Senior Legal technology consultant

General

• Role / Position Title: Senior Legal Technology Consultant

Major Accountabilities

1. AI & Copilot-Based Workflow Engineering

• Design and build Copilot-enabled workflows across Microsoft 365 and enterprise environments
• Develop practical use cases leveraging Microsoft Copilot, GenAI applications, and automation frameworks
• Embed AI into contract lifecycle, knowledge retrieval, matter intake, compliance tracking, and advisory workflows
• Translate legal process maps into AI-native execution models
• Design Legal Front Door experiences for triage, intake, self-service, and guided support across legal requests
• Build legal workflows using enterprise LLMs with appropriate orchestration, retrieval, controls, and governance.

2. CLM & Enterprise Legal Systems Implementation

• Lead end-to-end implementation of Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) platforms
• Configure workflows, clause libraries, templates, playbooks, approval matrices, and reporting frameworks
• Drive integrations between CLM, CRM, ERP, DMS, procurement, and ticketing systems
• Optimize system adoption, governance, and scalability

3. Low-Code / No-Code Legal Workflow Automation

• Build scalable legal workflows on platforms such as: Microsoft Power Platform (Power Apps, Power Automate); CoPilot Studio; Appian; Jira / JSM; and other enterprise workflow tools
• Develop intake portals, matter management systems, self-service contracting tools, and compliance trackers
• Automate review routing, risk scoring, obligation tracking, and approval workflows
• Design and deploy Legal Front Door portals and enterprise LLM-enabled workflow solutions for intake, triage, knowledge access, and request fulfillment

4. Document & Knowledge Management Architecture

• Design and implement document management systems and knowledge repositories
• Define taxonomy, metadata structures, and governance models
• Enable AI-powered search and retrieval capabilities
• Ensure systems are secure, scalable, and optimized for reuse

5. Legal Data Architecture & Analytics (Collaborative Leadership)

• Develop strong conceptual understanding of legal data models and information architecture
• Define operational KPIs and performance dashboards aligned with legal and business objectives
• Partner closely with data scientists and BI teams to:
• Structure legal datasets for AI-readiness
• Enable executive reporting and insights
• Translate operational questions into measurable metrics
• Ensure legal systems are implemented with clean metadata, taxonomy, and governance principles
• Support analytics use cases such as cycle time analysis, risk concentration tracking, workload forecasting, and SLA performance

6. Client Engagement & Solution Leadership

• Lead discovery workshops and operating model assessments with in-house legal teams
• Design integrated, multi-system legal transformation roadmaps
• Work cross-functionally with IT, procurement, finance, compliance, and operations stakeholders
• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior legal and business leadership
• Translate complex technical concepts into clear business value narratives

Key Performance Indicators

• Timely and effective implementation of initiatives and milestones.
• Adherence to organizational targets for budget, headcount, and cost reporting.
• Effectiveness of strategic communications.
• Performance as per criteria set for business reviews.
• Achievement of agreed targets for self and team.
• Execution of development plans for direct reports.
• Values and behaviors aligned with QuisLex leadership standards.

Ideal Background

• 15-20 years of total professional experience
• Minimum 8-10 years of hands-on implementation, solution design, and system build experience in legal technology
• Proven track record implementing CLM platforms and enterprise legal systems
• Experience implementing other legal systems such as legal spend management, data privacy, compliance, and litigation platforms in enterprise environments.
• Demonstrated experience building workflow automation and GenAI-enabled solutions
• Experience working with Copilot-based solutions or similar AI-assisted enterprise environments
• Experience designing Legal Front Door solutions and building legal workflows using enterprise LLMs in secure enterprise environments
• Strong working knowledge of low-code platforms (Jira/JSM, Appian, Microsoft Power Platform, etc.)
• Strong understanding of legal operations metrics and legal data structuring principles
• Experience partnering with data scientists or analytics teams to enable reporting and AI use cases
• Experience integrating legal systems with enterprise tools (CRM, ERP, HRIS, DMS, other legal systems)
• Experience working with senior executives and influencing stakeholders.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Proven ability to build and lead complex functions, execute projects, and drive technology-enabled legal solutions.
• Experience in legal technology selection, implementation, strategy, process optimization, and digital transformation.
• Success in leading within a matrix environment and coaching teams.
• Strong leadership and management skills with a track record of developing high-performing teams.