Lead Knowledge Lawyer - Family

Are you ready to shape the future of Family law content and strategy within a leading global information business?

Do you enjoy leading high-performing teams and delivering innovative, customer-focused legal solutions?

About our Team
LexisNexis Legal & Professional, which serves customers in more than 150 countries with 11,800 employees worldwide, is part of RELX (RELX - Information-based analytics and decision tools), 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 Role
As Lead Knowledge Lawyer – Family, you will define and deliver the UK Family Practice Area strategy, aligning it with broader business and product objectives. You will lead a team of Knowledge Lawyers, shaping innovative, high-quality legal content and driving customer engagement and commercial success across Lexis+ and Lexis+ Protégé.

Responsibilities

• Define and deliver the UK Family Practice Area strategy aligned to business objectives

• Lead, develop, and inspire a high-performing team of Knowledge Lawyers

• Ensure practical guidance content is market-leading, high quality, innovative, and differentiated from competitors

• Create, maintain, and develop Family law content, including practice notes, precedents, checklists, and flowcharts

• Contribute to current awareness services through legal updates, case analysis, and commentary

• Drive customer engagement and usage of Lexis+ and Lexis+ Protégé practical guidance content

• Collaborate with Product, Sales, Marketing, and other Practice Area Leads to identify growth opportunities and support go-to-market strategies

• Leverage AI, analytics, and legal technology to enhance products and deliver customer value

Requirements

• Qualified lawyer with substantial post-qualification experience in Family law in England and Wales

• Strong technical expertise and practical legal experience

• Proven leadership and people management experience with a track record of developing teams

• Strong strategic planning, stakeholder management, and business development skills

• Commercial awareness, including experience with budgeting and financial management

• Excellent communication, presentation, networking, and relationship-building skills

• Experience working with legal technology, digital tools, AI, and analytics

• Analytical, highly organised, and able to explain complex legal concepts clearly

Work in a Way That Works for You
We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.

About the Business
LexisNexis 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

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