Senior Analyst - Legal Tech AI

DVF Recruitment; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

DVF Recruitment represents a leading US law firm seeking a Senior Analyst to join its Legal Technology portfolio, Strategy & Operations team. You will own a portfolio of lawyer-facing AI and legal-tech applications and partner with senior lawyers and stakeholders.

The role covers strategy, evaluation, adoption, measurement and renewal of technology initiatives, including AI research, document automation, contract analysis and litigation tech.

Qualifications

• Experience in product management, technology delivery or IT project management with meaningful legal technology experience.
• Experience owning technology products through a full lifecycle from evaluation to renewal.
• Strong ability to translate legal workflows into technology requirements and practical solutions.

Responsibilities

• Own the strategy, roadmap and lifecycle of an assigned portfolio of legal technology and AI applications.
• Lead technology evaluations, pilots and business cases, providing evidence-based recommendations to senior stakeholders.
• Act as a subject-matter expert for your portfolio, understanding product capabilities, limitations, market developments and vendor roadmaps.
• Evaluate AI solutions, including output quality, data handling, security, confidentiality and responsible-use considerations.
• Define and track adoption, usage value and ROI metrics, using data to inform portfolio decisions.
• Partner with lawyers, practice groups and business stakeholders to identify needs and translate them into technology requirements and practical solutions.
• Lead implementations, upgrades, integrations and firm-wide technology rollouts, working closely with Engineering, Information Security, Procurement and vendors.
• Monitor developments across the legal technology and AI market and identify emerging opportunities, alternatives and areas for consolidation.
• Manage vendor relationships, renewals and commercial discussions.
• Partner with enablement and knowledge team to support lawyer adoption and effective use of AI and legal technology.
• Mentor junior team members and contribute to development of product management and portfolio governance practices.

Skills

Product management

Technology delivery

IT project management

Legal technology experience

Job description

WeareworkingwithaleadingUSlawfirmwhoareseekingaSeniorAnalysttojoinitsLegalTechnologyPortfolio,Strategy&Operationsteam.Thisisaseniorindividualcontributorroleforanexperiencedlegaltechnology,AIorproductprofessionalwhocancombinestrongproductmanagementskillswithcredibilityandconfidenceworkingwithlawyersandseniorstakeholders.YouwillownaportfolioofstrategicallyimportantlawyerfacinglegaltechnologyandAIapplications,spanningareassuchasAIresearchanddrafting,documentautomation,contractanalysisandlitigationtechnology.Youwillmanageproductsthroughtheirfulllifecyclefromevaluationandpilotsthroughonboarding,adoption,performancemeasurement,renewaland,whereappropriate,retirement.

Key Responsibilities

• Ownthestrategy,roadmapandlifecycleofanassignedportfoliooflegaltechnologyandAIapplications.
• Leadtechnologyevaluations,pilotsandbusinesscases,providingevidence-basedrecommendationstoseniorstakeholders.
• Actasasubject-matterexpertforyourportfolio,understandingproductcapabilities,limitations,marketdevelopmentsandvendorroadmaps.
• EvaluateAIsolutions,includingoutputquality,datahandling,security,confidentialityandresponsible-useconsiderations.
• Defineandtrackadoption,usage,valueandROImetrics,usingdatatoinformportfoliodecisions.
• Partnerwithlawyers,practicegroupsandbusinessstakeholderstoidentifyneedsandtranslatethemintotechnologyrequirementsandpracticalsolutions.
• Leadimplementations,upgrades,integrationsandfirmwidetechnologyrollouts,workingcloselywithEngineering,InformationSecurity,Procurementandvendors.
• MonitordevelopmentsacrossthelegaltechnologyandAImarketandidentifyemergingopportunities,alternativesandareasforconsolidation.
• Managevendorrelationships,renewalsandcommercialdiscussions.
• PartnerwithenablementandknowledgeteamstosupportlawyeradoptionandeffectiveuseofAIandlegaltechnology.
• Mentorjuniorteammembersandcontributetothedevelopmentofproductmanagementandportfoliogovernancepractices.

About You

Experienceinproductmanagement,technologydeliveryorITprojectmanagement,withmeaningfullegaltechnologyexperience.

Experienceowningtechnologyproductsthroughafulllifecycle,fromevaluationandimplementationthroughadoption,measurementandrenewalorretirement.

Hands‑onexperienceevaluatingormanagingAI-enabledapplications,withanunderstandingofoutputquality,datahandlingandresponsibleAIconsiderations.

Strongknowledgeofthelegaltechnologylandscape,suchasAIresearchanddrafting,documentmanagement,contractlifecyclemanagement,documentautomation,eDiscoveryorlitigationtechnology.

Experiencerunningpilots,developingbusinesscasesandpresentingrecommendationstoseniorstakeholders.

Stronganalyticalandcommercialskills,withtheabilitytouseadoptionandusagedatatosupportinvestmentdecisions.

Excellentcommunicationskillsandtheabilitytotranslateeffectivelybetweenlawyers,technicalteamsandvendors.

ExperienceworkingwithInformationSecurity,ProcurementandEngineeringteams.

AstronginterestinemerginglegaltechnologyandAI,withaproactiveapproachtomarketintelligenceandinnovation.