Manager: Africa Legislation

RELX Group; Durban; On-site; ZAR 1,000,000 - 1,600,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working pattern

Country-specific benefits

Job summary

LexisNexis Legal & Professional in South Africa seeks a Manager of Africa Legislation to lead the editorial team responsible for SA legislation and content across Anglophone markets. You will drive quality, timeliness, and wake-the-digital strategy while embedding AI-first improvements in editorial operations.

The role reports to the Head of CEMEA Editorial Operations, requiring a law background and strong leadership, with a focus on scalable processes and client value delivery across multiple

Qualifications

• Law degree or equivalent legal publishing experience.
• Proven track record leading editorial teams and complex workflows.
• Experience embedding AI/automation into editorial processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead editorial operations for African legislation content across Anglophone markets.
• Drive online-first content strategy while balancing print schedules and revenue goals.
• Manage capacity, priorities and stakeholder expectations with data-driven reporting.
• Foster a high-performing team with coaching, development and succession planning.

Skills

Editorial leadership

Stakeholder engagement

AI adoption & automation

Editorial operations

Team coaching & development

Content quality & timeliness

Education

Law degree (JD or equivalent)

Tools

Legislation content systems

Digital publishing platforms

AI-driven tooling & analytics

Job description

Are you passionate about shaping the future of legal and regulatory content across Africa while leading high-performing teams through innovation and transformation?Do you thrive in a role where you can combine editorial excellence, stakeholder partnership, and AI-driven operational improvement to deliver meaningful customer impact?About our TeamLexisNexis Legal & Professional, which serves customers in more than 150 countries with 11,800 employees worldwide, is part of RELX (http://www.relx.com), a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers. Our company has been a long-time leader in deploying AI and advanced technologies to the legal market to improve productivity and transform the overall business and practice of law, deploying ethical and powerful generative AI solutions with a flexible, multi-model approach that prioritizes using the best model from today’s top model creators for each individual legal use case. The company employs over 2,000 technologists, data scientists, and experts to develop, test, and validate solutions in line with RELX Responsible AI Principles (https://stories.relx.com/responsible-ai-principles/index.html).About the RoleBased in South Africa and reporting to the Head of CEMEA Editorial Operations, the Manager of Africa Legislation will lead a team responsible for South African legislation and legislation content across Anglophone African markets. This role drives editorial delivery, operational excellence, stakeholder engagement, and content expansion while ensuring high standards of quality, timeliness, and customer value. The position also plays a key role in embedding AI-first ways of working and continuous improvement across editorial operations.ResponsibilitiesMarket priorities and portfolio deliverySet priorities across South Africa and 12 Anglophone African markets, balancing content maintenance, expansion, customer needs and capacity; translate business and global strategies into delivery plans with clear owners, milestones and outcomes.Quality and Turnaround Times:Own content accuracy, completeness, currency and timeliness across assigned jurisdictions; monitor quality, TATs and backlogs, resolve bottlenecks and implement improvements that accelerate delivery while maintaining editorial standards.Bespoke customer requests and stakeholder relationshipsMaintain key relationships across Africa and coordinate bespoke legislation requests from scoping to delivery, agreeing requirements, capacity and deadlines with business partners and keeping stakeholders informed of progress and risks.Print and Online Strategy:Drive an online-first approach to accelerate digital content readiness while maintaining print schedules aligned with business priorities and revenue goals.Operational Leadership:Lead daily editorial operations, allocating team and contractor resources, managing schedules and resolving capacity risks to deliver agreed priorities.Lead cross-functional improvements and adopt AI, automation and technology solutions that improve productivity, scalability and customer experience.Talent Development:Build a high-performing team through clear objectives, regular coaching and feedback, structured development and succession planning, strengthening accountability for quality and delivery.Stakeholder EngagementPartner with Content Managers, Quality Leads and cross-functional colleagues to align delivery; provide senior leadership with clear, data-led reporting and recommendations on performance, risks, opportunities and decisions required.RequirementsLaw degree (JD or equivalent) essential; practice experience highly desirable.Minimum 5 years’ experience in legal publishing, editorial operations, or legislative content management.Proven ability to lead teams and manage complex editorial workflows in a matrixed environment.Experience embedding AI and automation into editorial processes.Familiarity with legislative content systems and digital publishing platforms.Strong financial acumen and ability to manage budgets and resource allocation.Work in a Way That Works for YouWe promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous well-being initiatives, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.Working PatternWorking flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive.About the BusinessLexisNexis Legal & Professional provides legal, regulatory, and business information and analytics that help customers increase their productivity, improve decision-making, achieve better outcomes, and advance the rule of law around the world. As a digital pioneer, the company was the first to bring legal and business information online with its Lexis and Nexis services.We know your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career. We are delighted to offer country specific benefits. Click here to access benefits specific to your location.We are committed to providing a fair and accessible hiring process. 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