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About the Role
Partner directly with partners and fee earners across assigned practice groups and sectors to drive matter delivery, commercial discipline, and client transparency. Work closely with the Head of LPM and the broader Client Value & Pricing team to embed LPM into the fabric of how Goodwin delivers work.
Responsibilities
- Build trusted advisory relationships with partners and senior associates, engaging at matter inception to shape scope, resourcing, risk mitigation, and fee structures.
- Collaborate with the Pricing team to deliver integrated pricing and project management solutions.
- Act as strategic partner to new business development, supporting client pitches, fee discussions, and acting as a voice of innovation and commercial rigor.
- Lead end-to-end LPM support on complex, high-value matters, ensuring that work is delivered within scope, on budget, on time, while protecting matter profitability.
- Ensure that matters are reviewed on completion to capture lessons and best practices.
- Drive commercial conversations around scope change, budget risk, and profitability, proactively identifying and addressing commercial issues before they escalate.
- Develop and maintain matter plans, budgets, and resource trackers that provide partners and clients with real-time visibility of matter health.
- Build direct client relationships, supporting transparent communication on matter progress, budget status, and delivery timelines.
- Develop and utilize real-time dashboards to support client transparency and risk management.
- Articulate Goodwin's delivery performance in client-friendly terms through value reports and post-engagement reviews.
- Champion the adoption of AI, automation, and data tools to transform matter planning, tracking, and reporting.
- Contribute to predictive budgeting models and data-driven tools that improve matter forecasting accuracy.
- Embed design thinking and process improvement into how matters are scoped and managed, building scalable templates and workflows.
- Help create the LPM operating model, toolkit, and ways of working, building intellectual capital that will scale across the firm.
- Develop frameworks, playbooks, and training materials that will form the backbone of the function's operating model.
- Mentor junior team members as the function grows, modeling excellence and fostering a culture of collaboration and innovation.
Requirements
- 5+ years' experience in legal project management, legal operations, or a related role within a law firm, in-house legal team, or professional services environment.
- Demonstrated track record of embedding LPM in a nascent environment, e.g. where partners have not previously used LPM.
- Prior involvement in training, coaching, or change management initiatives.
- Exceptional stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and build credibility with senior partners and demanding clients.
- Ability to set a vision and bring others on the journey.
Skills
- Design thinking
- Lean
- Agile
- Six Sigma methodologies
- PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent project management certification
- Fundamentals of project management
- Change leadership
- Commercial mindset
- AFAs
- Matter budgeting
- Profitability analysis
- Commercial risk management
- Analytical acumen
- Financial acumen
- Data interrogation
- Model building
- Commercial recommendations
- Legal tech platforms (e.g. workflow automation, collaboration, matter management, BI/reporting tools)
- AI and emerging tech curiosity
Location
- Remote
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior
Education Level
- PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent project management certification
Salary/Compensations
- Up to $200,000.00
Benefits
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- Life and disability insurance
- Retirement & Savings Plan
- Emergency back-up child and adult care
- Paid vacation, sick time off, and holidays
- Professional development and career advancement opportunities
- Employee recognition and reward programs
- Employee wellness and assistance programs
- Employee discounts and perks
About the Company
- Goodwin works with some of the world’s most successful and innovative investors, entrepreneurs and disruptors in the life sciences, private equity, real estate, technology and financial industries, and where they converge.
- The Global Operations Team consists of business professionals who collaborate with colleagues from varied backgrounds and experiences, fostering an environment where cross-functional learning, networking, and collaboration are at the core.
- Goodwin is not just supporting a law firm; they are partnering with attorneys and clients to deliver cutting-edge solutions in high-stakes litigation and dispute resolution, world-class regulatory compliance and advisory services, and complex transactions.
- The company's commitment to integrity, ingenuity, agility, and ambition drives them.
- Goodwin has been recognised as the “Best Business Team” by The American Lawyer.