Senior Manager, Consulting - Legal Practice Strategy & Enablement

Kaiser Permanente; Oakland (CA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks a Senior Manager of Legal Practice Strategy and Enablement to lead a dynamic team in Oakland. This pivotal role involves enhancing the efficiency of the legal department through strategic initiatives, vendor management, and process improvement. You will empower your team to drive business objectives while fostering collaboration and accountability. If you are passionate about legal practice management and eager to make a significant impact within a forward-thinking organization, this opportunity is perfect for you. Join us to shape the future of legal operations and contribute to meaningful outcomes in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing complex projects and change management plans.
• Strong leadership skills with a focus on team development and performance.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team to enhance legal department performance and efficiency.
• Oversee strategic initiatives and vendor management processes.

Skills

Project Management

Change Management

Data Analysis

Stakeholder Engagement

Team Leadership

Performance Management

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree

Tools

e-Billing Systems

Vendor Management Tools

Job description

This is not a remote position. Must reside within a commutable distance to Oakland, CA

Overview: The Senior Manager of Legal Practice Strategy and Enablement will manage a team to enhance the performance and efficiency of the legal department. Responsibilities will include developing and executing strategic initiatives; managing relationships with legal service providers; overseeing matter management, financial management (including e-billing) processes; creating transparency in practice group and matter-level budgets; and supporting the e-Discovery strategy and implementation. This role will streamline processes, adopt new technologies, and provide analytics to inform decision-making. By encouraging collaboration, will drive ongoing improvement and enable the legal department to deliver high quality and effective results, contributing to the overall success of Kaiser Permanente.

Job Summary:

Manages a team of consultants to ensure the alignment, buy-in, and coordination of diverse stakeholders to drive the implementation of successful business initiatives and projects. Empowers the development and implementation of business initiatives, systems, and/or processes to a desired future state. Manages the development of multiple business strategies and ensures alignment and prioritization of organizational objectives and business initiatives. Manages complex projects or project components for units, manages complex change management plans, and manages team members in performing complex data analyses to drive business initiatives. Directs vendor management as required. Monitors and takes accountability for the compliance of team work activities by ensuring business plans and team members adhere to relevant policies and procedures.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Creates and advocates for developmental opportunities for others; builds collaborative, cross-functional relationships. Solicits and acts on performance feedback; works with leaders and employees to set goals and provide open feedback and coaching to drive performance improvement.
• Pursues professional growth; hires, trains, and develops talent for growth opportunities; strategically evaluates talent for succession planning; sets performance management guidelines and expectations across teams / units.
• Oversees implementation, adapts, and stays up to date with organizational change, challenges, feedback, best practices, processes, and industry trends; shares best practices within and across teams.
• Fosters open dialogue amongst team members, engages, motivates, and promotes collaboration within and across teams; motivates teams to meet business objectives.
• Delegates tasks and decisions as appropriate; provides appropriate support, guidance and scope; encourages development and consideration of options in decision making; fosters access to stakeholders.
• Manages designated units or teams by translating business plans into tactical action items; oversees the completion of work assignments and identifies opportunities for improvement; ensures all policies and procedures are followed.
• Partners with key stakeholders and business leaders to ensure products and/or services meet requirements and expectations while aligning with departmental strategies.
• Aligns team efforts; builds accountability for and measuring progress in achieving results; assumes responsibility for decision making.
• Communicates goals and objectives; incorporates resources, costs, and forecasts into team and unit plans; ensures matrixed resources are fulfilling service or performance requirements across reporting lines.
• Removes obstacles that impact performance; identifies and addresses improvement opportunities; guides performance and develops contingency plans accordingly.
• Manages team(s) of consultants in the development of requirements for complex business, process, or system solutions which may span multiple business domain(s).
• Empowers the development and implementation of business initiatives, systems, and/or processes to a desired future state by maintaining a comprehensive understanding of how current processes impact business operations across multiple domains.
• Serves as a lead advocate of continuous learning and professional development by keeping abreast of industry practices, standards, and benchmarks.
• Manages complex projects or project components for units by coordinating stakeholder contacts; assembling team based on project needs and team member strengths.
• Manages complex change management plans associated with business initiatives by leveraging stakeholder relationships to obtain support and buy in for changes.
• Manages team members in performing complex data analyses to drive business initiatives by recommending appropriate data analysis tools and approach to assess performance.
• Directs vendor management as required by monitoring vendor performance levels; ensuring service level agreements are met.
• Monitors and takes accountability for the compliance of team work activities by ensuring business plans and team members adhere to KP, departmental, and/or business line policies and procedures.