collaborate with AI and UX teams to deliver scalable solutions.

You will identify opportunities, onboard from first contact to go-live, and use data-led insights to improve product performance while advancing access to justice for everyday Australians.

Qualifications

• Experience in legal practice or legal technology at senior associate level or equivalent.
• Negotiation with commercially sophisticated counterparties and contract discussions.
• Ability to present to senior leaders with precision.
• Proven ability to manage multiple workstreams and escalate when needed.
• Proficiency with AI tools and applying them to commercial outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Build relationships with practice managers, partners and senior stakeholders at external law firms, and own onboarding from first conversation through to go-live.
• Design with partners by running workshops to understand their needs, then work with tech and product teams to build solutions.
• Test and improve product performance using data-led insights.
• Identify new partnership and legal tech opportunities with Head of Partnerships and develop AI-assisted workflows.
• Collaborate across levels to remove barriers and keep work moving.

Skills

Legal practice

Legal technology

Legal operations

AI tools

Negotiation

Project management

Senior associate level

Tools

Agile tools

Data analytics

Job description

Maurice Blackburn is seeking a Partnerships Lead (Senior Associate) to shape a new AI-enabled partnerships strategy. You will build and manage relationships with external law firms, run workshops with partners, and collaborate with AI and UX teams to deliver scalable solutions.

You will identify opportunities, onboard from first contact to go-live, and use data-led insights to improve product performance while advancing access to justice for everyday Australians.