Senior Solutions Analyst, Legal Business Consulting
Reed Smith LLP · Princeton, NJ · 1 wk ago
$154k–$173k/yrFull-time
Senior leader and trusted advisor bridging client business needs, legal practice demands, and advanced technology solutions. This role combines expertise in solutions architecture, sales engineering, and business transformation with a strong grounding in litigation support and corporate legal projects.
Responsibilities
- Act as a senior advisor to litigation and corporate legal teams, aligning business challenges with practical, technology-enabled solutions.
- Lead client-facing workshops on AI, litigation management, matter lifecycle optimization, e-discovery, CLM, and legal operations strategy.
- Facilitate client feedback loops to ensure insights from litigation and corporate legal users inform product design and service delivery.
- Support business development efforts as a sales engineer, demonstrating solution capabilities for litigation support, regulatory risk, and transactional efficiency.
- Design and deliver advanced, tailored demonstrations of legal technology platforms—including litigation management tools, CLM systems, e-discovery platforms, and AI-enabled applications.
- Lead global training initiatives for attorneys, litigation support staff, and corporate legal professionals.
- Partner with product vendors to refine offerings based on litigation and corporate law client requirements.
- Collaborate with client legal departments and law firm practice groups to map and optimize litigation workflows, corporate contracting processes, and matter management systems.
- Apply expertise in process mapping methodologies to design scalable, repeatable solutions for corporate and litigation functions.
- Develop best practice frameworks for e-discovery readiness, contract lifecycle optimization, and corporate governance compliance.
- Oversee complex, multi-workstream engagements across litigation and corporate legal projects.
- Provide leadership to cross-functional project teams, including Analysts, Architects, and Managers.
- Deliver executive-level communications and updates to senior client stakeholders, including GCs, CLOs, and litigation department heads.
- Drive implementation of AI and GenAI platforms tailored to litigation and corporate legal use cases.
- Identify opportunities for AI-assisted litigation strategy, workflow automation, and corporate transaction support.
- Contribute to continuous improvement of team methodologies, playbooks, and delivery frameworks.
- Mentor junior team members and foster a culture of collaboration and legal domain excellence.
- Represent the firm as a thought leader at client events, industry conferences, and forums on legal technology in litigation and corporate practice.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Computer Science, Industrial Engineering, Data Analysis, or related field required. JD preferred.
- Advanced degree or certifications (e.g., PMP, Lean Six Sigma, AI/ML, e-discovery certifications, IACCM for CLM) strongly preferred.
- 7–10 years of professional experience in consulting, legal technology, or business transformation roles.
- Significant experience delivering litigation technology solutions (e-discovery, case/matter management, analytics) and corporate legal technology solutions (CLM, governance, compliance).
- Demonstrated expertise in sales engineering, client training, process mapping, and leadership.
- Track record of implementing and scaling AI, CLM, and legal operations technology platforms.
Skills
- Exceptional written, verbal, and presentation skills; comfortable engaging with executive and attorney audiences.
- Deep knowledge of litigation workflows, corporate contracting processes, and legal operations best practices.
- Expertise in workshop facilitation, client engagement, and global training delivery.
- Strong analytical, project management, and leadership capabilities.
- Adaptability and resilience in a fast-paced and dynamic work environment, maintaining composure under pressure.
- Independent judgment and discretion in complex decision-making, adapting to changing work situations and shifting priorities.
- Ability to self-manage tasks and deadlines in a remote or hybrid work environment.
- Capacity for sustained mental effort and concentration to analyze complex situations.
- Ability to learn and navigate complex, technical legal technology platforms and tools, including those powered by advanced analytics or AI.
- Ability to synthesize complex project information and produce written documentation, including client-facing status updates and reports.
- Maintain confidentiality and appropriately handle sensitive legal and client data.
Additional Information
- May lead cross-functional teams and provide mentorship to junior staff.
- Required to work in the office a minimum of 4 days per week; may occasionally require extended hours.
- Travel for meetings and training as required.
- Ability to sit or stand for extended periods and perform tasks requiring prolonged and/or extensive computer use.
Pay
Actual pay may vary based on location and experience:
- Pittsburgh, Miami, Dallas, Houston, Atlanta: $154,000 - $173,000
- Chicago, Philadelphia: $164,500 - $185,000
- Princeton, NJ; Washington, DC: $175,000 - $197,000
Benefits
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- Medical Insurance
- Health Savings Account (HSA)
- Virtual Health Services
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Accident Insurance
- Hospital Indemnity Insurance
- Critical Illness Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Short-Term Disability Coverage
- Long-Term Disability Coverage
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
- Lyra Health Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Paid Family Leave (for eligible Exempt and Non-Exempt staff)
- Transportation Benefit
- Back-up Child Care Services
- College Coach Program
- Pet Insurance
- Paid Sick Time (for Exempt staff)
- Paid Time Off (available to all full-time, non-temporary employees)
- Tuition assistance