Senior Specialist Legal Editor, Data Privacy & Cybersecurity

About the role

Create and maintain high-quality online legal content and use legal and subject matter expertise to support the development of Thomson Reuters' AI-powered legal solutions.

Responsibilities

• Researching, drafting, and maintaining clear, current, and practical data privacy & cybersecurity legal know-how content for Practical Law and other Thomson Reuters products and initiatives in alignment with market practice, customer needs, and business objectives, using a variety of evolving tools, formats, and content development methods.
• Monitoring legal, practice, and market developments in data privacy & cybersecurity globally to ensure content remains relevant and accurate.
• Using your legal expertise to support the development of customer-focused AI-powered tools, including identifying and implementing methods that address the intersection of content development and AI-driven legal solutions.
• Partnering with Product Management to innovate on tech development, product enhancements, and the integration of AI into TR's offerings.
• Using your legal expertise and writing skills to support the development and application of internal AI editorial tools.
• Establishing and maintaining relationships with external law firm contributors and industry groups to ensure content reflects market practice and meets customer needs.
• Supporting sales, marketing, and other parts of the business, including responding to customer inquiries.

Qualifications

• JD required.
• Minimum of eight (8) years' experience working as a lawyer in a law firm or in-house with experience in both US and non-US data privacy & cybersecurity matters, with a focus on compliance.
• Experience managing complex, global privacy compliance matters under data protection laws in the EU, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America a plus.
• Strong technical skills and the ability to effectively utilize various tools, including generative AI technologies, to enhance productivity and accuracy.
• Demonstrated adaptability and flexibility to work on diverse projects and tasks within the generative AI space as well as new and emerging technologies.
• Deep curiosity about the increasing intersection of AI and legal practice, with a desire to build legal prompt engineering skills and innovative content development methods that optimize AI responses for specific legal tasks.
• Understand current market issues and proposals to enact, amend, or change data privacy & cybersecurity laws and regulations.
• Understand the needs and priorities of law firm attorneys, in-house counsel, and other data privacy & cybersecurity compliance professionals.
• Skill and passion for writing and the ability to write about complex legal issues clearly and concisely in plain English.
• Innovative, agile thinker with excellent time management, organizational skills, and demonstrated project management.
• Enthusiasm for working on a dynamic editorial team, comfortable working in an environment of rapid change, and a passion for exploring how AI can revolutionize editorial content creation.

Skills

• Legal expertise in data privacy and cybersecurity law and practice.
• Writing skills to create clear and concise legal content.
• Technical skills to utilize various tools, including generative AI technologies.
• Adaptability and flexibility to work on diverse projects and tasks.
• Curiosity about the intersection of AI and legal practice.

Benefits

• Industry Competitive Benefits: Comprehensive benefit plans including 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: Globally recognized, award-winning reputation for inclusion and belonging, flexibility, work-life balance, and more. Values: Obsess over our Customers, Compete to Win, Challenge (Y)our Thinking, Act Fast / Learn Fast, and Stronger Together.
• Social Impact: Make an impact in your community with two paid volunteer days off annually and opportunities to get involved with pro-bono consulting projects and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives.
• Making a Real-World Impact: Help our customers pursue justice, truth, and transparency. Uphold the rule of law, turn the wheels of commerce, catch bad actors, report the facts, and provide trusted, unbiased information to people all over the world.