Legal Engineer- Corporate Legal (JD Required)

About the role

The Legal Engineer at LexisNexis Legal & Professional combines legal expertise, AI fluency, and consultative problem-solving to accelerate the adoption of cutting-edge AI and workflow solutions within corporate legal departments.

Responsibilities

• Engage corporate legal departments to understand their workflows, operational priorities, and strategic objectives, and create tailored LexisNexis AI solutions that enhance processes, improve outcomes, and increase productivity and ROI.
• Lead tailored demonstrations, training sessions, executive briefings, and workshops to drive adoption and utilization of LexisNexis AI solutions and ecosystem offerings.
• Advising legal leaders on AI adoption, governance considerations, legal operations modernization, and workflow transformation opportunities.
• Identify opportunities to expand LexisNexis' AI footprint within existing clients and prospective customers in partnership with Client Managers and Strategic Business Development teams.
• Collect client feedback on LexisNexis solutions, including enhancement opportunities, AI use cases, and emerging market needs, and relay those insights as actionable recommendations to product and development teams.

Requirements

• A JD and 3+ years of experience in one or more of the following: In-house counsel experience within a Fortune 1000 or similarly complex enterprise organization; Legal transformation, legal operations, legal technology, or enterprise consulting experience supporting Fortune 500/1000 legal departments; or Attorney experience within a leading Alternative Legal Services Provider (ALSP), with substantial experience practicing law for and advising Fortune 1000 or similarly complex corporate legal departments and their legal leadership teams.
• A strong understanding of corporate legal department operations, priorities, stakeholder engagement, and business partner relationships.
• A strong understanding of AI fluency, including hands-on experience using generative AI tools and a practical understanding of legal AI use cases within corporate legal departments.
• The requisite knowledge to lead discussions on AI opportunities, limitations, governance considerations, and adoption challenges with legal professionals and business stakeholders.
• Experience engaging with General Counsel, Chief Legal Officers, Legal Operations leaders, and other senior legal and business stakeholders.
• Excellent presentation, communication, facilitation, and consultative problem-solving skills.
• Willingness and ability to travel at least 50% of the time to support business and client needs.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior in-house counsel experience within a Fortune 1000 or similarly complex enterprise organization.
• Experience leading legal transformation, legal operations modernization, AI adoption, process optimization, or legal technology implementation initiatives.
• Experience with legal operations, workflow automation, contract lifecycle management (CLM), legal knowledge management, or enterprise legal technology platforms.
• Experience supporting enterprise-scale change management and technology adoption programs.