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Legal Technology Transformation Lead Jobs in Midrand, Gauteng, South Africa at PwC South Africa
Title: Legal Technology Transformation Lead
Company: PwC South Africa
Location: Midrand, Gauteng, South Africa
Job summary:
Responsible for driving progress on legal operations and technology roadmap initiatives focused on increasing efficiency and effectiveness of in-house legal functions.
The role is intended to be a general legal technologist role and will require familiarity with a variety of technologies, and managing technology implementation projects across all areas supported by legal operations.
The candidate must be a self-motivated individual with a passion for LegalTech, innovation and the transformative impact that technology solutions can have on legal operations.
Key responsibilities:
Primary duties (non-negotiable):
- Co-developing a go-to-market strategy for Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM), workflow management and GenAi solutions.
- Lead discovery conversations with clients to unearth challenges and an understanding of their digital roadmaps.
- Coordination and management of third party or other internal technology development experts.
- Working with colleagues in the Legal Transformation team in preparing and delivering internal and client-facing innovation sessions/collaboration workshops.
- Research and provide insights on legal technology tools and trends, together with advising on opportunities to leverage developments for the benefit of the firm and our clients.
- Developing client solutions across PwC Lines of Service and assisting with tailoring products/solutions to clients’ needs.
- Consulting with and advising clients in the development of legal technology road maps and the development of business cases for the deployment of legal technology solutions.
- Preparing and delivering presentations, demonstrations and training on existing products and market intelligence on technology tools to our clients.
- Work with the team to draft and design capability statements and marketing materials for client solutions.
Skills and competencies:
Core skills required:
- 5+ years technical experience in any or a combination of the following roles: system administration/configuration, project management, operations (general or legal), technology operations, solutions management, technology program management in the legal ecosystem.
- Experience working in-house or within a law firm is highly advantageous.
- Strong understanding of legal operations technology tools and emerging legal technology trends.
- Excellent organisational, analytical, problem-solving, oral and written communication skills.
- Proven track record of breaking down complex processes and identifying key pain points and driving solutions to deliver business improvements.
- Proven track record of effectively delivering legal technology initiatives in a corporate legal department, procurement team or law firm.
- Excellent verbal/written communication and presentation skills.
- Execution-oriented and able to complete and lead tasks independently.
- Comfortable working with all levels of an organisation, including senior executives.
Qualifications:
- A Bachelor’s degree is required, preferably in Law (Bachelor of Laws – LLB), Science (Bachelor of Science – BSc), Commerce (Bachelor of Commerce – BCom), or a related field.
