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# Innovation Attorney - Product Owner

- **Company:** Latham & Watkins LLP
- **Location:** New York, NY, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $220,000.0 - $250,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Law Practice Management Software, Information Systems, Design of User Interfaces, Release Management, Information Technology
- **Published:** June 29, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=b02e8af69a3cfff8

## About the Role

Do you have experience in Vendor relationship building?, Do you have a Bachelor's degree?, * Possess a strong understanding of legal AI applications, generative AI platforms, legal technology categories, vendor ecosystems, and emerging AI-enabled legal workflows.

 * Demonstrate product ownership and product management skills, including requirements development, user stories, scoping, prioritization, roadmap planning, release management, feedback triage, user testing, and UI/UX awareness
 * Display strong strategic project management capabilities, including business case development, adoption planning, value realization, ROI analysis, and delivery across complex, multi-stakeholder initiatives

And have:

 * A bachelor's degree or equivalent, preferably in Law, Business, Information Systems, Product Management, Computer Science, or a related field
 * A Juris Doctor (JD), preferably; experience in legal technology, product ownership, legal operations, or enterprise technology may be considered in lieu of JD
 * A minimum of six (6) years of experience in product ownership, product management, legal technology, legal innovation, legal operations, or technology-enabled legal service delivery
 * Experience as a practicing attorney who has transitioned into product management, legal technology, legal innovation, or technology-enabled legal service delivery, preferably
 * A combination of a minimum of four (4) years of legal practice and a minimum of two (2) years of relevant product experience, preferably

## Description

The Innovation Attorney - Product Owner is an integral part of Latham's Technology & Information Services team. This role will be responsible for serving as the central product lead for assigned AI-enabled legal applications and related platform capabilities, while being accountable for discovery, release management, launch, adoption, governance alignment, measurement, and ongoing optimization. This role will be located in our New York or Global Services Office in Downtown Los Angeles. Please note that this role may be eligible for a flexible working schedule that allows for a hybrid and in-office presence.
Responsibilities & Qualifications:
Other key responsibilities include:

 * Defining and managing the product vision, roadmap, release priorities, adoption strategy, and success metrics, aligning delivery with firm strategy, attorney needs, AI governance requirements, and operational priorities
 * Translating practice group, attorney, and legal operations needs into product requirements, user stories, feature requests, prompt and workflow design considerations, and prioritization decisions
 * Leading pilots, proof-of-concept initiatives, feature testing, controlled releases, and practice group use case evaluations, including defining success criteria, gathering feedback, assessing outcomes, and supporting go/no-go decisions
 * Serving as the primary product contact and decision-maker for assigned legal AI applications, coordinating scope, sequencing, tradeoffs, and priorities across attorneys, practice groups, Innovation, Technology & Information Services, AI governance, and external vendors
 * Maintaining active relationships with third-party AI application vendors, monitoring roadmap developments, product releases, known issues, feature changes, performance trends, and platform limitations to ensure solutions evolve in line with firm needs
 * Protecting and maintaining any highly sensitive, confidential, privileged, financial, and/or proprietary information that Latham & Watkins retains


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