Description
The Opportunity
As the Legal Pricing Solutions Lead on the Legal & Corporate Affairs Innovation & Operations team, you will serve as a trusted advisor that partners with stakeholders to improve outside counsel pricing outcomes and value delivery. You will lead pricing strategy development, matter budgeting, and negotiations with external law firms, while scaling capabilities through technology and AI-enabled tools. This role provides the opportunity to drive adoption of modern pricing, scoping, and matter analytics practices—supporting informed decision-making across new and active matters.
What You'll Actually Be Doing
Advise senior legal leaders and business stakeholders by translating financial and matter performance insights into clear, executive-ready recommendations
Partner with senior lawyers and key stakeholders to develop pricing strategies, matter budgets, and appropriate fee arrangements (AFAs) across portfolios
Lead negotiations with external law firms to align commercial terms, staffing expectations, and value outcomes
Evaluate the impact of AI on pricing, profitability, staffing, and service delivery to inform forward-looking value frameworks
Drive adoption of AI-enabled pricing tools to enhance forecasting accuracy, staffing models, and value measurement
Collaborate on cross-functional AI and legal transformation initiatives spanning Legal, Finance, Legal Technology and Procurement.
Develop and deliver training and change management to strengthen capabilities in pricing, scoping, budgeting, and matter analysis
Monitor legal market pricing trends and emerging best practices to continuously improve pricing strategy and governance
Influence senior leadership strategic priorities by aligning business goals, spend impact and measurable outcomes
Manage multiple concurrent work streams with disciplined execution, clear prioritization, and strong stakeholder communication
You're Our Person If...
8+ years of experience within a law firm, corporation, or professional services environment
Proven experience supporting partners, senior lawyers, and/or executive business leaders in a large organization
Demonstrated ability to influence and engage executive stakeholders, build credibility, drive alignment, and deliver with authority
Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present complex analyses in a clear, compelling, executive-ready manner
Strong analytical and commercial judgment applied to matter budgeting, pricing strategy, and fee arrangement development
Demonstrated ability to lead through ambiguity and complexity, set direction independently, and deliver outcomes in fast-evolving environments
Strong program and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to prioritize competing firm wide initiatives across multiple work streams
Familiarity with legal pricing, legal matter management systems, and legal AI technologies
High proficiency in financial presentations, including executive-level storytelling and data visualization
Even Better If...
Experience in a Fortune 500 company or an AmLaw 100 firm.
Experience developing and/or implementing pricing strategy frameworks or tools across business units
Experience leading or supporting client-facing pricing discussions, negotiations, and/or RFP responses
Experience driving adoption of new tools and processes through training, change management, and stakeholder enablement
Experience partnering closely with cross functional teams on matter analytics, workflow improvements, or AI enablement initiatives
Experience building value frameworks that connect pricing decisions to outcomes (forecast accuracy, staffing efficiency, profitability, or service delivery improvements)
In the United States, compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, job level, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Certain roles may be eligible for incentive compensation, equity, and benefits. Salesforce offers a variety of benefits to help you live well including: time off programs, medical, dental, vision, mental health support, paid parental leave, life and disability insurance, 401(k), and an employee stock purchasing program. More details about company benefits can be found at the following link: https://www.salesforcebenefits.com.
