DVF Recruitment
Innovation Manager
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Innovation Manager
Senior Manager – Innovation & Legal Technology
Locations: Manchester or Birmingham
We are working with a leading international law firm seeking an experienced Senior Manager – Innovation & Legal Technology to help shape and deliver the firm’s innovation agenda, accelerating the adoption of legal technology across the business.
This role sits at the heart of business change, working with lawyers and business teams to rethink and improve how legal services are delivered.
The Role
The Senior Manager – Innovation & Legal Technology plays a key role in shaping and delivering the firm’s innovation and legal technology strategy, working closely with senior stakeholders across the organisation.
- Drive the delivery of the firm’s innovation and legal technology strategy
- Lead and manage innovation and legal tech projects from planning through to implementation
- Line-manage technologists, overseeing workflow allocation, performance, and day-to-day delivery
- Track and report on KPIs, ROI, and the commercial impact of innovation initiatives
- Identify, evaluate, and implement legal technology solutions and process improvements
- Partner with lawyers and stakeholders to support complex matters using technology and new ways of working
- Contribute to the development of client-facing solutions, presentations, and innovation materials
- Promote the firm’s innovation capability through internal and external engagement
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Responsibilities
This role is suited to an experienced innovation or legal technology professional with strong delivery, leadership, and stakeholder management capabilities.
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Required Experience
- Proven experience in legal technology, innovation, or business change within a law firm or professional services environment
- Strong people leadership and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence at all levels
- Demonstratable experience delivering projects and driving measurable outcomes
- Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences
- Commercial, pragmatic, and solution-focused mindset
- Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, evolving environment
- Experience with innovation methodologies, AI, or automation tools is desirable
- Project management or process improvement qualifications are advantageous
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