Practice Director - Corporate - Location Negotiable

Practice Director - Corporate - Location Negotiable

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Senior Practice Management position working closely with the C-Suite, Corporate Department Chair and Business Professional team to manage the business operations of the Firm’s Corporate Department and practices, including strategic planning and business priority identification, staffing, resource allocation and management, project management, lateral attorney integration, implementation of the department’s strategic plan, budgeting, and financial performance management.
Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Management and Leadership: Works closely with the Corporate Department Chair to identify and implement strategic objectives and major initiatives. Provides assistance and support to the Corporate Department Chair with regard to all aspects of Department and Practice Group management.
• Strategic and Business Planning: Assists the Corporate Department Chair and Practice Group Leaders in the development and implementation of annual Corporate Department Strategic Plan and Business Plans. Monitors and reports on the progress of plans on a regular basis. These duties include but are not limited to identifying additional untapped revenue streams for the department, profitability reporting and analysis, and succession planning.
• Budgeting and Financial Management: Monitors and analyzes financial performance metrics such as hours, utilization and revenue trends, and recommends appropriate action to Corporate Department Chair as required. Coordinates requests for, or produces as needed, financial reports and analyses required by the Corporate Department Chair or Practice Group Leaders. Works with Firm and Business Professional leadership to develop the annual operating budgets of the Corporate Department and Practice Groups.
• Communications: Works with the Corporate Department Chair and Practice Group Leaders on communication strategies and materials. Communication efforts include driving meeting agendas and action plans to help advance business goals. Oversees logistical support for Corporate Department and Practice Group internal meetings and events. Leads the facilitation of communication among the Corporate Department, Practice Groups, and Business Professionals.
• Technology and Process Innovation: In coordination with the Corporate Operations Manager and the Firm’s Information Technology (IT) Oversight Committee, participates in the strategy of selecting vendors and the setting of internal policy for handling legal processes. Provides project management assistance for the Department’s technology and process innovation initiatives, interfacing with Business Professionals across the Firm.
• Work with Firm Professional Staff: Work closely with Chief Legal Performance Officer on associate development, training, performance, and utilization issues; work closely with Chief Client Officer on business development and client issues, and work closely with Chief Legal Operations Officer on legal operations and lawyer support issues.
• Other: Provides other managerial and operational support for the Corporate Department Chair and Practice Group Leaders as needed, and coordinates with other Business professionals across the Firm to include Accounting, Human Resources, Legal Personnel Information Technology, Integration, Legal Operations, Legal Recruiting, Marketing, and the Professional Responsibility Committee to ensure the goals of the department and the Firm are met. The employee must be able to perform all essential job duties and responsibilities of this position satisfactorily and as outlined, with or without reasonable accommodations. Reasonable accommodation requests may be accommodated, absent undue firm hardship.
  
  

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities Required

• Bachelors’ degree in business or other related field required; and advanced degree preferred. MBA or JD preferred.
• 7+ years of relevant experience required, preferably in a large law firm or professional services environment, with a solid track record of success.
• Established knowledge of the legal and business environments.
• An understanding of financial management and the ability to think strategically and analytically.
• Outstanding managerial and organizational skills.
• Strong oral and written communications skills.
• “People person" with ability to listen, understand, and connect with teammates at all levels of the firm and from diverse backgrounds and life experiences.
• Highly motivated with ability to work independently and prioritize and manage a variety of simultaneous projects.
• A cooperative work style and proven ability to lead and influence others, to work collaboratively with senior firm management, department lawyers and other business professionals, and to serve as an effective team member.
  
  

This job description is intended to describe the general requirements of this position. As such, it is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of job duties or responsibilities required in this job. Subject to firm needs, duties and responsibilities of this position may change at any time, on a temporary or permanent basis, and with or without notice.
Barnes & Thornburg currently offers a comprehensive benefit package, including health and life insurance, 401k/Roth and Profit Sharing, and paid time off.
Chicago salary benchmark: $200,000-$250,000, commensurate on experience
Washington DC: $200,000-$250,000, commensurate on experience
NYC: $200,000-$250,000, commensurate on experience
California: $200,000-$250,000, commensurate on experience
Equal Employment Opportunity and Diversity StatementBarnes & Thornburg is committed to equal employment opportunity in both principle and as a matter of policy. We will recruit, hire, train, promote, compensate and provide benefits to all applicants and employees without regard to ancestry, sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, gender, age, religion, religious creed, mental and/or physical disability, medical condition, military and/or veteran’s status, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state and local laws. This policy applies to all recruiting, hiring, promotions, upgrades, layoffs, compensation, benefits, terminations and all other privileges, terms and conditions of employment. The firm complies fully with all federal, state and local equal employment opportunity laws.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Director

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Consulting, Information Technology, and Sales

• Industries

  Law Practice

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