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Senior Product Manager - Legal Practice Areas

Role Purpose

The Senior Product Manager is responsible forcustomerand marketdriven product leadershipfor one or more legal practice areas within the Legal Markets Group portfolio.

This role serves as adeep subjectmatter expert and market interpreter, translating customer needs, legal developments, and competitive dynamics intoclear product and gotomarket direction. The Senior Product Manager partners closely withEditorial, with theLead Product Manager responsible for the content roadmap, and with theother Product Managersto ensure that customer insight, content strategy, and commercial execution are tightly aligned.

While primarily practicearea focused, the role may also contribute selectively toenterprisewide initiativeswhere deep legal or market expertise is required.

Key Responsibilities

Customer & Market Insight (Primary Focus)

Customer and market understanding is acore accountabilityof this role.

• Act as theprimary source of customer and market insightfor assigned legal practice area(s).

• Engage directly and regularly with:

• Customers and prospects

• Sales and account management teams

• External practitioners, advisors, and industry bodies

• Analyze legal, regulatory, and market trends to:

• Anticipate emerging customer needs

• Identify implications for product direction and GTM

• Surface risks and opportunities early

• Synthesize insights intoclear recommendationsthat inform:

• Product priorities and roadmap discussions

• Gotomarket messaging and positioning

• Portfolio and lifecycle reviews led by Product Management leadership

Practice Area Product Ownership

• Own theproduct direction and executionfor assigned legal practice area(s), from discovery through ongoing optimization.

• Serve as theproduct authority on legal workflows, customer jobstobedone, and use caseswithin the practice area.

• Translate legal complexity intoclear product requirements and customeroriented value narratives.

GotoMarket Leadership (PracticeArea Level)

• Leadpracticeareaspecific GTM execution, including:

• Use cases and workflow definition

• Value proposition and positioning inputs

• Product and feature readiness for launch

• Partner with Product Marketing and Marketing teams to:

• Review and validate marketing copy for legal accuracy and credibility

• Ensure campaigns reflect real customer needs and legal workflows

• Support Sales through:

• Deal support on complex opportunities

• Participation in customer briefings, webinars, and industry events

• Competitive positioning guidance at the practicearea level

Collaboration with Editorial & Lead Product Management

• Partner closely withEditorial leadershipto:

• Align product direction with content strategy and expertise

• Ensure editorial strengths are translated into differentiated product value

• Work in close coordination with theLead Product Manager responsible for the content roadmapto:

• Feed customer and market insight into roadmap prioritization

• Align practicearea needs with portfoliolevel decisions

• Support coherent execution across content, technology, and GTM

The Senior Product Managerdoes not own the contentroadmap, butis accountable for ensuring it iscustomerand marketdriven.

Commercial Performance & Optimization

• Monitor practicearea performance indicators such as:

• Adoption and usage

• Retention and customer feedback

• Revenue and pipeline signals (in partnership with Sales and Finance)

• Identify opportunities to:

• Improve positioning, packaging, and messaging

• Enable crosssell andupsellopportunities

• Address underperforming offerings

• Provideinsights and recommendationsinto pricing, packaging, and portfolio discussions (without owning pricing governance

Qualifications & Experience

• JD or equivalent legal background strongly preferred; meaningful legalindustryexperience will also be considered.

• 7+ years of experience in product management, legal publishing, legal research, or professional information services.

• Strong ability to work credibly with attorneys, legal departments, and legal associations.

• Demonstrated customerfacing and GTM experience.

• Proven skill translating legal complexity intoproduct and customer value.