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Are you a senior Technology Manager or Engineering Manager looking to combine strategic leadership with hands-on technical expertise? Do you want to build modern, scalable platforms that empower legal and compliance professionals worldwide and deliver measurable impact?

As a Technology Manager within Wolters Kluwer’s Digital eXperience Group (DXG), supporting the Legal & Regulatory division, you will play a key role in the digital transformation of legal technology and compliance solutions. Working within our central global technology organization, you help guide technology delivery, shape architectural direction, and collaborate closely with product and business teams to build robust, future-ready solutions at scale.

The Role

As Technology Manager – DXG Legal & Regulatory, you are responsible for end-to-end technology delivery. You translate business and product priorities into actionable technology roadmaps and guide their execution from concept through delivery.

You provide hands-on technical leadership, set architectural direction, and ensure high standards across engineering practices. Acting as a bridge between business, product management, and engineering, you ensure alignment, scalability and quality across solutions.

You work in a global, matrixed environment, collaborating closely with international, cross-functional teams, including onshore and offshore engineering partners. With your leadership and technical expertise, you drive consistency, innovation and operational excellence across distributed teams.

What You Will Do

As Technology Manager – Legal Tech, you will:

• Translate business strategy and product priorities into clear technology roadmaps
• Provide hands-on technical leadership, guiding solution design, architecture decisions and development reviews
• Drive delivery across international, matrixed teams and external partners
• Improve engineering effectiveness through standardization, modernization and reusable components
• Ensure security, reliability, and compliance with privacy and business continuity standards
• Collaborate closely with product management and business stakeholders to prioritize initiatives and manage trade-offs
• Support AI initiatives, including GenAI applications within software development
• Build and optimize cloud-native applications using modern architectures and best practices

Your Skills and Experience

• 6–10 years of experience in software engineering, software development, or similar technical roles
• 2–4 years of experience in technical leadership, engineering management, or technology delivery
• Strong hands-on experience with cloud-native development, CI/CD, automated testing, and modern software architectures
• Experience working with Agile methodologies in international, matrixed environments
• Strong strategic mindset with the ability to translate business goals into technical solutions
• Professional fluency in English (Dutch is a plus)

Nice to have

• Experience with legal software or a background in the legal domain
• Experience applying AI or GenAI in software development

Who You Are

You are a confident and pragmatic technology leader who combines strategic thinking with execution power. You communicate clearly at both technical and executive levels and can translate complex topics for non-technical stakeholders.

You thrive in international, matrixed environments and naturally connect people, teams, and ideas. With your coaching mindset and solution-oriented approach, you inspire teams, set clear priorities, and consistently deliver results.

Why Join Wolters Kluwer?

You will join Wolters Kluwer’s Digital eXperience Group (DXG), the company’s central global technology organization. DXG’s mission is to accelerate innovation and improve efficiency by enabling the adoption of advanced technologies that meet and anticipate evolving customer needs.

DXG drives innovation across Wolters Kluwer through:

• a User Experience Center of Excellence, focused on customer-centric product development
• an Artificial Intelligence Center of Excellence, applying cutting-edge AI technologies to power the next generation of expert solutions

Within DXG, you will support the Legal & Regulatory division, working closely with global KLI (Kluwer Law International) teams. Together, you deliver scalable, secure, and innovative platforms that are used by legal and compliance professionals worldwide.

This role offers a unique combination of strategic influence, hands-on leadership, and global impact, within a stable, forward-looking organization investing heavily in cloud, AI, and modern software engineering.

What We Offer

• A senior, impactful role in an international DXG environment
• Hybrid working model with flexibility (location: Alphen a/d Rijn, 36 hours per week)
• Competitive salary
• Strong focus on professional growth through training, coaching and career development
• A collaborative culture that values innovation, accountability and quality
• The opportunity to work at the forefront of legal tech, AI, and cloud-based solutions

About Wolters Kluwer

Wolters Kluwer is a global leader in professional information, software, and services, supporting professionals in legal, business, tax, accounting, finance, audit & risk, compliance, and healthcare. With 20,000 employees in over 40 countries, we combine deep domain expertise with cutting-edge technology.

Shape the future of global legal technology. Apply today and join us as our new Technology Manager – Legal & Regulatory.

If you would like additional information about this role, please feel free to reach out: ina.smaelen@wolterskluwer.com

Our Interview Practices

To maintain a fair and genuine hiring process, we kindly ask that all candidates participate in interviews without the assistance of AI tools or external prompts. Our interview process is designed to assess your individual skills, experiences, and communication style. We value authenticity and want to ensure we’re getting to know you—not a digital assistant. To help maintain this integrity, we ask to remove virtual backgrounds and include in-person interviews in our hiring process. Please note that use of AI-generated responses or third-party support during interviews will be grounds for disqualification from the recruitment process.

Applicants may be required to appear onsite at a Wolters Kluwer office as part of the recruitment process.

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