Innovation Attorney - Product Owner

About Latham & Watkins

Latham & Watkins is one of the world’s leading global law firms advising the businesses and institutions that drive the global economy. We are the market leaders in major financial and business centers around the world. Our investment in people, commitment to innovation, and focus on the future empower you to build an incredible career and thrive as an exceptional professional in a supportive culture. If you aspire to be the best, and work with the best, this is where you belong.

About the Role

The Innovation Attorney - Product Owner is an integral part of Latham’s Technology & Information Services team. This role will be responsible for serving as the central product lead for assigned AI-enabled legal applications and related platform capabilities, while being accountable for discovery, release management, launch, adoption, governance alignment, measurement, and ongoing optimization. This role will be located in our New York or Global Services Office in Downtown Los Angeles. Please note that this role may be eligible for a flexible working schedule that allows for a hybrid and in-office presence.

Responsibilities & Qualifications

Other key responsibilities include

• Defining and managing the product vision, roadmap, release priorities, adoption strategy, and success metrics, aligning delivery with firm strategy, attorney needs, AI governance requirements, and operational priorities
• Translating practice group, attorney, and legal operations needs into product requirements, user stories, feature requests, prompt and workflow design considerations, and prioritization decisions
• Leading pilots, proof-of-concept initiatives, feature testing, controlled releases, and practice group use case evaluations, including defining success criteria, gathering feedback, assessing outcomes, and supporting go/no-go decisions
• Serving as the primary product contact and decision-maker for assigned legal AI applications, coordinating scope, sequencing, tradeoffs, and priorities across attorneys, practice groups, Innovation, Technology & Information Services, AI governance, and external vendors
• Maintaining active relationships with third-party AI application vendors, monitoring roadmap developments, product releases, known issues, feature changes, performance trends, and platform limitations to ensure solutions evolve in line with firm needs
• Protecting and maintaining any highly sensitive, confidential, privileged, financial, and/or proprietary information that Latham & Watkins retains

We’d love to hear from you if you

• Possess a strong understanding of legal AI applications, generative AI platforms, legal technology categories, vendor ecosystems, and emerging AI-enabled legal workflows.
• Demonstrate product ownership and product management skills, including requirements development, user stories, scoping, prioritization, roadmap planning, release management, feedback triage, user testing, and UI/UX awareness
• Display strong strategic project management capabilities, including business case development, adoption planning, value realization, ROI analysis, and delivery across complex, multi-stakeholder initiatives

And have

• A bachelor’s degree or equivalent, preferably in Law, Business, Information Systems, Product Management, Computer Science, or a related field
• A Juris Doctor (JD), preferably; experience in legal technology, product ownership, legal operations, or enterprise technology may be considered in lieu of JD
• A minimum of six (6) years of experience in product ownership, product management, legal technology, legal innovation, legal operations, or technology-enabled legal service delivery
• Experience as a practicing attorney who has transitioned into product management, legal technology, legal innovation, or technology-enabled legal service delivery, preferably
• A combination of a minimum of four (4) years of legal practice and a minimum of two (2) years of relevant product experience, preferably

Benefits & Additional Information

Successful candidates will not only be provided with an outstanding career opportunity and welcoming environment, but will also be provided with a generous total compensation package with bonuses awarded in recognition of both individual and firm performance. Eligible employees can participate in Latham’s comprehensive benefit program which includes:

• Healthcare, life and disability insurance
• A generous 401k plan
• At least 11 paid holidays per year, and a PTO program that accrues 23 days during the first year of employment and grows with tenure
• Well-being programs (e.g. mental health services, mindfulness and resiliency, medical resources, well-being events, and more)
• Professional development programs
• Employee discounts
• Affinity groups, networks, and coalitions for lawyers and staff

Latham & Watkins is an equal opportunity employer. The Firm prohibits discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race (including, but not limited to, hair texture and protective hairstyles), color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status (including veterans of the Vietnam era), gender expression, marital status, or any other characteristic or condition protected by applicable statute.

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Pay Range

USD $220,000.00 - USD $250,000.00 /Yr.