Senior Legal Content Developer - EHS, GRC

Ideagen; Shah Alam; Hybrid; MYR 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A global software solutions company is seeking a Senior Legal Content Developer to produce environmental, health, and safety (EHS) regulatory content for compliance tracking. This hybrid role involves monitoring global legislation, translating complex legal texts into clear summaries, and leading AI integration in workflows. The ideal candidate holds a law degree and has 2-5 years of experience in compliance or legal content. Exceptional research and analytical skills are required, along with proficiency in tools like Microsoft Office and JIRA.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Supportive work-life balance

Qualifications

• 2–5 years of relevant experience in compliance content, legal research, or similar fields.
• Ability to translate complex legal/regulatory material into clear language.
• Proven experience with AI tools for content development.

Responsibilities

• Own assigned regulatory content segments, ensuring full coverage of EHS legislation.
• Monitor and research global legislative changes.
• Create and maintain accurate written content for customer compliance.
• Develop and update compliance checklists consolidating obligations.
• Translate complex legal material into plain English.
• Leverage legal and analytical skills to interpret legislation.
• Lead AI integration in workflows and support junior team members.

Skills

Research skills

Drafting and proofreading skills

Analytical thinking

Organizational abilities

Tech-savvy

English proficiency

Education

Law degree (LLB or equivalent)

Tools

Microsoft Office

JIRA

Confluence

Job description

Senior Legal Content Developer - EHS, GRC

Working Pattern - Hybrid (three days per week in office)

Benefits - Benefits at Ideagen

Salary - this will be discussed at the next stage of the process, if you do have any questions please feel free to reach out!

The Senior Content Developer supports the Compliance Content Operations team by producing accurate, timely, and informative environmental, health, and safety (EHS) regulatory content for software solutions that enable global compliance tracking.

This senior role involves taking responsibility for assigned content segments, researching legislative changes across 70+ international jurisdictions, translating complex legal and regulatory content into plain English summaries and compliance checklists, and championing the use of artificial intelligence tools while providing quality oversight and mentorship to junior team members.

Responsibilities

• Own assigned regulatory content segments, ensuring full coverage of environmental, health, and safety (EHS) legislation.
• Monitor and research global legislative changes, maintain workflow trackers, and oversee the content pipeline.
• Create and maintain accurate written content by summarizing EHS laws per internal standards for customer compliance.
• Develop and update compliance checklists consolidating obligations for specific regulatory areas (e.g., accident reporting, emissions, waste).
• Translate complex legal and technical material into plain English, ensuring clarity, precision, and completeness.
• Leverage advanced legal and analytical skills to interpret legislation, extract key obligations, and make strategic content decisions.
• Lead AI integration in workflows, including prompt development, training associates, evaluating performance, and setting quality benchmarks.
• Ensure quality and consistency through content reviews, mentoring junior team members, managing queries, and supporting team operations.

Skills and Experience

• Law degree (LLB or equivalent) is mandatory, with 2–5 years of relevant experience in compliance content, legal research, EHS, GRC, journalism, auditing, or similar fields.
• Exceptional research, drafting, reviewing, and proofreading skills, with strong attention to detail and accuracy.
• High-level English proficiency in written and verbal communication, plus ability to translate complex legal/regulatory material into clear language.
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills, including comprehension of complex legislation and regulatory frameworks; knowledge of legal terminology is preferred.
• Excellent organizational and multitasking abilities, capable of managing multiple jurisdictions and deadlines independently or collaboratively across global teams.
• Tech-savvy, with proficiency in tools like Microsoft Office, JIRA, Confluence, and ability to quickly learn new systems.
• Proven experience with AI tools for content development, including optimizing workflows, training others, and applying best practices.
• Preferred experience in mentoring junior team members, and ability to thrive in an agile, fast-paced environment.

About Ideagen

Ideagen is the invisible force behind many things we rely on every day - from keeping airplanes soaring in the sky, to ensuring the food on our tables is safe, to helping doctors and nurses care for the sick. So, when you think of Ideagen, think of it as the silent teammate that's always working behind the scenes to help those people who make our lives safer and better.

Everyday millions of people are kept safe using Ideagen software. We have offices all over the world including America, Australia, Malaysia and India with people doing lots of different and exciting jobs.

We're building a future-ready team, and AI is part of how we work smarter. If you're curious, adaptable and open to using AI to improve how you work, you'll thrive at Ideagen!

What is next?

If your application meets the requirements for this role, our Talent Acquisition team will be in touch to guide you through the next steps.

To ensure a flexible and inclusive process, please let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments by contacting us at ***********@ideagen.com. All matters will be treated with strict confidence.

At Ideagen, we value the importance of work-life balance and welcome candidates seeking flexible working arrangements. If this is something you are interested in, please let us know during the application process.

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