Senior LegalTech & AI Counsel - Flexible Working

Consortium; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Professional development

Supportive team culture

Job summary

Bird & Bird is seeking a senior practising lawyer to champion embedding AI into legal workflows within the LegalTech and AI Practice. You will bring deep legal expertise and bridge language between lawyers and technologists, shaping how we deliver value to clients through smarter, technology-enabled processes.

This non-fee-earning role offers flexible working, a competitive salary and benefits, and opportunities for professional development as the firm expands its AI-enabled offerings for

Qualifications

• Qualified lawyer with experience in private practice.
• Interest in AI and legal technology, including familiarity with AI-assisted legal tools and platforms such as Legora.
• Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to engage and influence senior stakeholders including partners.
• Experience of, or a clear aptitude for, project delivery, including requirements gathering, process mapping, testing, and training.
• Comfortable facilitating workshops and training sessions for professional audiences.
• Prior experience in a LegalTech, innovation, or knowledge management role within a law firm or legal team would be advantageous.
• Experience with AI tools applied to legal workflows (e.g. contract review, due diligence, document drafting, or research).
• Familiarity with client-facing technology platforms and portal products.

Responsibilities

• Act as embedded LegalTech and AI specialist with deep understanding of AI tools and legal workflows.
• Advise internal teams and clients on how AI can be applied effectively and responsibly within their legal matters and business operations.
• Bring credibility to client-facing conversations about AI by grounding recommendations in genuine legal and practice group experience.
• Actively contribute to a culture that values and leverages the firm's responsible AI use by assisting with training, new joiner inductions, communications and attending face to face meetings to raise the profile of the LegalTech and AI Practice and wider LegalTech and Innovation team.
• Keep up to date with industry developments and new technologies.
• Support the full delivery lifecycle of client LegalTech projects, from initial requirements gathering and analysis through to configuration, testing, onboarding, and post-launch user enablement.
• Serve as the primary client engagement lawyer for new client products, managing client relationships, onboarding experiences, and ongoing engagement to maximise adoption and value.
• Work closely with clients to understand their workflows and tailor AI solutions to their specific needs and risk appetite.
• Design and deliver engaging AI training sessions and workshops for senior fee earners, including at firm retreats and practice group away-days.
• Develop and facilitate client-facing AI workshops, helping organisations explore use cases, refine processes, and build confidence in working with AI tools.
• Design workshop slides nuanced to specific clients / sectors and prepare tangible takeaways (prompting guides, workflow mapping etc).
• Act as a change agent within practice groups, helping teams identify new use cases and continuously improve how they deliver legal work.
• Contribute to the development of internal training materials, playbooks, pitch materials and best practice guidance.
• Help grow a culture of curiosity, experimentation, and continuous improvement within the team.

Skills

AI in legal workflows

Strong communication

Presentation

Stakeholder management

Education

Law degree or equivalent

Tools

Legora

Job description

Bird & Bird is seeking a senior practising lawyer to champion embedding AI into legal workflows within the LegalTech and AI Practice. You will bring deep legal expertise and bridge language between lawyers and technologists, shaping how we deliver value to clients through smarter, technology-enabled processes.

This non-fee-earning role offers flexible working, a competitive salary and benefits, and opportunities for professional development as the firm expands its AI-enabled offerings for