Senior Solutions Analyst, Legal Business Consulting
Reed Smith LLP · Miami, FL · 1 wk ago
$154k–$173k/yrFull-time
About the Role
The Senior Solutions Architect in Legal Business Consulting serves as a 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. The successful candidate will lead initiatives transforming how litigation and corporate legal departments leverage technology for efficiency, compliance, and strategic outcomes.
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 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 fast-paced, dynamic environments; ability to maintain composure under pressure.
- Independent judgment and discretion in complex decision-making.
- Ability to self-manage tasks and deadlines in remote or hybrid work environments.
- Capacity for sustained mental effort and concentration in analyzing complex situations.
- Proficiency in learning and navigating complex legal technology platforms, including AI and advanced analytics tools.
- Ability to synthesize complex project information into clear, client-facing documentation.
- Commitment to maintaining confidentiality and handling sensitive legal and client data appropriately.
Additional Information
- May lead cross-functional teams and provide mentorship to junior staff.
- Requires use of personal computer and standard office equipment (telephone, calculator, copier, scanner, etc.).
- Essential job functions include prolonged computer use, effective communication, attention to detail, and ability to manage multiple priorities.
- Ability to travel for meetings and training as required.
- Ability to work extended hours to meet project, client, or business needs.
- Required to work in the office a minimum of 4 days per week; may occasionally require extended hours for urgent or time-sensitive projects.
Pay
Actual pay may vary based on location and experience. Ranges by location:
- 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, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- Health Savings Account (HSA)
- Virtual Health Services
- Accident, Hospital Indemnity, and Critical Illness Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Short-Term and 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 (for all full-time, non-temporary employees)
- Tuition Assistance