Senior Legal Delivery Manager

2x Senior Legal Delivery Manager – UK Wide

Employment & Transaction Services or Finance & Projects & Construction

We’re recruiting for a leading international law firm’s centralised and growing Managed Legal Services function. You’ll lead a legal delivery team (Finance & Banking, Construction & Projects, Transaction Services or Employment), driving service excellence and shaping scalable, AI-enabled delivery models for practice groups and clients.

Role Responsibilities:

• Managing a legal delivery team, ensuring service quality, client satisfaction and continuous improvement
• Owning commercial performance – utilisation, profitability, forecasting and budgets
• Partnering with practice groups to shape new, scalable service offerings and technology-enabled solutions
• Driving adoption of legal technology and AI-enabled delivery solutions
• Leading transformation initiatives using data and operational insight
• Supporting client solutions, RFPs and pitches
• Leading people development, coaching and succession planning within the team

Skills Requirements:

• Significant experience managing multi-disciplined legal delivery teams at scale
• Strong commercial acumen – financial management, forecasting and budgeting
• Proven people leadership, coaching and succession planning experience
• Experience driving adoption of technology and AI-enabled delivery solutions
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders including partners and clients
• Finance, construction, corporate or employment exposure desirable

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