Responsibilities

• Planning & Operational Governance: Manage the annual and ad-hoc planning cycles for the M&CD organization, coordinating with team leads to ensure initiatives are prioritized and aligned with firm-wide goals.
• Budget Management & Analysis: Oversee day-to-day department budget operations, including precise forecasting, variance reporting, and identifying opportunities for spend optimization.
• Resource & Agency Coordination: Execute headcount planning and resource allocation in collaboration with leadership, managing the onboarding of contractors and the performance of external agency partners.
• MarTech Administration & Utilization: Responsible for the tracking, monitoring, and auditing of the firm’s marketing and sales technology stack, in coordination with cross functional product and business owners to ensure systems are integrated, optimized and utilized to drive data-informed decisions.
• Workflow Design & Process Improvement: Partner across the team to implement standardized workflows and operational processes that reduce friction and improve the organization’s speed-to-market.
• Training & Skills Enablement: Facilitate an ongoing training curriculum for the M&CD team, focused on upskilling staff on firm systems, operational best practices, and industry standards.
• Cross-Functional Liaison: Serve as the primary operational point of contact between M&CD, Finance, HR, Communications, Innovation, and Technology to ensure seamless execution of cross-functional projects.
• Change Management Execution: Implement internal change management plans when deploying new tools or structures, supporting the team through transitions to maintain operational efficiency.
• Compliance & Risk Monitoring: Monitor all marketing and business development activities to ensure strict adherence to firm policies, data privacy regulations, and professional standards.
• People Leader:

Requirements

• After orientation at Cooley LLP, exhibit proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite, iManage and other firm applications
• Ability to work extended and/or weekend hours, as required
• Ability to travel, as required
• 7+ years applicable experience in the field (e.g., marketing or business development, preferably with an emphasis working in a strategy, transformation, or growth function), with 2+ years of exempt/management experience in relevant roles
• Must have professional services industry experience and/or B2B marketing experience
• Must have experience with marketing and client development planning and operations
• Hands on experience in project management technologies (e.g., Workfront, financial management tools)

Preferred

• Bachelor’s degree
• Supervisory experience
• Prior legal industry or professional services experience

Benefits

• We offer a full range of elective benefits including medical, health savings account (with applicable medical plan), dental, vision, health and/or dependent care flexible spending accounts, pre-tax commuter benefits, life insurance, AD&D, long-term care coverage, backup care for children and/or adults and other parental support benefits. In addition to elective benefit options, benefited employees receive firm-paid life insurance, AD&D, LTD, short term medical benefits as well as 21 days of Paid Time Off (“PTO”) and 10 paid holidays each year. We provide generous parental leave and fertility benefits.