Innovation Attorney – Product Owner

Latham & Watkins

Product Owner for AI-enabled legal applications at Latham & Watkins. Leading product strategy, implementation, and vendor relations for innovative legal technology solutions.

Posted 6/26/2026full-timeNew York City • California, New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $220,000 - $250,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

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

Requirements

What you’ll need

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

Comp & perks

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

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Hard Skills & Tools

product managementproduct ownershiplegal technologyAI governancefeature testingworkflow designuser storiessuccess metricsadoption strategylegal operations

Soft Skills

leadershipcommunicationrelationship managementdecision-makingprioritizationfeedback gatheringorganizational skillsstrategic alignmentcollaborationproblem-solving

Certifications

Juris Doctor (JD)bachelor’s degree in Lawbachelor’s degree in Businessbachelor’s degree in Information Systemsbachelor’s degree in Product Managementbachelor’s degree in Computer Science