Senior Lead, AI Enablement Lawyers

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Job Description

Position: Senior Lead AI Enablement for Lawyers (London)

Department: Legal Technology & Enablement

Based at: 110 Fetter Lane London EC4A 1AY

Reports to: Senior Manager AI Acceleration & Lawyer Enablement

Overview

Reporting to the Senior Manager AI Acceleration & Lawyer Enablement based in the London office the person in this role will be a senior leader within a newly formed high-visibility department within the Legal Technology & Enablement team. This is a role for someone energised by legal innovation and passionate about transforming how lawyers work not merely deploying tools but driving genuine lasting adoption for the London office.

Based in London you will act as the on-the-ground lead for AI enablement in the region. You will be working closely with the Senior Manager AI Acceleration & Lawyer Enablement and the Senior Director Technology Strategy & Enablement while operating with a high degree of autonomy.

You will own key stakeholder relationships across your region motivating and aligning counsel associates and practice managers around the firms technology strategy. Although this role allows for remote working you will be expected to attend the London office and to travel to other offices in Europe as required.

Primary Objectives

In partnership with the Senior Manager and the broader AI Enablement team you will advance the firms core objectives for the London office:

• Lead the delivery of a global lawyer-facing AI Enablement programme.

• Provide lawyers in your region with the foundational skills needed to practise law responsibly with AI and other legal technology tools to complete day-to-day tasks more efficiently and to innovate new ways of working.

• Drive measurable incorporation of AI and legal technology into the practice of law by leading change management programmes that move lawyers from awareness to confident habitual use.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (LASER Professional Development Training) to align on and accelerate technology adoption objectives across your region.

• Act as the primary point of contact and escalation for AI enablement matters ensuring the regions leadership has clear visibility of their offices progress and risks.

• Track and interpret adoption analytics across the lawyer cohort to measure the effectiveness of enablement activity and direct effort where it is most needed.

Main Responsibilities (not exhaustive)

AI Enablement & Literacy

• Lead the enablement and change management strategy for lawyer-facing AI and legal technology tools.

• Design and execute AI and legal technology enablement programmes that teach lawyers to leverage AI and legal technology in every layer of legal and client delivery from document review drafting and legal research to case management and due diligence.

• Design and deliver training curricula AI academies and adoption campaigns such as hackathons workshops and vendor deep dives tailored to the needs of the London practice groups.

• Build and maintain a ready set of session outlines curriculum and worked examples for each tool contributing them to the teams central library so colleagues in other offices can adapt them.

Change Management

• Own the lawyer-facing change management discipline for AI and legal technology rollouts for the London office anticipating resistance and proactively identifying and resolving difficult dynamics within implementation.

• Develop change strategies communications plans and reinforcement mechanisms that account for the distinct needs of lawyers.

• Lead the development of change management communications and resources such as information portals newsletters user guides FAQs and video guides.

• Champion a culture of curiosity and continuous learning ensuring enablement resources meet lawyers where they are and scale with the firm.

• Contribute to AI partnering and experimentation with practice groups helping position the firm as a forward-looking innovator.

Regional Leadership & Collaboration

• Operate as a self-starter exercising…