Partnerships Lead (Senior Associate)

Maurice Blackburn; Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 130,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid flex working model

Parental leave

Salary Continuance

Life Insurance

Annual Leave Loading

Job summary

Maurice Blackburn is seeking a Partnerships Lead (Senior Associate) to shape a new AI-enabled partnerships strategy. You will build and manage relationships with external law firms, run workshops with partners, and collaborate with AI and UX teams to deliver scalable solutions.

You will identify opportunities, onboard from first contact to go-live, and use data-led insights to improve product performance while advancing access to justice for everyday Australians.

Qualifications

• Experience in legal practice or legal technology at senior associate level or equivalent.
• Negotiation with commercially sophisticated counterparties and contract discussions.
• Ability to present to senior leaders with precision.
• Proven ability to manage multiple workstreams and escalate when needed.
• Proficiency with AI tools and applying them to commercial outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Build relationships with practice managers, partners and senior stakeholders at external law firms, and own onboarding from first conversation through to go-live.
• Design with partners by running workshops to understand their needs, then work with tech and product teams to build solutions.
• Test and improve product performance using data-led insights.
• Identify new partnership and legal tech opportunities with Head of Partnerships and develop AI-assisted workflows.
• Collaborate across levels to remove barriers and keep work moving.

Skills

Legal practice

Legal technology

Legal operations

AI tools

Negotiation

Project management

Senior associate level

Tools

Agile tools

Data analytics

Job description

For over 100 years, Maurice Blackburn has stood up for those who need us most. With courage and compassion, we extend access to justice to countless Australians. We look beyond the immediate challenge to support people in moments that matter across their lives, and continually push for better solutions for our clients.

We invest in and empower our people to stand up for what we believe in and go fearlessly forward together.

We work on real cases, achieving important and positive results in real people’s lives, which is why we are one of Australia’s mostrespected law firms.Maurice Blackburn, experience you can count on.

About the role

We’re on a bold transformation journey, and you can help shape the future of legal services, where legal expertise meets technology, automation and scale.

We’re building cutting‑edge and unprecedented, AI‑enabled ways for people to access legal services, and in this newly created role, reporting to the Head of Partnerships (Principal Lawyer), as our Partnerships Lead (Senior Associate), you’ll play a pivotal role in maintaining and growing our partnerships network. This is a unique opportunity to change how client’s access and experience legal services and you will have access to state‑of‑the‑art AI and technology tools to help you. This is a role with impact.

We need someone to build partnerships with other law firms and take partner firms from first meeting to go‑live, shape the product alongside our AI and UX teams, and help grow a network that gets people to the right legal help faster.

This is meaningful work. Maurice Blackburn exists to level the playing field for everyday Australians, and you’ll be helping to make access to justice faster and more scalable.

What you’ll do

• Build relationships with practice managers, partners and senior stakeholders at external law firms, and own onboarding from first conversation through to go‑live
• Design with partners by running workshops to understand their needs, then working with our tech and product teams to build new or better solutions
• Test and improve product performance using data‑led insights
• Identify new partnership opportunities and legal tech opportunities with the Head of Partnerships, and build AI‑assisted tools and workflows to make the team faster
• Collaborate and influence at all levels to remove barriers and keep work moving.

The experience we are looking for

• You come from legal practice, legal technology or legal operations, at senior associate level or equivalent
• Have taken on complex commercial work and negotiations with commercially sophisticated counterparties including running discussions and negotiating contracts
• Write with precision and can present credibly to senior leaders
• Work autonomously, juggle multiple workstreams and know when to escal…
• Are fluent in AI tools (or have demonstrated record of learning new applications quickly) and use them to drive commercial results
• Care deeply about access to justice
• Enterprise negotiation experience highly desirable
• Project management, proven ability to run several workstreams at once, keeping each one moving and on schedule
• Agile or product delivery experience is an advantage
• Admission as an Australian legal practitioner is strongly desirable but not essential.

Why join us

You’ll be building something new, working where law, product and AI meet, with a real voice in shaping both the product and our partnerships strategy.

Some interstate travel may be required.

Team MB Benefits

• Comprehensive wellbeing framework, including wellbeing leave (up to 4 extra days per year)and $299 reimbursement
• 22 Weeks Parental leave with your superannuation guaranteed and back‑to‑work transition policy
• End of Year leave, 1 day first year, 4 days after 2 years
• A hybrid flex working model
• Salary Continuance & Life Insurance
• 17.5% Annual Leave Loading

… just to name a few. *T's & C's.

We love that you have a life outside of work and we’re happy to support yours. We provide you a safe, supportive and collaborative environment, backed by inclusive leaders and progressive people policies, where you can be your authentic self and thrive. Here we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive culture, enriched by differences in ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, religion, age and family arrangements. Applications from First Nations People are encouraged.

Company Description

We welcome fearless thinkers.

For over 100 years, Maurice Blackburn has stood up for those who need us most. With courage and compassion, we extend access to justice to countless Australians. We look beyond the immediate challenge to support people in moments that matter across their lives, and continually push for better solutions for our clients.

We invest in and empower our people to stand up for what we believe in and go fearlessly forward together.

We work on real cases, achieving important and positive results in real people’s lives, which is why we are one of Australia’s mostrespected law firms.Maurice Blackburn, experience you can count on.

About the role

We’re on a bold transformation journey, and you can help shape the future of legal services, where legal expertise meets technology, automation and scale.

We’re building cutting‑edge and unprecedented, AI‑enabled ways for people to access legal services, and in this newly created role, reporting to the Head of Partnerships (Principal Lawyer), as our Partnerships Lead (Senior Associate), you’ll play a pivotal role in maintaining and growing our partnerships network. This is a unique opportunity to change how client’s access and experience legal services and you will have access to state‑of‑the‑art AI and technology tools to help you. This is a role with impact.

We need someone to build partnerships with other law firms and take partner firms from first meeting to go‑live, shape the product alongside our AI and UX teams, and help grow a network that gets people to the right legal help faster.

This is meaningful work. Maurice Blackburn exists to level the playing field for everyday Australians, and you’ll be helping to make access to justice faster and more scalable.

What you’ll do

• Build relationships with practice managers, partners and senior stakeholders at external law firms, and own onboarding from first conversation through to go‑live
• Design with partners by running workshops to understand their needs, then working with our tech and product teams to build new or better solutions
• Test and improve product performance using data‑led insights
• Identify new partnership opportunities and legal tech opportunities with the Head of Partnerships, and build AI‑assisted tools and workflows to make the team faster
• Collaborate and influence at all levels to remove barriers and keep work moving.

The experience we are looking for

• You come from legal practice, legal technology or legal operations, at senior associate level or equivalent
• Have taken on complex commercial work and negotiations with commercially sophisticated counterparties including running discussions and negotiating contracts
• Write with precision and can present credibly to senior leaders
• Work autonomously, juggle multiple workstreams and know when to escal…
• Are fluent in AI tools (or have demonstrated record of learning new applications quickly) and use them to drive commercial results
• Care deeply about access to justice
• Enterprise negotiation experience highly desirable
• Project management, proven ability to run several workstreams at once, keeping each one moving and on schedule
• Agile or product delivery experience is an advantage
• Admission as an Australian legal practitioner is strongly desirable but not essential.

Why join us

You’ll be building something new, working where law, product and AI meet, with a real voice in shaping both the product and our partnerships strategy.

Some interstate travel may be required.

Team MB Benefits

• Comprehensive wellbeing framework, including wellbeing leave (up to 4 extra days per year)and $299 reimbursement
• 22 Weeks Parental leave with your superannuation guaranteed and back‑to‑work transition policy
• End of Year leave, 1 day first year, 4 days after 2 years
• A hybrid flex working model
• Salary Continuance & Life Insurance
• 17.5% Annual Leave Loading

… just to name a few. *T's & C's.

We love that you have a life outside of work and we’re happy to support yours. We provide you a safe, supportive and collaborative environment, backed by inclusive leaders and progressive people policies, where you can be your authentic self and thrive. Here we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive culture, enriched by differences in ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, religion, age and family arrangements. Applications from First Nations People are encouraged.

Additional Information

Our Circle Back Initiative partnership means we’re committed to responding to every applicant.

Please note that all successful candidates will be required to undergo background checks as part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and compliant workplace

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We are Australia’s leading plaintiff law firm. We employ over 1,000 of the country’s brightest, most compassionate and determined minds.

With local knowledge and a national network of experts, we have the experience you can count on.

We are Australia’s leading plaintiff law firm. We employ over 1,000 of the country’s brightest, most compassionate and determined minds.

With local knowledge and a national network of experts, we have the experience you can count on.

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