Job Title: Legal Pricing Manager IV
Duration: 12 Months
Location: On-site at Washington, DC or New York office.
 
Summary:
A Fortune 50 Technology Company is looking for a Legal Pricing Manager based in NORAM (East Coast) with 8-10+ years' experience with Outside Counsel Management; Law Firm Pricing; AFAs; and Project Management for a 12-month contract engagement starting ASAP.
 
Candidates must be able to work full-time (40 hours per week). The work will be performed on-site 5 days a week, at either the company’s Washington DC or New York offices.
 
Job responsibilities:

• The role will report to the Legal Operations Manager, EMEA Lead and support predominantly EMEA stakeholders; therefore, earlier start times may be required. Roles and responsibilities will include -
• Assisting the Legal team on EMEA-related spend management initiatives;
• Reviewing, benchmarking, and negotiating law firm rate cards in the EMEA and APAC regions;
• Negotiating AFAs on high-legal spend matters and proactively looking for opportunities to negotiate AFAs;
• Assist with trainings on AFA’s;
• Running RFPs from cradle to grave, including attending follow-up interviews with Outside Counsel and the Meta Legal team;
• Collaborate with the legal team to create RFP templates for RFPs.
• Collaborate with our RFP vendor team to build RFP templates.
• Legal market analysis and benchmarking to support (and agree) rate negotiations with law firms across the EMEA and APAC regions;
• Draft process documents and playbooks;
• Negotiations with law firms on pricing individual matters.

 
Skills and experience
Essential:

• Prior experience at a law firm/legal consulting service provider with exposure to EMEA and APAC markets
• 8-10+ years’ working in pricing / commercial finance/procurement roles in the legal sector
• Outside Counsel management, including experience in benchmarking hourly rates
• Solid understanding of legal pricing, specifically knowledge of and experience in negotiating AFAs
• Experience in developing/implementing solutions through financial modelling to support pricing decisions and operational improvements
• Verbal and written communication skills, problem-solving skills, attention to detail and interpersonal skills.
• Strong ability to work proactively, independently, and balance multiple high-priority mandates in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong ability to create relationships with XFN teams.
• Technologically savvy, AI exposure and experienced with Google and Microsoft suites

 
Preferred:

• Prior experience at a Tech, Financial Services or Life Sciences company
• Prior experience within an in-house corporate legal department
• Familiarity with AI
• Familiarity with eBilling software
• Familiarity with RFP software
• Familiarity with Tableau and other dashboarding tools

 
 
At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $ 70.12/hr.