Manager, External Authors

RELX; Toronto; Remote; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in legal analytics is seeking a Manager for their Secondary Content Team. This role involves overseeing content strategy, managing a team, and collaborating with various departments to enhance legal publishing. Ideal candidates will have a law degree and strong project management skills, alongside a commitment to leveraging innovative technologies.

Benefits

Health plan benefits

Employee Assistance Program

Retirement Benefits

Various Leave Programs

Educational Assistance

Disability Insurance

Paid Vacation

Volunteer Leave

Qualifications

• Experience in project management or coordination.
• Strong relationship-building skills and ability to work collaboratively.

Responsibilities

• Drive content development and strategy for the Canadian English-language Secondary Content.
• Lead a team of legal professionals and manage budget planning.
• Collaborate with internal and external partners for publication processes.

Skills

Project Management

Adaptability

Communication

Negotiation

Relationship Building

Education

Canadian Law Degree

Tools

Generative AI

Job description

Do you have a JD?

Do you have people management experience?

About Us

LexisNexis Legal & Professional, which serves customers in more than 150 countries with 11,800 employees worldwide, is part of RELX , 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.

About the role

LexisNexis Canada is seeking to hire a Manager, Secondary Content for the External Authors Team.

The person in this role is responsible for driving the success of content development and strategy, through financial planning, soliciting customer feedback, and leading a team to high performance.

The team is responsible for publishing dozens of new secondary titles and new editions each year, recruiting authors, negotiating contracts, and ensuring timely delivery of manuscripts.

Reporting to the Director, Secondary Content, this position will include the following:

Responsibilities:

• Oversight of the Canadian English-language Secondary Content strategy: plan English-language content development initiatives, identify opportunities meeting the market needs, assess financial viability of new content proposals, manage portfolio to ensure achievement of publishing calendar, develop and maintain long-term strategy for online and print content that aligns with business goals;

• Budget planning: create and revise budget forecasts, achieve revenue expectations for assigned portfolio, drive accelerations and revenue to meet financial targets and goals;

• Continuous improvement: drive process improvement initiatives, identify cost savings opportunities and implement changes, lead experimentations to meet evolving business needs;

• Team management: lead a team of legal professionals, recruit and optimize resource allocation, delegate efficiently tasks and mandates to the team, develop and monitor performance indicators to maintain a high-performing team;

• Collaboration with internal and external partners: collaborate with Editorial, Operations and Manufacturing teams to ensure optimal processing of publications, work with Marketing and Sales departments to build “go-to-market” strategies, collaborate with Customer Service to address customers queries, identify, develop and negotiate partnerships with external industry partners, build and maintain good public relations with the legal community, authors and industry partners.

Requirements:

• A Canadian law degree, or a law degree from another jurisdiction with a Certificate of Qualification from Canada’s National Committee on Accreditation;

• Experience in project management or coordination;

• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and achieve results;

• Demonstrated adaptability and solution-oriented;

• Ability to drive change and implement process improvements;

• Strong relationship-building skills and ability to work collaboratively as part of cross-departmental project teams;

• Excellent organizational skills and keen attention to detail;

• Excellent communication (oral and written) and negotiation skills;

• Proficiency in using generative AI or a willingness to become proficient, being open to experimenting with it, championing its use, and integrating it into the team’s workflow.

• People management experience

• Legal publishing experience

This position may be either primarily or fully home-based. Our Canadian head office is located in Toronto, Ontario and we have an office in Montréal, Québec.

Work in a way that works for you
We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organization. We will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.

Working for you
We know that your wellbeing and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:

• Health plan benefits

• Employee Assistance Program

• Retirement Benefits

• Various Leave Programs

• Educational Assistance

• Disability, Life and Accidental Death Insurance

• Paid Vacation

• Up to two days of paid leave each to participate in Employee Resource Groups and to volunteer with your charity of choice

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.

This role is not for an existing vacancy.

LexisNexis, a division of RELX, is 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. We are committed to providing a fair and accessible hiring process. If you have a disability or other need that requires accommodation or adjustment, please let us know by completing our Applicant Request Support Form: https://forms.office.com/r/eVgFxjLmAK , or please contact 1-855-833-5120.

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