Remote | Strategic Project Lead, J.D./Legal Expertise — $400,000–$550,000/year

24-Mag
  • New York, New York
  • Remote
  • $400,000–$550,000 Per Year
  • Autofill and Review
3 days ago

Job Description

We are sharing a full-time opportunity for an experienced legal professional with strong project leadership, legal-domain expertise, stakeholder management, data operations, and human-data workflow experience to lead complex initiatives supporting advanced AI organisations and legal-focused data projects.

The role combines legal expertise with end-to-end project execution. The successful candidate will translate ambiguous customer requirements into clear project specifications, design and improve legal-domain workflows, coordinate Operations and Legal subject-matter experts, manage delivery milestones, and maintain direct communication with senior stakeholders. A JD or equivalent law degree is required.

Key Responsibilities

Project & Legal Workflow Leadership

  • Own complex projects from scoping through execution and final delivery
  • Translate strategic objectives and customer requirements into structured project plans
  • Define workstreams, milestones, dependencies, quality standards, and deliverables
  • Design workflows for legal research, contract analysis, litigation, regulatory, and compliance-related tasks
  • Resolve blockers quickly and maintain delivery momentum

Data Operations & Quality

  • Design and refine legal-domain data pipelines and human-data workflows
  • Coordinate expert-driven annotation, review, and evaluation processes
  • Improve workflow efficiency, scalability, and operational reliability
  • Establish quality-control and review procedures
  • Identify bottlenecks and implement practical process improvements

Stakeholder & Team Management

  • Work closely with attorneys, senior Legal experts, Operations teams, and project leads
  • Own client communication across scope, quality, timing, progress, and risk
  • Align contributors around clear responsibilities and execution expectations
  • Provide concise updates, feedback, and next steps
  • Support rapid deployment of expert teams for new project needs

AI & Human-Data Project Delivery

  • Support projects involving AI training, evaluation, and human-generated legal data
  • Translate customer objectives into scalable operational systems
  • Apply legal-domain judgement to project specifications and evaluation criteria
  • Maintain strong execution across legal, operational, and technical workstreams
  • Improve workflows supporting complex AI and data initiatives

Ideal Profile

  • JD or equivalent law degree required
  • 2+ years of experience in legal practice, legal research, regulatory/compliance, or a related field
  • 2+ years of experience leading complex projects, operational workflows, or legal-related initiatives
  • Strong legal-domain knowledge and project-management skills
  • Demonstrated ability to manage projects from ambiguity through delivery
  • Strong stakeholder-management and cross-functional coordination skills
  • Excellent written and verbal communication
  • Ability to work effectively with attorneys and senior Legal professionals
  • Strong attention to detail, ownership, urgency, and operational discipline
  • Experience with legal research, contract analysis, litigation, or regulatory/compliance work is valuable
  • Experience with legal, technical, or data-intensive projects is advantageous
  • Familiarity with AI/ML organisations, data annotation, evaluation workflows, or human-in-the-loop systems is beneficial

Engagement Details

  • Full-time engagement
  • Fully remote
  • Compensation: $400,000–$550,000/year
  • Work will involve strategic project leadership, legal workflows, stakeholder management, data operations, human-data pipelines, project delivery, and cross-functional coordination
  • A JD or equivalent law degree is required
  • Responsibilities may span legal research, contract analysis, litigation workflows, regulatory/compliance work, AI-training operations, and expert evaluation
  • Regular communication with customers, Legal domain experts, Operations teams, and project leads is expected
  • Project scope, priorities, customer requirements, and workflows may evolve based on business needs
  • Work must be completed without using confidential, privileged, proprietary, client-identifiable, sealed, regulated, or otherwise restricted information belonging to any client, law firm, court matter, employer, government entity, financial institution, or other third party

About the Platform

This opportunity is available through 24-MAG LLC. We connect experienced professionals with remote consulting opportunities across technical, evaluation, and project-based workstreams.

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Numbers & Facts

LocationNew York, New York (
Remote
)
Salary$400,000–$550,000 Per Year

Skills

  • Artificial Intelligence (AI)unmatched
  • Contract Analysisunmatched
  • Cross-Functionalunmatched
  • Data Analysisunmatched
  • Data Managementunmatched
  • Delivery Managementunmatched
  • Detail Orientedunmatched
  • Governmentunmatched
  • Leadershipunmatched
  • Legalunmatched
  • Legal Researchunmatched
  • Litigationunmatched
  • Operational Auditunmatched
  • Organizational Skillsunmatched
  • Presentation/Verbal Skillsunmatched
  • Process Improvementunmatched
  • Project Designunmatched
  • Project Evaluationunmatched
  • Project Executionunmatched
  • Project Planningunmatched
  • Project/Program Managementunmatched
  • Quality Controlunmatched
  • Quality Metricsunmatched
  • Regulatory Complianceunmatched
  • Research Contractsunmatched
  • Riskunmatched
  • Systems Scalabilityunmatched
  • Team Lead/Managerunmatched
  • Technical Consultingunmatched
  • Training Data Setsunmatched
  • Workflow Analysisunmatched
  • Writing Skillsunmatched

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