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.

You'll join the People Team and work closely with firm leadership. Your responsibilities will include:

• Building a feedback cadence around our firm-wide culture of feedback, supporting team members in receiving the feedback they need to propel their growth.
• Managing stakeholder relationships, working closely with partners and firm leadership, tailoring your approach to each.
• Creating a sense of community, developing programs and touchpoints that make associates feel like they belong to the firm.
• Owning learning & development, designing and managing L&D programs end-to-end, course design grounded in adult learning theory.
• Coaching and mentoring, working directly with associates as a people manager.
• Using data to drive decisions, analyzing utilization and performance data to identify areas for improvement.
• Contributing to talent acquisition efforts, including future programs that grow our attorney team.
• Representing attorney development as a real function within the firm.

We're looking for someone with:

• A legal or attorney-development background, ideally with experience inside a law firm or legal tech environment.
• 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.
• A data-driven approach, comfortable pulling together utilization and performance data.
• Excellent English communication, written and verbal.
• Ability to work in the Americas time zone, ideally ET.
• The right temperament, resilient, direct, transparent, and genuinely wanting to be part of a team.