Legal AI Academic Client Solutions Manager 1 Year FTC • Own and drive the adoption of Thomson Reuters AI products among law students, trainees and early‑career lawyers through faculties and course leaders/designers • Build strong, scalable relationships with law schools, professional training providers, and student bodies to embed AI tools into learning and assessment • Create a pipeline of "AI‑native" future lawyers who will advocate for and demand these tools in practice Act as the bridge between training, product, marketing, sales and the academic/legal training ecosystem About The Role Market development & partnerships • Identify, prioritise, and secure partnerships with priority law schools, bar/vocational training providers, and leading student societies • Negotiate and manage pilot programmes, institutional licenses, and curriculum integrations. • Maintain a map of key decision‑makers (deans, programme directors, careers offices, student org leaders) and own those relationships. Student engagement & adoption • Design and execute campaigns to drive active usage among students (events, workshops, competitions, bootcamps, clinics). This might include developing and running ambassador or "AI champion" programmes in target institutions. • Set and track student adoption and engagement targets (sign‑ups, MAUs, depth of usage). Education & enablement • Work with the Training team and other internal experts to create training content tailored to students and early‑career lawyers (CPD‑style sessions, webinars, on‑demand modules). • Collaborate with academics to integrate AI tools into coursework, moot courts, clinics, and skills modules • Ensure messaging and materials are aligned with ethical/legal practice expectations (confidentiality, bias, supervision, etc). • Regularly publish student-relevant content on social media and track engagement. Feedback loop into product & GTM • Capture structured feedback from students and academics and channel it into product improvements. • Share insights on trends in legal education and AI adoption to inform roadmap and commercial strategy. Reporting & governance • Own KPIs for the education/early‑career segment (e.g. institutions onboarded, active student users, activation/utilisation rates, conversion to paid relationships). • Produce regular reporting for leadership on performance, learnings and proposed next moves. • Ensure compliance with relevant data protection, academic regulations and professional standards when running initiatives. About You • Experience in legal education and preferably law firm practice, innovation or knowledge • Strong relationship‑building skills across senior academics, administrators and student leaders. • Comfortable running workshops and presenting to groups (students, faculty, professional audiences). • Good understanding of the legal profession's structure (law schools, firms, vocational training, regulators) • Enthusiasm for, experience of, or a willingness to learn, about legal technology • Organised, articulate, reliable and personable LI-KL1 What’s in it For You? Hybrid Work Model: We’ve adopted a flexible hybrid working environment (2-3 days a week in the office depending on the role) for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected. 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