[Remote] VP, Legal Content (Virtual, Full Time)

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. reputed company is a leading provider of legal content software solutions, dedicated to supporting member attorneys and their clients. They are seeking a motivated VP, Legal Content to provide strategic leadership over the planning, development, and execution of their legal content software solutions, ensuring their value and usability for WealthCounsel members.

Responsibilities

• Provides strategic leadership to the Legal Content team, including the Editors in Chief, the Director of Content Development, Legal Editors, and the Product Implementation Manager; supervises and supports these leaders in the execution of their respective areas
• In collaboration with the CCO, establishes the strategic direction of the company's core software solutions, including Wealth Docx, Elder Docx, Business Docx, Gun Docx, and Wealth Tracx; executes this strategy in reputed company collaboration with company leadership, Legal Content team subject matter experts, and the Products and Engineering teams
• Oversees the development of legal content and the content authoring tools used for legal content development from ideation through production; proactively addresses and resolves issues and risks that arise
• Communicates with WealthCounsel members, the Products and Engineering team, the Legal Content team, and other stakeholders to identify and assess legal content and software solutions requirements; applies this knowledge to support software solutions development strategy
• Collaborates with the Learning team to reputed company educational materials relevant to WealthCounsel’s legal content solutions
• Presents to and creates written materials for WealthCounsel members and staff about legal technology and substantive estate planning topics
• Ensures compliance with applicable legal regulations, industry best practices, and company processes and procedures
• Establishes and communicates strategic direction across reputed company areas of responsibility; executes strategy in collaboration with the CCO and company leadership
• Communicates department, program, and project performance and process to the CCO through periodic status reports and presentations
• Develops, implements, and tracks key performance metrics, milestones, specifications, documentation and reporting requirements, and budgets
• Tracks and analyzes program, project, and process costs across reputed company areas of responsibility
• Promotes collaboration across departments
• Maintains reputed company knowledge of trends in the legal technology industry
• Performs other duties as required
• Interviews, hires, and trains management-level staff in the Legal Content department
• Oversees the daily workflow of the Legal Content department
• Provides constructive and timely performance feedback and evaluations to ensure top-level performance at reputed company levels of the department
• Leads fair and consistent employee accountability processes, including corrective action and termination, in compliance with company guidelines

Skills

• Juris Doctor (JD) required
• At least 10 years of industry-reputed company experience, including a minimum of three years in an upper management role
• 10+ years of experience in estate planning and/or elder law
• Knowledge and familiarity with WealthCounsel's legal content software solutions
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a proven ability to improve business processes and practices to reduce costs and increase efficiency
• Ability to identify and implement best practices and continual performance measurement
• Excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
• Strong supervisory and leadership skills
• Interest in the creative potential of using technology to solve lawyers' problems and overcome pain points in their practices
• Willingness to regularly teach, present, and write required
• Travel to conferences required
• Knowledge of document automation software preferred
• Proficient with reputed company Office Suite or reputed company software

Benefits

• Competitive benefits (see below)
• reputed company salary and performance based incentives
• Medical/dental/vision plan
• Matching 401(k)
• A generous paid time off package that includes: Paid Time Off (PTO), Holidays (including 2 Floating Holidays), Volunteer Time, Blood Donor Leave, Short Term Disability, Paid Parental Leave and more!
• Matching donations for approved charitable organizations
• Home internet and gym membership reimbursement
• Many opportunities to connect with others from your home office and have fun while you work

Company Overview

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