Managing Director – Corporate Functions Technology

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Take ownership of the technology strategy, product roadmaps, investment priorities, and execution across the Corporate Functions portfolio, with an initial focus on Legal technology and enterprise collaboration.

• Collaborate with leaders from Legal, Legal Operations, Finance, Corporate Functions, Technology, Information Security, Enterprise Architecture, Privacy, Risk, and other areas.

• Convert business needs into multi-year strategies that encompass platforms, data, architecture, engineering, AI, automation, and changes to operating models.

• Provide technological leadership across Legal functions, including matter management, e-billing, Legal intake, workflows, e-discovery, legal hold, regulatory and compliance technology, intellectual property, entity management, knowledge management, investigations, and productivity.

• Develop capabilities for contract ingestion and intelligence to extract and structure terms and obligations, identify contractual intent, and support downstream processes, analytics, AI, and decision-making.

• Modernize and streamline the Legal technology ecosystem, eliminate redundant platforms, reduce technical debt, enhance integration, and update legacy capabilities.

• Organize the portfolio into sustainable product teams and implement product management practices, such as roadmaps, objectives, discovery, prioritization, backlog management, iterative delivery, and customer feedback.

• Define and deliver a target-state architecture, including decisions on building versus buying, platform strategy, integrations, data flows, security architecture, and controls.

• Offer senior leadership in full-stack engineering, solution architecture, technical design, enterprise SaaS, APIs, cloud services, data capabilities, and custom solutions.

• Promote DevSecOps, CI/CD, automated testing, observability, cloud-native architecture, and engineering automation.

• Establish an AI and automation strategy, identify high-value opportunities, and transition AI capabilities from experimentation to secure, scalable production.

• Assess emerging products, technologies, partners, and operating models; sponsor prototypes, proofs of concept, and MVPs.

• Recruit, develop, and retain product, engineering, architecture, and technology professionals among employees and strategic partners.

• Manage financial oversight, annual planning, forecasting, investment prioritization, cost management, sourcing, vendor strategies, and strategic relationships with vendors.

• Ensure operational stability, resilience, security, privacy, records management, Legal privilege, and regulatory compliance.

• Maintain accountability for production health, operational performance, technology risks, aging platforms, technical debt, concentration risk, and critical dependencies.

⛳️ Requirements

• A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field is required; an advanced degree is preferred.

• Extensive technology leadership experience, including management of product, engineering, architecture, operations, and/or enterprise platform organizations.

• Proven track record in leading complex, enterprise-scale technology portfolios and transformational initiatives.

• Demonstrated capability in transitioning organizations from traditional project delivery to product-based, iterative, and outcome-focused operating models.

• Experience in collaboratively developing technology strategies and roadmaps with senior business executives and setting measurable business outcomes.

• Proven success in building, developing, and leading high-performing technology teams that include employees, contractors, and strategic partners.

• Experience in legal technology is preferred, especially across multiple Legal capabilities rather than a single application or platform.

• Familiarity with contract lifecycle management, contract ingestion, document intelligence, or contract intelligence capabilities is preferred.

• Experience with platforms for enterprise collaboration, productivity, or knowledge management is advantageous.

• Experience with Finance technology or other Corporate Functions platforms is a plus.

• Relevant technology experience in healthcare, financial services, or other regulated industries is preferred.

• Ability to articulate complex technical topics to senior non-technical audiences and influence executive stakeholders is essential.

• Strong skills in financial management, portfolio, and vendor management, including investment prioritization, sourcing, contract negotiation, and build-versus-buy analysis.

• A strong executive presence, business acumen, relationship management, and influencing abilities are required.

• Intellectual curiosity and a commitment to continuous learning and keeping up with external technology trends are essential.

• Ability to operate effectively amidst ambiguity and take ownership of a dynamic portfolio of Corporate Functions capabilities.

• Technical expertise in modern full-stack engineering, contemporary software engineering practices, integrations, APIs, enterprise data models, and cloud architectures.

• Significant experience with AI/ML platforms, generative AI, intelligent automation, and emerging agentic technologies, including scaling AI capabilities into production.

• Strong understanding of enterprise SaaS architecture, configuration, integration, lifecycle management, and platform rationalization.

• Experience in establishing modern DevSecOps practices, CI/CD, automated testing, observability, and engineering quality disciplines.

• Capability to evaluate trade-offs between custom development, commercial platforms, SaaS solutions, and strategic technology partnerships.

• Experience in creating reusable technology assets and swiftly developing prototypes, proofs of concept, and MVPs.

• Comprehensive understanding of non-functional architecture requirements, including security, privacy, availability, resiliency, scalability, performance, and maintainability.

• Ability to stay updated with emerging technologies and translate technology trends into actionable recommendations and business opportunities.

• For remote work, a requirement for cable broadband or fiber optic internet service with minimum speeds of 10Mbps download/5Mbps upload.

🏝️ Benefits

• Eligibility for annual bonuses.

• Participation in long-term incentive plans.

• Medical benefits.

• Vision benefits.

• Dental benefits.

• Well-being and behavioral health programs.

• 401(k) plan.

• Company-paid life insurance.

• Tuition reimbursement opportunities.

• A minimum of 18 days of paid time off each year.

• Paid holidays.

• Leaves of absence available.

• Requirement for cable broadband or fiber optic internet service for remote work, with a minimum of 10Mbps download/5Mbps upload.