Responsibilities

• Represent the department as a stakeholder in firmwide integration efforts, supporting onboarding of lateral attorneys, teams, and acquired firms.
• Coordinate with client development, marketing communications, and events teams to execute successful onboarding efforts across the firm.
• Ensure a consistent and effective onboarding experience that accelerates integration, visibility, and long-term success of attorneys and teams joining the firm.
• Oversee individual attorney, practice group, office, and market team budgets in partnership with budget owners and client development department stakeholders.
• Evaluate with department leadership ways to effectively measure return on investment for various client development activities.
• Collaborate with Accounting to enhance financial reporting, monitor expenditures, and identify cost optimization opportunities.
• Establish and communicate budget guidelines, governance processes, and spending expectations.
• Support evaluation and refinement of funding strategies for client development initiatives.
• Develop and standardize departmental procedures and policies in collaboration with the Chief Marketing Officer and key stakeholders within the department and across the firm.
• Document, maintain, and update processes to improve operational efficiency, clarity, and cross-functional alignment.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business, Communications, or related field required.
• Advanced degree or relevant certification in legal marketing or professional services environment preferred.
• 8+ years of experience in legal marketing, business development, or professional services marketing.
• Experience within partnership-based or professional services environments, preferably with AmLaw 200 firms.
• Operational experience within a marketing and client development function, including involvement in coordinating activities across teams, managing priorities, and supporting alignment of resources within a professional services environment.
• Familiarity with practice group and market-based structures and the ability to support consistent execution across teams.
• Hands-on involvement with budget administration, including planning, tracking, and governance across multiple stakeholders.
• Working knowledge of financial reporting, spend monitoring, and return on investment analysis, with exposure to implementing controls and partnering with accounting or finance functions.
• Demonstrated expertise in supporting onboarding and integration initiatives for lateral hires, teams, and acquisitions.
• Experience proactively engaging professionals with the purpose of initiating and sustaining ongoing client development efforts.

Preferred

• Advanced degree or relevant certification in legal marketing or professional services environment preferred.

Benefits

• Medical, Vision, Dental, PTO, 401k, Life, Disability.