Hybrid Legal Tech & AI Innovation Lead

JMC Legal Recruitment; England; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

JMC Legal Recruitment is assisting a mid-sized UK law firm in Surrey seeking a Legal Technologist / Technology Project Manager. The role is hybrid (two days in the office per week) with a hands-on remit spanning automation, AI, and process improvement within the Technology & Data team.

You will work with lawyers to translate needs into practical tech solutions, lead adoption, governance and ROI tracking, and partner with Risk & Compliance and leadership on trials and vendor selections.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering innovation or technology projects and supporting change management within a professional services or legal environment.
• Hands-on experience with generative AI tools, including dedicated legal technology platforms.
• Strong project management skills with ability to juggle multiple priorities and stakeholder needs.
• Ability to translate between technical capability and lawyers’ day-to-day workflows.

Responsibilities

• Design, deliver and support technology-enabled processes for priority practice areas with a focus on automation.
• Collaborate with leadership to identify, prioritise and deliver innovation initiatives.
• Gather requirements from legal teams and translate them into practical solutions.
• Co-design and build processes using the firm’s technology stack, including training and guidance.
• Support rollout of new tools, managing trials, vendor selection, deployment planning and adoption tracking.
• Develop business case and ROI processes to prioritise projects.
• Lead communities of practice across legal teams and share best practices.
• Deliver training on legal technology and generative AI with L&D and Knowledge teams.
• Provide hands-on support to lawyers on tools and workflows.
• Monitor developments in legal AI and identify opportunities for experimentation.
• Communicate progress to legal and business teams and promote adoption of new workflows.

Skills

Innovation projects

Change management

Legal experience

Generative AI

Project management

Stakeholder management

Hands-on tooling

Risk governance

Tools

Legal tech platforms

Generative AI tools

Job description

JMC Legal Recruitment is assisting a mid-sized UK law firm in Surrey seeking a Legal Technologist / Technology Project Manager. The role is hybrid (two days in the office per week) with a hands-on remit spanning automation, AI, and process improvement within the Technology & Data team.

You will work with lawyers to translate needs into practical tech solutions, lead adoption, governance and ROI tracking, and partner with Risk & Compliance and leadership on trials and vendor selections.