Editorial Manager, MENA - United Arab Emirates, Dubai, Dubai - Thomson Reuters

Description

Are you a legally trained professional with deep knowledge of MENA legal systems ready to lead our regional editorial team in Dubai—overseeing legal research and content 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
• 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:

• Law degree (essential) with proven expertise in MENA legal systems
• Demonstrated team leadership and people management capabilities
• Arabic speaker with proficiency in English
• Strong understanding of legal research, content development, and editorial processes
• Experience in legal publishing, legal information services, or related content roles (desirable)
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Deep knowledge of regional legal frameworks across MENA countries
• Strong organizational and project management abilities

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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.

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