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ABOUT JENNER & BLOCK

Jenner & Block (www.jenner.com) is a law firm with global reach, with more than 500 lawyers and offices in Chicago, London, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco and Washington, DC. The firm is known for its prominent and successful litigation practice and experience handling sophisticated and high-profile corporate transactions. Firm clients include Fortune 100 companies, large privately held corporations, financial services institutions, emerging companies and venture capital and private equity investors. The American Lawyer magazine has ranked Jenner & Block as the #1 pro bono firm in the United States 10 times, most recently in 2019. The firm has been ranked in the top 10 in this category every year since 1990.

OVERVIEW

The Director of Practice Management reports directly to the Chief of Administration. This is an exempt position and based in any of Jenner & Blocks six US Offices.

The Director of Practice Management is responsible for the continued development and ongoing management of the firms practice group management support team. The individual will provide leadership, direction, and administration of operations support staff embedded in practice groups (the firms core management units) to ensure team goals are met. The Director will also have management responsibility for the firms lawyer and firmwide administration support teams. The Director works collaboratively with other professional services team leads to execute on the firms strategic goals and related practice group projects and initiatives, in concert with practice group leaders and firm management.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

• Continually assess management support needs of practice groups and work with practice group leaders and professional support leaders to implement enhancements as needed
• Continually assess development needs of the practice group operations support team, design and execute ongoing training and development programming for operations support team members
• Put tools, processes, and systems in place to facilitate effective execution of operations support roles
• Create effective team organization and communication mechanisms
• Build relationships with and across practice group management coordinators
• Coordinate activities across teams where appropriate
• Identify opportunities for improvement
• Share best practices
• Supervise, coach, mentor, and evaluate practice group management support team members in partnership with practice group leadership, ensuring alignment with related professional service teams operations (e.g. finance, talent, marketing)
• Work closely with COO, CMO, CFO, CSO, and their offices/teams to ensure effective integration of all aspects of practice group support and appropriate evolution of practice group management support roles
• Define objectives, deliverables, and timeline expectations for practice group related to professional services operations and requirements
• Assess operational health/efficacy of practice groups
• Develop and execute plans to improve operational performance of practice groups
• Supervise, coach, mentor, and evaluate the Manager of Support Services
• Oversee services and performance of the lawyer and firmwide administration support teams. Oversight includes assessment of programs, implementation of improvements, and ongoing training and development of team members.
• Additional responsibilities and firm projects as required

DESIRED SKILLS/ATTRIBUTES AND EXPERIENCE

Bachelors degree with 8+ years of relevant experience in a professional services firm

Law firm experience required

Operations and client service experie ce a plus

5+ years of management experience including hiring, coaching, mentoring, and evaluating team members

Strategic focus: ability to rapidly understand firm goals and metrics-driven deliverables, as well as services, culture, and strategy and align personal/team efforts with overall firm priorities

Strong interpersonal, team, and communication skills

Builds and maintains solid relationships with diverse range of people including firm management, attorneys/professionals, and professional staff

Works collaboratively on teams, with high energy and creativity

Effective coach and mentor

Communicates and operates with courtesy, diplomacy, maturity, and discretion

Distills and communicates information effectively, whether written or orally

Excellent analytical, organizational, and project management skills

Critical thinker who logically analyzes wide variety of operational issues and client needs, develops practical plans for resolution/improvement and effectively implements to deliver on-time, on-budget and with full capture of intended benefits

Adept at multitasking, priorit