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About the Role

The Practice Development Manager (PDM) will serve as a trusted advisor to leadership within the Asset Management group, focusing on supporting the Registered Funds practice. This role is key to setting strategy, driving accountability, and ensuring operational efficiency, while collaborating with various departments to achieve the practice’s strategic vision and business objectives.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with practice and specialty group leadership, partners, and stakeholders to develop a strategic Registered Funds group plan with clear goals focused on competitive differentiation, market/brand reputation, talent, and profitability.
• Support Registered Funds leadership with daily operations, including preparing for, designing, and running initiatives and meetings focused on group priorities.
• Identify opportunities for improvement, innovation, and efficiency in business operations, matter management, infrastructure, and methodologies, and develop solutions and action plans.
• Execute and track progress on initiatives supporting firm and Registered Funds and Asset Management group strategies.
• Manage Registered Funds talent needs by working with leadership and Attorney Talent to handle partner and counsel transitions, including evaluating talent needs, onboarding laterals, preparing business cases for promotions, integrating promoted partners, and planning for retirements/succession.
• Collaborate with leadership to identify and execute Registered Funds group knowledge management needs.
• Focus on Registered Funds innovation through product development and thought leadership campaigns, partnering with attorneys, Legal Knowledge Management, Business Development, and Marketing teams.
• Work with Business Development, Public Relations, and Events teams to raise attorney profiles by identifying speaking opportunities, conferences, sponsorships, and writing opportunities.
• Strategize and oversee the preparation of legal ranking submissions and develop processes to track Registered Funds experience.
• Facilitate the sharing of practice area developments and information with appropriate business support teams.
• Monitor current trends and best practices in legal and professional services management, communicating the impact of new innovations, developments, and regulations.
• Analyze Registered Funds practice financial performance in collaboration with Finance colleagues and drive performance, growth, leverage, realization, and profitability.
• Prepare and manage Practice Group budgets.
• Manage Practice Development Specialists, Experience Analysts, and Coordinators through coaching, mentoring, and delegation.
• Support the development and implementation of AI-enabled practice development practices, focusing on new product development, strategic planning, lateral hiring research, and onboarding workflows.

Requirements

• Exemplary leadership skills.
• Ability to establish credibility with partners, using confidence, tact, and persistence.
• Confidence and professionalism to interact credibly and diplomatically with all levels, tailoring communications effectively.
• Strong business acumen, project management, and analytical skills.
• Proven attention to detail.
• Ability to develop and execute comprehensive project and operational plans from broadly stated objectives.
• Desire to learn.
• Ability to identify and solve problems, work independently, and take initiative.
• Ability to compile and determine logical conclusions or recommendations based on varied data.
• Excellent presentation, writing, and verbal communication skills.
• Willingness to roll-up sleeves and get things done.
• Excellent interpersonal skills to work effectively with people at all levels.
• Positive, can-do attitude.
• Ability to work collaboratively with professional staff in a multi-office environment.
• Demonstrated ability to maintain strict confidentiality of internal and personnel affairs.
• Experience in asset management/registered funds or in a mid-sized to large law firm preferred.
• At least eight years’ applicable experience working in a mid-sized to large law firm or corporate environment in a similar field and/or as a practicing attorney.
• Proven problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously.
• Ability to take responsibility for designing and implementing goals.
• Prior people management experience, including coaching, mentoring, and strong delegation skills.
• Occasional travel may be necessary.

Skills

• Asset management expertise
• Registered funds expertise
• Business operations management
• Team management
• Communication (verbal and written)
• Organizational skills
• Attention to detail
• Project management
• Analytical skills
• Problem-solving
• Interpersonal skills
• Collaboration
• Confidentiality
• AI-enabled practice development

Location

• Boston
• New York

Work Type

• Hybrid on-site presence required

Experience Level

• At least eight years experience managing complex business operations and teams
• At least eight years’ applicable experience working in a mid-sized to large law firm or corporate environment in a similar field and/or as a practicing attorney
• Prior people management experience

Education Level

• Bachelor’s degree
• JD or MBA preferred but not required

Salary/Compensations

• Boston: $150,100 - $240,150
• New York: $161,000 - $257,600

Benefits

• Comprehensive Total Rewards package
• Comprehensive health and well-being benefits
• Personal and professional development
• Career growth opportunities
• Collegial and supportive culture
• Eligible for a discretionary bonus based on performance

About the Company

• Ropes & Gray is a preeminent global law firm, consistently ranked among the top law firms globally.
• The firm has approximately 2,500 lawyers and professionals serving clients in major centers of business, finance, technology, and government worldwide.
• Ropes & Gray is recognized for its leading practices in numerous areas, including asset management, private equity, M&A, finance, and litigation.

Equal Opportunity

• Ropes & Gray is an equal opportunity employer.