Head of External Counsel Engagement
bp
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Houston • Illinois • Texas • United States
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Salary
💰 $150,000 - $225,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Lead and develop a team responsible for external counsel engagement
- Create high performance, inclusive teams with a focus on integrity and continuous improvement
- Develop and implement innovative spend and relationship management frameworks for external counsel
- Support negotiation of pricing and alternative models
- Oversee external legal spend management and generate insights
Requirements
- Extensive experience in tendering and pricing legal work including RFPs
- Strong emotional intelligence and collaborative working style
- Leadership experience in managing high-performing teams
- Specific US-focused experience in disputes highly desirable
- Demonstrated innovation mentality and record of challenging the status quo
- Strong experience with legal spend processes and platforms
- Relevant degree or equivalent experience
Benefits
- Paid vacation ranging from 120 – 240 hours per year, depending on experience
- 9 paid holidays per year
- 2 personal choice holidays
- Up to 8 weeks’ paid parental leave for birth or adoption
- Health, vision, and dental insurance
- Life insurance
- Short-Term Disability and Long-Term Disability insurance
- Discretionary annual bonus program
- Long-term incentive program
- Generous retirement benefits including a 401k matching program
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
tenderingpricing legal workRFPslegal spend managementrelationship management frameworksnegotiationinsights generation
Soft Skills
emotional intelligencecollaborative working styleleadershiphigh-performing teamsinnovation mentalitychallenging the status quo