Global Legal Product Owner - Senior Manager

Locations: Lisbon London

Who We Are

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What You'll Do

BCG partners with clients to tackle some of the world's most complex and pressing challenges. Guided by our purpose and grounded in our values, we unlock the potential of those who advance the world. BCG's Global Legal Team is a critical enabler of the firm's success, driving impact across strategic, operational, and risk-related priorities. To support the firm's digital transformation, Legal continues to evolve its products, processes, data, and technology to deliver exceptional service, value, and flexibility at scale.

The Global Legal Product Owner - Senior Manager is a key member of BCG's Legal Strategy & Operations team and a senior leader within the Global Legal Product Portfolio. This role serves as Product Owner for the Data & Reporting Squad, with responsibility for setting product vision and strategy, owning the backlog, and driving delivery of enterprise-grade data, reporting, and analytical capabilities. The role has direct line management responsibility for the Data & Reporting Product Analyst and provides leadership across the squad while partnering closely with Legal leadership, technology teams, and product portfolio leaders.

This role plays a critical part in shaping Legal's data foundation and enabling AI-powered solutions across the function. The ideal candidate brings deep data and analytics expertise, strong product leadership skills, and the ability to operate strategically while selectively diving deep into complex data and analytical challenges as needed.

A Global Legal Product Owner - Senior Manager is a customer-centric, outcome-oriented leader who enjoys working with teams to design and deliver high-impact data products. You will lead the Data & Reporting Squad and own the end-to-end product vision, roadmap, and delivery of Legal's data, reporting, and analytics capabilities.

Among your responsibilities, you will:

• Own the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for Legal's Data & Reporting products, aligning delivery with Legal leadership priorities and broader firm objectives.
• Deliver business results and stakeholder value across multiple groups by defining and tracking OKRs and KPIs for data, reporting, and analytical capabilities.
• Serve as the voice of the customer for Legal leadership and end users, ensuring reporting, data foundations, and AI-enabled solutions address real business needs and risks.
• Lead backlog prioritization and sequencing to maximize value delivery, balancing near-term reporting needs with long-term data and AI strategy.
• Directly manage and develop the Legal Data & Reporting Product Analyst - Manager, providing coaching, feedback, and performance support while enabling effective squad execution.
• Support and enable the Data & Reporting Squad to succeed, partnering with Chapter Leads to ensure appropriate resourcing, skills, and technical expertise.
• Act as a hands-on product leader during critical initiatives or delivery crunches, engaging directly in data analysis, SQL, BI tooling, or solution design as needed.
• Partner closely with portfolio leadership to ensure alignment with portfolio strategy, dependencies, and investment decisions.
• Champion Agile ways of working, modeling modern product behaviors and leveraging technology to accelerate Legal's digital transformation.
• Bring external market awareness and benchmarking into product strategy, positioning Legal as an innovation leader within BCG.
• Support quarterly and annual planning cycles, including initiative definition, prioritization, and roadmap planning.

In support of BCG's digital transformation, this role partners closely with Legal, Technology, and Operations stakeholders to introduce new data platforms, analytical tools, and AI-enabled capabilities. The Data & Reporting Squad plays a foundational role in shaping how Legal leverages data today and enables advanced analytics and AI solutions in the future.

YOU'RE GOOD AT

• Setting a clear product vision and translating strategy into executable roadmaps
• Balancing strategic leadership with hands-on problem solving when needed
• Applying a data-driven approach to decision-making and prioritization
• Leading and developing high-performing team members through influence and direct management
• Navigating ambiguity and making pragmatic trade-offs in a complex environment
• Communicating complex data and analytical concepts clearly to senior leaders
• Driving outcomes across cross-functional, globally distributed teams
• Bringing external perspective and innovation into internal product development
• Managing competing priorities while maintaining momentum and delivery focus
• Thinking creatively to design scalable, high-impact solutions

What You'll Bring

• 10+ years of experience in product management, analytics, data, or technology-enabled transformation roles.
• Demonstrated experience as a Product Owner or product leader within Agile delivery environments.
• Strong understanding of data platforms, reporting, analytics, and data governance concepts.
• Hands-on experience with data analysis, SQL, and business intelligence tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI); comfort diving into data as needed.
• Experience enabling or supporting AI and advanced analytics solutions through strong data foundations.
• Proven ability to lead and develop talent, including direct line management experience.
• Exceptional stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Experience operating in a fast-paced, intellectually rigorous, professional services environment.
• Strong understanding of enterprise technology and digital transformation initiatives.
• Agile certifications (e.g., Scrum.org, Scrum Alliance) preferred but not required.

Who You'll Work With

This role sits within BCG's Global Legal Team, specifically in the Strategy & Operations Center of Excellence. You will work closely with the Data & Reporting Squad, Product Portfolio leadership, and Agile peers across Legal. The role also partners extensively with stakeholders across Finance, HR, IT, and other BCG functions, as well as external vendors supporting Legal's data, reporting, and analytics platforms.

Boston Consulting Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under national, provincial, or local law, where applicable, and those with criminal histories will be considered in a manner consistent with applicable state and local laws.
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