Senior Professional Development Manager

New York, NY

Summary

The Senior Professional Development Corporate Manager will report to the firm’s Professional Development & Training (“PD&T”) Director for Corporate. The employee will primarily focus on hands on day-to-day support to the corporate training team on executing in-house interactive training programs and workshops for Corporate attorneys for all offices. In addition, the employee will assist with onboarding lateral Corporate associates and counsel.

Responsibilities

Under the direction of the PD&T Director, the Senior Manager will:

• Provide leadership, strategy and hands on day-to-day support to the corporate practice groups on the creation, maintenance and execution of in-house interactive training programs and workshops.
• Guarantee trainings are organized well in advance and flawless.
• Build structure/timelines for trainings.
• Responsible for coordinating and executing day-to-day training programs for London associates.
• Oversee onboarding for new and lateral Corporate associates.
• Continuous reevaluation of training programs and corporate training resource center.
• Oversee training timelines and ensure deadlines are met
• Run corporate initiatives
• Collaborate with various departments and firm committees throughout the firm, including:
• Inclusion, Legal Personnel, Business Development and Alumni Relations to develop and assist initiatives.
• IT, graphic design and audio/visual professionals to deliver programming that is engaging and efficient to onsite and remote employees.
• Events department to ensure flawless program execution.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of management experience in the talent development space and/or 5+ years as a practicing associate, preferably in a large law firm
• Extremely strong attention to detail in all written work.
• Outstanding communication skills (both written and oral).
• Outstanding interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively with attorneys and staff throughout the firm.
• Ability to take the initiative and work independently.
• Ability to thrive in fast-paced environment with a client service orientation.

Compensation

The salary range for this role is $175,000 – $225,000.

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