Global Value Pricing and Project Manager

Responsibilities

• Lead annual budget planning and monitoring for complex, value-based fee arrangements, ensuring real-time visibility into financial performance
• Act as primary financial partner to Partners and client stakeholders on budget planning, spend optimization, and fee arrangements
• Develop, manage, and report on multi-jurisdictional matter budgets in coordination with the Global Billing Coordinator, ensuring compliance with client OCGs
• Manage the end-to-end project lifecycle for large, cross-border client programs across 50+ countries, with clear governance and reporting
• Cook up multi-disciplinary teams (internal lawyers, local counsel, ALSPs, technology) across time zones and workstreams
• Proactively identify and mitigate project risks, scheduling conflicts, and resourcing gaps
• Support client relationship management through regular reporting, governance meetings, and preparation of materials for partner and executive forums
• Prepare communications and presentations to leadership with excellent strategic analysis and insights
• Identify, implement, and embed AI-powered and legal technology tools to improve efficiency, quality, and matter management

Requirements

• 5+ years of financial management/pricing and legal project management experience in a law firm, in-house legal department, or ALSP environment
• Deep expertise in legal matter budgeting, AFAs, outside counsel guideline compliance, and/or legal financial reporting
• Exceptional communication skills with the ability to prepare and present to senior client and firm leadership
• Excellent proficiency in Excel, SharePoint, use of CoPilot (or similar) and AI tools for project management and workflow
• Demonstrated experience managing multi-jurisdictional legal budgets with meaningful budget responsibility
• Experience in a dedicated client service or embedded legal ops roles
• Exposure to cross-border regulatory, M&A, or commercial matters
• Working knowledge of legal AI platforms such as Harvey, Legora, or comparable tools