Senior legal consultant

Job Description: Senior Consultant – Legal Research Process Transformation Innodata is seeking an experienced Senior Consultant in the legal research domain to support the Italy L&R Prime 2.0 rollout and vendor transition initiative. The consultant will be responsible for conducting a thorough assessment of current legal research, amendment, enrichment, and editorial business processes, and translating those findings into a structured transition approach aligned with the new automated Prime 2.0 platform. Role Overview The Senior Consultant will work closely with business stakeholders, legal research teams, vendors, and implementation teams to understand existing workflows, identify process gaps, and define how current business operations should evolve within the context of Prime 2.0. This role requires deep expertise in legal research operations, process analysis, business transformation, and managed services transition. Key Responsibilities Lead a comprehensive assessment of current legal research, amendment, enrichment, and editorial workflows. Document existing business processes, handoffs, inputs, outputs, exceptions, and dependencies. Analyze current vendor processes and identify gaps, risks, inefficiencies, and opportunities for improvement. Map current-state processes to future-state Prime 2.0 workflows and automated system capabilities. Support definition of future-state operating models, roles, responsibilities, and process ownership. Partner with business, technology, and vendor teams to ensure legal research requirements are accurately understood and reflected in the Prime 2.0 implementation. Develop a structured transition roadmap to support migration from existing vendor processes to the Prime 2.0 operating model. Facilitate workshops, stakeholder interviews, and process review sessions in both Italian and English. Provide recommendations to improve turnaround time, quality, scalability, and operational efficiency. Support change management by helping teams understand how existing legal research processes will operate within the new automated system. Required Experience and Skills 10+ years of experience in business process consulting, legal research operations, managed services transition, vendor transition, or outsourcing transformation. Strong domain expertise in legal research, legal publishing, regulatory content, or information services. Proven experience assessing complex business processes and translating them into future-state operating models. Strong process documentation, process mapping, and gap analysis skills. Experience working with automated workflow systems, content platforms, or digital transformation initiatives. Ability to evaluate manual processes and determine how they should be adapted, automated, or redesigned. Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills. Fluent communication skills in both Italian and English. Ability to work across business, vendor, technology, and implementation teams. Strong analytical skills with the ability to identify risks, dependencies, and improvement opportunities. Preferred Qualifications Experience with legal amendment, enrichment, editorial, or content production workflows. Experience supporting system implementation, UAT, or business readiness activities. Familiarity with legal taxonomy, metadata, content structuring, or legal document lifecycle management. Experience supporting transition from legacy or manual workflows to automated content production systems.