Advisor: Technology Innovation (Litigation)

About the role

Mayer Brown is seeking an Advisor: Technology Innovation - Litigation to join our Information Technology department in our New York or Washington, D.C. office. This role supports the firm’s IT mission by ensuring technology investments are fully leveraged, innovations are adopted, and lawyers and clients experience measurable benefit.

Responsibilities

• Understand Needs & Opportunities: Partner with lawyers, clients, and business services to map and evaluate current processes across the litigation lifecycle — intake, e-discovery, motions practice, depositions, trial preparation, and case resolution with an eye to identify where process improvement and technology can deliver greater value.
• Design, Build & Validate AI Workflows: Build, configure, and test the litigation workflows, prompt libraries, and automations that run inside GenAI legal platforms such as Harvey. This is hands-on workflow construction, not just requirements-gathering.
• Shape & Prioritize Initiatives: Support the Firm’s idea intake process by collecting information from the submitter to assist evaluating, scoring, and prioritizing ideas. Translate feedback into clear problem statements that IT and other business services can act on.
• Enable Practice Transformation: Work with practice stakeholders to identify pain points and design innovative solutions, whether through existing tools, custom built solutions or off-the shelf technology. Present solutions at practice group meetings.
• Increase Awareness & Engagement: Develop targeted outreach through listening sessions, practice presentations, vendor days to increase lawyer awareness and engagement with existing investments and emerging technologies that could help litigators.
• Drive Adoption & Change: Collaborate with Practice Technology and Learning & Development to deliver tailored training, awareness sessions, and direct support. Focus on building confidence, adoption, and measurable ROI for innovative solutions.
• Collaborate Across Business Teams: Work with other business departments e.g., Knowledge Management, Practice Management, Legal Project Management, Information Services, Legal Risk Management, Business Development & Marketing etc., to solve the issue holistically. Collaborate with Practice Technology team to onboard vendors and pilot new solutions.
• Horizon Scanning: Monitor legal technology trends and emerging vendors with an eye towards those that might address pain points of our lawyers in Litigation practices. Share insights with Firm and IT leadership to inform strategy and future investment.

Qualifications, Experience and Personal Attributes

• JD or Master’s degree; however, a Bachelor’s degree with relevant experience will also be considered.
• 2+ years’ experience working in legal environment either in a law firm or a legal department or a legal tech solution provider.
• Process improvement certification (e.g., Lean Six Sigma) is a strong plus.
• Demonstrated experience of leading strategic legal technology related projects, and particularly in evaluating and implementing legal tech solutions, in a large law firm or corporate/financial institution legal department or enterprise level, strongly preferred.
• Prior experience as a litigator, litigation paralegal, or litigation support professional is strongly preferred.
• Experience in increasing adoption of legal tech tools and different methods of engaging and enabling lawyers.
• Experience in business analysis, solution design, consulting and/or client-facing roles.
• Hands-on experience building, configuring, or administering workflows, playbooks, or custom workspaces within GenAI legal platforms such as Harvey. This is a builder role; familiarity as an end-user alone will not meet the bar.
• Strong ability to conceptualize and implement a project from end-to-end, knowing which skills and techniques are required for a particular situation.
• Experience mapping legal workflows.

Education/Training/Certifications

• JD or Master’s degree; however, a Bachelor’s degree with relevant experience will also be considered.
• 2+ years’ experience working in legal environment either in a law firm or a legal department or a legal tech solution provider.
• Process improvement certification (e.g., Lean Six Sigma) is a strong plus.
• Demonstrated experience of leading strategic legal technology related projects, and particularly in evaluating and implementing legal tech solutions, in a large law firm or corporate/financial institution legal department or enterprise level, strongly preferred.
• Prior experience as a litigator, litigation paralegal, or litigation support professional is strongly preferred.
• Experience in increasing adoption of legal tech tools and different methods of engaging and enabling lawyers.
• Experience in business analysis, solution design, consulting and/or client-facing roles.
• Hands-on experience building, configuring, or administering workflows, playbooks, or custom workspaces within GenAI legal platforms such as Harvey. This is a builder role; familiarity as an end-user alone will not meet the bar.
• Strong ability to conceptualize and implement a project from end-to-end, knowing which skills and techniques are required for a particular situation.
• Experience mapping legal workflows.

Preferred

• Strong ability to conceptualize and implement a project from end-to-end, knowing which skills and techniques are required for a particular situation.
• Experience with project management principles, including Agile/Scrum and Waterfall methods, together with requisite experience, to determine when to use each method.

Performance Traits

• Proven ability to communicate complex technical concepts in clear, non-technical language to stakeholders at all levels.
• Strong customer service and problem solving mindset.
• Effective team player in diverse environments; thrives under pressure and meets shifting deadlines.
• Pragmatic, self-motivated, flexible and good team player.
• Self-starter with high initiative; detail-oriented, organized, and multitasking.
• Maintain confidentiality and discretion.
• Open to regional and/or global travel, as needed.

Company Information

We offer competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits, including medical/dental/vision/life/and AD&D insurance, 401(k) savings plan, back-up childcare and eldercare, generous paid time off (PTO), as well as opportunities for professional development and growth. We are committed to providing equal opportunity and reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities and disabled veterans. To request an accommodation related to the application process or interview, please email uslateralrecruiting@mayerbrown.com . All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.

Pay Range

The typical pay scale for this position is between USD $150,000.00/Yr. and USD $200,000.00/Yr., although the actual wage or salary could be lower or higher if the candidate's education, experience, skills and internal pay alignment are different from those specified.