Global Legal Value & Project Manager - AI-Enabled Ops

Dentons; Massachusetts; On-site; USD 80,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Dentons is seeking a Global Legal Project and Value Pricing Manager to oversee budgets and multi‑jurisdictional client programs across 50+ countries. You will partner with partners, clients, and legal leaders to drive efficient delivery, forecasting, and real‑time reporting while advancing AI-enabled workflows.

In this role you will lead budgeting, spend optimization, and governance across time zones, integrating ALSPs, technology, and senior stakeholder communications to support strategic

Qualifications

• 5+ years of financial management/pricing and legal project management experience in a law firm, in‑house legal department, or ALSP environment.
• Deep expertise in legal matter budgeting, AFAs, outside counsel guideline compliance, and/or legal financial reporting.
• Exceptional communication skills with the ability to prepare and present to senior client and firm leadership.
• Excellent proficiency in Excel, SharePoint, use of CoPilot (or similar) and AI tools for project management and workflow.

Responsibilities

• Lead annual budget planning and monitoring for complex, value‑based fee arrangements, ensuring real‑time visibility into financial performance
• Act as primary financial partner to Partners and client stakeholders on budget planning, spend optimization, and fee arrangements
• Develop, manage, and report on multi‑jurisdictional matter budgets in coordination with the Global Billing Coordinator, ensuring compliance with client OCGs
• Manage the end‑to‑end project lifecycle for large, cross‑border client programs across 50+ countries, with clear governance and reporting
• Coordinate multi‑disciplinary teams across time zones and workstreams
• Proactively identify and mitigate project risks, scheduling conflicts, and resourcing gaps
• Support client relationship management through regular reporting, governance meetings, and preparation of materials for partner and executive forums
• Prepare communications and presentations to leadership with excellent strategic analysis and insights
• Identify, implement, and embed AI‑powered and legal technology tools to improve efficiency, quality, and matter management

Skills

Financial management

Pricing

Legal project management

Excel

SharePoint

AI tools

CoPilot

Communication

Tools

Excel

SharePoint

CoPilot

AI tools

Harvey

Legora

Job description

Dentons is seeking a Global Legal Project and Value Pricing Manager to oversee budgets and multi‑jurisdictional client programs across 50+ countries. You will partner with partners, clients, and legal leaders to drive efficient delivery, forecasting, and real‑time reporting while advancing AI-enabled workflows.

In this role you will lead budgeting, spend optimization, and governance across time zones, integrating ALSPs, technology, and senior stakeholder communications to support strategic