Manager, Contracts AI

Manager, Contracts AI and Legal Engineering At Epiq, your work contributes to complex, global legal outcomes. You'll join a values-driven community where integrity guides decisions, relentless service sets the bar, and we thrive on big challenges together. We invest in your growth with enterprise-wide learning and mobility. We celebrate who you are, and we respect life beyond work with flexibility that's recognized externally. Enabled by modern platforms and AI, you'll do the most meaningful work of your career and see your impact at scale. About the Role: We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Manager for Epiq's CLM practice for Contracts AI and Legal Engineering, with a specialization in AI and Generative AI (GenAI) capabilities. The person in this role will be an advisor to client stakeholders, bridging business goals with AI technical solutions. This role is critical to the success of our Contracts Solutions AI (GenAI) services roadmap and initiatives and will be responsible for defining detailed requirements for contract-related AI and GenAI solutions. The ideal candidate will leverage their expertise in CLM, contract law, and technology to lead requirements definition, design, and configuration of advanced AI functionalities and oversee junior legal engineers through successful project delivery. This is a client-facing, manager-level role, with opportunity for management of direct reports, supporting business development, and creating custom solutions. Key Responsibilities: Requirements Definition & Stakeholder Collaboration Considers the client's broader business and legal strategy when designing solutions, ensuring AI/CLM implementations align with long-term organizational objectives. Collaborate with legal, procurement, and business teams to gather and translate requirements for AI and GenAI capabilities within the CLM system. Work closely with stakeholders to define use cases and establish technical requirements for automation, contract review, compliance, and risk assessment. Lead requirements workshops and work with legal and contract management teams to map current workflows and identify automation opportunities. AI/GenAI Solution Development & Implementation Configure AI/GenAI functionalities in the client's CLM system, including automated contract review, risk scoring, clause extraction, and natural language understanding (NLU); provide oversight to junior resources and quality check/validate their work. Develop and implement AI-powered models and algorithms to enhance contract drafting, negotiation insights, and data-driven recommendations. Partner with data scientists and AI engineers to fine-tune AI models, ensuring accuracy and relevance in contract analysis, keyword extraction, and clause comparison functions. Configuration & System Optimization Oversee the configuration of the AI (GenAI) modules to support contract functional capabilities effectively, focusing on optimizing templates, clause libraries, and playbooks to align with AI-enabled processes. Configure and optimize GenAI tools to support contract generation, standardized language, and regulatory compliance, ensuring that the solution meets the evolving needs of the legal and contracting teams. Monitor, evaluate, and refine AI performance, adjusting configurations to improve accuracy and reduce manual intervention. Testing, Validation & Change Management Define and lead testing protocols to validate AI/GenAI functionality, identifying any gaps and addressing issues with solutions. Manage quality assurance and validation for AI-driven features, ensuring regulatory compliance and operational alignment. Support change management efforts, providing training materials, demos, and user documentation to drive user adoption of AI/GenAI capabilities. Data Management & Reporting Leverage the CLM system's analytics capabilities to provide data-driven insights on AI usage, performance, and improvement areas. Generate reports that track the impact of AI/GenAI on efficiency, risk management, and contract lifecycle timelines, presenting findings to leadership and other stakeholders. Sales Opportunity Scoping & Alignment Participate in sales scoping sessions; collaborate with the sales team to define project use cases, success criteria, scope, timelines, pricing models, and resource needs, ensuring they align with the Contract Solutions practice's delivery capabilities. Delivery Methodology Act as an AI subject matter expert (SME) in client meetings, clearly articulating Epiq methodology to prospects and clients to set expectations externally, and proactively communicate within project teams to provide visibility to deliverable dependencies and identification of risks. Advises clients on CLM and AI best practices, proactively identifies implementation risks, and escalates internally and to client stakeholders with proposed mitigations. Collaborates with project managers on budget, timeline, and scope; scopes LOE for requested changes; prepares and presents Change Requests to clients as needed. Maintains engagement governance standards and coaches junior consultants on deliverable quality and documentation best practices. Contributes to and leads practice initiatives, including developing internal methodologies, playbooks, and reusable assets for the Contracts AI practice. Qualifications: Education & Experience Bachelor's degree in Law, Legal Studies, Computer Science, or a related field. JD or Master's degree is a plus. 5+ years of experience with CLM solutions and software implementations, particularly in AI legal engineering or CLM implementation roles. Proven expertise in implementing AI/GenAI capabilities within CLM systems (e.g., AI-based clause extraction, automated contract drafting, risk scoring) and explaining business value to clients. Technical Skills Strong experience in configuring and administering CLM platforms such as Leah/Leah Legal, Agiloft, Malbek, or similar products and their AI capabilities. Proficiency in AI/ML concepts and prompt writing, with experience implementing natural language processing (NLP) and generative AI solutions. Familiarity with data models, contract clause taxonomy, and metadata tagging. Up to date with new releases and legal AI products in the market, and able to lead client discussions about differences in capabilities. Analytical & Communication Skills Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills, with an ability to translate complex legal requirements into technical specifications. Strong communication and documentation skills, with a track record of successful stakeholder engagement and discussing technical aspects of a project in a way that is understandable to client audiences. Confirmed ability to identify product limitations across different AI functionality and suggest workarounds or custom solutions. Expertise in measuring AI readiness as part of legal technology maturity to ensure implementation project success. Experience leading small teams or mentoring junior colleagues in a consulting or implementation environment. The salary range is $130,000 - $170,000 depending on skill set and qualifications. Your specific salary will be determined based on several factors: location-based market rate for the role, your abilities in relation to the job specification, performance during screening and interview, pay parity with the wider team in the considered location. Further details about the package will be provided during the initial screening call with the Talent Acquisition Team. #J-18808-Ljbffr Epiq