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Head of Legal Operations Advisory, UK, Digital Legal Delivery

2 months ago


London, Greater London, United Kingdom Herbert Smith Freehills Full time

About Herbert Smith Freehills

We are a leading global law firm that advises many of the world's largest and most ambitious organizations across all major regions of the globe. With over 5,000 people, including 3,100 lawyers and over 2,000 business services professionals, operating from our global network of offices, we are at the heart of the new global business landscape, providing premium quality, full-service legal advice.

The Opportunity

We are seeking a highly experienced and skilled professional to support our Global Director, Advisory in achieving growth in the UK and EMEA through a combination of:

  • Leadership of our Legal Operations Advisory function
  • Amplifying our position with regard to the Legal Operations Advisory offering

Key Responsibilities

Day-to-day, this role will involve providing leadership to our UK-based Legal Operations Advisory team on:

  • Delivery of services where clients in the UK and EMEA can benefit from advice relating to:
    • Legal function strategy and legal transformation
    • New ways of working and legal delivery, including legal process improvement and legal design
    • Data and digitalization, including technology adoption and design and implementation of technology-enabled solutions
  • Delivery of services where relevant markets can benefit from:
    • Macro-level insights and trends from Legal Operations Advisory services to clients
    • Future-focused digital corporate foresight relevant to Legal Operations Advisory services
  • Applying best practice frameworks, methodologies, and toolkits to deliver a consistent and positive client experience and key client insights to partners, Client Relationship Partners, and Managers and the firm
  • Using expert facilitation to lead collaborative workshops, events, and projects internally and with clients primarily through the application of key methodologies such as Design Thinking
  • Leading and/or collaborating with project teams from across Digital Legal Delivery and the wider firm to identify commercial opportunities to cross-sell services or combine Legal Operations Advisory services with core Legal services and driving forward implementation of these products and projects where appropriate

Qualifications, Skills, and Experience

  • 7+ years of experience in a professional services/consulting environment (legal qualifications or a background working in law firms is not mandatory but will be considered)
  • Experience leading delivery of large and/or complex consulting projects that leverage multidisciplinary teams, ideally for in-house legal teams or in the legal sector
  • Comprehensive understanding of the legal process and typical products in a law firm environment
  • Expert consultative selling and client service skills
  • Proven track record of establishing and maintaining effective relationships with stakeholders at all levels
  • Experience managing teams
  • Strong partnering and collaboration skills with demonstrated experience in influencing change across multi-disciplinary teams
  • Ability to think creatively and analytically
  • Demonstrated commercial acumen
  • High level of attention to detail, excellent organizational skills, and ability to prioritize

About Us

We are a diverse, innovative culture where high performance, client focus, and highly engaged people are our differentiator. We strive to ensure that our inclusive environment means you feel valued and able to perform at your best by being your authentic self at work. We know that our future success not only depends on being innovative and progressive in the changing legal market but, most importantly, on our people feeling highly engaged in meaningful work.