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About the Role

The Manager, Innovation & AI serves as a strategic catalyst within White & Case’s award-winning Innovation & AI team, driving the firm’s vision to redefine legal technology leadership. This role is responsible for evaluating, implementing, and accelerating the adoption of cutting-edge technology and AI solutions, ensuring the firm remains at the forefront of industry advancement. By partnering with cross-functional experts and the broader Practice Solutions team, the Manager spearheads transformative initiatives that deliver measurable impact across practice groups and offices. Through the orchestration and optimization of attorney workflows, this position enables the firm to achieve strategic objectives with rigor and agility, reinforcing White & Case’s unwavering commitment to operational excellence and continuous innovation.

Responsibilities

Consult with and advise lawyers, legal staff and clients regarding the most effective use of technology and AI in their matters.
Work with lawyers and staff on projects, including contract management, contract automation, and transaction management, overseeing each to ensure quality and success.
Manage the selection, implementation, roll-out, and adoption phases of cutting-edge technologies, with a specific emphasis on AI technologies.
Coordinate with other business services, including technical staff and procurement.
Assist with testing new technology and provide feedback to project teams and vendors.
Introduce technology to matter teams and identify applications.
Take ownership of the operational management of live client-facing programs, taking responsibility for the overall delivery of services working with Innovation & AI team members.
Collect and analyze usage and other metrics to recommend changes and enhancements.
Assist with managing the pipeline of technology and innovation opportunities.
Perform other tasks as requested.

Requirements

Thorough knowledge of popular legal tech applications, including AI legal workbench tools, firm-wide AI assistants, due diligence document review tools, contract automation, contract management, transaction management, collaboration tools, and other legal technologies.
Experience implementing solutions, including automation tools (such as Contract Express or HotDocs), AI-enabled tools (such as Office & Dragons, Harvey, Legora, vLex, or Hebbia), and Collaboration tools such as HighQ.
Understanding of typical practice workflows and processes.
Expertise in standard applications such as Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Consultancy skills to bridge the gap between business and technology teams.
Excellent communication and presentation skills; ability to explain technical concepts to lawyers.
Diplomacy skills to assist with change management.
Ability to build consensus and work effectively with a cross-functional, global team, and with lawyers at all seniority levels.
Project management skills to complete projects in a matrixed, non-hierarchical environment.
Knowledge and awareness of best practices and developments in AI-enabled and automation legal technologies, and ability to apply these to promote continuous improvement.
Ability to work independently but understand when escalation is required.

Skills

AI legal workbench tools
Firm-wide AI assistants
Due diligence document review tools
Contract automation
Contract management
Transaction management
Collaboration tools
Legal technologies
Automation tools
AI-enabled tools
Microsoft Office
Word
Excel
PowerPoint
Data analytics platforms (such as Tableau or Microsoft PowerBI)
Consultancy
Communication
Presentation
Diplomacy
Change management
Consensus building
Cross-functional teamwork
Global teamwork
Project management

Location

New York

Work Type

Full-time
Onsite

Experience Level

5 years of professional experience in a firm, legal department or legal tech company

Education Level

Bachelor’s degree required
Juris doctor and/or law-related degree a plus
Technology or business degrees considered with extensive practical experience in legal applications

Salary/Compensations

$164,000 - $225,000

Benefits

Medical insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Life insurance
Disability coverage
401(k) retirement savings
Vacation time
Leave programs (including parental leave)
Performance bonus eligible

About the Company

White & Case is an elite global law firm serving leading companies, financial institutions, and governments worldwide.
Our long history as an international firm means we are perfectly placed to help our clients resolve their most complex legal challenges wherever they may be.
With lawyers and staff operating from more than 40 locations, working in virtually every country of the world, we have invested heavily in building a high-quality full-service practice competing at the top of the market.
We are distinguished by our on-the-ground presence in the world’s key financial markets and our strengths in handling complex cross-border work.
It’s not just about our global network of offices and shared services centers; it’s the global interconnectedness of the Firm that our people, and our clients, value most.
We work well together across geographic and practice boundaries.
It’s one of the reasons we attract and retain cross-border work.
Our lawyers are globally minded, enterprising, collaborative, and committed to excellence.
Our people represent 90 nationalities and speak 80 languages.

Equal Opportunity

White & Case is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and is committed to creating a fair workplace.
It is our Firm’s policy to recruit, employ, train, compensate and promote without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, military or veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other category protected by applicable law.
Applicants who are interested in applying for a position and require an accommodation during the process should contact talent.acquisition@whitecase.com.