Strategic Project Lead
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. By submitting this application, you acknowledge that your information may be processed by 24-MAG LLC for recruitment and opportunity matching in accordance with our Privacy Policy: https://www.24-mag.com/privacy-policy