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About the Role

Harris Beach Murtha is seeking a Manager of Professional Development to provide leadership and oversight for the delivery of training and development within an innovative, growing law firm.

Responsibilities

• Manage the daily operations of the department, including oversight of new hire training and supporting new and ongoing learning initiatives.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders, subject matter experts, and leads a team of professionals to develop and deliver training.
• Evaluate potential resources and load balancing to generate maximum value from a small team.
• Coordinate the training team’s coverage to support the firm’s onboarding process for new hires.
• Maintain and administer the firm’s Introduction to Technology curriculum that provides systems/software training for new hires.
• Work with trainers to monitor a person’s progress as they transition into their role and provide support as needed.
• Collaborate with project teams on firm initiatives to transform raw content into effective and engaging learning.
• Foster interaction with various teams and departments across the firm to keep a pulse on activity and training opportunities.
• Communicate and promote available training and technology through email and/or the firm’s intranet site.
• Manage the catalog of training resources on the firm’s intranet site, including development of new materials and updating existing tutorials.
• Develop new content by identifying and exploring alternative delivery methods and incorporating creative design principles.
• Assist with other duties as needed.

Requirements

• Exhibit strong project management skills with attention to detail.
• Demonstrate strong client service and active listening skills.
• Show consistent logic, rationale, and objectivity in decision making.
• Believe in the firm’s core values: collaboration, inclusion, ingenuity, respect, integrity, and commitment.
• Enjoy working with diverse personalities within various levels of the firm.
• Can occasionally travel to other offices when required.
• Are comfortable working fully onsite and can work flexible and/or fluctuating hours.

Skills

• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Excel)
• Knowledge of eLearning software and on-line training tools
• Familiarity with a Learning Management System (LMS) as to how to manage users, courses, assessments, and reporting
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to effectively and efficiently respond to timely requests and concerns

Location

• Albany, NY
• Buffalo, NY
• Rochester, NY
• Syracuse, NY
• Hartford, CT

Work Type

• 100% in the office
• fully onsite

Experience Level

• 5+ years of related work experience (preferred)

Education Level

• Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of formal education and experience with adult education (preferred)

Salary/Compensations

• $85,000 - $105,000

About the Company

• Harris Beach Murtha formed in 2025 via the combination of Harris Beach PLLC and Murtha Cullina LLP.
• A forward-thinking and innovative partnership with the benefit of more than 250 years of combined history, Harris Beach Murtha’s New York roots reach back to 1856 and the firm has had ties to New England since 1936.
• Harris Beach and Murtha Cullina were separately among the country’s top law firms as ranked by The National Law Journal.
• Harris Beach Murtha and its subsidiaries have a strong Northeast presence, but a global reach.
• Clients include Fortune 100 corporations, privately held companies, emerging businesses, public sector entities, tax-exempt organizations and individuals.
• The firm’s practice areas and industries served span appellate law, business litigation, commercial real estate, construction, corporate, environmental, energy, financial institutions, financial restructuring, government compliance and investigations, health care, immigration, intellectual property, labor and employment, mass torts, medical and life sciences, political law, product liability, public finance, tax, and trusts and estates.
• The firm’s lawyers and consultants practice from offices throughout Connecticut in Bantam, Hartford, New Haven and Stamford; New York state in Albany, Buffalo, Ithaca, New York City, Rochester, Saratoga Springs, Syracuse, Long Island and White Plains, as well as in Boston, Massachusetts and Newark, New Jersey.

Equal Opportunity

• Harris Beach Murtha is committed to an inclusive environment and we welcome applications from diverse candidates with varied background and skills, including military experience.
• Harris Beach Murtha Cullina PLLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
• The firm’s policy prohibiting unlawful discrimination applies to all aspects of employment, including hiring, placement, assignment of duties, training, promotion, compensation & benefits and termination.
• It is the policy of Harris Beach Murtha Cullina PLLC that all applicants and employees enjoy a positive, respectful and productive work environment, free from behavior, actions or language constituting unlawful harassment.
• Accordingly, harassment or discrimination of any kind based on an individual’s race or color, sex, age, religion, national origin, marital status, disability, military status, genetic predisposition, carrier status, sexual orientation, citizenship status, creed, domestic violence victim status or any other legally protected status is strictly prohibited.
• Harris Beach Murtha complies with the provisions of the Human Rights Law, all other State and Federal statutory and constitutional non-discrimination provisions including non-discrimination on the basis of prior criminal conviction and prior arrest.