Senior Product Manager - Legal practice areas

Key Responsibilities

• Customer and market understanding is a core accountability of this role. Act as the primary source of customer and market insight for assigned legal practice area(s).
• Engage directly and regularly with: Customers and prospects, Sales and account management teams, External practitioners, advisors, and industry bodies.
• Analyze legal, regulatory, and market trends to: Anticipate emerging customer needs, Identify implications for product direction and GTM, Surface risks and opportunities early.
• Synthesize insights into clear recommendations that inform: Product priorities and roadmap discussions, Go-to-market messaging and positioning, Portfolio and lifecycle reviews led by Product Management leadership.
• Own the product direction and execution for assigned legal practice area(s), from discovery through ongoing optimization.
• Translate legal complexity into clear product requirements and customer-oriented value narratives.
• Lead practice-area-specific GTM execution, including: Use cases and workflow definition, Value proposition and positioning inputs, Product and feature readiness for launch.
• Partner with Product Marketing and Marketing teams to: Review and validate marketing copy for legal accuracy and credibility, Ensure campaigns reflect real customer needs and legal workflows, Support Sales through: Deal support on complex opportunities, Participation in customer briefings, webinars, and industry events.
• Collaborate with Editorial & Lead Product Management to: Align product direction with content strategy and expertise, Ensure editorial strengths are translated into differentiated product value, Work in close coordination with the Lead Product Manager responsible for the content roadmap to: Feed customer and market insight into roadmap prioritization, Align practice-area needs with portfolio-level decisions, Support coherent execution across content, technology, and GTM.

Qualifications & Experience

• JD or equivalent legal background strongly preferred; meaningful legal industry experience will also be considered.
• 7+ years of experience in product management, legal publishing, legal research, or professional information services.
• Strong ability to work credibly with attorneys, legal departments, and legal associations.
• Demonstrated customer-facing and GTM experience.
• Proven skill translating legal complexity into product and customer value.