Strategic Project Lead, J.D./Legal Expertise

We are looking for Strategic Project Lead, J.D./Legal Expertise candidates for a project delivered through the hiring partner.

What you'll do

Own end-to-end execution for projects with AI Lab customers, focusing on legal and law-related work.
Translate customer needs into clear project specifications.
Design and launch domain-specific data pipelines.
Align Operations and Legal experts to deliver quickly and at a high quality.
Own projects end to end, from pipeline framing and scoping through execution and delivery.
Translate customer needs into clear, actionable project specifications for Legal workflows.
Design and continuously improve domain-specific pipelines for usability, accuracy, quality, and scalability.
Align Operations and Legal domain experts for rapid deployment.
Set delivery milestones and drive a tight execution cadence.
Own client communication, keeping it clear, direct, and consistent.
Manage Legal domain experts and project leads to ensure quality and delivery.
Provide daily internal updates with progress, blockers, and explicit next steps.

What you need

JD (Juris Doctor) or equivalent law degree required.
2+ years of professional experience in legal practice, legal research, regulatory/compliance, or a related field.
Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills, particularly when working with attorneys and senior Legal experts.
Strong ownership, urgency, and attention to detail.
Startup and entrepreneurial mindset with a bias toward execution.
2+ years of experience leading complex projects, operational workflows, or legal-related initiatives.
Ability to turn ambiguous customer requirements into clear plans and execute rapidly.
Comfortable working in a fast-paced, high-intensity environment.

Nice to have

Experience working with AI/ML companies, AI Labs, or data annotation/evaluation projects.
Experience managing legal, technical, or data-intensive projects.
Familiarity with legal research, contract analysis, litigation, regulatory/compliance work, or other complex Legal workflows.
Familiarity with data pipelines, AI training workflows, and human-in-the-loop operations.

Expertise

Legal Practice Legal Research Regulatory/Compliance Project Leadership AI/ML Data Annotation Data Pipelines Human-in-the-loop Operations Data Operations Human Data

RequiredAlso useful

Also listed: leadership & team management, stakeholder management.

Who you work with

Project and contracting process: the hiring partner. Applications continue on the provider's website.

Pay and hours

This role pays $3K–$10K/mo. The work is remote.

Median pay for law roles: $110/hr

Who can apply from where

The provider has not confirmed country eligibility. Check the original offer before applying. With a profile, Tier1 checks your country and languages against this role and every other before you apply.