Remote | Strategic Project Lead, J.D./Legal Expertise — $400,000–$550,000/year

24-Mag

  • New York, New York
  • 11 days ago
  • Remote

    Highlights

    We are sharing a full-time opportunity for an experienced legal professional with strong project leadership, legal-domain expertise, stakeholder management, data operations, and human-data workflow experience to lead complex initiatives supporting advanced AI organisations and legal-focused data projects. The successful candidate will translate ambiguous customer requirements into clear project specifications, design and improve legal-domain workflows, coordinate Operations and Legal subject-matter experts, manage delivery milestones, and maintain direct communication with senior stakeholders.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationNew York, New York (
    Remote
    )
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    Description

    We are sharing a full-time opportunity for an experienced legal professional with strong project leadership, legal-domain expertise, stakeholder management, data operations, and human-data workflow experience to lead complex initiatives supporting advanced AI organisations and legal-focused data projects.

    The role combines legal expertise with end-to-end project execution. The successful candidate will translate ambiguous customer requirements into clear project specifications, design and improve legal-domain workflows, coordinate Operations and Legal subject-matter experts, manage delivery milestones, and maintain direct communication with senior stakeholders. A JD or equivalent law degree is required.

    Key Responsibilities

    Project & Legal Workflow Leadership

    • Own complex projects from scoping through execution and final delivery
    • Translate strategic objectives and customer requirements into structured project plans
    • Define workstreams, milestones, dependencies, quality standards, and deliverables
    • Design workflows for legal research, contract analysis, litigation, regulatory, and compliance-related tasks
    • Resolve blockers quickly and maintain delivery momentum

    Data Operations & Quality

    • Design and refine legal-domain data pipelines and human-data workflows
    • Coordinate expert-driven annotation, review, and evaluation processes
    • Improve workflow efficiency, scalability, and operational reliability
    • Establish quality-control and review procedures
    • Identify bottlenecks and implement practical process improvements

    Stakeholder & Team Management

    • Work closely with attorneys, senior Legal experts, Operations teams, and project leads
    • Own client communication across scope, quality, timing, progress, and risk
    • Align contributors around clear responsibilities and execution expectations
    • Provide concise updates, feedback, and next steps
    • Support rapid deployment of expert teams for new project needs

    AI & Human-Data Project Delivery

    • Support projects involving AI training, evaluation, and human-generated legal data
    • Translate customer objectives into scalable operational systems
    • Apply legal-domain judgement to project specifications and evaluation criteria
    • Maintain strong execution across legal, operational, and technical workstreams
    • Improve workflows supporting complex AI and data initiatives

    Ideal Profile

    • JD or equivalent law degree required
    • 2+ years of experience in legal practice, legal research, regulatory/compliance, or a related field
    • 2+ years of experience leading complex projects, operational workflows, or legal-related initiatives
    • Strong legal-domain knowledge and project-management skills
    • Demonstrated ability to manage projects from ambiguity through delivery
    • Strong stakeholder-management and cross-functional coordination skills
    • Excellent written and verbal communication
    • Ability to work effectively with attorneys and senior Legal professionals
    • Strong attention to detail, ownership, urgency, and operational discipline
    • Experience with legal research, contract analysis, litigation, or regulatory/compliance work is valuable
    • Experience with legal, technical, or data-intensive projects is advantageous
    • Familiarity with AI/ML organisations, data annotation, evaluation workflows, or human-in-the-loop systems is beneficial

    Engagement Details

    • Full-time engagement
    • Fully remote
    • Compensation: $400,000–$550,000/year
    • Work will involve strategic project leadership, legal workflows, stakeholder management, data operations, human-data pipelines, project delivery, and cross-functional coordination
    • A JD or equivalent law degree is required
    • Responsibilities may span legal research, contract analysis, litigation workflows, regulatory/compliance work, AI-training operations, and expert evaluation
    • Regular communication with customers, Legal domain experts, Operations teams, and project leads is expected
    • Project scope, priorities, customer requirements, and workflows may evolve based on business needs
    • Work must be completed without using confidential, privileged, proprietary, client-identifiable, sealed, regulated, or otherwise restricted information belonging to any client, law firm, court matter, employer, government entity, financial institution, or other third party

    About the Platform

    This opportunity is available through 24-MAG LLC. We connect experienced professionals with remote consulting opportunities across technical, evaluation, and project-based workstreams.

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