Head of North America Legislation

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** Key Responsibilities
**** Strategic Leadership
** Set and communicate the regional editorial vision for North America Legislation, ensuring alignment with GEO and the Global Head of Legislation’s strategic agenda

Lead strategic planning for statutory and regulatory content, anticipating market trends and shaping future coverage and capabilities

Represent GEO Legislation in North America with senior commercial stakeholders and participate in customer-facing engagements to inform strategy and strengthen market relevance

Champion an online-first, AI-enabled operating model that positions the region at the forefront of editorial excellence
** Content Strategy and Quality
** Provide strategic oversight of content development to ensure comprehensive, authoritative, and trusted coverage across all jurisdictions in North America and Canada Define and maintain high-level quality, coverage, and performance expectations, ensuring the region meets enterprise standards and supports product growth

Strengthen visibility of regional performance against key editorial metrics, using insights to guide long-term improvements
** Operational Excellence and Innovation
** Drive the adoption of next-generation AI-driven editorial workflows, accelerating efficiency and enabling consistent, scalable processes across regions

Lead strategic initiatives to modernize content operations, prioritizing automation, AI-driven enhancements, and harmonization across the portfolio

Cultivate a culture of continuous improvement, ensuring teams proactively identify opportunities to enhance quality and turnaround

Collaborate internationally across Legislation and GEO content verticals to foster the exchange of best practices, driving strategic alignment and advancing global excellence
** People Leadership and Talent Development
** Provide strategic leadership to managers and senior contributors, ensuring organizational clarity, capability development, and strong leadership pipelines

Build an inclusive, high-performing culture that promotes accountability, collaboration, and innovation

Strengthen succession planning and career pathways to ensure the region maintains deep subject-matter and leadership expertise

Inspire and motivate your team to pursue excellence, encouraging individuals to take initiative and continuously seek opportunities for personal and collective improvement
** Enterprise Partnership and Influence
** Guide editorial perspectives within enterprise-wide programs, ensuring legislation strategy is embedded in transformation and growth initiatives

Collaborate closely with Product, Technology, and Commercial teams to align content strategy with customer outcomes, market expectations, and product innovation

Influence global decision-making by bringing forward regional insights, operational opportunities, and future market needs
** AI Leadership
** Act as a strategic champion for AI-first editorial transformation, promoting advanced generative and agentic capabilities across regional operations

Shape the long-term roadmap for AI adoption in legislation workflows in partnership with Technology and Product leadership

Ensure content structures, metadata, and editorial outputs are designed to power emerging AI-driven experiences, including Lexis+AI and future platforms

Monitor AI adoption metrics, identify and implement strategies to improve individual use of AI in day-to-day work, and report progress against GEO’s vision on AI-optimized workflows
** Required Qualifications
** Law degree (JD or equivalent) essential; legal practice experience highly desirable

Proven leadership in legal publishing or editorial operations, with strong knowledge of North American and Canadian legal systems

Demonstrated ability to manage multi-region teams and complex editorial workflows

AI Fluency:
Advanced understanding of AI technologies, LLMs, and agentic content platforms; proven experience embedding AI into editorial processes

Strong track record in people management and talent development
** Skills and Competencies
** Deep understanding of statutory and regulatory frameworks across North America and Canada Strategic thinker able to translate vision into long-term…