Legal Pricing Solutions Lead

Socket.dev; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce is seeking a Legal Pricing Solutions Lead to partner with senior legal and business stakeholders to improve pricing outcomes and value delivery across matters. This role will lead pricing strategy development, matter budgeting, and negotiations with external law firms, while scaling capabilities through AI-enabled tools.

The position drives adoption of modern pricing, scoping, and matter analytics practices—supporting informed decision-making across new and active matters.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience within a law firm, corporation, or professional services environment.

Responsibilities

• Advise senior legal leaders by translating financial and matter performance insights into executive-ready recommendations.

Skills

Pricing strategy

Matter budgeting

Negotiation

Stakeholder management

Executive communication

AI-enabled pricing tools

Financial analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Pricing governance

Tools

Legal pricing systems

AI analytics tools

Job description

To get the best candidate experience, please consider applying for a maximum of 3 roles within 12 months to ensure you are not duplicating efforts.

Job Category

Global Affairs

Job Details

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The Opportunity

As the Legal Pricing Solutions Lead on the Legal & Corporate Affairs Innovation & Operations team, you will serve as a trusted advisor that partners with stakeholders to improve outside counsel pricing outcomes and value delivery. You will lead pricing strategy development, matter budgeting, and negotiations with external law firms, while scaling capabilities through technology and AI-enabled tools. This role provides the opportunity to drive adoption of modern pricing, scoping, and matter analytics practices—supporting informed decision‑making across new and active matters.

What You'll Actually Be Doing

• Advise senior legal leaders and business stakeholders by translating financial and matter performance insights into clear, executive-ready recommendations

• Partner with senior lawyers and key stakeholders to develop pricing strategies, matter budgets, and appropriate fee arrangements (AFAs) across portfolios

• Lead negotiations with external law firms to align commercial terms, staffing expectations, and value outcomes

• Evaluate the impact of AI on pricing, profitability, staffing, and service delivery to inform forward‑looking value frameworks

• Drive adoption of AI‑enabled pricing tools to enhance forecasting accuracy, staffing models, and value measurement

• Collaborate on cross‑functional AI and legal transformation initiatives spanning Legal, Finance, Legal Technology and Procurement.

• Develop and deliver training and change management to strengthen capabilities in pricing, scoping, budgeting, and matter analysis

• Monitor legal market pricing trends and emerging best practices to continuously improve pricing strategy and governance

• Influence senior leadership strategic priorities by aligning business goals, spend impact and measurable outcomes

• Manage multiple concurrent work streams with disciplined execution, clear prioritization, and strong stakeholder communication

You're Our Person If...

• 8+ years of experience within a law firm, corporation, or professional services environment

• Proven experience supporting partners, senior lawyers, and/or executive business leaders in a large organization

• Demonstrated ability to influence and engage executive stakeholders, build credibility, drive alignment, and deliver with authority

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present complex analyses in a clear, compelling, executive‑ready manner

• Strong analytical and commercial judgment applied to matter budgeting, pricing strategy, and fee arrangement development

• Demonstrated ability to lead through ambiguity and complexity, set direction independently, and deliver outcomes in fast‑evolving environments

• Strong program and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to prioritize competing firm wide initiatives across multiple work streams

• Familiarity with legal pricing, legal matter management systems, and legal AI technologies

• High proficiency in financial presentations, including executive‑level storytelling and data visualization

Even Better If...

• Experience in a Fortune 500 company or an AmLaw 100 firm.

• Experience developing and/or implementing pricing strategy frameworks or tools across business units

• Experience leading or supporting client‑facing pricing discussions, negotiations, and/or RFP responses

• Experience driving adoption of new tools and processes through training, change management, and stakeholder enablement

• Experience partnering closely with cross functional teams on matter analytics, workflow improvements, or AI enablement initiatives

• Experience building value frameworks that connect pricing decisions to outcomes (forecast accuracy, staffing efficiency, profitability, or service delivery improvements)

Unleash Your Potential

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