Product Manager, Legal Information Services

Practising Law Institute

$125K — $132K *
Legal & Accounting
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3-5 years in legal publishing, librarianship, or product management for electronic databases
  • Advanced academic credentials (MLS, MBA, or JD) preferred
  • Ability to define and maintain database functionality
  • Strong attention to detail and organizational skills
  • Self-starter with initiative and analytical mindset
  • Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
  • Proficiency in MS Office and JIRA is advantageous

Responsibilities

  • Define and maintain PLI PLUS functionality and document new feature requirements
  • Learn and understand PLI's strategic goals
  • Work with the product owner to implement customer-suggested features
  • Take ownership of projects with strong project management skills
  • Analyze usage trends to develop features that drive growth
  • Collaborate with internal teams to ensure content is added to PLUS and troubleshoot issues
  • Manage implementation priorities and represent business needs throughout development process

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision plans for employees and their families
  • Generous employer contribution to retirement savings
  • Ample paid time off, holidays, and summer Fridays
  • Flexible hybrid remote/in-person scheduling
  • Unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning and other career development opportunities
  • Work-life balance initiatives
  • One-time $500 Home Office Allowance
  • Gym/Wellness Allowance of up to $300 annually
Full Job Description
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
  • Define and maintain the functionality of PLI PLUS, PLI's award winning secondary source legal research database which includes gathering and documenting requirements for new features
  • Actively seek to learn and understand the strategic goals of PLI senior leadership
  • Work with the product owner and others within the organization to respond to customer requirements and implement new features on PLI PLUS
  • Takes ownership of projects from end-to-end. Display project management skills and the ability to engage with others to achieve product vision
  • Maintains an ongoing understanding of PLI customers, PLI business goals, and internal technologies
  • Analyze PLI PLUS usage trends to develop features that will drive growth of usage and revenue
  • Keep current with market trends that impact how customers prefer to interact with content and actively seek out user data to drive development strategies
  • Represent and drive the business needs throughout the development process providing requirements to the software engineers as well as the dedicated PLI BA and QA team members
  • Collaborate with various departments, especially the Publishing team, to ensure the content is being added to PLUS. Troubleshoot issues should they arise
  • Manage the requirements and oversight of implementation of development priorities.
  • Collaborate and participate on User Experience work
  • Meet daily, weekly, and monthly deadlines as established by your manager
  • Perform other related tasks as requested by your manager
  • Handle special projects as they arise


QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS
  • Knowledge of legal, compliance and electronic publishing preferred, although we will train an otherwise qualified candidate
  • 3-5 years' experience in legal publishing, legal librarianship, or product management for an electronic database.
  • Advanced academic credentials required. MLS, MBA, or JD is preferred
  • Demonstrated ability to define database functionality
  • Self-starter and able to take initiative
  • Attention to detail and strong organizational skills
  • Analytical mindset and critical thinking
  • Excellent verbal and written communication, and interpersonal skills, including presentation skills
  • Excellent time management skills with the ability to meet deadlines
  • Knowledge of legal research, MS Office JIRA, is an advantage


YOUR BENEFITS AT PLI

PLI offers a generous benefits package and is committed to creating an interesting, collegial, and supportive work environment:
  • Medical, dental and vision plans for employees and their families
  • Generous employer contribution to employee retirement savings account
  • Ample paid time off and holidays, summer Fridays
  • Flexible hybrid remote/in-person scheduling for most roles
  • Unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning web-based training along with other career development opportunities
  • Work-life balance initiatives
  • One-time $500 Home Office Allowance
  • Gym/Wellness Allowance of up to $300 each calendar year


COMPENSATION RANGE FOR THIS POSITION

$125,000 - $132,000 per annum

(Exact compensation offer may vary based on the candidate's job-related skills and work experience.)

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