Senior Manager, Technology Enablement

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 137,000 - 219,000; Full time

Job summary

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP seeks a Senior Manager, Technology Enablement to own the Practice Group's technology portfolio, ensuring adoption and measurable business value. The role functions as an internal strategic consultant coordinating with attorneys, clients, and leadership on process improvements and scalable service offerings.

Based in Chicago with a hybrid in-office/remote schedule, the role requires senior-level experience in legal technology, eDiscovery, and change management, plus a

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from a four-year college or university with 15 years of relevant experience in a large law firm, legal service provider, or in-house corporate environment.
• Strong legal technology knowledge, including Relativity and AI solutions.
• Excellent communication, consulting, customer service, and interpersonal skills.
• Strong leadership, executive presence, and ability to influence without direct authority.
• Strategic thinking and business acumen, including budgeting, financial analysis, business case development, and portfolio management.
• Strong project management, organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage competing priorities, adapt to change, and work collaboratively.
• Ability to analyze complex information and effectively communicate recommendations to senior leadership and clients.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Business Consulting and Technology Enablement for the Practice Group.
• Lead Strategic Initiative Leadership and Operational Excellence initiatives.
• Engage with clients, attorneys, and executive leadership to align technology with business needs.
• Evaluate market and technology options to optimize investments.
• Drive measures of success and collaboration across teams.

Skills

Strategic Consulting

Technology Enablement

Change Management

Project Leadership

Client Engagement

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Relativity

AI solutions

Job description

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, one of the world’s leading global law firms with offices in strategic hubs of commerce, law, and government across North America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East, is seeking to hire a Senior Manager, Technology Enablement.

The Senior Manager, Technology Enablement, serves as the business owner for the Practice Group's technology portfolio, ensuring the technology investments are effectively operationalized, adopted, optimized, and translated into measurable business value.

This role functions as an internal strategic consultant responsible for identifying operational opportunities, improving service delivery, leading enterprise initiatives, and maximizing the return on the Practice Group's technology investments.

Unlike traditional technology leadership positions focused on engineering or platform development, this role focuses on business enablement ensuring technology capabilities are fully leveraged through process optimization, stakeholder alignment, client engagement, operational consulting, and continuous improvement.

The Senior Manager partners directly with attorneys, clients, executive leadership, and operational teams to evaluate business needs, identify organizational blind spots, improve technology adoption, develop scalable service offerings, and lead strategic initiatives from concept through implementation.

Success in this position requires exceptional consulting, communication, operational strategy, project leadership, and change management skills, combined with deep experience within legal technology, eDiscovery, and professional services environments.

Maintaining an in-office presence is important to delivering our services through an integrated and collaborative work culture. This position will reside in any of our Boston, Washington DC, Philadelphia, Chicago, or San Francisco offices with a hybrid in-office/remote working schedule.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Business Consulting
• Technology Enablement
• Strategic Initiative Leadership
• Operational Excellence
• Client & Attorney Engagement
• Market & Technology Evaluation
• Leadership & Collaboration
• Measures of Success
• Education And Experience

Measures of Success

• Success In This Role Will Be Demonstrated Through
• Increased technology adoption and utilization.
• Reduced redundant or underutilized applications.
• Successful delivery of strategic initiatives.
• Improved operational KPIs and service delivery.
• Increased attorney and client engagement and satisfaction.
• Improved return on technology investments.
• Increased operational efficiency and cost optimization.

Education And Experience

• Bachelor’s degree (B.A.) from a four-year college or university and minimum of 15 years of relevant experience in a large law firm, legal service provider, and/or in-house corporate environment. An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
• Strong legal technology knowledge, including Relativity and AI solutions.
• Excellent communication, consulting, customer service, and interpersonal skills.
• Strong leadership, executive presence, and ability to influence without direct authority.
• Strategic thinking and business acumen, including budgeting, financial analysis, business case development, and portfolio management.
• Strong project management, organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage competing priorities, adapt to change, and work collaboratively.
• Ability to analyze complex information and effectively communicate recommendations to senior leadership and clients.
• PMP, Relativity Expert, or Lean Six Sigma certification is preferred but not required.

For positions in Washington, DC, and Boston, MA, the salary range for this position is: 143,000.00- $228,800.00

For positions in Chicago, IL, the salary range for this position is: $136,800.00 - $218,850.00

For positions in San Francisco, CA, the salary range for this position is: $155,500.00 - $248,725.00

The base salary or hourly wage range for this position will be determined during the interview process and will vary based on multiple factors, including but not limited to prior experience, relevant expertise, current business needs, and market factors. The final salary or hourly wages offered may be outside of this range based on other reasons and individual circumstances. Additionally, salary or hourly wages may be only part of the total compensation package. The total compensation package for this position may also include a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits (including 401(k) eligibility and various paid time off benefits, such as vacation, sick time, and parental leave), dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment. If hired, the employee will be in an "at-will position" and the firm reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation or benefit program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, firm or individual department/team performance, and market factors.

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP is committed to equal employment opportunity and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. We value inclusion and solicit applications from all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, gender, sex, age, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, veteran status, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

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If hired, your employment relationship with the firm will be on an "at-will" basis, meaning that the firm may modify the terms and conditions of your employment at any time, and that either you or the firm will be free to end the relationship at any time with or without cause and with or without advance notice, although reasonable notice would be expected.