Innovation Strategy Manager

Innovation Strategy Manager

Cooley is seeking an Innovation Strategy manager to join Cooley's Practice Innovation team.

Position summary : As a leading technology law firm, Cooley is determined to become a leader in the digital practice of law. The Innovation Strategy Manager is responsible for managing Cooley's new practice Innovation pipeline. This role is responsible for the product discovery, user research, and incubation process, evaluating and prioritizing innovation initiatives, and incorporating AI and emerging technologies to create a competitive advantage for Cooley's world-leading legal practices. Cooley Innovation embraces a culture of customer service excellence, and all members of the department are expected to embody this attitude. Specific duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following :

Position r esponsibilities :

• Manage the practice innovation pipeline to discover, incubate, pilot and evaluate new product opportunities that will yield the greatest benefits to the firm and its attorneys
• Leverage best practices in user research and design to deeply understand attorney and client pain points, and identify high-value opportunities to improve legal workflows
• Refine, systematize and scale the practice innovation pipeline process to promote greater efficiency, uniformity, and transparency into how product decisions are made
• Identify and evaluate practice innovation opportunities leveraging cutting-edge emerging technologies and AI advancements
• Foster strong working relationships with change management, innovation counsel and product, engineering, and other teams to evaluate products and use cases, run pilots, launch products and drive engagement
• Collaborate in cross-functional intake and prioritization across technology and operations departments
• Collaborate with the Associate Director of Practice Innovation and innovation leadership to develop and manage data-driven evaluation process to quantify the business value of practice-facing products
• Manage direct report(s) with a focus on fostering a high-performance, collaborative, innovative, and results-driven team culture
• Collaborate in the development of and adoption of unified work management practices across practice innovation to promote transparency, clarity, scalability and efficiency
• Serve as direct supervisor and mentor to direct reports
• Provide day-to-day supervision of direct reports, ensure compliance with assigned work hours and monitor for compliance with all firm and department policies. Manage staffing coverage, review and process time logs / time off requests
• Support business professional development and continued educational opportunities
• In collaboration with immediate supervisor and CN HR, participate in hiring, performance appraisals, counseling, termination and other employee lifecycle events
• All other duties as assigned or required

Skills & experience :

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Preferred :

Competencies :

Cooley offers a competitive compensation and excellent benefits package and is committed to fair and equitable employment practices.

EOE.

The expected annual pay range for this position with a full-time schedule is $115,000 - $170,000. Senior level candidates may be considered for this position and would be eligible for a higher salary range based on experience. Please note that final offer amount will be dependent on geographic location, applicable experience and skillset of the candidate.

We offer a full range of elective benefits including medical, health savings account (with applicable medical plan), dental, vision, health and / or dependent care flexible spending accounts, pre-tax commuter benefits, life insurance, AD&D, long-term care coverage, backup care for children and / or adults and other parental support benefits. In addition to elective benefit options, benefited employees receive firm-paid life insurance, AD&D, LTD, short term medical benefits as well as 21 days of Paid Time Off ("PTO") and 10 paid holidays each year. We provide generous parental leave and fertility benefits. New employees will attend a detailed benefit orientation to learn more about our many benefits and resources.