White & Case LLP · 1 week ago
Senior Manager, Legal Operations
LA Metro Area
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
5+ years expWhite & Case LLP is a leading global law firm serving clients worldwide, and they are seeking a Senior Manager for their Legal Operations team. This role focuses on driving operational excellence and innovation within the Tech Disputes practice by overseeing legal operations, managing client portfolios, and collaborating with various teams to enhance service delivery.
Law Practice
Hiring Manager
Stephanie Menendez
Responsibilities
In collaboration with Legal Operations and LPM leadership, develop and strengthen the Firm’s legal operation/LPM capability and pipeline of work, influencing Partners and lawyers to adopt LPM principles on their matters
Operational management and co-delivery of legal projects/matters by arranging Kick-Off Meetings, Project Team Meetings and Steering Meetings, ensuring attendees, standing agenda, record keeping and circulation are appropriate to the meetings’ purpose
Defining and validating project scope, not simply management of scope
Defining and tracking timelines, milestones, deliverables, assumptions and dependencies at the outset
Financial/budget management on projects/matters
Tracking progress and escalating changes in scope, time and/or budget to project stakeholders and ensuring effective corrective action is implemented, where required
Implementing effective risk and issue identification and management strategies, providing options for mitigation or resolution that reflect client priorities
Leading post project review and Lessons Learned workshops to contribute to ongoing process improvements
Use of appropriate project management tools and techniques including drafting of all project-related documents and project artefacts such as project approach, project plans, schedules, action trackers, availability trackers, correspondence trackers, risk logs, status reports
Implement and ensure effective communication strategies are in place and acting as the interface, where appropriate, to project specific stakeholders including our Clients, lawyers in other practice areas and offices, external and opposing counsel and third party vendors
Provide LPM guidance on best practices, tools, techniques, roles and responsibilities
Collaborate with legal teams to identify the most cost effective and level of resources available
Collaborate with legal teams to draft and submit budget proposals; and with support from the Finance team, track and analyse actual project costs against budget and proactively address budget variances
Build relationships and foster a collaborative approach between the Firm’s legal teams, local counsel, and Clients on matter workstreams
Focused on lean principles and use of innovation and business process mapping, contribute to continuous improvement of the LPM Team’s processes including project management methodology, governance, training for legal teams and LPM best practice; and support of the change management of implementing these
Management of concurrent matters across a portfolio to provide operational oversight with a focus on legal operations strategies for the Tech Disputes practice
Manage local counsel across jurisdictions to ensure alignment on invoicing, reporting, and compliance with client-specific requirements, monitoring trends across client portfolios to identify strategic opportunities and areas for standardization
Line management of junior team members, as required
Support LPM leadership with LPM collateral for bids, tenders and pitches to portray LPM as an innovative way in which to deliver legal services
Contribute to the development and delivery of LPM training content for Firm lawyers, local counsel, and Clients
Identify opportunities to cross-sell LPM services in our global business
Be seen as a key contact point for Partners and senior stakeholders for LPM globally and build relationships and foster a collaborative approach to working with clients and across all departments
Comfortable with presenting on relevant topics at Senior Leadership meetings and Client meetings
Qualification
Required
Experience of Legal Project Management required
Significant experience of managing project teams and supporting complex, multi-jurisdictional matters in a dedicated project management capacity including experience of working with global legal teams
Experience of change management
Knowledge and proficiency in extranets, ebilling software, online data rooms, collaboration tools, legal tech and SharePoint sites; proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office products including Excel, Powerpoint, Visio, Project and Power BI
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
Ability to manage multiple priorities with 'can do' attitude, work cross-functionally, and meet tight deadlines
Strong interpersonal and communication skills, able to interact at all levels including with senior business stakeholders to negotiate and persuade in order to achieve successful outcomes
Understanding of law firm financial and performance metrics and ability to analyze financial reports of varying levels of complexity, providing financial analysis with a focus on delivering value to clients
Problem solver
Willing to challenge and question assumptions
Ability to work well under pressure and manage/prioritize workload
Advanced organizational and time management skills
A project leader
Flexible and resilient with ability to change and adapt in a fast moving, detail-oriented environment
Sensitivity to cultural differences across project teams
A strong academic record, preferably of graduate level (Law Degree or other relevant Post Graduate Degree an advantage)
Formal project management qualification essential, for example APMQ or PMP
5+ years relevant work experience including client facing roles
Benefits
Medical, dental, and vision insurance
Life and disability coverage
401(k) retirement savings
Vacation time
Leave programs (including parental leave)
Performance bonus eligible
Company
White & Case LLP
White & Case is a global law firm with longstanding offices in the markets that matter today.
1001-5000 employees
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Greg Dolan
Chief Operating Officer
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