Product Management Lead

Department/Division: Innovation
Duration: Permanent
Location: UK
Reports to: Innovation Lead
Direct Reports: Yes
Type of Role: Hybrid 

Reference no: 6144

The Role

At Dentons UKIME, we're pioneering the integration of new technologies to transform legal services. Our focus is on developing innovative solutions that enhance our client-facing products and support our Legal Data Strategy. We're seeking a Product Management Lead with a passion for technology, a deep understanding of legal processes, and a vision to drive product development. 

Required experience, skills, and attributes

• Product Vision and Strategy: Develop and refine the product strategy for AI-driven and client-facing legal products, aligned with the firm’s Legal Data Strategy. Establish clear goals and roadmaps for product development and innovation.
• Market Analysis: Conduct thorough market research to identify client needs, industry trends, and competitive landscapes. Leverage insights to inform product development and positioning strategies.
• Cross-functional Leadership: Collaborate with legal professionals, data scientists, engineers, and the Clients and Markets team to ensure product visions are realised. Act as a bridge between technical and non-technical stakeholders, facilitating clear communication and alignment.
• Product Development: Lead the product development lifecycle from conception through launch. Define product requirements, prioritise features, and oversee the development process to ensure products meet client needs and business objectives.
• User Experience: Champion an exceptional user experience for all products, ensuring they are intuitive, accessible, and provide tangible value to end users both internally and externally.
• Performance Monitoring: Establish and monitor key performance indicators for each product. Use data-driven insights to inform product roadmaps, for the continuous improvement of product offerings and to measure uptake and ROI. 
• Stakeholder Engagement: Engage with clients, legal professionals, and industry experts to gather feedback and foster relationships that support product development, ensuring alignment of projects to the UKIME Innovation strategy.

Experience and Qualifications:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Business, Law, Computer Science, or related field.
• Proven experience in product management, ideally within the legal, technology or professional services.
• Strong understanding of AI technologies (and their application in legal contexts desirable) 
• Strong interest in Generative AI capabilities (and their application in legal contexts desirable)
• Familiarity with the legal industry and its unique challenges is highly desirable.
• Experience of supervising and coaching Product Managers and Solution Engineers desirable.
• Exceptional analytical, strategic thinking, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and leadership abilities, with a track record of managing cross-functional teams.
• Advanced project management skills with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and work collaboratively across teams.
• Proven analytical and problem-solving ability with attention to detail.
• Advanced communication and interpersonal skills, capable of explaining complex, technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience of managing product development in Jira, Slack, Monday.com, Trello or equivalent.
• Familiarity with legal processes and data management principles is highly desirable.
• Agile/Scrum certification or experience desirable.
   

Firm Profile

Across over 80 countries, Dentons helps you grow, protect, operate and finance your organization by providing uniquely global and deeply local legal solutions. Polycentric, purpose-driven and committed to inclusion, diversity, equity and sustainability, we focus on what matters most to you. www.dentons.com

Diversity & Inclusion

Essential to our success as a global law firm is our ability to attract and retain the best talent from a diverse range of backgrounds. We want a work environment where everyone can reach their potential and we have an inclusive culture which respects individual differences. We undertake and support a number of internal and external initiatives aimed at increasing diversity within the profession and we encourage all our partners and staff to get involved. We welcome you to learn more about diversity and inclusion at Dentons.

Equal Opportunities

Dentons is committed to providing equal opportunities for all. We welcome applications from candidates with disabilities and support those in the workplace who have a disability. Any disability disclosure will be dealt with confidentially and sensitively and if you want to speak directly to a member of our team, please email  recruitment.matters@dentons.com.

NO AGENCIES PLEASE 

If you are interested in applying for this position, we welcome direct applications via our careers page, but if you have any questions beforehand please email recruitment.matters@dentons.com – Enquiries only please, applications will not be accepted via email. 

Please note that we will not accept unsolicited CV's sent to the business, nor will we accept any associated terms of business.