Attorney Development Manager

As Sterlington PLLC scales, our associates need people management, feedback that helps them grow, and a real sense of belonging. You'll own attorney development from the ground up, building the feedback cadence, development programs, and sense of community that turns associates into long-term, fully utilized members of the firm.

Responsibilities:

• Build a feedback cadence around our firm-wide culture of feedback, supporting team members in receiving the feedback they need to propel their growth.
• Manage stakeholder relationships, working closely with partners and firm leadership, tailoring your approach to each.
• Create a sense of community, developing programs and touchpoints that make associates feel like they belong to the firm.
• Own learning & development, designing and managing L&D programs end-to-end, grounded in adult learning theory.
• Coach and mentor, working directly with associates as a people manager.
• Use data to drive decisions, analyzing utilization and performance data to identify areas for improvement.
• Contribute to talent acquisition efforts, applying a working knowledge of US employment law.
• Represent attorney development as a real function within the firm, speaking with authority.

Requirements:

• A legal or attorney-development background, ideally with experience inside a law firm or legal tech environment.
• Judgment and ability to step into ambiguous situations, identify what's missing, prioritize, and work to make it happen.
• Strong L&D program design skills, grounded in adult learning theory.
• Real coaching and mentoring experience, ideally as a people manager.
• Working knowledge of US employment law.
• Data-driven, comfortable pulling together utilization and performance data.
• Excellent English communication, written and verbal.
• Americas time zone, ideally ET, with real overlap with the team and attorneys.