Weil
Senior Lead, AI Enablement for Lawyers
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Weil seeks the best and brightest talent to join our Legal and Business services teams. Our employees are the future of Weil and we invest in their training and development. Our environment embraces and encourages positive-minded professionals who seek to be challenged and acquire knowledge and skills in an atmosphere built on teamwork. Highly skilled and knowledgeable Business Services professionals assist our lawyers in successfully meeting and exceeding client needs and are vital to the overall success of the Firm.
Job Description
Position: Senior Lead, AI Enablement for Lawyers (London)
Department: Legal Technology & Enablement
Based at: 110 Fetter Lane, London EC4A 1AY
Reports to: Senior Manager, AI Acceleration & Lawyer Enablement
Overview
Reporting to the Senior Manager, AI Acceleration & Lawyer Enablement, based in the London office, the person in this role will be a senior leader within a newly formed, high-visibility department within the Legal Technology & Enablement team. This is a role for someone energized by legal innovation and passionate about transforming how lawyers work — not merely deploying tools, but driving genuine, lasting adoption for the London office.
Based in London, you will act as the on-the-ground lead for AI enablement in the region. You will be working closely with the Senior Manager, AI Acceleration & Lawyer Enablement and the Senior Director, Technology Strategy & Enablement, while operating with a high degree of autonomy.
You will own key stakeholder relationships across your region, motivating and aligning counsel, associates and practice managers around the firm’s technology strategy. Although this role allows for remote working, you will be expected to attend the London office and to travel to other offices in Europe, as required.
Primary Objectives
In partnership with the Senior Manager and the broader AI Enablement team, you will advance the firm’s core objectives for the London office:
- Lead the delivery of a global, lawyer-facing AI Enablement programme.
- Provide lawyers in your region with the foundational skills needed to practise law responsibly with AI and other legal technology tools to complete day-to-day tasks more efficiently and to innovate new ways of working.
- Drive measurable incorporation of AI and legal technology into the practice of law by leading change management programmes that move lawyers from awareness to confident, habitual use.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams (LASER, Professional Development, Training) to align on and accelerate technology adoption objectives across your region.
- Act as the primary point of contact and escalation for AI enablement matters, ensuring the region’s leadership has clear visibility of their office’s progress and risks.
- Track and interpret adoption analytics across the lawyer cohort to measure the effectiveness of enablement activity and direct effort where it is most needed.
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Main Responsibilities (not exhaustive)
AI Enablement & Literacy
- Lead the enablement and change management strategy for lawyer-facing AI and legal technology tools.
- Design and execute AI and legal technology enablement programmes that teach lawyers to leverage AI and legal technology in every layer of legal and client delivery, from document review, drafting and legal research to case management and due diligence.
- Design and deliver training curricula, ‘AI academies’ and adoption campaigns such as hackathons, workshops and vendor deep dives, tailored to the needs of the London practice groups.
- Build and maintain a ready set of session outlines, curriculum and worked examples for each tool, contributing them to the team’s central library so colleagues in other offices can adapt them.
Change Management
- Own the lawyer-facing change management discipline for AI and legal technology rollouts for the London office, anticipating resistance and proactively identifying and resolving difficult dynamics within implementation.
- Develop change strategies, communications plans and reinforcement mechanisms that account for the distinct needs of lawyers.
- Lead the development of change management communications and resources such as information portals, newsletters, user guides, FAQs and video guides.
- Champion a culture of curiosity and continuous learning, ensuring enablement resources meet lawyers where they are and scale with the firm.
- Contribute to AI partnering and experimentation with practice groups, helping position the firm as a forward-looking innovator.
Regional Leadership & Collaboration
- Operate as a self-starter, exercising independent judgement in the day-to-day running of the London AI enablement programme.
- Foster a positive, collaborative culture grounded in open communication and a growth mindset.
- Cultivate trusted relationships and effective collaboration across the broader Legal Technology & Enablement group and with LASER, LSS, Professional Development, IS Training and practice group leadership to embed AI and legal technology.
- Stay ahead of AI and legal technology trends, engaging in thoughtful industry listening to remain attuned to peer developments and market direction.
- Use adoption analytics and usage data to understand and report on levels of AI and legal technology adoption across the lawyer cohort, identifying trends, gaps and opportunities to target enablement effort.
- Provide regular reporting and updates to the Senior Manager and the Senior Director, Technology Strategy & Enablement on the London office’s adoption progress, risks and escalations.
- Deliver training sessions in both one-to-one and group settings, adapting style and depth to the audience, from a single lawyer to a full practice group.
- Travel to other offices in Europe, if required.
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Person Specification
- Extensive experience (typically 7+ years) in legal technology, innovation, enablement or change management, ideally within a law firm, professional services, or comparable knowledge-driven environment.
- Demonstrated success leading technology adoption and change management initiatives at scale with measurable adoption outcomes.
- Strong understanding of lawyer workflows and the practice of law with familiarity in AI and legal technology platforms (e.g. generative AI tools, document review, drafting and knowledge management systems).
- Exceptional stakeholder management and influencing skills with proven ability to build credibility and become a trusted advisor.
- Demonstrated ability to work autonomously and as part of a team along with exercising sound judgement.
- Excellent communication, facilitation and programme management skills.
- Comfortable working with adoption and usage analytics to measure and act on training and enablement outcomes.
- Demonstrated experience delivering training and facilitation in both one-to-one and group settings, to audiences ranging from individual lawyers to full practice groups.
Benefits
Weil offers a competitive compensation package which comprises of base salary and discretionary year-end bonus (for eligible employees). Benefits include, but are not limited to Contributory Pension Scheme, Life Assurance (4 x annual salary), Income Protection Scheme, Private Medical Insurance, GP Service, 25 days holiday, Subsidised Staff Restaurant, Health Screening, Annual Well Being Allowance, On-site Gym, Employee Assistance Programme and Season Ticket Loan.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Weil is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to encouraging inclusion among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. It is our policy to attract, train, compensate and develop based on merit and without regard to gender, race, social or economic background, disability, religion or belief, sexual orientation, marital or civil partnership status, age, or any other category protected by applicable law. You can find out more about inclusion at Weil here.
At Weil we strive to create an inclusive and accessible recruitment process for all candidates. Should you require any reasonable adjustments or additional support at any stage of the recruitment process please do not hesitate to contact a member of Weil’s recruitment team at London.Recruitment@weil.com.
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