VP, Legal Engineering Product Management

Goldman Sachs; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Goldman Sachs seeks a VP in Non-Financial Risk & Controls Engineering Product Management to shape product strategy and drive execution across Legal Engineering platforms. You will partner with Legal and Engineering teams to translate business objectives into scalable technology solutions and lead governance of strategic initiatives.

You will define roadmaps, manage priorities, and deliver outcomes that improve efficiency, risk controls, and regulatory compliance across global functions.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in a relevant field required.
• 10+ years of experience in product management, program management, strategy, transformation, risk management, or technology delivery.
• Experience supporting Legal, Compliance, Risk, Regulatory, or Corporate Governance organizations.
• Experience working with Legal technology platforms, legal matter management platforms, entity management solutions, litigation support tools, or contract management applications.
• Experience modernizing legacy legal platforms or implementing workflow automation and AI-enabled solutions within Legal organizations.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute product strategy, roadmap, and prioritization across a portfolio of Legal Engineering applications.
• Partner with Legal stakeholders and Engineering leads to understand business priorities and identify opportunities for technology-enabled improvement.
• Drive all phases of the product lifecycle, including user research, current-state assessment, requirements definition, solution design, launch planning, adoption, and post-launch monitoring.
• Rationalize business and user requirements across multiple Legal applications, workflows, and stakeholder groups.
• Develop expertise in Legal processes including legal operations, litigation support, legal entity management, contract management, document management, and legal intake workflows.
• Challenge and shape business requirements and product design decisions to ensure solutions are scalable, sustainable, and aligned to strategic objectives.
• Drive prioritization, dependency management, trade-off discussions, and executive decision-making across competing initiatives.
• Partner closely with Engineering teams to ensure business requirements are translated into clear and actionable technical outcomes.
• Analyze user feedback, operational metrics, and business outcomes to continuously improve products and user experience.
• Maintain visibility across the Legal Engineering portfolio to identify opportunities for simplification, convergence, automation, and AI-enabled capabilities.
• Develop executive communications, product updates, business cases, and roadmap presentations for senior stakeholders.
• Represent product strategy and delivery progress in governance forums and stakeholder meetings.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Risk & regulatory understanding

Legal domain knowledge

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Technology, Risk Management, or related field

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Word

Backlog tools

Data analysis tools

Product documentation platforms

Job description

Goldman Sachs seeks a VP in Non-Financial Risk & Controls Engineering Product Management to shape product strategy and drive execution across Legal Engineering platforms. You will partner with Legal and Engineering teams to translate business objectives into scalable technology solutions and lead governance of strategic initiatives.

You will define roadmaps, manage priorities, and deliver outcomes that improve efficiency, risk controls, and regulatory compliance across global functions.