Legal Business Analyst

Liberty Personnel Services, Inc.; Chicago (IL, CA); Hybrid; USD 90.000 - 100.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Law Firm seeks a Legal Business Analyst focused on Knowledge Management to align legal workflows with technology, including KM platforms and content governance. You will translate attorney needs into technical specs and drive automation to improve efficiency.

You will collaborate with lawyers, IT, and KM teams to ensure compliant data governance and successful deployment of enterprise platforms in a hybrid work environment.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a related field.
• 3+ years of business analysis experience, preferably in a law firm or professional services with KM program.
• Proficiency with enterprise automation suites and KM platforms.

Aufgaben

• Analyze legal workflows and identify process bottlenecks to improve efficiency.
• Administer KM platforms (DMS, repositories) and maintain taxonomies and metadata.
• Capture knowledge and maintain the firm's central knowledge base with templates and forms.
• Build low-code automated workflows to streamline tasks and drafting.
• Support governance and compliance around data privacy and AI usage.
• Gather requirements and draft technical docs; guide projects using Agile/Waterfall.
• Serve as liaison between attorneys, admin leadership, and software developers.

Kenntnisse

Business analysis

Agile methodologies

Ausbildung

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration / MIS / Library & Information Science

Tools

Microsoft Power Platform

DMS

iManage

SharePoint

HighQ

Jobbeschreibung

Business Analyst - Knowledge Management - Law Firm - Hybrid - $90-100k

Join a dynamic team that thrives on innovation and collaboration. Join our clients team that is seeking a proactive Legal Business Analyst to play a pivotal role in their Knowledge Management department. By translating evolving business needs into practical solutions, you'll have the opportunity to influence advancements in legal technology and efficiency. Their team highly values your professional growth by offering an array of benefits and opportunities to ensure a balanced and rewarding career.

Job Summary

The Legal Business Analyst bridges the gap between legal practice groups, technical delivery teams, and the Knowledge Management (KM) department. This role is responsible for analyzing legal workflows, identifying process bottlenecks, and deploying technology solutions—such as process automation and KM platforms—to improve firm efficiency. The ideal candidate ensures all tech deployments comply with data governance and AI policies, while curating the firm's intellectual capital and translating attorney requirements into actionable technical specifications.

Expanded Core Responsibilities (KM Focused)

• Process Optimization: Evaluate, map, and re-engineer existing legal and administrative workflows to eliminate redundancies and improve client service delivery.
• KM Platform Administration: Support the implementation, adoption, and ongoing maintenance of firm-wide enterprise software, document management systems (DMS), and KM repositories (e.g., iManage, SharePoint, HighQ).
• Content Curative & Taxonomy Strategy: Partner with practice groups to design, enforce, and maintain consistent data taxonomies, folder structures, and metadata tagging to optimize searchability and findability.
• Knowledge Capture: Develop and manage systematic processes to harvest, sanitize, and store high-value work product, standard forms, templates, and closing binders into the firm's central knowledge base.
• Technical Automation: Build, test, and maintain low-code automated workflows and document assembly templates to streamline manual legal tasks and accelerate content drafting.
• Governance & Compliance: Assist in authoring and enforcing firm policies regarding data privacy, information lifecycle, KM security permissions, and the ethical use of artificial intelligence tools.
• Project Delivery: Gather functional requirements, draft technical documentation, and guide projects from conception through deployment using Agile or Waterfall frameworks.
• Stakeholder Liaison: Serve as the primary translator between practicing attorneys, administrative leadership, and software developers to ensure high technology and KM platform adoption rates.

Required Qualifications (KM Focused)

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Management Information Systems (MIS), Library/Information Science, or a related field.
• Experience: 3+ years of progressive experience as a Business Analyst, with a strong preference for candidates coming from a law firm, corporate legal department, or professional services firm with an established KM program.
• Technical Skills: Proficient with enterprise automation suites (e.g., Microsoft Power Platform), document management systems (DMS), and experience administering modern KM search/intranet platforms.