Global Legislation AI Optimisation Lead

Reed Technology

About The Position

Purpose Reporting to the Global Head of Legislation, as part of Global Editorial Operations (GEO), the Global Legislation AI Content Optimization Lead drives AI-first transformation for legislative content across Global Editorial Operations. The role defines and implements the strategy for AI-assisted content creation, quality enhancement, workflow optimization, and efficiency at scale as well as leading the increase of AI-efficiencies in everyday tasks across the group. Working across North America, UK, Asia-Pacific and other key markets, the Lead partners closely with Product, Technology, Editorial people leaders and business stakeholders to embed advanced AI capabilities into editorial processes, ensuring content is accurate, compliant, consistent, AI-ready and aligned with LexisNexis’ digital first ambitions.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree required; law degree preferred
Minimum 5 years’ experience in content, publishing, legal editorial, product development or project management within legislative or regulatory domains
Extensive experience of legal content across codified and common law systems
Demonstrated experience applying AI, LLMs, automation or NLP within content or workflow optimization contexts
Track record of delivering complex, cross‑functional projects on time and to budget in a global environment
High proficiency in data analysis, performance measurement and insight reporting
Exceptional communication skills with proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and collaborate across teams and time zones
Strategic mindset with the ability to balance innovation, operational realities and business outcomes
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to translate complex requirements into actionable deliverables
AI fluency including prompt design, model-aware thinking and understanding of LLM capabilities and limitations
Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building skills across global teams
Ability to lead through influence, driving adoption of new technologies and ways of working
Detail-oriented, organized and able to adapt quickly to evolving priorities
Experience in agile delivery; ability to work effectively within iterative delivery environments
Resilience and adaptability in a fastmoving, technology-driven environment

Responsibilities

Define and deliver the global AI content optimization strategy for legislative and regulatory content, ensuring alignment with editorial, product and technology transformation priorities
Lead global ideation, requirements gathering and prioritization cross the group for AI-enabled content generation, summarization, enrichment, classification and structural optimization, making recommendations as to cost, benefits, and implementation to the Global Head of Legislation
Partner with cross-functional teams including product management, engineering, editorial managers and project management to translate ideas into scalable roadmap deliverables
Oversee the design, testing and global deployment of AI-driven editorial tools and workflows, ensuring seamless integration with existing technologies and platforms
Develop and maintain global standards and guidelines for AI-generated or AI-optimized legislative content, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and copyright alignment
Champion AI-first editorial practices, helping teams adopt new tooling, improve editorial decision-making and reduce manual work through automation
Support the development of metrics frameworks for AI-enabled content quality, workflow performance, model behavior and customer impact
Use data to report insights, outcomes and performance to senior leadership and stakeholders, providing visibility on effectiveness, risks and opportunities
Keep abreast of market trends, LLM technologies, emerging NLP capabilities and competitive intelligence, translating innovation into practical editorial applications
Work with editorial teams globally to develop the necessary skills to adopt AI best practice and support capability building to develop a digitally mature, AI-enabled operation