Jobs at Mayer Brown

Defines and manages business and functional requirements for strategic technology initiatives. Analyzes business processes, facilitates stakeholder workshops, documents requirements and workflows, supports change management, aligns user acceptance testing, conducts system testing, and helps deliver technology solutions. The role collaborates with business sponsors, technology teams, project managers, vendors, and subject matter experts while managing deliverables, risks, dependencies, and stakeholder communications.

Supports monthly financial close, journal entries, account reconciliations, balance sheet governance, internal controls, audits, financial analysis, and process improvement. Collaborates with Accounting, FP&A, and cross-functional teams to maintain accurate financial data and reporting. Requires strong analytical, organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills, with attention to detail and the ability to handle confidential information.

Creates and maintains legal knowledge resources for the Projects and Infrastructure practice, including project finance precedents, templates, trackers, training, and market updates. Advises attorneys on legal technology, generative AI, information governance, workflows, and process improvement. Partners with lawyers and business teams to implement knowledge strategies, improve data classification and accessibility, support client-facing content, deliver training, and preserve transaction know-how. Requires substantial U.S. project finance practice experience and strong legal judgment.

Supports business development and marketing initiatives for the Projects and Infrastructure Industry Group. Responsibilities include preparing RFP, pitch, and presentation materials; coordinating events, podcasts, videos, sponsorships, and social media campaigns; developing marketing content; managing rankings and matter data; conducting competitive intelligence; tracking pipeline activity; and maintaining lawyer profiles and practice descriptions.

Manages IT service delivery for the Chicago office, including service desk, end-user support, audiovisual services, incident escalation, ITSM processes, asset management, security coordination, vendor oversight, and technology project support. Leads the local technology team, partners with global technology groups, supports events and conference rooms, drives continual service improvement, reports on service KPIs, and promotes responsible GenAI adoption.

Coordinates business development and marketing initiatives for litigation and advisory groups, including events, pitches, proposals, research, directory submissions, marketing materials, CRM updates, client communications, and content development. Supports attorneys and the global marketing team through proofreading, data collection, competitive intelligence, administrative tracking, and local office event logistics while managing shifting deadlines and collaborating with internal teams and vendors.

Leads technology learning and development programs across global offices, driving adoption of Microsoft 365, business applications, and GenAI tools. Designs blended, digital, persona-based, and role-based learning experiences; develops multimedia content and enablement resources; delivers training; analyzes LMS and adoption data; advises technology projects on readiness and change management; supports responsible AI adoption; and builds stakeholder partnerships across IT, business, risk, and knowledge management teams.

Develops client pricing strategies, fee arrangements, budgets, and RFP responses for a law firm. Performs financial, profitability, market, competitor, and post-matter analysis; collaborates with partners, attorneys, business development, and pricing teams; maintains pricing tools and templates; builds Power BI dashboards; and applies AI and machine learning to automate pricing insights and improve decision-making.

Coordinates lateral partner recruitment by scheduling interviews, managing candidate logistics, maintaining applicant tracking records, collecting feedback, preparing recruitment documentation, and supporting offer and onboarding activities. Provides administrative support to recruitment and integration teams, liaises with internal stakeholders and external recruiters, processes invoices, prepares reports, and maintains a professional candidate experience.

Manages billing and work-in-progress inventory for assigned law firm partners, prepares accurate and timely client invoices, resolves billing issues, maintains status documentation, analyzes billing processes, and recommends process or system improvements. The role requires strong client service, communication, organization, attention to detail, Excel proficiency, problem-solving, and collaboration.

The Business Development Manager develops marketing and business development plans for employment, benefits, and mobility practices. Responsibilities include client targeting, campaigns, thought leadership, competitive intelligence, CRM data management, RFPs and proposals, marketing materials, events, directory submissions, lawyer support, budgeting, and team supervision. The role partners with lawyers and firm leadership to strengthen market positioning, support client development, coordinate initiatives, and improve workflows across a global law firm.

Manages and operationalizes the firm’s enterprise AI governance framework. Oversees AI risk and impact assessments, use-case reviews, AI inventory and regulatory monitoring, third-party AI due diligence, client audit requirements, and governance committee reporting. Coordinates across information security, IT, legal risk, privacy, procurement, and innovation teams to ensure AI systems address security, privacy, fairness, explainability, and compliance requirements.

Leads the architecture, development, and governance of Finance and Accounting data platforms, pipelines, semantic models, dashboards, and reporting solutions. Designs and optimizes SQL, Python, ETL, Power BI, and data warehouse environments; ensures data quality, security, scalability, and reliability. Partners with senior stakeholders to translate business needs into technical solutions, mentors engineers and analysts, leads vendor evaluations, supports financial applications, and advances enterprise data strategy.

Supports firm-wide tax compliance and partnership accounting by preparing tax estimates, schedules, filings, K-1 distributions, partner tax elections, audit responses, indirect tax reviews, tax notices, depreciation calculations, and global secondment tax coordination. Collaborates with partners, internal departments, tax preparers, outside advisors, and vendors while managing confidential information and time-sensitive deadlines.

Supports the firm's AI and digital transformation initiatives by analyzing workflows, identifying use cases, translating business needs into requirements, and coordinating AI-enabled solutions. Partners with business, IT, data, engineering, innovation, and change-management teams to develop prototypes, enable Microsoft 365 and Copilot experiences, guide implementation, deliver demonstrations and training, support user adoption, and identify emerging technology opportunities.

Leads software quality control activities across IT systems, including test planning, test case development, manual and automated testing, UAT coordination, defect tracking, requirements traceability, environment administration, and quality metrics. Maintains QC processes and repositories, supports Agile and DevOps practices, coordinates vendors and project teams, provides status reporting, and coaches junior analysts. The role also contributes to forecasting, vendor selection, process improvement, and QC strategy development.

Supports Finance and Accounting data analysis, dashboards, reporting, data modeling, and ETL processes. Builds SQL queries, data pipelines, Power BI dashboards, and sustainable reporting systems. Partners with Enterprise Data, Finance, IT, and business stakeholders to identify, secure, transform, and govern data. Provides technical guidance, evaluates solutions, supports financial applications, participates in vendor engagements, and documents data processes and system designs.