Job Description

Are you an experienced Editorial Manager ready to lead our MENA editorial team in Dubai--driving content generation and delivery across 10 countries and helping power the next phase of growth for our research platform?

About the Role

In this opportunity as

Editorial Manager

, you will:


Lead the editorial team and uphold processes, work product quality, and editorial standards across the function Oversee legal research, analysis, interpretation, and translation to support regional content needs Manage the team's legal content sourcing, creation, updating, and maintenance aligned to key regional value propositions Review, classify, interpret, and quality-check legal materials (including legislation and case law) produced by staff Identify and escalate critical legal issues within editorial content, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and compliance with standards Monitor workflows, maintain team coverage, and ensure on-time delivery against publishing schedules and quality benchmarks Produce production, administrative, and cost reporting; manage budgets where applicable and escalate risks/issues promptly Supervise, coach, and develop the editorial team (performance management, training needs, hiring input), while building strong stakeholder relationships and driving process improvements to boost productivity and quality

About You

You're a fit for the role of

Editorial Manager

if you have the following required qualifications:


Proven experience in editorial management, preferably within legal publishing or information services Strong understanding of legal research, content development, and editorial processes Demonstrated team leadership and people management capabilities Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills Experience working in the MENA region with understanding of regional legal systems Strong organizational and project management abilities Arabic speaker with proficiency in English Law degree or similar highly desirable
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What's in it For You?

Hybrid Work Model:

We've adopted a flexible hybrid working environment (2-3 days a week in the office depending on the role) for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected.

Flexibility & Work-Life Balance:

Flex My Way is a set of supportive workplace policies designed to help manage personal and professional responsibilities, whether caring for family, giving back to the community, or finding time to refresh and reset. This builds upon our flexible work arrangements, including work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year, empowering employees to achieve a better work-life balance.

Career Development and Growth:

By fostering a culture of continuous learning and skill development, we prepare our talent to tackle tomorrow's challenges and deliver real-world solutions. Our Grow My Way programming and skills-first approach ensures you have the tools and knowledge to grow, lead, and thrive in an AI-enabled future.

Industry Competitive Benefits:

We offer comprehensive benefit plans to include flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days off, access to the Headspace app, retirement savings, tuition reimbursement, employee incentive programs, and resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.

Culture:

Globally recognized, award-winning reputation for inclusion and belonging, flexibility, work-life balance, and more. We live by our values: Obsess over our Customers, Compete to Win, Challenge (Y)our Thinking, Act Fast / Learn Fast, and Stronger Together.

Social Impact:

Make an impact in your community with our Social Impact Institute. We offer employees two paid volunteer days off annually and opportunities to get involved with pro-bono consulting projects and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives.

Making a Real-World Impact:

We are one of the few companies globally that helps its customers pursue justice, truth, and transparency. Together, with the professionals and institutions we serve, we help uphold the rule of law, turn the wheels of commerce, catch bad actors, report the facts, and provide trusted, unbiased information to people all over the world.

About Us

Thomson Reuters informs the way forward by bringing together the trusted content and technology that people and organizations need to make the right decisions. We serve professionals across legal, tax, accounting, compliance, government, and media. Our products combine highly specialized software and insights to empower professionals with the data, intelligence, and solutions needed to make informed decisions, and to help institutions in their pursuit of justice, truth, and transparency. Reuters, part of Thomson Reuters, is a world leading provider of trusted journalism and news.


We are powered by the talents of 26,000 employees across more than 70 countries, where everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments. At a time when objectivity, accuracy, fairness, and transparency are under attack, we consider it our duty to pursue them. Sound exciting? Join us and help shape the industries that move society forward.


As a global business, we rely on the unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences of all employees to deliver on our business goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under applicable law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer providing a drug-free workplace.


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