Join Apperio as a Legal Advisory Manager and serve as a senior strategic partner to our clients, leading high-impact advisory engagements that elevate outside counsel management programs. You will define market best practices and playbooks that shape our methodology.
What You'll Do
- Lead complex outside counsel management engagements across corporate legal departments.
- Serve as a senior trusted advisor to executive stakeholders, including General Counsel, Heads of Legal Operations, and Procurement leaders.
- Provide end-to-end advisory across matter intake, panel design, strategic sourcing, fee structuring, legal project management, e-billing, invoice review, and spend governance.
- Translate data and operational insights into strategic recommendations that improve cost control, performance management, and program maturity.
- Lead project execution alongside Consultants and Analysts, ensuring high-quality, on-time delivery.
- Provide mentorship, coaching, and structured feedback to junior team members.
- Oversee workstreams, manage timelines, and ensure consistency in advisory methodology and outputs.
- Develop and refine standardized frameworks, playbooks, templates, and methodologies for outside counsel management.
- Codify repeatable advisory approaches across intake, matter management, LPM, panel governance, and e-billing.
- Contribute to evolving our advisory model and internal knowledge base.
- Lead sophisticated spend analyses and diagnostic assessments to uncover trends, risks, and optimization opportunities.
- Guide consultants and analysts in advanced data interpretation and storytelling.
- Ensure advisory recommendations are grounded in measurable financial and operational impact.
- Contribute to webinars, reports, and industry events.
- Represent LAT in client and prospect engagements.
- Partner closely with Client Experience, Sales, Product, Engineering, Marketing, and Data teams to ensure alignment between market needs and product evolution.
- Provide structured client feedback to influence roadmap and go-to-market strategies.
What We're Looking For
- Minimum of 8–10 years of relevant experience.
- Significant client-facing consulting or in-house legal operations leadership experience.
- Demonstrated experience leading complex projects and managing stakeholders at senior executive levels.
- Deep, practical experience in outside counsel management across the full lifecycle, including matter intake and governance, matter management systems, legal project management (LPM), alternative fee arrangements, strategic sourcing and panel management, and e-billing implementation and invoice review processes.
- Experience within corporate legal departments, legal operations, consulting, or law firm pricing/operations functions.
- Advanced data literacy with the ability to independently manipulate, analyze, and interpret large data sets.
- Experience translating financial and operational data into executive-level recommendations.
- Comfort with Excel and analytical tools.
- Bachelor’s degree required.
- Executive Presence: Confident advising senior stakeholders and influencing strategic decisions.
- Strategic Operator: Able to zoom out to define vision while also diving into operational details and analysis.
- Builder Mindset: Passionate about developing frameworks, playbooks, and scalable advisory infrastructure.
- Collaborative Leader: Effective at mentoring junior team members and working cross-functionally.
- Data-Driven: Uses structured analysis to guide recommendations and decision-making.
- Adaptable: Thrives in dynamic environments and embraces ambiguity.
- Industry Curious: Passionate about legal operations, legal technology, and shaping the future of outside counsel management.
Nice to Have
- JD or equivalent legal qualification preferred but not required.
- Familiarity with e-billing or matter management platforms is strongly preferred.
Technical Stack
- Excel
- Analytical tools
- E-billing platforms
- Matter management platforms
Team & Environment
Lead project execution alongside Consultants and Analysts. Provide mentorship, coaching, and structured feedback to junior team members.
Benefits & Compensation
- Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
- Retirement Plan (401k, IRA)
- Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
- Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)
- Training & Development
- Wellness Resources
Work Mode
This role is based in the US.
Apperio is an equal opportunity employer.
