Senior Editor, In House Legal & Corporate Risk

Centellic

$90K — $120K *
Legal & Accounting
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience editing or leading reporters in business or legal environments.
  • Strong understanding of corporate legal departments and their enterprise interactions.
  • Proven ability to maintain senior-level sources in the legal and corporate ecosystem.
  • Exceptional editorial judgment connecting regulation, litigation, geopolitics, and corporate strategy.
  • Strong communication skills for moderating panels and public engagements.
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, intelligence-driven environment.
  • Must be highly organized and collaborative with experience in legal coverage.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and mentor a team of reporters covering corporate legal departments.
  • Serve as an ambassador to cultivate relationships with industry leaders.
  • Guide reporters in producing high-impact, insightful content.
  • Collaborate with product and data teams to create actionable intelligence.
  • Represent the organization at industry events and moderate discussions.
  • Ensure clarity and strategic relevance across all editorial coverage.
  • Drive a culture of market engagement among reporters.

Benefits

  • 15 vacation days, 12 holidays, and personal days including a volunteer day and birthday off.
  • Choice of Cigna health insurance, two dental plans, and vision coverage.
  • Health Savings Accounts (HSA) and Flex Spending Accounts (FSA) available.
  • Comprehensive wellness program offered.
  • Employer paid life, short-term, and long-term disability insurance.
  • 401K and Roth retirement plans with employer matching.
  • Tuition reimbursement after one year and commuter benefits available.
Full Job Description
Senior Editor, In House Legal & Corporate Risk

Department: Content Editorial & Research

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Philadelphia

Description

We are seeking a senior editor to lead a team of reporters covering the business, risk, and strategic priorities of corporate legal departments-particularly within highly regulated industries such as financial services, technology, life sciences and energy. This role is central to our mission of delivering strategic intelligence to in-house counsel, legal operations leaders and their teams navigating complex regulatory and geopolitical environments.

The ideal candidate is an externally facing leader who thrives on building market relationships, spotting emerging themes before they hit the mainstream, and shaping coverage that helps corporate legal leaders make smarter decisions. You will guide reporters in producing high-value insights, data-driven analysis and forward-looking reporting that strengthens our position as the industry's most trusted intelligence partner.

Key Responsibilities
  • Lead and mentor a team of US reporters focused on the business operations, risk posture, and strategic priorities of corporate legal departments.
  • Serve as an external ambassador for our platform-cultivating relationships with general counsel, legal operations executives, law firm leaders, consultants, and industry groups.
  • Guide reporters in producing high-impact content, including breaking intelligence, enterprise features, data-driven analysis, and investigative pieces.
  • Collaborate with product, data and events teams to translate reporting into actionable intelligence tools, presentations and market insights.
  • Represent the organization at industry conferences, moderate panels and be a subject-matter expert around what you hear from in-house counsel.
  • Ensure editorial excellence, clarity and strategic relevance across all coverage.
  • Drive a culture of sourcing and market engagement, ensuring reporters build deep, ongoing relationships with industry stakeholders.


Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
  • Demonstrated experience editing or leading reporters in a business, legal, regulatory or risk-focused environment.
  • Strong understanding of how corporate legal departments operate-and how they interact with finance, compliance, technology and the broader enterprise.
  • Proven ability to cultivate and maintain senior-level sources across the legal and corporate ecosystem.
  • Exceptional editorial judgment, with the ability to connect dots across regulation, litigation, geopolitics, technology and corporate strategy.
  • Strong communication and interviewing skills, including comfort moderating panels or conducting public-facing conversations with executives.
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, intelligence-driven environment where speed and depth both matter.
  • Experience in legal industry coverage, corporate governance, or risk reporting is a significant plus.
  • Must be highly organized, collaborative and able to guide reporters through both quick-turn and long-form work.
  • At least 4-6 years of relevant editorial or reporting experience preferred.
  • Willingness to travel for industry events, source meetings and market engagement.


Benefits

Our people are our most valuable asset, as such, we offer a wide range of benefits to help ensure that all are supported:
  • 15 vacation days, 12 company holidays, three personal days, one day to volunteer at the organization of your choice, plus a day off for your birthday each year
  • Choice of three Cigna health insurance plans, two dental plans, and vision coverage.
  • Health Savings Accounts (HSA) and Flex Spending Accounts (FSA)
  • Comprehensive wellness program
  • Employer paid life insurance
  • Employer paid short-term and long-term disability insurance
  • Accident and critical illness insurance
  • 401K and Roth retirement savings plans with employer matching
  • Employee Referral Awards
  • Tuition reimbursement after 1 year of service
  • Commuter Benefits

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