Legal Staff Marketing in Los Angeles, CA

Law Firm

Los Angeles, CA

Legal Staff Marketing in Los Angeles, CA

Legal Staff

Min 7 yrs required

No

Job Title: Senior Manager - Legal Project Management

Job Responsibilities:
The Senior Manager - Legal Project Management is tasked with supporting the Senior Director - Legal Operations in developing and implementing the law firm's Legal Project Management (LPM) Program Standards. This role provides critical support and guidance to attorneys in several key areas, including scope of work development, budget development, process planning, communication plan development, and post-project review. The Senior Manager is responsible for overseeing the firm's LPM software and is involved in a variety of essential functions:

- Assisting attorneys in defining the client value perspective.
- Identifying and evaluating market trends and opportunities related to legal service delivery models, cost structures, and client service; identifying factors affecting the delivery of value on client engagements and proposing/coaching attorneys on methods to improve.
- Conducting statistical analyses and developing task-based billing trend reports. Collaborating closely with attorneys and the pricing team to propose appropriate fee arrangements based on quantitative data.
- Assisting in publishing influential LPM success stories.
- Directing and coordinating with PSC Leaders on implementing efficient processes associated with commonly used matter types.
- Assisting PSC leaders in identifying unprofitable matter types and proposing solutions for improvement.
- Organizing and conducting client (and client team) LPM meetings, providing documentation and implementation support to achieve defined objectives.
- Assisting in firm-wide LPM training efforts, including co-conducting workshops, PSC presentations, SBU presentations, and client team presentations.
- Identifying opportunities for streamlining the legal service delivery process through technology improvements, business process reengineering, or other approaches.
- Supervising ongoing development of client budgets and monthly tracking of actual performance against budgets to assist in internal engagement management as well as external client reporting, if needed.
- Coordinating the administrative oversight of legal project management initiatives for specific clients.
- Regularly assisting or presenting to internal groups on pricing, profitability, legal project management, and law firm economics.
- Managing the Legal Project Management Team.

Education and Experience Information:
The position requires a Bachelor's degree with major coursework in Accounting or Finance, with a Master’s Degree in a related field preferred. Alternatively, commensurate professional and educational experience is acceptable. The candidate must have at least 7 years of progressive expertise in a related area. Substantial experience in project management and the implementation of project management disciplines is required, including working directly with partner-level client managers. Experience in an LLP partnership structure is strongly preferred. The candidate must possess robust knowledge of legal staffing, budgeting, profit modeling, and project management tools, with the ability to identify a client’s value perspective and assist partners in aligning their legal service delivery to that perspective. Familiarity with data warehouse extraction and budget platforms is required, along with demonstrated proficiency in all Microsoft Office products, specifically Excel and MS Project or similar Project Management software.

Salary Information:
Compensation for this position is commensurate with skill and experience, with variations based on skills, experience, location, and other factors permitted by law. The expected compensation ranges for this position in various states and jurisdictions are as follows:

- State of California: $125,000 - $239,000
- State of Colorado: $115,000 - $205,000
- State of Illinois: $113,000 - $219,000
- Jersey City, NJ: $136,000 - $246,000
- State of Maryland: $121,000 - $184,000
- State of Massachusetts: $125,000 - $239,000
- State of Minnesota: $125,000 - $207,000
- State of New York: $116,000 - $251,000
- State of Washington: $121,000 - $230,000
- Washington, .: $161,000 - $237,000

These salaries do not include a discretionary bonus, which is non-guaranteed and dependent upon individual and firm performance. Full-time employees receive benefits including medical and dental coverage, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability insurance, a pre-tax flexible spending account for certain medical and dependent care expenses, an employee assistance program, Paid Time Off, paid holidays, and participation in a retirement plan program after meeting eligibility requirements.