Legal Project Management Consultant

Eudia Counsel is a legal solutions business combining experienced legal and delivery professionals with AI-powered technology to support modern legal teams. The Legal Project Management Consultant will join a global in-house legal operations team to manage legal spend initiatives, lead RFPs, negotiate alternative fee arrangements and law firm pricing, and develop operational processes and playbooks.

Responsibilities:

• Support the global legal team on spend management initiatives
• Negotiate AFAs on high-spend legal matters and proactively identify new opportunities to put AFAs in place
• Assist with the design and delivery of training on AFAs
• Run RFPs end to end, including attending follow-up interviews with vendors and the legal team
• Collaborate with the legal team to create RFP templates for both small and large RFPs, and work with the RFP team to build those templates in the RFP tool
• Negotiate pricing with law firms, including benchmarking hourly rates
• Roll out the MRA program to new firms and complete all outstanding MRAs
• Draft process documents and playbooks

Requirements:

• Prior experience in both an in-house legal department and a law firm
• Project or program management experience
• Strong contract negotiation skills with both internal and external stakeholders
• Outside counsel management experience, specifically benchmarking hourly rates
• Legal pricing experience, including knowledge of and experience negotiating AFAs
• Experience developing and implementing solutions or operational improvements
• Excellent verbal and written communication, problem-solving, attention to detail and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work independently, stay organized and manage your own time effectively
• Ability to build strong relationships with cross-functional teams
• Technologically savvy, with experience using Google Workspace and Microsoft Office
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field
• 6+ years of overall experience
• PMP or similar project management certification
• Prior experience at a technology company
• Familiarity with eBilling software and online RFP software
• Familiarity with Tableau or other dashboarding tools