What Lead Legal Jobs Ask For

Across 271 open Lead Legal postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are ai, regulatory-compliance, risk-assessment.

Updated November 3, 2026

685 open Lead Legal postings. The percentages below are measured over the 271 of them that list skills at all.

Skill	Mentioned in
ai	30%
regulatory-compliance	29%
risk-assessment	22%
fintech	19%
gdpr	19%
cybersecurity	15%
ccpa	14%
contract-lifecycle-management	14%
data-governance	14%
web3	13%
business-development	12%
legal-research	8%
sharepoint	6%
process-improvement	6%
stakeholder-management	6%
corrective-action	5%
1c	4%
blockchain	4%
powerbi	4%
analytics	4%
dfars	4%
agile	3%
saas	3%
accessibility	3%
automation	3%
iso-13485	3%
sap	3%
contract-drafting	3%
go-to-market	3%
hipaa	3%
performance-management	3%
contract-negotiation	2%
employee-relations	2%
erp	2%
program-management	2%
api	2%
cloud	2%
generative-ai	2%
lgpd	2%
nist	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.

Across all Legal levels

Most Legal postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.