About the Role
This role involves defining litigation workflows, mapping court rules, and translating legal processes into product features for a legal automation and AI platform. You will design templates, identify automation opportunities, and support the go-to-market team with domain expertise. Continuous validation with practicing lawyers and staying current with regulatory changes are key.
Responsibilities
- Define litigation workflows, checklists, and automation rules across all areas of litigation (commercial disputes, property litigation, employment, insolvency, debt recovery, general civil)
- Map court rules, filing requirements, limitation periods, and procedural steps for Australian jurisdictions (NSW priority, then national expansion)
- Work with the development team to translate legal processes into product features, data models, and automation logic
- Design templates for court documents, correspondence, and compliance checklists
- Identify and prioritise the highest-value automation opportunities
- Support the GTM team with domain expertise for sales conversations, demos, and client onboarding
- Continuously validate product features with practising litigation lawyers to ensure accuracy and practical relevance
- Stay current with procedural and regulatory changes that affect litigation workflows
Requirements
- 6+ years of experience practising litigation in an Australian law firm (any area: commercial, property, employment, insolvency, or general civil)
- Deep understanding of Australian court procedures, filing requirements, limitation periods, and case management across at least one jurisdiction
- Ability to articulate complex legal processes as structured, step-by-step workflows
- Strong attention to detail
- Genuine interest in technology and willingness to learn how software is built
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Experience across multiple areas of litigation (not just one specialisation)
- Exposure to legal technology products or practice management systems
- Experience documenting processes, SOPs, or training materials
- Familiarity with court e-filing systems (eLodgment, JusticeLink, etc.)
- Understanding of costs assessment and billing workflows in litigation
Skills
- Litigation workflow definition
- Court rules mapping
- Legal process translation
- Document template design
- Automation opportunity identification
- Domain expertise
- Process documentation
- Legal technology
- Case management systems
- Court e-filing systems
- Costs assessment
- Billing workflows
Location
- Sydney CBD
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior Associate
- Special Counsel
- 6+ years of experience
Salary/Compensations
- Lawyer level salary
- Bonus
- Share options post probation
About the Company
- Seed funded, fast growth legal automation/ AI firm
- The solution is a case management and workflow automation across all areas of litigation including commercial disputes, property, employment, insolvency, debt recovery, and general civil.
- The solutions is built for litigation teams who are drowning in procedural administration instead of focusing on case strategy.
