AI Product Owner, Legal Operations

Imagine what you could do here. At Apple new ideas have a way of becoming great products services and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job and theres no telling what you could you passionate about translating AI capabilities into products that solve real legal problemsnDo you thrive on understanding attorney and paralegal needs deeply conducting interviews mapping legal workflows and documenting requirementsnCan you bridge the gap between technical possibilities and legal business valuennThe Business Engineering team within Legal Operations is building AI-powered products for a global legal organization. The AI Product Owner role is central to this mission bringing legal domain expertise understanding user needs firsthand defining what we build and driving adoption across practice groups.

The AI Product Owner defines and drives AI product strategy for Legal Operations combining legal domain expertise with product ownership and hands-on business analysis. You will leverage your understanding of legal workflows to conduct user research document requirements own the product backlog and work closely with AI/ML Engineers and AI Product Developers to deliver solutions that attorneys trust and adopt. This role requires legal operations fluency deep empathy for users analytical rigor and sharp prioritization skills.

Support the product vision strategy and roadmap for AI products serving Legal OperationsnLeverage legal domain expertise to understand practice group workflows terminology and pain pointsnConduct user interviews workflow analysis and stakeholder sessions with attorneys paralegals and legal operations staffnDocument business requirements legal process flows and user stories with clarity and precisionnDefine and prioritize the product backlog based on user needs business value and technical feasibilitynTranslate legal workflows (matter management contract lifecycle outside counsel management compliance) into clear product specificationsnMap current-state and future-state legal processes to identify automation and AI opportunitiesnCollaborate with AI/ML Engineers to understand technical constraints and shape feasible solutionsnWork with AI Product Developers to design intuitive user experiences that drive adoptionnFacilitate requirements workshops design sessions and UAT with practice group stakeholdersnDefine success metrics and measure product impact post-launchnConduct demos gather feedback and iterate based on user inputnDrive go-to-market planning including change management training and adoption strategiesnCommunicate product roadmap progress and trade-offs to stakeholders and leadershipnStay current on AI capabilities and legal tech trends to inform product direction

6 years of experience in product management business analysis or legal operations with hands-on experience across multiple disciplinesnStrong understanding of corporate legal department operations workflows and terminologynProven ability to conduct user research document requirements and translate findings into product specificationsnExperience working with technical teams (engineering data science AI/ML)nProven track record delivering solutions leveraging design thinking agile methodologies and the product development lifecyclenExcellent documentation skills able to produce clear business requirements process flows and user storiesnStrong facilitation skills for workshops interviews and stakeholder sessionsnExcellent communication skills able to engage credibly with attorneys and influence stakeholders

Direct experience in a corporate legal department law firm or legal tech companynFamiliarity with legal systems (matter management CLM eBilling document management eDiscovery)nUnderstanding of legal spend management LEDES/UTBMS billing codes and outside counsel operationsnExperience with AI/ML products or data-driven applicationsnUnderstanding of AI capabilities and limitations (LLMs RAG agents prompt engineering)nExperience with business process modeling and workflow documentation toolsnExperience with product analytics and user research methodologiesnCertified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) CBAP or similar certificationnJD paralegal certificate or legal operations certification a plusnTrack record of shipping products that legal professionals adopt and valuen