[Hiring] Senior Director - Market Sensing & Competitive Intelligence @RELX

Role Description

LexisNexis Legal & Professional is seeking an AI-first, strategic and analytically rigorous Market & Competitive Intelligence lead, to drive forward-looking insight and rapid market & competitive response across Protégé globally. This leader will own global Market & Competitive Intelligence for Protégé at both a strategic & operational level ensuring early recognition of and response to emerging trends and issues as well as rapid fast-follow response to competitive market positioning.

The role will deliver actionable insights that will help shape product innovation, commercial strategy, pricing, positioning, and go-to-market execution in an increasingly AI lead environment.

• Ensure LexisNexis understands not just what competitors are building but how they are attempting to differentiate.
• Help define how Protégé should create sustainable competitive advantage in advance or in rapid response.
• Spot emerging trends and opportunities early and actively increase awareness.

Key Responsibilities

• Competitive Intelligence Strategy & Execution
  • Work with LN’s Legal & Regulatory team to ensure compliance with data collection policies.
  • Develop and lead a comprehensive AI-First competitive intelligence motion across all Protégé target markets.
  • Rapidly assess and combine all available internal intelligence sources.
  • Focus on competitive positioning and evolution of AI-native legal tools.
  • Track competitors’ product launches, AI advancements, and commercial strategies.
  • Spot emerging trends early and elevate clear calls to action.
  • Build and maintain strong networks with senior players across the legal market.
  • Attend and speak at market conferences.
  • Create and maintain a central AI-enabled “intelligence” repository.
  • Be a public figurehead for LexisNexis within chosen markets.
• Rapid Competitive Response & Market Reaction
  • Establish a rapid response capability for major competitive moves.
  • Deliver timely analysis and position guidance to Product, Marketing, and Commercial teams.
  • Coordinate cross-functional response playbooks addressing competitive product launches and market messaging.
  • Maintain an always-on market sensing capability.
• Product Marketing & Market Positioning
  • Lead development of competitive positioning frameworks.
  • Ensure new capabilities launch with strong market differentiation.
  • Drive stronger market messaging around LexisNexis testing and deployment of LLM technology.
  • Help shape the external market narrative around AI transformation in legal work.

Qualifications

• 12+ years in competitive intelligence, strategy, product strategy, market analysis, or related roles.
• Experience in legal technology, SaaS, AI platforms, or B2B information services strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated experience analyzing AI-driven market disruption.
• Proven ability to influence senior executives with data-driven insights.
• Strong understanding of how workflow automation and AI create competitive differentiation.
• Legal-sector experience or a legal background strongly preferred.
• Technology industry experience also a significant advantage.

Preferred Background

• Experience evaluating legal research platforms, legal AI tools, document automation, analytics, compliance, or workflow solutions.
• Familiarity with law firm and in-house legal department operational challenges.
• Exposure to M&A strategy or competitive due diligence.
• Strong connectivity across the legal technology market.

Core Competencies

• AI-First mindset.
• Strategic thinking with strong commercial acumen.
• Deep understanding of AI-driven workflow transformation.
• Advanced analytical and scenario modeling capabilities.
• Executive communication and storytelling.
• Ability to connect product-level detail to enterprise-level competitive advantage.
• High intellectual curiosity and proactive market monitoring.
• Ability to identify emerging signals early and define actionable response.

Benefits

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Company Description

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