We are looking for Strategic Project Lead, J.D./Legal Expertise candidates for a project delivered through micro1.
What you'll do
- Own projects end to end, from pipeline framing and scoping through execution and delivery.
- Translate customer needs into clear, actionable project specifications for Legal workflows.
- Design and continuously improve domain-specific pipelines for usability, accuracy, quality, and scalability.
- Align Operations and Legal domain experts for rapid deployment.
- Set delivery milestones and drive a tight execution cadence.
- Own client communication, keeping it clear, direct, and consistent.
- Manage Legal domain experts and project leads to ensure quality and delivery.
- Provide daily internal updates with progress, blockers, and explicit next steps.
- Own end-to-end execution for projects with our top AI Lab customers, with a strong focus on legal and law-related work.
- Translate customer needs into clear project specifications, design and launch domain-specific data pipelines, and align Operations and Legal experts to deliver quickly and at a high quality.
What you need
- 2+ years of professional experience in legal practice, legal research, regulatory/compliance, or a related field.
- Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills, particularly when working with attorneys and senior Legal experts.
- Strong ownership, urgency, and attention to detail.
- Startup and entrepreneurial mindset with a bias toward execution.
- 2+ years of experience leading complex projects, operational workflows, or legal-related initiatives.
- Ability to turn ambiguous customer requirements into clear plans and execute rapidly.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, high-intensity environment.
Nice to have
- Experience working with AI/ML companies, AI Labs, or data annotation/evaluation projects.
- Experience managing legal, technical, or data-intensive projects.
- Familiarity with legal research, contract analysis, litigation, regulatory/compliance work, or other complex Legal workflows.
- Familiarity with data pipelines, AI training workflows, and human-in-the-loop operations.
Expertise
legal practiceregulatory/compliancelegal researchAI/ML companiesdata annotation/evaluation projectscontract analysislitigationAI training workflowshuman-in-the-loop operationsdata pipelinesData OperationsHuman Data
RequiredAlso useful
Also listed: leadership & team management.
Who you work with
Project and contracting process: micro1. Applications continue on the provider's website.