Manager: Africa Legislation

About the Role

• Based in South Africa and reporting to the Head of CEMEA Editorial Operations, the Manager of Africa Legislation will lead a team responsible for South African legislation and legislation content across Anglophone African markets. This role drives editorial delivery, operational excellence, stakeholder engagement, and content expansion while ensuring high standards of quality, timeliness, and customer value. The position also plays a key role in embedding AI-first ways of working and continuous improvement across editorial operations.

Responsibilities
Market priorities and portfolio delivery

• Set priorities across South Africa and 12 Anglophone African markets, balancing content maintenance, expansion, customer needs and capacity; translate business and global strategies into delivery plans with clear owners, milestones and outcomes.

Quality and Turnaround Times:

• Own content accuracy, completeness, currency and timeliness across assigned jurisdictions; monitor quality, TATs and backlogs, resolve bottlenecks and implement improvements that accelerate delivery while maintaining editorial standards.

Bespoke customer requests and stakeholder relationships

• Maintain key relationships across Africa and coordinate bespoke legislation requests from scoping to delivery, agreeing requirements, capacity and deadlines with business partners and keeping stakeholders informed of progress and risks.

Print and Online Strategy:

• Drive an online-first approach to accelerate digital content readiness while maintaining print schedules aligned with business priorities and revenue goals.

Operational Leadership:

• Lead daily editorial operations, allocating team and contractor resources, managing schedules and resolving capacity risks to deliver agreed priorities.
• Lead cross-functional improvements and adopt AI, automation and technology solutions that improve productivity, scalability and customer experience.

Talent Development:

• Build a high-performing team through clear objectives, regular coaching and feedback, structured development and succession planning, strengthening accountability for quality and delivery.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Partner with Content Managers, Quality Leads and cross-functional colleagues to align delivery; provide senior leadership with clear, data-led reporting and recommendations on performance, risks, opportunities and decisions required.

Requirements

• Law degree (JD or equivalent) essential; practice experience highly desirable.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in legal publishing, editorial operations, or legislative content management.
• Proven ability to lead teams and manage complex editorial workflows in a matrixed environment.
• Experience embedding AI and automation into editorial processes.
• Familiarity with legislative content systems and digital publishing platforms.
• Strong financial acumen and ability to manage budgets and resource allocation.