Statestreet

Statestreet

Legal Transformation, MD

Boston, Massachusetts

Sponsorship not specified$170k-$283kDetected 1 day ago
Agentic AIAgileVendor ManagementProcurementCadenceLeadershipCommunication

About the role

  • you will own the transformation portfolio holistically, working in close partnership with the leader of Contracting and Contracting Transformation and the leader of Business Intelligence and Data).

Responsibilities

  • Set and drive the transformation agenda. Translate the Legal Department's strategic priorities into a clear, sequenced transformation roadmap with measurable productivity, quality, and risk outcomes across the full portfolio.
  • Own the portfolio view. Provide oversight, sequencing, and integration across all transformation workstreams - including contracting transformation - ensuring dependencies are managed, investments are prioritized, and outcomes are delivered.
  • Lead end-to-end process transformation.
  • Redesign core legal processes (matter management, vendor management, advisory workflows, and others) using lean and design-thinking principles - eliminating waste, standardizing where it matters, and building in controls.
  • Own the legal technology agenda.
  • Partner with IT, Procurement, and external vendors to evaluate, deploy, and adopt legal tech (matter management, e-billing, knowledge management, GenAI, and agentic AI platforms).
  • Ensure tools land with users and deliver promised value.
  • Partner closely with Contracting and Business Intelligence leadership. Operate as a tight leadership trio - aligning roadmaps, sharing capacity, and ensuring data and insights flow into every transformation decision.
  • Lead a small, high-performing team - and roll up your sleeves. Coach and develop a lean team of transformation professionals while personally leading the most complex or executive-facing workstreams.
  • Partner across the enterprise. Collaborate with Finance, Risk, Compliance, Technology, Procurement, and business units to align transformation efforts with broader enterprise priorities.

Requirements

  • 15+ years of progressive experience, including significant time leading transformation within the legal industry (in-house legal department, law firm, ALSP, or legal-focused consulting practice).
  • Hands-on experience deploying legal technology at scale: CLM platforms, matter/e-billing systems, knowledge management, and GenAI/agentic AI tools.
  • Agile methodology experience - comfortable running scrum/Kanban cadences and scaling agile in a non-engineering environment.
  • Proven change management track record in professional services or regulated environments
  • Experience operating in a regulated environment and transforming within a controls-heavy context.
  • Track record of working with outside counsel and ALSPs, including driving vendor discipline and value.
  • Build the communications, training, and reinforcement mechanisms required to land change with attorneys and legal professionals - including those who are skeptical of process and technology.
  • Required Experience
  • Demonstrated track record of process transformation in legal - contracting, litigation support, advisory workflows, or legal operations - with quantifiable productivity and quality outcomes.
  • Financial acumen - able to build business cases, defend investment asks, and track run-rate productivity outcomes.
  • Data fluency - comfortable working with workforce analytics, process mining outputs, and AI-generated insights to inform decisions.
  • Experience leading and developing teams as a player-coach.
  • Skills & Attributes
  • Strong executive presence and communication - able to engage credibly with the General Counsel, Executive Committee, and senior business leaders.
  • Influencing without authority - builds coalitions across Legal, Technology, Finance, and the business.

Compensation

  • $170,000 - $282,500 Annual
  • incentive compensation including eligibility for annual performance-based awards (excluding certain sales roles subject to sales incentive plans)

Benefits

  • We are seeking a leader to set vision, drive execution, and partner across Legal and the business to deliver measurable outcomes.

Visa & Work Authorization

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