Legal AI Innovation Lead

Innovation Manager - Corporate & Commercial Services - Bristol - 3+ Years PQE
Location:
Bristol
Type of Role:
Permanent, Full-time (hybrid working available)
Salary: £60,000 to £80,000 (depending on experience)

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Innovation Manager to join the Corporate & Commercial Services Division, driving outcomes focused innovation and supporting the next phase of the organisation's innovation and AI strategy. This newly created role will suit a legally qualified professional with strong technical expertise, a process driven mindset, and the confidence to challenge traditional ways of working.

Following significant investment in firmwide innovation foundations, this role will play a key part in shaping new service offerings, embedding technology solutions, and accelerating the adoption of AI tools across the Division.

The Role
You'll be responsible for delivering innovation initiatives across the Division, including:

• Managing and coordinating Divisional Innovation Champions, Working Groups, and Change Agent networks
• Evaluating new ideas and opportunities, undertaking root cause analysis and detailed requirements gathering
• Leading the end to end delivery of approved innovation projects, ensuring clear scope, momentum, and measurable outcomes
• Monitoring progress and reporting on innovation metrics, including adoption, ROI, and case study development
• Collaborating with Knowledge Management, Central Innovation, and Legal Engineering teams to support best practice design and implementation
• Working closely with the Head of Legal AI to drive adoption of GenAI tools, prompting templates, workflow design, and agentic solutions
• Partnering with IT and other business support teams to align processes, share insights, and support cross functional innovation

Candidate Requirements
This role is suited to a legally qualified professional with:

• Minimum 3 years PQE in a relevant area of legal practice (private practice or in house)
• A proven track record of implementing innovation or continuous improvement initiatives
• Strong understanding of Generative AI capabilities and practical experience applying them
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills

Personal Attributes

• Proactive, results driven, and comfortable managing change
• Highly collaborative with strong interpersonal skills
• Detail oriented with excellent organisational abilities
• Adaptable and confident working in an evolving environment

Benefits
The organisation offers:

• A comprehensive and flexible benefits package
• Hybrid working arrangements
• A supportive, inclusive, and collaborative culture
• Opportunities to shape innovation strategy and drive meaningful change

How to Apply

If this opportunity sounds of interest, or you'd like a confidential discussion about your next career move, please contact:

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The organisation is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all qualified candidates. Adjustments to the recruitment process can be made to support individual needs.

* At Chadwick Nott, we are committed to developing a diverse and inclusive culture as well as supporting our large client network achieve the same. We are an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications of all qualified candidates regardless of their age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, disability, culture or anything other personal characteristic. We champion and celebrate diversity in the workplace.

Where a level of experience is indicated, please note that this is only a guideline.*