Director, Legal Technology
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Job Summary
The Director, Legal Technology is a forward-thinking, enterprise-oriented product leader responsible for leading the digital transformation of the legal function and supporting their collaboration with the enterprise. This product leader will serve as the strategic partner to their function, with full accountability for delivering modern, user-centric digital capabilities that streamline operations, enhance compliance, elevate employee and stakeholder experiences, and enable business agility.
This leader will oversee a portfolio of legal products and platforms, drive the modernization and integration of core systems while introducing innovative solutions that future-proof the company's corporate foundation.
Responsibilities
- Partner with legal leaders to co-create and deliver a unified digital strategy that accelerates their strategic, operational, and regulatory priorities
- Shape the long-term vision and roadmap for legal platforms
- Ensure technology investments align with broader enterprise architecture, data, and innovation strategies
- Be a champion and evangelist of the enterprise's AI First, Digital and Innovation strategy to the Legal team
- Own the end-to-end product lifecycle for a portfolio of legal applications and digital tools (Agiloft CLM, SFDC, ServiceNow, Onit, OneTrust) that support the Corporate Legal, Legal Operations, Contract Management, and Legal Compliance functions
- Build and lead a high-impact team responsible for designing, delivering, and optimizing capabilities that improve accuracy, compliance, efficiency, and experience
- Prioritize investments based on business value, strategic impact, and stakeholder input, ensuring cross-functional transparency and alignment
- Serve as the digital thought partner and liaison between legal leaders and the Digital & Innovation team, enabling cross-functional alignment on value streams and other strategic enterprise initiatives.
- Understand user needs across legal functions and geographies to ensure digital products drive measurable improvements in service delivery and operational effectiveness.
- Partner with legal leaders on change management and user adoption strategies to ensure successful implementation and business value realization
- Identify opportunities for automation, intelligent workflows, predictive analytics, and self-service capabilities to simplify processes and enhance decision-making
- Keep pace with emerging legal technologies and regulatory trends to ensure platforms remain compliant, modern, and resilient
- Build and coach the team to support business success
- Model and teach a product mindset
Leadership Characteristics of the Role
Is a transformational leader who excels at driving bold and meaningful change at scaleLeads with a global mindset, across cultures, in a highly matrixed, relationship and consensus-driven environmentCultivates Innovation Creates new and better ways for the organization to be successful. Fosters a climate where innovation can thrive. Encourages innovative risk taking and embraces failure as a part of innovationQualifications
Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Business Administration, or a related field; MBA or advanced degree a plus7+ years of experience in product management, digital transformation or technology leadership with at least 5 years in a leadership roleProven experience delivering digital solutions for mission-critical environments with high demands on uptime, security, and complianceFamiliarity with industry-leading legal technologies across operations, contract management, and complianceStrategic thinker with a customer-centric mindset and a passion for innovationDemonstrated ability to build trust, collaborate, and partner effectively with executive stakeholders, especially in complex, matrixed organizationsExcellent problem-solving ability to understand business stakeholder needs, drive prioritization, and deliver systemsAdept at inspiring behavior change through motivating teams, planning initiatives, designating priorities, and being decisive when faced with ambiguityAbility to provide thought leadership, think strategically, and effectively communicate vision and influence across the organizationAbility to be data-driven, decisive, execution-focused, and results-oriented to ensure strategy translates to outcomesProduct / engineering / business mindset with passion and experience in major transformations at a global scale across cultures, in a matrix-driven organizationExceptional leader who excels at driving bold and meaningful change at scale and across multiple dimensions with a heavy outcome-focused mindsetCultivates Innovation Fosters a climate where innovation can thrive and creates new and better ways for the areas to be successful. Encourages innovative risk taking and embraces failure as a part of innovation