Legal Project Manager

Aditi Consulting; Maryland; On-site; USD 138,000 - 152,000; Full time

Job summary

Aditi Consulting in Maryland seeks a Legal Operations role to support spend management and lead RFP activities. The role requires experience in both in-house and law firm environments, strong negotiation skills, and familiarity with AFAs and pricing strategies.

Ideal candidates will have project management experience, ability to work independently, and proficiency with Google/Microsoft tools. Tableau familiarity and RFP software knowledge are a plus.

Qualifications

• Experience in both in-house legal dept and law firm.
• Experience in project/program management.
• Strong contract negotiation skills for internal and external stakeholders.
• Outside counsel benchmarking hourly rates experience.
• Pricing experience with AFAs.
• Experience developing/implementing solutions or operational improvements.
• Verbal and written communication, problem solving, attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently and manage time.
• Ability to build relationships with cross-functional teams (XFN).
• Proficient with Google and Microsoft suites.

Responsibilities

• Support the Legal Operations Manager with spend management.
• Negotiate AFAs on high-spend matters and seek opportunities to negotiate AFAs.
• Assist with trainings re AFAs.
• Run RFPs including attending follow-up interviews with vendors and the legal team.
• Collaborate with the Legal team to create RFP templates for small and large RFPs.
• Collaborate with the RFP team to build RFP templates via RFP tool.
• Draft process documents and playbooks.
• Roll out the MRA program to new firms and complete MRAs.
• Negotiate with law firms on pricing.

Skills

Legal project mgmt

Contract negotiations

AFAs negotiation

RFP management

Pricing benchmarking

Stakeholder mgmt

Communication skills

Independent worker

MS Office suite

RFP software

Tableau

Tools

RFP software

Tableau

Job description

Payrate:

$100.00 - $110.00/hr.

Responsibilities:

• Support the Legal Operations Manager with -
• Supporting the Global Legal team on spend management initiatives;
• Negotiating AFAs on high-legal spend matters and proactively looking for for opportunities to negotiate AFAs;
• Assist with trainings re AFA’s;
• Running RFPs including attending follow-up interviews with vendors and the legal team.
• Collaborate with the Legal team to create RFP templates for small and large RFPs.
• Collaborate with the RFP team to build RFP templates via RFP tool.
• Draft process documents and playbooks.
• Roll out the MRA program to new firms and complete all outstanding MRAs.
• Negotiations with law firms on pricing.

Skills and experience:

• Prior experience at both an in-house legal department and a law firm
• Experience working in Project/Program management experience
• Strong contract negotiations skills for both internal and external stakeholders
• Outside Counsel management specifically experience in benchmarking hourly rates
• Legal pricing experience specifically knowledge of and experience in negotiating AFAs
• Experience in developing/implementing solutions or operational improvements
• Verbal and written communication skills, problem solving skills, attention to detail and interpersonal skills.
• Strong ability to work independently, be organized, and manage one’s time.
• Strong ability to create relationships with XFN teams.
• Technologically savvy and experienced with Google and Microsoft suites

Preferred:

• PMP or similar certification
• Prior experience at a tech company
• Familiarity with eBilling software
• Familiarity with online RFP software
• Familiarity with Tableau and other dashboarding tools

Pay Transparency:

The typical base pay for this role across the U.S. is:$100.00 - $110.00/hr. Non-exempt positions are eligible for overtime at a rate of 1.5 times the base hourly rate for all hours worked in excess of 40 in a work week, or as required by state or local law. Final offer amounts, within the base pay set forth above, are determined by factors including your relevant skills, education and experience. Full-time employees are eligible to select from different benefits packages. Packages may include medical, dental, and vision benefits, health savings accounts with qualified medical plan enrollment, 10 paid days off, 3 days paid bereavement leave, 401(k) plan participation with employer match, life and disability insurance, commuter benefits, dependent care flexible spending account, accident insurance, critical illness insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, accommodations and reimbursement for work travel, and discretionary performance or recognition bonus. Sick leave and mobile phone reimbursement provided based on state or local law.

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