Innovation Solutions Architect

Building on our continued success, our innovative and growing Osborne Clarke Solutions (OCS) team is looking for an Innovation Solutions Architect, known internally as a Solutions Manager, to join us in Bristol or London.

This role will have a primary focus on exploring andpiloting the use of AI technologies, data integrations, orchestration layersand emerging platforms to enhance the delivery of legal services, working closely with ITS, Change, and Risk & Compliance teams to pursue better waysof working. The role carries a strong R&D focus, collaborating with OCS andITS leads to identify, evaluate and implement new AI tools, data integration solutions (including Boomi and MCPs), and to explore how platforms such as Power Appsand CoPilot can be leveraged within our existing technology stack.

We currently operate a hybrid working model, enabling us tobenefit from both home and office working.

Osborne Clarke's Solutions team plays a crucial role inhelping clients explore exactly how they would like legal and related services to be delivered to maximise the value to their businesses. The team is clientled, developing new products and services to deliver existing services better,and to deliver entirely new services to meet growing client needs. The team operates out of the UK and Europe, with teams of ex-lawyers, and technologistsacross locations.

Our Solutions programme has two key goals. First, to makesure we're responding to client demands for greater value, efficiency andcertainty from their lawyers, whilst maintaining the highest quality. Secondly,in helping us bring innovative ideas to the delivery of our, or our clients',current and new, services. A significant and growing part of this innovationinvolves researching, piloting and integrating AI technologies to transform howwe deliver legal services across the firm.

We want to ensure our lawyers have the best products and resources needed to provide the best possible service to our clients.

Spearhead initiatives toexplore, pilot and integrate existing and new AI technologies within the firm,working in close collaboration with ITS, Change, and Risk & Compliance teams. Beyond AI, the role will focus on exploring data integrationopportunities using platforms such as Boomi, investigating the potential of Model Context Protocols (MCPs) and orchestration layers, and developing abroader awareness of how tools such as Power Apps and CoPilot can be leveragedinto our existing platforms including HighQ, Legora and Contract Express.

Engage with stakeholders across these functions to identify and understand business needs and use cases for AI, data integrations, orchestration layers and platform enhancements in legal service delivery. Research, evaluate and pilotnew tools and initiatives to pursue better ways of working, enhance service delivery and improve operational efficiency. This involves staying abreast ofthe latest advancements in AI and adjacent technologies, conducting thorough research and proof-of-concept exercises, and fostering a culture of innovation and experimentation.

Working alongside OCS and ITS leads, you will help guidethe firm through the transformative potential of these technologies, ensuring that solutions are not only cutting-edge but also practical, scalable andimpactful.

Regular engagement and interaction with, and demonstrations to, OC colleagues regarding the solutions available through OC Solutions; supporting the production of case studies andother marketing material and speaking at relevant events and conferences.

• AI, Data & Platform Innovation:
  Working with OCS and ITSleads, research, evaluate and pilot new AI tools, data integration solutions(including Boomi and MCPs), orchestration layers, and platform capabilities(including Power Apps and CoPilot) to explore how these technologies can enhance the delivery of legal services and integrate with existing tools such as HighQ,Legora and Contract Express. Collaborate with ITS, Change, and Risk & Compliance teams to identify use cases, run proof-of-concept pilots, and drive adoption of successful solutions across the firm.
• Champion cross-functional piloting initiatives, coordinating with ITS, Change, and Risk & Compliance stakeholders to test and iterate onnew AI-driven ways of working, data integration approaches and platformenhancements, and to build the business case for wider rollout.
• Oversee and manage the…