Description
Hogan Lovells Cadwalader is seeking a Director, Business Operations to serve as a senior business and strategic operations leader for the firm's nearly $1 billion Global Regulatory & Intellectual Property Practice.
The Director provides strategic counsel, operational leadership, and oversight of key practice management initiatives that support the practice's global growth, profitability, and long-term success.
Key Responsibilities
- Partner with practice leadership to develop, execute, and monitor strategic priorities that support growth, profitability, and market leadership.
- Serve as a trusted advisor on business performance, operational strategy, organisational effectiveness, and resource allocation.
- Lead strategic planning activities, business reviews, governance processes, and practice-wide initiatives.
- Develop executive reporting, key performance metrics, and business insights that support data-driven decision-making.
- Drive operational excellence through process improvement, workflow optimisation, and scalable business solutions.
- Lead transformational initiatives involving technology, artificial intelligence, automation, pricing, legal project management, and service delivery innovation.
- Establish governance structures, success measures, and accountability frameworks to ensure effective execution of strategic initiatives.
- Facilitate leadership alignment, communications, and change management efforts across a complex global organisation.
- Partner with finance and business leaders to evaluate financial performance, identify opportunities, and support strategic investment decisions.
- Develop executive communications, presentations, strategic updates, and stakeholder engagement plans that advance practice priorities.
- Build strong partnerships across firm leadership and business services functions to drive collaboration and achieve business objectives.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree required; MBA, JD, master's degree, or other advanced degree preferred.
- 10+ years of progressive leadership experience within a law firm, professional services, consulting, or similarly complex global organisation.
- Demonstrated success advising senior executives and influencing strategic business decisions.
- Significant experience leading large-scale strategic initiatives, organisational transformation, and change management efforts.
- Proven ability to lead complex cross-functional programs and build strong executive stakeholder relationships.
- Strong understanding of professional services business models, practice management, financial performance, and profitability drivers.
- Exceptional strategic thinking, business judgement, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
- Executive presence with excellent communication, relationship-building, and stakeholder management abilities.
- Ability to lead through ambiguity, drive alignment, and deliver results in a fast-paced, matrixed environment.
- Experience supporting Regulatory or Intellectual Property practices preferred.
Work Expectations: This is an exempt position requiring the flexibility to support business priorities, leadership initiatives, global stakeholders, and client needs across multiple time zones. This role requires a regular in-office presence, consistent with the firm's expectation of four days per week in the office.
In D.C., the expected base salary range for this role is $202,230 - $242,160 per year.