Job Posting Title Senior Director, Spend Management

Epiq; Buffalo (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Epiq is seeking a Senior Director, Legal Operations Consulting to lead and oversee legal operations consulting services within the organization. This role requires strong leadership, communication, and analytical skills to ensure successful client satisfaction and alignment with organizational goals.

The position involves building and guiding teams, developing plans and budgets, coordinating with stakeholders, monitoring progress, and reporting to senior management while mitigating risks for

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required in business admin, information systems, or related field.
• Master's degree preferred in business administration or related field.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in legal operations consulting or related field.
• Experience leading teams and managing large-scale projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee legal operations consulting teams to deliver high-quality results.
• Develop and implement legal operations consulting plans, timelines, and budgets.
• Coordinate with stakeholders to gather requirements and align with goals.
• Monitor progress and adjust to ensure timely completion.
• Provide updates and reports to senior management on status.
• Identify and mitigate risks and issues that may impact success.
• Foster a collaborative and productive team environment.

Skills

BI

Business Process Improvements

Coaching

Communication

Contract Management

End-to-End Project Management

Leadership

Legal Services Management

Marketing

Operational Efficiency

Operations Management

People Management

Strategic

Technical Operations

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Information Systems, or related field

Master's degree in Business Administration or related field

Job description

Job Summary

The Senior Director, Legal Operations Consulting is responsible for leading and overseeing legal operations consulting services within the organization. This role requires strong leadership, communication, and analytical skills to ensure successful client satisfaction and alignment with organizational goals.

Essential Job Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee legal operations consulting teams to deliver high-quality results.
• Develop and implement legal operations consulting plans, timelines, and budgets.
• Coordinate with stakeholders to gather legal operations consulting requirements and ensure alignment with organizational goals.
• Monitor legal operations consulting progress and make necessary adjustments to ensure timely completion.
• Provide regular updates and reports to senior management on legal operations consulting status.
• Identify and mitigate potential risks and issues that may impact legal operations consulting success.
• Foster a collaborative and productive work environment within the legal operations consulting team.

Qualifications & Requirements

Education

• Required: Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Information Systems, or a related field.
• Preferred: Master's degree in Business Administration or a related field.

Experience

• Required: Minimum of 10 years of experience in legal operations consulting or a related field.
• Preferred: Experience in leading legal operations consulting teams and managing large‑scale legal operations consulting projects.

Skills

• Business Intelligence (BI)
• Business Process Improvements
• Coaching
• Communication
• Contract Management
• End-to-End Project Management
• Leadership
• Legal Services Management
• Marketing
• Operational Efficiency
• Operations Management
• People Management
• Strategic
• Technical Operations

Certifications

• Required: None.
• Preferred: Certified Legal Operations Professional (CLOP) or equivalent certification.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to work in an office environment and perform tasks that may require sitting, standing, and using office equipment.

Compensation & Benefits

• Location-based market rate for the role
• Your abilities in relation to the job specification
• Performance during screening and interview
• Pay parity with the wider team in the considered location

Further details about the package will be provided during the initial screening call with the Talent Acquisition Team.

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It is Epiq’s policy to comply with all applicable equal employment opportunity laws by making all employment decisions without unlawful regard or consideration of any individual’s race, religion, ethnicity, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expressions, transgender status, sexual and other reproductive health decisions, marital status, age, national origin, genetic information, ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, veteran or family status or any other basis protected by applicable national, federal, state, provincial or local law. Epiq’s policy prohibits unlawful discrimination based on any of these impermissible bases, as well as any bases or grounds protected by applicable law in each jurisdiction. In addition Epiq will take affirmative action for minorities, women, covered veterans and individuals with disabilities. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. Epiq is pleased to provide such assistance and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request. Pursuant to relevant law, where applicable, Epiq will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.