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Leads external communications strategy for Cooley’s business department, including media relations, reputation management, awards, thought leadership, crisis communications, messaging, and content promotion. Manages internal and agency communications professionals, advises firm leaders and lawyers, serves as a media spokesperson, and oversees team development, hiring, performance management, and communications operations.

Maintains and verifies client and matter data across business intake and conflicts systems. Processes engagement, waiver, closure, and name-change requests; links parties; maintains ethical walls, database alerts, and administrative files; performs data cleanup and reporting projects; supports technology testing; and communicates intake and risk-management procedures to attorneys, staff, and external parties.

Leads the Data Engineering and Platform function, including team development, workforce planning, vendor resources, and technical delivery. Owns the Databricks-based Northstar Lakehouse across Bronze, Silver, and Gold layers, Data Vault 2.0 implementation, platform architecture, CI/CD, reliability, governance integration, and infrastructure relationships. Partners with data governance, data products, intelligence, and technology teams to deliver trusted analytical and AI-ready data products.

Supports patent practitioners and clients with US patent prosecution filings, late-evening urgent requests, USPTO correspondence, formalities, office-action reporting, portfolio administration, and quality control. Coordinates filing workflows, reviews documents for accuracy and compliance, manages deadlines, communicates with clients and internal teams, and applies USPTO rules, risk-management directives, and firm best practices. Senior-level duties may include mentoring colleagues and leading process-improvement initiatives.

Lead enterprise campaign strategy and journey architecture, translating BU objectives into omnichannel, personalized, outcome-driven campaigns. Manage campaign governance, real-time optimization, MarTech roadmap input, cross-channel collaboration, and supervise direct reports to drive measurable business outcomes.

Design, build, and maintain the firm's intranet and automated workflows using SharePoint Online, Power Platform, Exchange Online and related Microsoft 365 technologies. Architect secure, scalable persona-based digital experiences, develop automation and templates, implement SPFx/React solutions, integrate REST APIs, support governance, documentation, analytics with Power BI, and drive user adoption and continuous improvement.

Lead marketing for the M&A, PE, and Capital Markets business unit: manage intake/prioritization of requests, pitches and proposals, digital and creative enablement, rankings submissions, practice-led events, content and bio stewardship, market research, lateral attorney onboarding, and supervise and develop direct reports while supporting hiring and performance processes.

Manage multiple firm operations projects end-to-end, coordinating agile software development, vendor selection, process reengineering, budgeting, procurement, change management, KPIs and stakeholder communications. Maintain project artifacts, plans, and reports; surface risks and dependencies; ensure operational readiness and delivery across up to five high-profile initiatives concurrently.

Serve as strategic marketing lead for M&A, PE, and Capital Markets practice: develop directory and pitch strategies, market/competitive intelligence, GTM and content requirements, sponsorship ROI and event follow-up, oversee practice marketing materials, collaborate with content/creative and pursuits teams, and manage/mentor direct reports to drive business development outcomes.

Provide attorney-level guidance to drive legal technology adoption across practice groups, develop playbooks, run pilots and change management, collaborate with leadership to prioritize initiatives, and support practice-specific resource and automation efforts to improve legal service delivery.