Product manager for legal technology

Mishcon de Reya LLP; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Mishcon de Reya LLP ищет опытного Product Manager, курирующего стратегию и дорожную карту продуктов, которые юристы используют для эффективного выполнения клиентских работ. Вы будете сотрудничать с юристами, командами знаний и бизнес-услуг, чтобы определить приоритеты, управлять портфелем и обеспечивать измеримые результаты.

Роль фокусируется на внедрении AI в юридической среде, управлении документами и интеграциями, а также на выстраивании прочной схемы взаимодействия между технологией и

Qualifications

• Significant Product Manager experience owning business-critical platforms in a complex organisation.
• Ability to define product strategy, roadmaps, priorities and measurable outcomes.
• Strong product craft across discovery, iterative delivery, adoption, value measurement and lifecycle management.
• Credibility with senior stakeholders and ability to trade-off priorities.
• Experience leading and developing Product Owners or comparable product and platform specialists.
• Confidence partnering with Engineering, Data, Architecture, Security and suppliers.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, with a pragmatic and accountable approach.
• Strong understanding of legal workflows, document-centric work or knowledge-intensive professional services.
• Experience managing a diverse portfolio where adoption, workflow fit and supplier capability are central to value.

Responsibilities

• Own a coherent strategy and roadmap across legal AI, document management, drafting, contract automation, collaboration and specialist practice tools.
• Manage the strategy for matter lifecycle, considering the overall fee-earner experience and hand-offs across technology and business workflows.
• Prioritise investment using evidence of user need, client value, risk, adoption, technical health and total cost using frameworks such as RICE.
• Rationalise overlap and low-value tools while protecting critical legal workflows and practice-specific needs.
• Lead discovery with lawyers, Knowledge teams and business services to identify high-value workflow problems.
• Be the point contact for Use pilots, PoCs, vibe-coding and iterative delivery to validate demand and measure productivity, quality, capacity, risk reduction and client impact.
• Ensure AI and automation capabilities move beyond isolated pilots into supported, repeatable workflows where evidence justifies scale.
• Ensure document, matter and knowledge integrations are secure, reliable and aligned to the firm's architecture and information-governance requirements.
• Own strategic supplier relationships and commercial input across key legal technology platforms.
• Balance feature development with service reliability, release management, technical debt and operational readiness.
• Lead and coach the two Product Owners, set clear portfolio boundaries and resolve cross-product priorities.
• Create a joined-up operating rhythm across discovery, delivery, releases, adoption and service improvement.

Skills

Product management

Roadmap planning

Discovery process

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Communication skills

Tools

Jira Product Discovery

Jira

Job description

Описание:

Our Technology team continues to go from strength to strength, playing a vital role in firm-wide innovation and strategy. Far from being a support function, Technology is integral to the firm's growth agenda, backed by strong leadership engagement and sustained investment. Reporting to the Head of Product, the Product Manager - Practice of Law owns the strategy, roadmap and value realisation for the products lawyers use to deliver client work.

Задачи:

Own a coherent strategy and roadmap across legal AI, document management, drafting, contract automation, collaboration and specialist practice tools. Manage the strategy for matter lifecyle, considering the overall fee-earner experience and hand-offs across technology and business workflows. Prioritise investment using evidence of user need, client value, risk, adoption, technical health and total cost using frameworks such as RICE. Rationalise overlap and low-value tools while protecting critical legal workflows and practice-specific needs. Lead discovery with lawyers, Knowledge teams and business services to identify high-value workflow problems. Be the point contact for Use pilots, PoCs, vibe-coding and iterative delivery to validate demand and measure productivity, quality, capacity, risk reduction and client impact. Ensure AI and automation capabilities move beyond isolated pilots into supported, repeatable workflows where evidence justifies scale. Ensure document, matter and knowledge integrations are secure, reliable and aligned to the firm's architecture and information-governance requirements. Own strategic supplier relationships and commercial input across key legal technology platforms. Balance feature development with service reliability, release management, technical debt and operational readiness. Lead and coach the two Product Owners, set clear portfolio boundaries and resolve cross-product priorities. Create a joined-up operating rhythm across discovery, delivery, releases, adoption and service improvement.

Требования:

Significant Product Manager experience owning business-critical platforms or digital products in a complex organisation. Proven ability to define product strategy, roadmaps, priorities and measurable outcomes. Strong product craft across discovery, iterative delivery, adoption, value measurement and lifecycle management. Credibility with senior stakeholders and the ability to make trade-offs across competing priorities. Experience leading and developing Product Owners or comparable product and platform specialists. Confidence partnering with Engineering, Data, Architecture, Security and suppliers. Excellent written and verbal communication, with a pragmatic and accountable approach. Strong understanding of legal workflows, document-centric work or knowledge-intensive professional services. Experience managing a diverse portfolio where adoption, workflow fit and supplier capability are central to value. Будет плюсом: Experience in a law firm, professional services or another regulated environment; Experience with enterprise SaaS platforms, complex integrations and vendor ecosystems; Experience improving adoption, operational readiness and business processes through product-led change; Familiarity with Jira Product Discovery, Jira and evidence-based prioritisation; Experience with legal AI, iManage, document automation, drafting or legal collaboration platforms; Understanding of confidentiality, privilege, matter context and responsible AI controls

Условия:

We strive to create a fully diverse and inclusive workplace where all our people are empowered to fulfil their potential. We are proud of our agile working culture and are always happy to talk flexible working.