Legal AI Academic Client Solutions Manager

About the Role

1 Year FTC

• Own and drive the adoption of Thomson Reuters AI products among law students, trainees and early‑career lawyers through faculties and course leaders/designers
• Build strong, scalable relationships with law schools, professional training providers, and student bodies to embed AI tools into learning and assessment
• Create a pipeline of "AI‑native" future lawyers who will advocate for and demand these tools in practice

• Identify, prioritise, and secure partnerships with priority law schools, bar/vocational training providers, and leading student societies
• Negotiate and manage pilot programmes, institutional licenses, and curriculum integrations
• Maintain a map of key decision‑makers (deans, programme directors, careers offices, student org leaders) and own those relationships.

• Design and execute campaigns to drive active usage among students (events, workshops, competitions, bootcamps, clinics). This might include developing and running ambassador or "AI champion" programmes in target institutions.
• Set and track student adoption and engagement targets (sign‑ups, MAUs, depth of usage).

• Work with the Training team and other internal experts to create training content tailored to students and early‑career lawyers (CPD‑style sessions, webinars, on‑demand modules).
• Collaborate with academics to integrate AI tools into coursework, moot courts, clinics, and skills modules
• Ensure messaging and materials are aligned with ethical/legal practice expectations (confidentiality, bias, supervision, etc).
• Regularly publish student-relevant content on social media and track engagement.

• Capture structured feedback from students and academics and channel it into product improvements.
• Share insights on trends in legal education and AI adoption to inform roadmap and commercial strategy.

• Own KPIs for the education/early‑career segment (e.g. # institutions onboarded, # active student users, activation/utilisation rates, conversion to paid relationships).
• Produce regular reporting for leadership on performance, learnings and proposed next moves.
• Ensure compliance with relevant data protection, academic regulations and professional standards when running initiatives.

• Experience in legal education and preferably law firm practice, innovation or knowledge
• Strong relationship‑building skills across senior academics, administrators and student leaders.
• Comfortable running workshops and presenting to groups (students, faculty, professional audiences).
• Good understanding of the legal profession's structure (law schools, firms, vocational training, regulators)
• Enthusiasm for, experience of, or a willingness to learn, about legal technology
• Organised, articulate, reliable and personable

• Hybrid Work Model:
  We’ve adopted a flexible hybrid working environment (2-3 days a week in the office depending on the role) for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected.
• Flexibility & Work-Life Balance:
  Flex My Way is a set of supportive workplace policies designed to help manage personal and professional responsibilities, whether caring for family, giving back to the community, or finding time to refresh and reset. This builds upon our flexible work arrangements, including work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year, empowering employees to achieve a better work-life balance.
• Career Development and Growth:
  By fostering a culture of continuous learning and skill development, we prepare our talent to tackle tomorrow’s challenges and deliver real-world solutions. Our Grow My Way programming and skills-first approach ensures you have the tools and knowledge to grow, lead, and thrive in an AI-enabled future.
• Industry Competitive Benefits:
  We offer comprehensive benefit plans to include flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days off, access to the Headspace app, retirement savings, tuition reimbursement, employee incentive programs, and resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.
• Culture:
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