Associate Director of Legal Practice Technology Team and Knowledge Development

About Kirkland & Ellis

Kirkland & Ellis is a global law firm known for setting the standard for legal excellence. Our culture is built on teamwork, innovation, and a dedication to continuous growth. We handle complex legal challenges with bold ideas and innovative solutions, leveraging the expertise of our 7,000+ professionals, including 4,000+ attorneys, across 24 offices worldwide.

What You’ll Do

• Take pride in both the craft of discovery and the people who practice it.
• Build deep hands-on experience in ediscovery, litigation support, or discovery project management.
• Elevate others through teaching, mentoring, and translating complex discovery concepts into clear, practical guidance.
• Create and deliver structured training programs for technical and complex roles.
• Create, maintain, and govern operational documentation including SOPs, workflow playbooks, and reference guides.
• Establish systems to track training completion and comprehension, defining KPIs and evaluation frameworks.
• Work effectively with subject matter experts, team managers, and senior leadership to align training initiatives with operational priorities.
• Administer a learning management system (LMS) and develop training content in video format.

What You’ll Bring

• Bachelor’s degree required; JD, LLM, or MBA is a plus but not necessary.
• Minimum of 7 to 10 years of hands-on experience in ediscovery, litigation support, or discovery project management.
• Deep working knowledge of leading ediscovery review and processing platforms.
• Familiarity with analytics tools, AI-assisted review workflows, and emerging technologies applied to document-intensive legal matters.
• Experience creating and delivering structured training programs for technical and complex roles.
• Skilled in PowerPoint and presentation design, with confidence in conducting in-person training.
• Proven experience creating, maintaining, and governing operational documentation including SOPs, workflow playbooks, and reference guides.
• Experience establishing systems to track training completion and comprehension, defining KPIs and evaluation frameworks.
• Ability to work effectively with subject matter experts, team managers, and senior leadership to align training initiatives with operational priorities.
• Exceptional organizational skills, good judgment, and the ability to independently define and make progress on action items, with a commitment to consensus building.
• Working knowledge of generative AI tools is a plus, including their practical application in legal services and discovery, including familiarity with prompt engineering techniques and agentic workflow development.

Compensation

• The base salary range below represents the low and high end of the salary range for this position in New York, Bay Area and Chicago.
• This range may differ based on your geographic location and cost of living considerations.

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