The legal business of Thomson Reuters delivers best-of-class solutions to help legal professionals practice the law, manage their organisation and grow their business. Our solutions include Thomson Reuters Practical Law, Westlaw UK, Sweet & Maxwell, Lawtel, Contract Express, Legal Tracker, Elite and IDS.

As part of the Product Management department, our Content & Publishing team manages the relevant brand, product and content programme for the authored law portfolio, across specific practice areas and a variety of product formats including print, eBook, on-line books and CD’s.

The commercial management of a portfolio of legal publications, with responsibility for product revenue and performance.  To ensure that content is defined and planned in line with legal developments and market trends, and that appropriate, timely enhancements and updates are delivered for each product.  To work with a range of suppliers and authors to develop functional specifications for new or legacy products, defining the financial and technical scope of enhancements to deliver market leading legal commentary, and manage product lifecycles for commercial success.

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Responsibilities

• Accountable for the commercial performance of a portfolio of legal information products in subscription (online, looseleaf, journal) or book format, to include the commissioning and timely delivery of content cross-media to print, ebook and online.
• Develops detailed functional specifications based on business and customer requirements to support delivery of a proposition, product or service.
• Builds and maintains high-quality relationships with authors, to include commissioning new authors, negotiating contract terms, and ensuring continued engagement with publishing strategy and future development plans. Authors are often high profile figures including members of the judiciary, Queens Counsel, partners in top law firms, and other industry experts.
• Relationship management involving formal and informal channels, including but not limited to chairing meetings, attending conference or marketing and networking events.
• Keeps abreast of the latest developments in the field via a range of research methodology, deriving information from activities both desk-based and in-person.
• Works closely with cross-functional teams to ensure on-time, in-scope delivery of one or more components of a proposition/product/service lifecycle whilst ensuring the publishing process, customer support, and sales and marketing activity is appropriate, timely and of high quality.
• Reviews and develops the strategic longer-term content plan for key titles and the portfolio as a whole, to follow through to delivery on the plan.
• Inputs into the shorter term plans for individual titles, including costs, pricing levels, revenues, schedules, and, where appropriate, legal issues.
• Manages costs, including seeking ways to maximise the profitability of portfolio, and driving through cost savings.
• Supports overall strategy in coordination with company goals.
• Develops knowledge of the company’s propositions, products or services and industry trends.

•  Knowledge of the legal information market
• Project management
• Understanding of product area
• Product development of online services

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