Director of In-House Legal Development

About the Role

The Director of In-House Legal Development strengthens the company's position as a leading provider of legal AI solutions for large in-house legal teams in the UK. This role builds strong relationships across the legal community, shares market insight, and helps shape strategic and commercial direction.

• Build a deep understanding of the needs, challenges, and trends affecting large in-house legal teams.
• Engage regularly with General Counsel, legal operations leaders, and senior in-house lawyers.
• Track developments in the legal AI market and provide clear, actionable insight to internal teams, including product, strategy, and go‑to‑market.

• Represent the company at industry events through speaking engagements, panels, workshops, and round tables.
• Shape themes and ideas for the company's content strategy in partnership with marketing and subject‑matter experts.
• Build a strong, credible presence within the in‑house legal community.

• Develop and maintain trusted relationships with senior legal leaders across FTSE
  350 companies and major UK private businesses.
• Support account teams by providing introductions, context, and strategic insight to advance commercial conversations.

• Work closely with sales, marketing, product, strategy, and customer success teams.
• Advocate for customer needs to inform product development and commercial planning.

• Proven ability to engage credibly and authoritatively with senior legal audiences, including General Counsel and corporate legal leadership teams.
• Experience working within or closely alongside large legal functions, with a strong understanding of their operating models, challenges, and strategic pressures.
• Background in legal practice, either in private practice or in‑house counsel roles or equivalent experience demonstrating deep familiarity with the legal industry. (Preferred but not required).
• Literacy in technology and artificial intelligence, with the ability to discuss AI applications, risks, and impacts on legal workflows and operating models.
• Demonstrated success in building and maintaining senior‑level professional relationships, expanding networks, and converting relationships into commercial opportunities.
• Track record of high‑impact communication, including public speaking, presenting to large or senior audiences, facilitating executive‑level discussions, and representing an organization in high‑stakes environments.

We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organization, with various flexible and remote working options available to employees.

Lexis Nexis Legal & Professional, which serves customers in more than 150 countries with 11,800 employees worldwide, is part of RELX, a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers. Our company has been a long-time leader in deploying AI and advanced technologies to the legal market to improve productivity and transform the overall business and practice of law, deploying ethical and powerful generative AI solutions with a flexible, multi‑model approach that prioritises using the best model from today's top model creators for each individual legal use case.

Lexis Nexis Legal & Professional® provides legal, regulatory, and business information and analytics that help customers increase their productivity, improve decision‑making, achieve better outcomes, and advance the rule of law around the world. As a digital pioneer, the company was the first to bring legal and business information online with its Lexis® and Nexis® services.

• Generous holiday allowance with the option to buy additional days
• Health screening, eye care vouchers and private medical benefits
• Wellbeing programs
• Life assurance
• Access to a competitive contributory pension scheme
• Save As You Earn share option scheme
• Travel Season ticket loan
• Electric Vehicle Scheme
• Optional Dental Insurance
• Maternity, paternity and shared parental leave
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Access to emergency care for both the elderly and children
• RECARES days, giving you time to support the charities and causes that matter to you
• Access to employee resource groups with dedicated time to volunteer
• Access to extensive learning and development resources
• Access to employee discounts scheme via Perks at Work