Are you an in-house lawyer with a genuine interest in technology and AI?
Do you have a strong commercial instinct and a talent for uncovering new business opportunities?
The Director of In-House Legal will play a key role in strengthening the company’s position as a leading provider of legal AI solutions to major in-house legal teams across the UK.
This individual will build influential relationships within the legal community, provide market insight, and help shape strategic and commercial direction.
Develop a strong understanding of the priorities, challenges, and trends impacting large in-house legal teams.
Build relationships with General Counsel, Heads of Legal Operations, and senior in-house lawyers.
Monitor developments across the legal AI market and share practical insights with internal stakeholders including product, strategy, and go-to-market teams.
Represent the business at industry conferences, roundtables, workshops, and panel discussions.
Collaborate with marketing and internal subject matter experts to shape thought leadership themes and content.
Build a credible and visible profile within the UK in-house legal market.
Establish and maintain trusted relationships with senior legal leaders across FTSE 350 businesses and leading private companies.
Support commercial teams by providing introductions, market context, and strategic guidance to help progress opportunities.
Partner closely with sales, marketing, product, strategy, and customer success teams.
Act as the voice of the customer to help influence product development and commercial priorities.
Proven ability to engage senior legal audiences with credibility and authority, including General Counsel and corporate legal leadership teams.
Experience working within, or closely alongside, large legal functions with a strong understanding of their structure, challenges, and strategic priorities.
Background in legal practice, either private practice or in-house, or equivalent experience demonstrating deep legal sector knowledge.
Strong understanding of technology and AI, with the ability to discuss practical use cases, risks, and the impact on legal teams.
Demonstrated success in building senior relationships, expanding networks, and turning relationships into commercial outcomes.
Excellent communication skills, including public speaking, executive presentations, and representing a business in high-profile environments.
Novum Global is a worldwide specialist in the legal sector, opening up opportunities for legal technology businesses and law firms through consulting and talent acquisition and for candidates through building long-term careers.
The specialists of Novum Global bring a throughout understanding of what drives growth in the legal sector on both the personal and corporate level. Having worked with over 130 legal technology businesses and law firms and thousands of candidates Novum is a trusted partner to the players of the legal industry and renowned for meeting and exceeding expectations.
Novum Global's services are focused on providing end-to-end growth opportunities for legal technology businesses and law firms. The specialists of Novum Global find the best people to execute goals and back up clients along the way with tailored sales, marketing and HR advisory to empower them with best in class knowledge on how to get ahead of the game.
