Practice Innovation Lead

Hire Purpose Ltd.; England; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

Hire Purpose Ltd. is partnering with a values-driven regional law firm to appoint its first Practice Innovation Lead. Hybrid role based in the South West of England, offering a salary between £55,000 and £68,000 per year.

The role focuses on making lawyers more efficient by leveraging knowledge, processes, technology and AI to deliver better outcomes for people and clients. You will design the operating model and lead the changes across the firm.

Qualifications

• Experience in a legal services environment with knowledge management focus.
• Track record implementing legal tech, AI or knowledge projects.
• Experience leading operational improvement or change projects.
• Confident engaging with senior stakeholders and securing buy-in.

Responsibilities

• Shape frameworks, governance and operating model for legal operations.
• Lead design and rollout of knowledge, innovation and process improvements.
• Drive adoption of technology, AI, and measurement of ROI.
• Turn data into information to help plan, price and deliver work.
• Champion continuous improvement and change across the firm.

Skills

Legal services experience

Knowledge management

Stakeholder engagement

Data-driven decision making

Change management

Job description

Practice Innovation Lead

Law Firm South West Hybrid £55,000 - £68,000

Hire Purpose is partnering with a values-driven regional law firm to appoint its first Practice Innovation Lead.

The purpose of the role

To help lawyers become more efficient, productive and involved in more commercial activity and client work by making better use of the firm's knowledge, processes, technology, and AI to deliver better outcomes for its people and clients.

The role

Sitting centrally within the firm, the Practice Innovation Lead will have the remit and responsibility to build the frameworks, governance and operating model that will shape the future of legal operations. You'll design how knowledge, innovation and process improvement work across the firm, then lead the changes that bring it to life.

You'll work alongside senior lawyers, practice leaders and support teams, and your focus will include:

• Operational excellence: improving processes and workflows and reducing the administration for the team


• Legal technology and AI: finding practical use cases, leading rollouts, driving adoption, and measuring the ROI


• Knowledge management: developing precedents, templates and practice guidance that are easily accessible across teams and offices


• Data and insight: turning data into information that helps lawyers plan, price and deliver work


• Change and transformation: championing continuous improvement and bringing people with you

About you

• Experience in a legal services environment and within a knowledge management role


• A track record of implementing legal tech, AI or knowledge projects


• Experience leading operational improvement or change projects


• Confident with engaging and securing buy-in from senior stakeholders


• Analytical, and comfortable using data to make the case for change


• An understanding of what drives profitability and efficiency in a law firm

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a regional firm recognised for its culture and its commitment to going the extra mile for its people, clients, and communities.

The role can be fulfilled in a hybrid capacity and delivered from one of a number of offices across the South West of England.

You might be an experienced Knowledge Manager with a technical background ready for a broader role, or a lawyer who has moved into knowledge or innovation work. Either way, if you've used technology and AI to transform how a law firm works, we'd love to hear from you!

Hire Purpose champions inclusive recruitment.

We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and lived experiences. We uphold equal opportunity principles and challenge bias at every stage, partnering only with organisations that share our commitment to integrity, diversity, equity and inclusion.

Hire Purpose is also proud to be an active member of The TEAM Network, the UK's largest recruitment community of independently owned recruitment businesses