What C-level Legal Jobs Ask For
Across 516 open C-level Legal postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are regulatory-compliance, risk-assessment, ai.
Updated October 8, 2026
754 open C-level Legal postings. The percentages below are measured over the 516 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| regulatory-compliance | 41% |
| risk-assessment | 30% |
| ai | 23% |
| corrective-action | 18% |
| stakeholder-management | 15% |
| cybersecurity | 11% |
| fintech | 9% |
| legal-research | 8% |
| analytics | 8% |
| business-development | 8% |
| hipaa | 7% |
| automation | 7% |
| performance-management | 7% |
| succession-planning | 6% |
| gdpr | 6% |
| cloud | 4% |
| blockchain | 4% |
| machine-learning | 4% |
| process-improvement | 4% |
| strategic-planning | 4% |
| contract-drafting | 3% |
| employee-relations | 3% |
| program-management | 3% |
| saas | 3% |
| contract-lifecycle-management | 3% |
| data-governance | 3% |
| agile | 3% |
| root-cause-analysis | 3% |
| data-analytics | 3% |
| iso-13485 | 3% |
| llm | 3% |
| accessibility | 3% |
| ccpa | 2% |
| cryptocurrency | 2% |
| contract-negotiation | 2% |
| itar | 2% |
| data-quality | 2% |
| dfars | 2% |
| sharepoint | 2% |
| talent-management | 2% |
"Mentioned in" counts postings that name the skill anywhere — including as a nice-to-have — so treat it as the ceiling, not the bar.
Browse 754 open C-level Legal jobs →
Across all Legal levels
Most Legal postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- legal-research 3,601
- regulatory-compliance 3,350
- ai 2,759
- risk-assessment 2,589
- stakeholder-management 1,550
- business-development 1,319
- corrective-action 1,273
- gdpr 1,025
- automation 918
- process-improvement 887
- cloud 820
- cybersecurity 817