Practice Area Lead

LexisNexis Risk Solutions; Malaysia; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

LexisNexis Risk Solutions in Malaysia is seeking a Practice Area Lead to drive content strategy and portfolio development. The role oversees author management, content acquisition, and collaboration with editorial teams to ensure accuracy, currency and relevance.

The successful candidate will manage author relationships, commissioning and succession planning, while coordinating with product and sales teams to align content with roadmaps and customer needs.

Qualifications

• Tertiary education in law preferred.
• Strong MS Office skills, legal research ability, and tech-savvy.
• Business and commercial acumen advantageous.
• Experience with publishing workflow from idea to delivery.
• Commissioning or commercial management experience advantageous.
• Understanding of legal professionals and legal practice.
• Excellent communication and relationship management.
• Experience in project management and tight deadlines.
• Strong organization and time management.

Responsibilities

• Commission new authors and content relevant to the practice area.
• Decommission authors and plan succession.
• Ensure timely delivery of content from authors.
• Provide data for product development and strategy.
• Assist product managers with reviews and reports.
• Edit manuscripts for accuracy and relevance.
• Collaborate with teams and customers to implement process improvements.
• Build relationships with colleagues and customers to execute roadmaps.

Skills

MS Office

Legal research

Commercial acumen

Publishing workflow

Commissioning

Project management

Communication

Time management

Problem solving

Relationship management

Education

Law degree

Tools

MS Office

Job description

About the Role

The Practice Area Lead is responsible for content strategy, roadmap and subject matter expertise relating to the Practice Area designation of their portfolio, including content acquisition and content development, author management, content and product strategy.

PAL will contribute to development of practice areas through in-house generated content and externally commissioned materials, and then ensure content is maintained for currency, accuracy and relevance in a timely manner.

The PAL drives ongoing content development and contributes findings of customer research at all stages, the customer perspective being the driving force behind all value-added business activities.

The PAL owns the relationship with authors and contributors for the products within their portfolio, and is responsible for ensuring the timely delivery of content from the author.

The PAL commissions new authors, decommission existing authors and establishing firm succession plans for authors nearing retirement.

Close interaction with editorial and in-house writing staff and operations personnel is required to carry out all aspects of the role effectively.

Responsibilities

Commissioning

• Obtaining new authors and content relevant to practice area
• Decommissioning authors
• Author succession planning
• Acquisition of content from existing authors
• Timely delivery of content is a key deliverable for this role

Product Management

• Providing clear information and data gathered from portfolio to assist in product development and strategy
• Assist Practice Area Manager and Product Managers in preparing product reviews and reports

Teamwork

• Assist other team members as required to edit manuscript for content and organisation, to ensure accuracy, currency, relevance, conformance, accessibility and timeliness, performing original research as required
• Work with team, colleagues and customers to develop and implement continuous process improvements and achieve best practice

Communication

• Build effective relationships with colleagues, customers (internal and external) and management to ensure efficient execution of tasks and roadmaps
• Relationship Support the sales and marketing teams with information relating to content within the product catalogue
• Manage relationships with existing authors
• Timely delivery of content from external stakeholders is a key deliverable for this role

Qualifications

• Tertiary Education Qualification required (Law preferred)
• Advanced skills in MS Office suite, general legal research skills, and has good grasp of technology
• Sound business and commercial acumen is advantageous
• Working knowledge of publishing workflow from idea conception through to receipt by customer
• Commissioning or commercial management experience would be advantageous
• Understanding of the general conditions of the legal professionals, legal academia and legal practice is important
• Superior communication and relationship management skills
• Experience in project management and an ability to work to tight deadlines
• Strong organization, time management and problem-solving skills

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