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Lead and manage the Chicago paralegal and project assistant department supporting ~500 lawyers. Oversee staffing, performance management, recruiting, onboarding, training, employee relations, productivity reporting, timekeeping compliance, and paralegal technology programs while partnering with firm leadership and peer managers to ensure consistent firm-wide standards.

Source and engage candidates using LinkedIn Recruiter and other tools, build talent pipelines, conduct screening interviews, track sourcing activity with Smartsheet, analyze recruiting data with LinkedIn Talent Insights and Excel, and share best practices with the recruiting team.

Design AI-powered legal products end-to-end: research, information architecture, wireframes, prototyping (including AI/code-based), and high-fidelity UI. Collaborate with product, engineering, and UX Lead, maintain design systems and accessibility, run usability testing, track UX metrics, and present work to stakeholders.

Reviews and resolves potential conflicts of interest for lateral attorney hires. The role prepares conflicts summaries, communicates with partners and candidates, drafts waivers and screening requirements, supports onboarding, researches professional responsibility rules, and contributes to process improvements and special projects.

Lead pricing team to develop hourly and alternative fee proposals, provide strategic pricing guidance to partners, manage pricing approvals, drive process improvements and automation, coordinate billing rate strategy, liaise on RFP language, and develop team capabilities and training resources.

Own and deliver enterprise data products for assigned business domains (Client, Matter, Financial). Translate strategy into roadmaps and backlogs, lead discovery, manage delivery across engineering, analytics, governance and stakeholders, and drive data quality, governance, reporting, and AI-readiness for reusable, trusted data assets.

Lead end-to-end product lifecycle for Finance workstreams, partnering with Finance, Accounting, Engineering, and Data to deliver reporting, analytics, and AI-enabled solutions. Own roadmap, backlog, KPIs, discovery, requirements, and delivery; mentor junior PMs and drive process, governance, and stakeholder alignment.

Support attorneys and accounting by preparing client bills, proformas, invoices and reports; manage client accounts, past-due follow-up, EDI processing, and ensure compliance with billing agreements and Outside Counsel Guidelines. Advise attorneys on complex billing arrangements, train and mentor billing staff, collaborate with finance teams, and assist on special projects and process improvements.

Lead business development and marketing for the Global Finance practice: develop strategies and plans with practice leaders, manage RFPs and pitches, maintain collateral and experience databases, coordinate industry research and PR, oversee submissions/awards, plan client programs, track ROI and budgets, and supervise and develop junior BD staff to drive cross-selling and practice profile growth.

Manage a portfolio of IT and enterprise projects from initiation through closure. Lead cross-functional teams, vendors, and stakeholders to deliver infrastructure, applications, cloud, cybersecurity, and business-function projects on time and on budget. Maintain project documentation, governance, risk/issue tracking, resource coordination, and status reporting. Support PMO process improvements and change management.