Head of UK Analytical Content Development

LexisNexis Legal & Professional group; Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

LexisNexis Legal & Professional in the UK is seeking an experienced Head of UK Analytical Content Development to lead the content strategy for the UK Analytical portfolio and manage delivery across the UK and South Africa.

You will drive commissioning excellence, author engagement, AI-enabled content innovation, and ensure content remains accurate, current and scalable while collaborating with Editorial Operations, Product, Technology and Commercial teams.

Qualifications

• Legal qualification (LLB, LLM, or equivalent) required.
• Experience leading a content development function or team.
• Extensive people management experience through change.
• Experience owning author, licensor, or expert relationships.
• Cross-regional and cross-functional collaboration experience.
• Experience partnering with commercial, product, or go-to-market teams.
• Experience with agentic AI and content-technology adoption.
• Experience managing budgets and negotiating contracts.

Responsibilities

• Shape the UK Analytical content development strategy and manage departmental delivery.
• Grow the portfolio while maintaining quality, currency, and cost.
• Develop the content team through coaching, succession planning, and performance mgmt.
• Oversee author, licensor, and expert relationships including recruitment and contracting.
• Translate market needs into portfolio priorities and commissioning plans.
• Develop meaningful metrics, KPIs, and analytics.
• Lead adoption of GenAI-enabled content capabilities with human-in-the-loop validation.
• Coordinate cross-functionally on acquisitions and global content initiatives.

Education

LLB/LLM or equivalent

Job description

Head of UK Analytical Content Development

Are you an experienced legal content leader who is passionate about shaping the future of analytical content and harnessing AI to deliver authoritative insight at scale?

Do you thrive in a leadership role where you can influence portfolio strategy, develop high-performing teams, and drive innovation across content development, commissioning, and editorial operations?

About our Team

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

About the Role

As Head of UK Analytical Content Development, you will shape and deliver the content development strategy for the UK Analytical portfolio. Leading teams across the UK and South Africa, you will drive portfolio growth, content quality, commissioning excellence, author engagement, and AI-enabled content innovation while ensuring authoritative legal content remains accurate, current, and scalable.

You will play a key role in transforming content development through the adoption of AI-enabled capabilities, partnering closely with Editorial Operations, Product, Technology, and Commercial stakeholders to meet evolving customer and market needs.

Responsibilities

• Shape the content development strategy for the UK Analytical portfolio, aligned with the Global Analytical team, and manage delivery of the departmental plan
• Grow the portfolio while maintaining content quality, accuracy, currency, and cost management across the UK portfolio
• Manage and develop the content development team through coaching, regular feedback, talent development, succession planning, and performance management
• Oversee author, licensor, and expert relationships, including recruitment, retention, commissioning, and contracting of authored content in partnership with Commercial stakeholders
• Partner with the Head of UK Analytical Content Operations and commercial stakeholders to translate market and customer needs into portfolio priorities, commissioning plans, and go-to-market plans
• Develop and monitor meaningful metrics, KPIs, and analytics, including content quality, content currency, author pipeline health, and author cost
• Lead the adoption and scaling of agentic and GenAI-enabled content capabilities and establish human-in-the-loop validation standards
• Support content integration activities relating to acquisitions and lead cross-functional coordination of global initiatives affecting content development

Requirements

• Legal qualification (LLB, LLM, or equivalent) required
• Experience leading a content development function or team, preferably in editorial, publishing, or content management
• Extensive people management experience, leading teams through change
• Experience owning author, licensor, or expert relationships
• Experience cross-collaborating across global regions and functions
• Experience partnering with commercial, product, or go-to-market stakeholders
• Experience with agentic AI and content-technology adoption
• Experience managing budgets and negotiating contracts

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.

Working Pattern

Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive.

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.