About the Role:
As a Director, you will manage high-impact non-technical projects and ensure alignment with organizational goals. Your expertise will drive process improvements and enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of project delivery across the organization.
Responsibilities:
- Business Acumen: Partner with senior leadership to develop and implement strategic initiatives that drive organizational growth and efficiency.
- Trusted Advisor: Provide strategic insight, recommendations, subject-matter expertise, and hands-on support in legal technology, M&A, partnerships, thought leadership, and similar high-level / high-impact initiatives.
- Ownership: Act as an extension of senior leadership and own core strategic and operational workstreams of legal software, partnerships, and incubation of emerging business opportunities.
- Manage and deliver high-impact projects effectively.
- Ensure projects align with organizational objectives.
- Oversee significant project budgets and financial health.
- Identify and mitigate high-level project risks.
- Lead strategic communication with key stakeholders.
- Drive process improvements across project management efforts.
- Ensure rigorous compliance with standards and protocols.
- Provide strategic insights and recommendations to leadership.
- Develop and deliver comprehensive project reports and documentation.
- Promote a culture of excellence and accountability.
Skills:
- High-Impact Project Management: Deliver on organizational objectives.
- Strategic Alignment: Ensure projects meet company goals.
- Advanced Financial Oversight: Manage substantial project budgets.
- High-Level Risk Management: Identify and mitigate risks.
- Executive Communication: Lead strategic stakeholder engagement.
- Process Enhancement: Drive and implement improvements.
- Standards Compliance: Ensure rigorous adherence.
- Strategic Insight: Provide valuable recommendations.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree & MBA, legal degree desired.
- Experience, network and positive references in legal tech and information services industry
- Experience (12+ years) in program management, innovation, change management, transformation, and/or strategy/consulting with a proven track record of successfully managing large-scale complex programs and strategic initiatives
- Recognized as a thought leader (internally and potentially externally) and requires expertise in leading-edge theories or techniques within own field
- Influences business or industry issues
- Proactively identifies and solves problems that impact the direction of the business
- Participate in the development of the business strategy
- Leads highly visible programs or initiatives across the organization
- Impacts business direction through the development of innovative services or products
- Negotiates with senior level and external stakeholders to influence decisions
- Progression to this level is typically based on business requirements
Compensation:
Target salary range CA, CT, CO, DC, HI, IL, MD, MN, NY, RI, WA: $189,950 - $268,900
