Legal Technology Manager

1 week ago

Dublin, Dublin City, Ireland DLA Piper Full time
The role

At DLA Piper, we are embracing technology to improve all areas of the service we deliver to our clients.

We are looking for someone to join our Legal Technology team as a Legal Technology Manager (12 month FTC) based in our Dublin office to perform a key role at the interface between new technologies, processes and the practice and business of law.

The purpose of our Legal Technology team is to enable optimisation in legal service delivery through technology. The team is part of the firm's Law& group, and is responsible for the use of legal technology across all practice group areas in our international business. Our toolbench covers a range of fast-evolving tools, including collaboration and transaction management platforms, tools for document drafting, review and signing, and expert logic systems.
You will play a key role in enabling the firm to use legal technology to deliver a higher quality, more valuable and more effective service to our clients. We do this in a collaborative environment, and you will work closely with our lawyers, our Legal Delivery Centre, our Legal Project Management team and other members of our Law& function. 

This is a role for a tech-curious individual who can bridge the gap between technology and the wider business in order to identify and develop opportunities to improve our work through tech-based solutions, articulate the value of technology, and manage the detail of its practical integration into our lawyers' work. 

As a Legal Technology Manager based in Dublin, you will have a dual focus: working on the team's wider international work as well as driving local adoption of legal technology locally with our Dublin colleagues.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Working alongside colleagues in the Legal Technology team, the duties and responsibilities of a Legal Technology Manager are varied and they are international in scope. They include: 

Acting as a subject matter expert on the range of different legal tech tools managed by the team (including Kira, BRYTER, HighQ, Contract Express, Legatics and DocuSign) in order to support and manage their practical deployment and adoption across the firm's practice groups and international locations, and advise colleagues and clients on the most effective use of those toolsDeveloping an expert technical understanding of the capabilities of the tools themselves, keeping up to date with functionality updates as they evolve, and exploring different and novel ways of implementing them in order to solve new challenges. Developing and cultivating relationships with customer success contacts at existing suppliers to support this workActively promoting and raising awareness of the legal tech solutions available within the firm, educating colleagues on the value they create for both the firm and our clients, and embedding their use in a strategic manner across the firm. Creating and delivering training programmes, presentations, and promotional materials (including case studies)Designing, delivering, and managing the deployment of legal technology on client and project-specific work, in collaboration with our lawyers and other Law& teams (in particular, our Legal Delivery Centre, and Legal Project Management teams). Working directly with contacts in client teams in an advisory capacity to gather and understand requirements to their needs, and to collaboratively design and deliver tech-based solutionsWorking as part of multi-disciplinary teams to build, deliver and enhance new and innovative client-facing services and products, in line with the firm's Law& strategyActing as an ambassador for Law&, promoting the services of the wider Law& team with a holistic solutions-based approachWorking closely with other teams in the firm who manage the use of related tech tools, including our Electronic Data Management team on the use of e-discovery tools, and Data Science colleagues on the applications of AI – including identifying and delivering opportunities to build solutions which combine and integrate multiple different toolsMaintaining awareness of the fast-moving legal technology market, liaising with new technology suppliers, feeding back with critical and strategic appraisal of new tools, and leading on pilots, trials and proof-of-concept projectsAssisting with input into the firm's wider legal technology strategy in support of the team's managementOverseeing and tracking the usage of our legal tech tools, reporting on adoption progress and value delivered. Assisting with team reporting and financial managementWorking closely with colleagues in our internal teams including Legal Risk, Operational IT and Finance to ensure that the legal tech tools we deploy and the way we use them meet governance and compliance requirementsSupporting the firm's business development and marketing work, including providing input into and attendance at pitches and presentations to showcase our tech solutions to clients

ABOUT YOU

We are looking for someone who enjoys proactively seeking and solving problems through the use of technology, and is comfortable doing so in a collaborative and creative way with a wide and varied range of stakeholders from different areas and levels of a legal businessPractical experience working with legal tech tools, including collaboration and transaction management platforms, tools for document drafting, reviewing and signing, as well as expert logic systems. Specific experience with tools currently in our toolbench is desirable (including Kira, BRYTER, HighQ, Legatics, Contract Express and DocuSign)Interest in legal transformation and change within the legal industry. Previous experience in the legal sector would be an advantageInterest in using design thinking techniques to shape and deliver solutions to our internal and external clients' needsStrong communication skills, with an ability to empathise and to adapt according to different audiences. Unafraid to seek clarity or challenge where appropriate or necessary to make progressAnalytical, inquisitive and solution-focussed.Attention to detail, with a commitment to rigour and quality of workSelf-starting, with an ability to effectively and flexibly prioritise and manage a varied personal workload

ABOUT US
DLA Piper is a global law firm with lawyers and business service professionals located in more than 40 countries throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific. Our global reach ensures that we can help businesses with their legal needs anywhere in the world. We strive to be the leading global business law firm by delivering quality, service excellence and value to our clients and offering practical and innovative legal solutions to help them succeed. Our clients range from multinational, Global 1000, and Fortune 500 enterprises to emerging companies developing industry-leading technologies, as well as government and public sector bodies.

OUR VALUES
In everything we do connected with our People, our Clients and our Communities, we live by these values:

Be Supportive – we are compassionate and inclusive, valuing diversity and acting thoughtfullyBe Collaborative – we are proactive, passionate team players investing in our relationshipsBe Bold – we are fearless and inquisitive, challenging ourselves to think big and find creative new solutionsBe Exceptional – we are strategic and driven, exceeding standards and expectations

DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
At DLA Piper, diversity and inclusion underpins how we live our values and everything we do. We believe that everyone has a voice, and that everyone's voice counts. We know that the rich diversity across our firm makes us stronger, more innovative and creative, which helps us to better serve our clients and communities. We are committed to providing an inclusive working environment and culture across our global firm, where everyone can bring their authentic self to work.
Diversity of perspective, thought, background and culture combine to make us the leading global law firm; that's why we actively seek to build balanced teams. We welcome the unique contribution that you will bring to our firm and actively encourage applications from all talented people – however your talent is packaged, whatever your background or circumstance and regardless of how you identify.

HYBRID WORKING
We recognise that people have responsibilities and interests outside of their career and that as a business, we all benefit from working flexibly. That's why we are open to discussing with candidates the different ways in which we are able to support requests for agile working arrangements.

PRE-ENGAGEMENT SCREENING
In the event that we make an offer to you, and where local legislation permits and where relevant, we will conduct pre-engagement screening checks that may include but are not limited to your professional and academic qualifications, your eligibility to work in the relevant jurisdiction, any criminal records, your financial stability and work-related references.

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