Practical Law Content Design & Development Senior Specialist

We are seeking a seasoned professional to join our team as a key player in advancing Practical Law Editorial tools and strategies. This role is pivotal in bridging the gap between Editorial and cross-functional teams, driving innovation and enhancement of editorial tools. The ideal candidate will have extensive legal knowledge, strategic content expertise, and strong leadership skills. You will lead efforts in workflow optimization, technology integration, and strategic relationship building to enhance content lifecycle management. With a focus on leveraging emerging technologies and cross-group collaboration, this position offers a unique opportunity to influence the future of Practical Law content and its applications.

About the role:

• Support Practical Law Editorial tools strategy by acting as a liaison between Editorial and our Product Management and Technology teams to help drive the development and/or enhancement of existing Editorial tools.
• Act as a domain expert providing knowledge and resources around Practical Law Editorial workflows and tools in support of PM requirements and tool development.
• Partner with CD&D Specialists supporting Practical Law operations analysis and improvement, data analytics and reporting, and overall process improvement efforts.

About you:

Content Expertise:

• Exhibit comprehensive expertise in Practical Law content, its strategic applications, and advanced capabilities.
• Cultivate a sophisticated understanding of how diverse customers, business units, and solutions/applications leverage Practical Law content for competitive advantage.
• Master the tools and systems related to Practical Law content lifecycle management, from ingestion to multi-platform release.
• Identify and capitalize on opportunities for cross-group content and tool integration by leveraging knowledge of adjacent content types.
• Perform Editorial content creation of key Practical Law content sets leveraging legal knowledge and legal writing and analysis skills.

Leadership /Technology Knowledge and Skills:

• Facilitate high-level communication across multiple Editorial teams and organizations, including stakeholders with varying technical proficiency, to achieve strategic alignment.
• Translate complex Practical Law editorial and product needs to Product Management, operations, technology partners, and other key stakeholders.
• Proactively explore emerging technologies and tools, assessing their strategic impact on Practical Law content and its applications.
• Contribute ideas and participate in discussions to support system enhancements and workflow changes.

Advanced Individual and Leadership Skills:

• Exhibit exceptional attention to detail with a strategic aptitude for in-depth analysis.
• Operate independently and collaboratively across a complex matrixed organization to achieve strategic objectives.
• Cultivate and maintain strategic relationships across organizations to advance business goals.
• Lead and prioritize multiple projects simultaneously, adapting to changing priorities.

Education and Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Legal degree required; advanced certifications in content or product management preferred.
• Minimum of 7 years of progressive experience in content management, product management, or a related strategic field.
• Some travel may be required.

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What's in it For You?

You will join our inclusive culture of world-class talent, where we are committed to your personal and professional growth through:

• Hybrid Work Model: We’ve adopted a flexible hybrid working environment (2-3 days a week in the office depending on the role) for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected

  
  

• Wellbeing: Comprehensive benefit plans; flexible and supportive benefits for work-life balance: flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days Off; work from another location for up to a total of 8 weeks in a year, 4 of those weeks can be out of the country and the remaining in the country, Headspace app subscription; retirement, savings, tuition reimbursement, and employee incentive programs; resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.

  
  

• Culture: Globally recognized and award-winning reputation for equality, diversity and inclusion, flexibility, work-life balance, and more.

  
  

• Learning & Development: LinkedIn Learning access; internal Talent Marketplace with opportunities to work on projects cross-company; Ten Thousand Coffees Thomson Reuters café networking.

  
  

• Social Impact: Ten employee-driven Business Resource Groups; two paid volunteer days annually; Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) initiatives for local and global impact.

  
  

• Purpose Driven Work: We have a superpower that we’ve never talked about with as much pride as we should – we are one of the only companies on the planet that helps its customers pursue justice, truth and transparency. Together, with the professionals and institutions we serve, we help uphold the rule of law, turn the wheels of commerce, catch bad actors, report the facts, and provide trusted, unbiased information to people all over the world.

  
  

Do you want to be part of a team helping re-invent the way knowledge professionals work? How about a team that works every day to create a more transparent, just and inclusive future? At Thomson Reuters, we’ve been doing just that for almost 160 years. Our industry-leading products and services include highly specialized information-enabled software and tools for legal, tax, accounting and compliance professionals combined with the world’s most global news services – Reuters. We help these professionals do their jobs better, creating more time for them to focus on the things that matter most: advising, advocating, negotiating, governing and informing.

We are powered by the talents of 26,000 employees across more than 70 countries, where everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments that celebrate diversity and inclusion. At a time when objectivity, accuracy, fairness and transparency are under attack, we consider it our duty to pursue them. Sound exciting? Join us and help shape the industries that move society forward. 

Accessibility 

As a global business, we rely on diversity of culture and thought to deliver on our goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under applicable law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer providing a drug-free workplace.

We also make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs in accordance with applicable law.

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