What C-level Legal Jobs Ask For
Across 402 open C-level Legal postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are regulatory-compliance, ai, stakeholder-management.
Updated September 19, 2026
658 open C-level Legal postings. The percentages below are measured over the 402 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| regulatory-compliance | 46% |
| ai | 26% |
| stakeholder-management | 14% |
| cybersecurity | 12% |
| fintech | 11% |
| business-development | 9% |
| hipaa | 9% |
| legal-research | 8% |
| succession-planning | 8% |
| analytics | 8% |
| automation | 7% |
| gdpr | 6% |
| performance-management | 6% |
| cloud | 5% |
| saas | 5% |
| blockchain | 4% |
| machine-learning | 4% |
| data-governance | 4% |
| contract-drafting | 3% |
| data-analytics | 3% |
| process-improvement | 3% |
| strategic-planning | 3% |
| accessibility | 3% |
| contract-lifecycle-management | 3% |
| data-quality | 3% |
| employee-relations | 3% |
| program-management | 3% |
| iso-13485 | 3% |
| llm | 3% |
| vendor-management | 3% |
| ccpa | 2% |
| cryptocurrency | 2% |
| agile | 2% |
| iso-27001 | 2% |
| sharepoint | 2% |
| gcp | 2% |
| predictive-analytics | 2% |
| soc-2 | 2% |
| ai-enablement | 2% |
| generative-ai | 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 658 open C-level Legal jobs →
Across all Legal levels
Most Legal postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- legal-research 3,374
- regulatory-compliance 3,148
- ai 2,589
- stakeholder-management 1,420
- business-development 1,232
- gdpr 943
- cloud 802
- automation 799
- cybersecurity 773
- process-improvement 759
- saas 749
- fintech 655