Jobs at LexisNexis South Africa

About Role: 

• This role involves conducting complex research, design, and platform development/support within a specific functional area or product line. It contributes directly to project plans, schedules, and methodologies for implementing cross-functional software assets and infrastructure. Responsibilities include cloud platform design across multiple systems, SRE activities, mentoring less-experienced team members, and collaborating with users, customers, and stakeholders to translate their requirements into effective solutions. Additionally, it focuses on fostering a culture of innovation and excellence.

Qualifications:

• Good experience in Cloud Engineering with a strong focus on Azure and/or AWS.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent experience.
• Preferred: Azure Solutions Architect certification or AWS Certified Solutions Architect.

Requirements:

• Strong knowledge of cloud services (e.g., EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, Azure VMs, Azure Storage, Azure Functions).
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IAC) technologies (e.g., Terraform, ARM/BICEP).
• Proficiency in containerization and orchestration tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes/EKS).
• Proficiency in scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash, TypeScript, PowerShell).
• Knowledge of networking concepts and security best practices.
• Familiarity with SRE activities and best practices.
• Familiarity with DevOps practices and tools.
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools (e.g., DataDog, Coralogix, AWS CloudWatch, Azure Monitor).
• Excellent problem-solving and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Experience collaborating across multiple topics in parallel.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborating with technical personnel and team members to finalize solutions.
• Writing and reviewing documentation for the management, improvement, and support of platforms/assets.
• Completing complex bug fixes and root-cause investigations.
• Working closely with development and platform teams to understand requirements and translate them into high-quality solutions.
• Implementing infrastructure management and deployment best practices, including code/solution reviews.
• Operating in various development environments (Agile, Waterfall, etc.) while collaborating with key stakeholders.
• Self-manage workload to ensure timely and high-quality delivery of solutions.
• Resolving complex technical issues with high-quality solutions.
• Mentoring less-established colleagues, ensuring they are knowledgeable in critical aspects of their roles.
• Maintain a learning/growth mindset to stay updated on new technology developments.
• Proactively propose solutions to improve and grow the organization.

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About the Role: 

• The Programme Manager will lead the Strategic Transformation Office, reporting directly to the Strategy Executive. This role is crucial for implementing strategic initiatives and projects across various departments, including Marketing, Sales, Content, Product, Operations, Finance, HR, and Technology. The Programme Manager will ensure that projects are executed efficiently, meeting quality, reliability, schedule, and cost requirements.

Key Duties:

• Project Planning: Develop, monitor, and manage projects from initiation to completion.
• Coordination: Lead or coordinate project planning, resourcing, staffing, supply management, progress reporting, troubleshooting, and people management.
• Quality Assurance: Ensure project outcomes meet quality, reliability, schedule, and cost requirements.
• Performance Monitoring: Track performance and recommend schedule changes, cost adjustments, or resource additions as necessary.
• Cross-Functional Leadership: Collaborate across multiple departments to ensure cohesive project execution.
• Risk Management: Identify potential risks and develop mitigation strategies. Budget Management: Oversee project budgets and ensure financial targets are met.
• Reporting: Prepare and present regular project status reports to stakeholders.

Key Requirements:

• Education: Relevant degree or equivalent experience.
• Certifications: Project management certifications such as PMP, Prince 2, CAPM, PMI-ACP, or CSM.
• Experience: 8 to 10 years of experience in project management.
• Analytical Skills: Strong analytical ability to solve problems and make recommendations.
• Project Management Proficiency: Proficient in project management methodologies and tools.
• Stakeholder Management: Build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders.
• Communication: Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal. Adaptability: Ability to adapt to changing priorities and manage multiple projects simultaneously.

Key Attributes:

• Leadership: Ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage complex projects.
• Problem-Solving: Strong problem-solving skills and critical thinking.
• Relationship-Building: Build strong relationships with stakeholders.

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About the Role

• The Programme Manager will lead the Strategic Transformation Office, reporting directly to the Strategy Executive. This role is crucial for implementing strategic initiatives and projects across various departments, including Marketing, Sales, Content, Product, Operations, Finance, HR, and Technology. The Programme Manager will ensure that projects are executed efficiently, meeting quality, reliability, schedule, and cost requirements.

Key Duties:

• Project Planning: Develop, monitor, and manage projects from initiation to completion.
• Coordination: Lead or coordinate project planning, resourcing, staffing, supply management, progress reporting, troubleshooting, and people management.
• Quality Assurance: Ensure project outcomes meet quality, reliability, schedule, and cost requirements.
• Performance Monitoring: Track performance and recommend schedule changes, cost adjustments, or resource additions as necessary.
• Cross-Functional Leadership: Collaborate across multiple departments to ensure cohesive project execution.
• Risk Management: Identify potential risks and develop mitigation strategies. Budget Management: Oversee project budgets and ensure financial targets are met.
• Reporting: Prepare and present regular project status reports to stakeholders.

Key Requirements:

• Education: Relevant degree or equivalent experience.
• Certifications: Project management certifications such as PMP, Prince 2, CAPM, PMI-ACP, or CSM.
• Experience: 8 to 10 years of experience in project management.
• Analytical Skills: Strong analytical ability to solve problems and make recommendations.
• Project Management Proficiency: Proficient in project management methodologies and tools.
• Stakeholder Management: Build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders.
• Communication: Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal. Adaptability: Ability to adapt to changing priorities and manage multiple projects simultaneously.

Key Attributes:

• Leadership: Ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage complex projects.
• Problem-Solving: Strong problem-solving skills and critical thinking.
• Relationship-Building: Build strong relationships with stakeholders.

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About the Role

• This position serves as the driving force behind Global Customer Fulfillment and back-office expertise, ensuring a seamless connection between the business and various teams. The role focuses on maintaining and optimizing pricing systems, supporting CPQ processes, and driving alignment between specific segment needs and global strategies. With a strong partnership with the segment business units, strategy teams, and global operations, this role plays a critical part in achieving pricing excellence, process improvement, and operational alignment.

Responsibilities

• Ensure all rate cards are accurately populated and maintained across relevant systems to support business needs and pricing strategies.
• Maintain CPQ rules to ensure pricing logic is accurate, consistent, and aligns with business policies.
• Manage the setup and administration of promotional offers, ensuring timely and accurate execution.
• Collaborate with global digital support teams to define and implement system requirements for projects impacting Fulfillment and local segment leads (e.g., LNAI migration, global platform upgrades).
• Provide ongoing support and expertise for system integration projects, ensuring seamless alignment between segment business needs and global strategies.
• Identify opportunities to streamline and optimize pricing and back-office processes, driving efficiency and accuracy.
• Partner with global teams to ensure consistency in pricing systems and processes while addressing unique segment-specific needs.
• Maintain meticulous records of dates & actions taken for metrics and audit purposes

Requirements

• BS/BA with 5-7 years of experience or equivalent in pricing, order-to-cash, or related operations.
• Strong understanding of business operations and pricing strategies.
• Preferred expertise in CPQ maintenance, pricing tools, and rate card administration.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with an ability to influence and drive initiatives across teams.
• Strong project management skills, with experience in system integration and change management.
• Detail-oriented with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

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About the Role

• In this role, you will be helping to provide legal practical guidance and market insight by contributing to the smooth running of the current awareness and LexisAsk services. You will be helping to source news items and to write and review legal news articles to be published on Lexis+ UK for UK legal practitioners.

Responsibilities

• Tracking daily legal developments and producing high-quality current awareness articles and enhanced coverage of significant cases, particularly Supreme Court judgments.
• Overseeing the LexisAsk inbox, triage incoming legal queries, and assigning them to the appropriate Practice Area teams, ensuring adherence to internal procedures.
• Drafting, reviewing, and editing legal news items and customer responses, maintaining high editorial standards and ensuring clarity, accuracy, and alignment with house style.
• Sourcing, onboarding, and liaising with external legal authors and experts for contributions to news commentary, Q&A responses, and analysing content.
• Genericising complex legal questions and collaborating with internal and external subject matter experts to provide authoritative, well-researched answers.
• Applying internal taxonomy to all content to ensure consistency, discoverability, and alignment with content strategy.
• Contributing to the ongoing development and enhancement of the Current Awareness and LexisAsk services through process improvements and new content initiatives.
• Editing and adapting externally authored articles for internal publication, ensuring relevance and suitability for the Lexis+ UK audience.

Requirements

• Have a degree in Law, or equivalent experience
• Demonstrate an eye for detail and a quality oriented focus
• Be able to demonstrate excellent research and writing skills
• Have a good understanding of legal issues, procedures and content types
• Be able to think creatively, handle multiple tasks simultaneously and work to strict deadlines
• Be able to communicate influentially and effectively to a range of audiences, including senior stakeholders
• Be a natural, innovative problem solver, able to collaborate with your team to resolve issues
• Have an understanding of, and willingness to use, social media and new technology