Legal Technologist (Client Projects) – Leeds, Manchester or Edinburgh

Addleshaw Goddard; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent law firm in Edinburgh is seeking a dynamic Legal Technologist to join its Innovation & Legal Technology team. The role involves scoping and managing technical projects, and delivering innovative solutions to enhance client experience. With a focus on legal technology software like HighQ and a collaborative team approach, candidates should have a relevant degree and experience in a professional services environment. This position offers a supportive culture aimed at growth and innovation.

Benefits

Supportive work environment

Career development opportunities

Collaborative culture

Qualifications

• Experience in a global law firm or professional services environment preferred.
• Understanding of the challenges affecting law firms and the changing legal services market.
• Flexible and proactive with the ability to coordinate multiple deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Scope, define, and manage technical projects for clients.
• Assist in the development and delivery of new solutions.
• Engage with clients regarding project design and delivery.
• Promote legal technology across teams.

Skills

Legal technology software

Project management

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Analytical skills

Education

Undergraduate degree or equivalent

Tools

HighQ

Legora

Kira

Job description

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

• We are seeking a dynamic, creative and experienced Legal Technologist to join the Client Projects Pillar within the Innovation & Legal Technology team. The successful candidate will have previous experience of implementing, combining and tailoring legal technology tools to support legal workstreams for clients.
• You will support the Client Projects team in delivering innovative new solutions and projects to clients across our business, engaging with stakeholders at all levels to drive change and improve client experience.

THE TEAM

• Our Innovation and Legal Technology (ILT) team, formed in 2015, is one of the three teams that make up the Innovation Group. The ILT team combines technology and legal expertise, fully integrating these capabilities into our business operations. ILT has grown into a fast‑paced and dynamic unit, constantly evolving to provide opportunities for contribution and career development
• Within the ILT team, the Client Projects pillar focuses on building out bespoke technology solutions for clients, to support large-scale legal workstreams in innovative ways. We collaborate with lawyers to identify projects where legal technology could support in improving efficiencies, ensuring our clients get the benefit of our wide range of market‑leading tools.
• This includes building and maintaining tracking, management and reporting platforms for complex project work, running volume Generative AI reviews on a variety of document types, and assisting clients and fee earners to make the most of project data in a way that enables trend analysis and detailed, visual progress reporting.

WHAT TO EXPECT IN THIS ROLE

Supported with the appropriate training and guidance required, your key responsibilities will be :

• Scoping, defining and managing significant technical projects for clients and divisions across the Firm;
• Assisting at each stage of the development and delivery of new solutions and services to clients;
• Configuring client solutions, including the tailoring of HighQ sites, Generative AI reviews, project management trackers, data visualisation, and implementation of document automation;
• Assisting with the assessment and deployment of new software solutions;
• Interacting with clients regarding project design and delivery;
• Managing multiple projects and deadlines based on client demand;
• Assisting in analysing data captured by various solutions;
• Engaging across the Firm to promote legal technology and innovation, including attending internal and external meetings and proactively identifying and promoting opportunities to use technology to solve problems;
• Working collaboratively across internal teams including IT, Innovation & Legal Technology, Knowledge and Consulting
• Staying aware of market trends and developments in the legal, automation and AI industries

YOUR AREAS OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE

• An undergraduate degree or equivalent education or experience
• Relevant experience within a global law firm or professional services environment is preferred
• Critical is a strong understanding of legal technology software and applied experience of configuring tools such as HighQ, Legora, Kira
• Flexible, proactive and able to co‑ordinate multiple competing deadlines, working to tight timescales with a sense of urgency
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, demonstrating an ability to communicate and engage with colleagues at all levels
• Excellent attention to detail
• An innovative approach, with creative thinking and being open to new ideas
• An understanding of the challenges affecting law firms and the changing legal services market
• An understanding of how legal work is delivered
• Positive, enthusiastic, strong collaboration skills and conscientious work ethic

OUR FIRM

Addleshaw Goddard is a place where you are valued, encouraged, and challenged to fulfil your potential in a supportive and collegiate environment. Our culture of improvement, growth and collaboration delivers results, drives innovation, and rewards ambition.

We not only provide technical excellence and experience but, crucially, demonstrate real insight into our clients and what really matters to them and as such we are natural choice for FTSE100 clients and their equivalents in other markets.

Our success has been built by people from the widest range of backgrounds, locations, and perspectives. We have a number of employee networks that provide space to discuss the differences that make us who we are and celebrate this at AG.

OUR APPROACH : IMAGINE THE BEST YOU CAN BE

Everything we've accomplished can be traced back to our people and the way we work. Our reputation is something we are proud of, and constantly invest in.

Here, you'll do high calibre work, with high‑character colleagues who care for one another and our clients.

Are you up for the challenge?