Research Manager

Legal 500 is a global legal market research, data and intelligence business. Our research helps corporate clients make informed decisions about legal representation and gives law firms insight into their market position, performance, and clients.

Beyond research, we’re building a growing data, benchmarking, market-intelligence and subscription service offering. We bring the legal market together through a global programme of events - awards ceremonies, conferences and roundtables that convene leading law firms, in-house teams and their advisers. And through Legal Business, our journalistic title, we deliver independent news, analysis and commentary on the business of law and the strategy, performance and leadership of the world’s leading law firms.

We are a growing, multi-site organisation, with colleagues working across research, data, technology, product, journalism, commercial and events in London, Leeds and Bristol.

The Research Manager role is central to Legal 500’s strategic growth, leading the delivery of high-quality, lawyer-led coverage of our global market. Based in our new Leeds office, you will manage a team of Research Analysts, ensuring timely and accurate delivery of editorial projects, and fostering a high-performing, supportive team culture.

This is a hands-on leadership position that combines people management, project oversight, and stakeholder engagement. You will work closely with our Senior Editors and Chief Research Officer, alongisde commercial colleagues to identify priority markets, manage research cycles, maintain quality standards, and build relationships with partner-level lawyers and business development teams in leading law firms.

The role requires excellent organisational skills, a proactive and results-driven mindset, and the ability to manage competing deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

The ideal candidate will be a proven people manager with strong communication skills, able to motivate and coach a team while delivering complex projects to schedule. You will be comfortable working independently, confident in decision-making, and able to build credibility with senior stakeholders both internally and externally.