RennerBrown · 5 days ago
Innovation Specialist
NYC Metro Area
Full-time
Onsite
Mid Level
$140K/yr - $160K/yr
3+ years expRennerBrown is seeking an Innovation Specialist for its Knowledge Management & Innovation team. The role involves supporting the firm’s legal knowledge management and practice innovation agenda by evaluating technology solutions, managing vendors, and partnering with stakeholders to enhance day-to-day practice.
ConsultingInformation TechnologyProfessional ServicesStaffing Agency
Hiring Manager
John Insabella
Responsibilities
Monitor the legal technology landscape, sharing relevant trends and insights with the team to inform the innovation roadmap and practice‑focused opportunities
Maintain a clear view of the firm’s internal technology landscape and innovation pipeline by tracking ideas, opportunities, and active initiatives from intake through evaluation and implementation, helping to avoid duplication and focus effort on the highest‑value work
Assess external technology solutions, including functionality, usability, integration needs, and key risks, and coordinate with internal stakeholders to ensure alignment with practice requirements
Manage vendor relationships by acting as day‑to‑day liaison, coordinating product demonstrations and proofs of concept, monitoring agreed deliverables, and facilitating issue resolution to support successful outcomes
Coordinate technology pilots by supporting planning, execution, and monitoring, including scheduling activities, tracking objectives and milestones, and ensuring that defined success criteria are captured and shared with relevant stakeholders
Document current‑state and future‑state workflows, use cases, and user journeys to support solution design, pilot planning, and implementation decisions
Collaborate with innovation specialists to monitor the ongoing performance and usage of deployed tools to identify enhancement opportunities, redundancies, or retirement candidates
Support innovation and technology governance processes by coordinating required reviews (e.g., information security, privacy, risk) and tracking approvals needed for pilots, contracts, and rollouts
Maintain standardized onboarding frameworks for new tools, including intake requirements and rollout playbooks, to support consistent and secure implementation
Track the innovation budget, monitoring spend and commitments across tools and projects and supporting budget planning for future fiscal years and initiatives
Support the innovation team with technology adoption by partnering with practice groups to plan and execute tool rollouts, coordinating training, gathering user feedback, and helping to address adoption challenges
Contribute to change management efforts by supporting communication and engagement plans for new tools (e.g., key messages, launch communications, stakeholder briefings) that clearly articulate value, expectations, and impact on existing workflows
Qualification
Required
High level of comfort with technology and curiosity about legal tech and emerging tools; ability to quickly learn new systems and explain their value in plain language
Proven ability to analyze workflows and business needs, document processes and use cases, and translate them into clear requirements for technology evaluations and implementations
Experience evaluating technology solutions (e.g., demos, proofs of concept, vendor comparisons) and summarizing findings and recommendations in a structured, decision-ready format
Comfort with basic project management practices (workplans, milestones, dependencies, risk/issue tracking)
Ability to bring structure to ambiguous problems, prioritize effectively, and move work forward
Comfort working within governance frameworks and budget constraints, including tracking commitments over fiscal years
Experience supporting change initiatives (e.g., new tools, new processes, or policy changes), including stakeholder engagement, communications, and feedback gathering
Demonstrated ability to work directly with professional services stakeholders with little or no supervision
Detail-oriented and organized, with a disciplined approach to documentation, follow-up, and process consistency
Self-starter who can work independently, manage competing deadlines, and know when to escalate issues or decisions
Excellent written communication skills
Flexibility in daily schedule for purposes of responding to attorney requests and ability to work outside normal business hours as needed
Bachelor's degree required
3+ years of experience in a technology-enabled role such as innovation, knowledge management, legal operations and/or legal technology
Experience working in a large law firm or professional services firm required
Preferred
Familiarity with legal technology or KM tools (e.g., document management systems, search platforms, workflow / automation tools, legal AI tools) is strongly preferred
Degree in business, information systems, legal studies or a related field preferred
Company
RennerBrown
RennerBrown specializes in IT operations management, IT staffing solutions, consultation and technological tools.
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageLeadership Team
Bob Turek
Co-Founder & President
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