Strategic Project Lead, J.D./Legal Expertise

About the Role

Lead end-to-end legal and law-focused projects for customers in the AI sector. You will translate customer needs into well-defined project plans and coordinate operations and legal experts to deliver accurate, high-quality work.

What You'll Do

• Own projects from pipeline scoping through execution and delivery.

• Turn customer needs into actionable specifications for legal workflows.

• Design and improve domain-specific pipelines for usability, accuracy, quality, and scale.

• Coordinate operations teams and legal experts to support rapid deployment.

• Set milestones and maintain a focused execution cadence.

• Manage client communications and provide clear, consistent updates.

• Lead legal domain experts and project leads, tracking quality, blockers, progress, and next steps.

What We're Looking For

• A J.D. or equivalent law degree, with at least 2 years of experience in legal practice, legal research, regulatory or compliance work, or a related field.

• At least 2 years leading complex projects, operational workflows, or legal initiatives.

• Experience translating customer requirements into project specifications, designing workflows, setting milestones, and owning delivery from scoping through completion.

• Strong client communication, stakeholder management, attention to detail, and ability to execute amid ambiguity and urgency.

• Experience managing legal experts or project leads, ideally on legal, technical, or data-intensive projects.

• Familiarity with legal research, contracts, litigation, regulatory or compliance workflows, and with data pipelines, AI training, or human-in-the-loop operations.

• Experience with AI/ML organizations, AI labs, or data annotation and evaluation projects is useful.

Compensation & Benefits

Base salary is $180,000 to $230,000 USD annually. Equity compensation is available, and performance-based bonuses may also be offered. Visa sponsorship is not available.

Location

Fully remote. The role is open to candidates nationally.