Manager, Legal Support – Outside Counsel Panel Management

GEICO

Manager co-leading Outside Counsel Panel Management at GEICO, focusing on optimizing the use of outside counsel through effective technology solutions and relationship management.

Posted 5/21/2026full-timeBethesda • Maryland • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $104,550 - $186,550 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead and oversee the administration and optimization of outside counsel management technology platforms, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and operational efficiency.
Manage law firm onboarding, rate negotiations, and invoice review processes to align with organizational objectives and cost-control strategies.
Establish and enforce best practices for governance, reporting, and performance monitoring across the outside counsel network.
Drive continuous improvement by identifying process gaps and implementing innovative solutions to enhance legal spend management and strengthen vendor relationships.
Manage panel development initiatives, including RFP coordination and leveraging data-driven insights to support strategic decision-making and panel performance evaluation.
Provide leadership in analytics, ensuring actionable insights for budgeting, forecasting, and relationship management.
Maintain a high level of organizational agility, balancing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment while delivering measurable results.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Experience with legal billing, LEDES files, e-Billing systems
Well organized with good verbal and written communication skills
4-year degree in Business, Information Systems, Finance, Law or related field
Minimum 3 year experience
Preferred corporate legal department or law firm experience
Preferred experience in financial services or insurance industry

Benefits

Comp & perks

Comprehensive Total Rewards program that offers personalized coverage tailor-made for you and your family’s overall well-being.
Financial benefits including market-competitive compensation; a 401K savings plan vested from day one that offers a 6% match; performance and recognition-based incentives; and tuition assistance.
Access to additional benefits like mental healthcare as well as fertility and adoption assistance.
Supports flexibility- We provide workplace flexibility as well as our GEICO Flex program, which offers the ability to work from anywhere in the US for up to four weeks per year.

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Hard Skills & Tools

legal billingLEDES filese-Billing systemsdata-driven insightsbudgetingforecastingvendor managementprocess optimizationperformance monitoringcost-control strategies

Soft Skills

organizational agilityverbal communicationwritten communicationleadershipnegotiationanalytical thinkingproblem-solvingmultitaskingrelationship managementattention to detail