Legal Pricing Manager

This client is a top 5 tech giant and owner of some of the world's most popular social media platforms and instant messaging apps, connecting billions of people across the globe.

Role: Legal Pricing Manager

Location: Kings Cross

Rate: From £35-£45 per hour PAYE (73K-93K+ annual)

Contract: 6 Months

Job responsibilities

Support the Legal Operations Manager, EMEA Lead with -

• Supporting the EMEA Legal team on spend management initiatives;
• Negotiating AFAs on high-legal spend matters and proactively looking for opportunities to negotiate AFAs;
• Assist with trainings re AFA’s;
• Running RFPs including attending follow-up interviews with Outside Counsel and the legal team;
• Collaborate with the legal team to create RFP templates for RFPs;
• Collaborate with our RFP vendor team to build RFP templates;
• Legal market analysis and benchmarking to support (and agree) rate negotiations with law firms across the EMEA region;
• Draft process documents and playbooks;
• Negotiations with law firms on pricing individual matters.

Skills and experience

Essential:

• Prior experience at both an in-house legal department and a law firm/legal consulting service provider in EMEA
• 5+ years’ working in pricing / commercial finance / procurement roles in the legal sector
• Outside Counsel management including experience in benchmarking hourly rates
• Solid understanding of legal pricing specifically knowledge of and experience in negotiating AFAs
• Experience in developing/implementing solutions through financial modelling to support pricing decisions and operational improvements
• Verbal and written communication skills, problem solving skills, attention to detail and interpersonal skills.
• Strong ability to work independently, balance multiple hi-pri mandates, in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong ability to create relationships with XFN teams.
• Technologically savvy and experienced with Google and Microsoft suites

Preferred:

• Prior experience at a Tech, Financial Services or Life Sciences company
• Familiarity with eBilling software
• Familiarity with RFP software
• Familiarity with Google Hub and SharePoint
• Familiarity with Tableau and other dashboarding tools

Apply Now! The closing date for applications is Friday 8th COB