Stone King LLP

Director of Knowledge Management

Stone King LLP

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

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Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Develop and implement our KM strategy to align with the firm’s strategic goals and design a scalable KM function from the ground up
  • Represent KM in the Senior Leadership Team, influencing firmwide decision-making
  • Lead KM’s integration with BD & Marketing, IT, HR and L&D and recruit, develop, and lead a KM team
  • Lead the firm's approach to legal technical training for lawyers at all levels, ensuring alignment with practice group needs
  • Build a knowledge-sharing culture across all practice groups and business services and engage senior stakeholders to embed KM into daily practice
  • Represent Stone King in external KM networks and industry forums and lead KM training and awareness initiatives
  • Coordinate development and maintenance of precedents, templates and know-how repositories, ensuring accessibility and consistency
  • Partner with Practice and Sector Heads to provide tailored KM support and build a cross-firm knowledge community
  • Design and implement innovative KM systems and tools, including AI and machine learning solutions, and partner with IT to ensure accessibility
  • Establish governance frameworks for knowledge capture, sharing, and compliance
  • Evaluate effectiveness of KM initiatives, oversee roll-out of legal technology and generative AI tools, and implement continuous improvement processes

Requirements

  • Proven experience in developing and leading on the delivery of KM strategy in a law firm or professional services environment
  • Deep understanding of legal knowledge systems, AI and KM best practices
  • Strong leadership, project management and change management skills
  • Demonstrable success in implementing KM systems, including AI tools, legal tech platforms and enterprise search platforms
  • An ability to motivate and persuade lawyers to use and contribute to KM systems
  • Commercial acumen and strategic thinking with a focus on client service delivery
  • Excellent communication, collaboration, and stakeholder engagement skills
  • A high level of IT literacy, with an interest in technological advances and their potential impact on KM systems
  • An understanding of information systems and classification principles
  • Qualified solicitor or legal professional with significant post-qualification experience (desirable)
  • Experience in building KM functions from the ground up (desirable)