AI-Driven Corporate Innovation Attorney

Foley & Lardner LLP; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 164,000 - 246,000; Full time

Job summary

Foley & Lardner LLP invites applications for a Corporate Practice Innovation Attorney in a hybrid environment. The role drives innovation across corporate workflows, AI use cases, and knowledge tools, partnering with leadership to improve service delivery and client experience.

The ideal candidate has a strong legal background, experience with legal technology, and a track record of leading cross‑functional projects in a large firm.

Qualifications

• JD required.
• Minimum of three (3) years of experience as a practicing attorney in an Am Law 200 firm or three (3) years of relevant legal innovation, knowledge management, or legal technology experience or a combination of three (3) years of practicing and legal innovation experience required.
• Must have experience managing projects and coordinating across cross-functional teams.
• Proven ability to build credibility with partners, lawyers, and business professionals and to influence change in a professional services setting.

Responsibilities

• Lead innovation and knowledge management efforts for the Corporate practice.
• Partner with practice leadership and key stakeholders to identify and advance opportunities to improve legal service delivery, workflows, and client experience.
• Evaluate and redesign Corporate workflows to improve efficiency, consistency, and scalability.
• Develop standardized tools and materials such as playbooks, templates, checklists, clause libraries, and decision trees.
• Collaborate with Practice Analytics and Pricing, Practice Support, and Knowledge teams to enhance matter planning and delivery.
• Help identify and implement legal technology solutions that support the Corporate practice, including automation, AI, contract analysis, workflow tools, and dashboards.
• Develop practical AI use cases, workflows, prompts, and guidance for legal service delivery in Corporate
• Prototype and refine solutions based on user feedback to support adoption and impact.
• Partner with firm technology, innovation, and KM teams to ensure alignment with platforms, governance, and security standards.
• Track emerging legal technology and market trends to inform practice transformation.
• Drive adoption of new tools, workflows, and ways of working across the Corporate practice.
• Design and deliver training, workshops, and practical enablement materials.
• Act as a visible champion for innovation and continuous improvement.
• Support pilots, user feedback, and iterative development to strengthen engagement and adoption.
• Lead innovation initiatives from concept through implementation.
• Define priorities, goals, success metrics, timelines, risks, and resource needs.
• Track and communicate project progress, outcomes, adoption, and ROI to firm and practice leadership.
• Contribute to broader firm innovation efforts and promote cross-functional best practices.
• Articulate the firm's innovation capabilities and technology-enabled delivery model within Corporate.
• Develop case studies and materials that demonstrate impact.
• Help lawyers present technology-enabled solutions to clients in a practical manner.
• Support client-facing innovation efforts, including collaborating on pitches, RFPs, presentations, and showcases.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Change leadership

Influence stakeholders

Legal technology

Education

JD

Job description

Foley & Lardner LLP invites applications for a Corporate Practice Innovation Attorney in a hybrid environment. The role drives innovation across corporate workflows, AI use cases, and knowledge tools, partnering with leadership to improve service delivery and client experience.

The ideal candidate has a strong legal background, experience with legal technology, and a track record of leading cross‑functional projects in a large firm.