Global Legal Project and Value Pricing Manager

Dentons is the world's largest global law firm, aiming to provide innovative business solutions. The Global Legal Project and Value Pricing Manager is responsible for managing budgeting and coordination of services for global client engagements, leading efficiency initiatives, and integrating AI and automation into workflows.

Responsibilities:

• Lead annual budget planning and monitoring for complex, value‑based fee arrangements, ensuring real‑time visibility into financial performance
• Act as primary financial partner to Partners and client stakeholders on budget planning, spend optimization, and fee arrangements
• Develop, manage, and report on multi‑jurisdictional matter budgets in coordination with the Global Billing Coordinator, ensuring compliance with client OCGs
• Manage the end‑to‑end project lifecycle for large, cross‑border client programs across 50+ countries, with clear governance and reporting
• Coordinate multi‑disciplinary teams (internal lawyers, local counsel, ALSPs, technology) across time zones and workstreams
• Proactively identify and mitigate project risks, scheduling conflicts, and resourcing gaps
• Support client relationship management through regular reporting, governance meetings, and preparation of materials for partner and executive forums
• Prepare communications and presentations to leadership with excellent strategic analysis and insights
• Identify, implement, and embed AI‑powered and legal technology tools to improve efficiency, quality, and matter management

Requirements:

• 5+ years of financial management/pricing and legal project management experience in a law firm, in-house legal department, or ALSP environment
• Deep expertise in legal matter budgeting, AFAs, outside counsel guideline compliance, and/or legal financial reporting
• Exceptional communication skills with the ability to prepare and present to senior client and firm leadership
• Excellent proficiency in Excel, SharePoint, use of CoPilot (or similar) and AI tools for project management and workflow
• Demonstrated experience managing multi-jurisdictional legal budgets with meaningful budget responsibility
• Experience in a dedicated client service or embedded legal ops roles
• Exposure to cross-border regulatory, M&A, or commercial matters
• Working knowledge of legal AI platforms such as Harvey, Legora, or comparable tools