Senior Editor, In House Legal & Corporate Risk

Department: Content Editorial & Research

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Philadelphia

Description

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of US reporters focused on the business operations, risk posture, and strategic priorities of corporate legal departments.
• Serve as an external ambassador for our platform—cultivating relationships with general counsel, legal operations executives, law firm leaders, consultants, and industry groups.
• Guide reporters in producing high‑impact content, including breaking intelligence, enterprise features, data‑driven analysis, and investigative pieces.
• Collaborate with product, data and events teams to translate reporting into actionable intelligence tools, presentations and market insights.
• Represent the organization at industry conferences, moderate panels and be a subject-matter expert around what you hear from in-house counsel.
• Ensure editorial excellence, clarity and strategic relevance across all coverage.
• Drive a culture of sourcing and market engagement, ensuring reporters build deep, ongoing relationships with industry stakeholders.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Demonstrated experience editing or leading reporters in a business, legal, regulatory or risk‑focused environment.
• Strong understanding of how corporate legal departments operate—and how they interact with finance, compliance, technology and the broader enterprise.
• Proven ability to cultivate and maintain senior‑level sources across the legal and corporate ecosystem.
• Exceptional editorial judgment, with the ability to connect dots across regulation, litigation, geopolitics, technology and corporate strategy.
• Strong communication and interviewing skills, including comfort moderating panels or conducting public‑facing conversations with executives.
• Ability to thrive in a fast‑paced, intelligence‑driven environment where speed and depth both matter.
• Experience in legal industry coverage, corporate governance, or risk reporting is a significant plus.
• Must be highly organized, collaborative and able to guide reporters through both quick‑turn and long‑form work.
• At least 4–6 years of relevant editorial or reporting experience preferred.
• Willingness to travel for industry events, source meetings and market engagement.