Senior Practice Group Manager

For the NYC or Philadelphia Office of a Global Law Firm

Responsibilities include:

• Assist Practice Group Director and work with C&S PGM team with the development and implementation of practice group strategic initiatives as well as daily operations;
• Manage productivity, development, and feedback for associates, counsel and paralegals;
• Understand the needs of lawyers in the group and ensure that they have the resources necessary to get the job done by communicating with office managers, IT, and other departments;
• Promote internal and external training and development opportunities to the C&S Group’s attorneys and encourage attendance;
• Manage secondment processes including developing business cases, identifying candidates and drafting engagement letters;
• Manage and implement mentoring programs.

Qualifications include:

• J.D. and Big Law experience in corporate and securities strongly preferred;
• Relevant law firm or professional services operations and management experience;
• Ability to independently create systems and structure where needed;
• Diplomacy and the ability to successfully foster collaboration among others;
• Creativity in developing solutions given practical constraints;
• Quantitative skills.

Salary: $152-190k

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