Content Manager

About the Team and Company

LexisNexis delivers industry-leading legal content daily to over five million professionals in more than 100 countries spanning legal, corporate, government, accounting, academic, and law enforcement sectors. Our innovative, high-speed, and accessible information solutions empower users to uphold the law globally as technology and the world evolve.

Role Overview

The Content Manager will lead the Core Content team ensuring the consistent excellence, integrity, and up-to-date status of a looseleaf, newsletter, and reference content portfolio. This role involves maintaining high editorial standards aligned to benchmarks and metrics while managing authors, overseeing portfolio budgets, and reporting on financial performance.

The manager will set team priorities, guide and train members, and promote best practices to enhance efficiency and improve processes. Close collaboration with operational leaders supporting Core Content is vital. Additionally, this position supports integrating Generative AI tools responsibly to boost workflow efficiency without compromising high-quality, trusted legal content.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and inspire the team to uphold shared vision, values, and objectives, fostering an inclusive, encouraging culture focused on excellence and aligned with commercial goals.
• Guide the team through organizational changes, ensuring effective support, sustained engagement, and smooth adaptation of roles.
• Manage team performance through coaching, mentoring, formal evaluations, recruitment, and training initiatives.
• Develop and nurture cross-functional partnerships to encourage collaboration, exchange of knowledge, and sharing of Generative AI learnings and workflow innovations within and beyond the team.
• Mentor team members in leadership skills and promote managerial capability development within the department.
• Balance workloads and allocate portfolio tasks efficiently within the team.
• Equip team members with comprehensive insights on legislative reforms, procedures, case law, and trends to keep products relevant and current.
• Implement content enhancements that justify annual price adjustments across the portfolio.
• Adopt best editorial practices and coordinate regularly with partners to ensure efficient content updates.
• Review content creation methods periodically to identify opportunities for technological leverage and efficiency gains.
• Ensure compliance with global policies and mandatory processes in line with corporate objectives.
• Collaborate closely with leadership from Ed Ops, REPH, and Straive to design effective processes and foster strong working relationships.
• Work extensively on editorial procedures and quality metrics to guarantee timely, high-quality content to market.
• Serve as the knowledge resource about product features and portfolio values for internal stakeholders.
• Use content expertise to support new content development business cases and market segment analyses.
• Oversee delivery of content improvements and assist in broader content development projects.
• Maintain control over team operating costs across the portfolio, ensuring budget adherence.
• Provide detailed reporting and forecasting for annual budgets, quarterly updates, and monthly financial analysis.
• Identify and implement product cost-saving measures aligned with local, regional, and global targets.

Required Qualifications and Skills

• A university degree or equivalent qualification is mandatory; a specialization in law is preferred.
• Proficient computer literacy, especially in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
• Strong understanding of publishing technologies and workflows from concept to customer delivery.
• At least three years of publishing experience across multiple teams; legal practice experience is advantageous.
• Demonstrated ability in relationship management, leadership, budget oversight, and strong market awareness.
• Extensive product management experience.
• Excellent communication, organizational, and problem-solving abilities.
• Shows capability to collaborate effectively, challenge conventional approaches, deliver results, coach actively, communicate transparently, share expertise, motivate colleagues, and lead with integrity.

Employee Culture and Work Environment

We emphasize maintaining a healthy work-life balance, promoting wellbeing through various initiatives including paid parental and volunteering leaves. Our supportive environment encourages accomplishing both immediate responsibilities and long-term professional goals.

Additional Business Information

LexisNexis Legal & Professional® specializes in legal, regulatory, and business information and analytics designed to boost productivity, decision-making, and legal outcomes worldwide. As a pioneer in digital legal information with the Lexis® and Nexis® services, we invite individuals driven by regulatory content and a fast-paced, cooperative workplace to join us.