Senior Director, Data & AI Strategy
Harbor
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Illinois • United States
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About the role
- Own the financial performance of the service line, managing a budget of more than $3 million with a goal of achieving 30 to 40 percent annual growth.
- Oversee monthly and annual reporting, including revenue forecasting, utilization management, and margin optimization.
- Track delivery performance throughout the month and reconcile projects at both month-end and year-end.
- Drive pricing and resourcing strategies that balance innovation investment with disciplined commercial management.
- Manage speculative budgets for new offerings, ensuring progress is measured and outcomes are reviewed against expectations.
- Design, evolve, and manage the portfolio of Data & Innovation Strategy offerings to align with changing market needs.
- Lead the creation of new offerings that may be speculative or emerging, managing investment, delivery pilots, and refinement cycles.
- Encourage repeatable, scalable, and eventually productized delivery models to increase efficiency and profitability.
- Collaborate across Harbor’s service lines, including AI, Knowledge Transformation, and Technology-Enabled Solutions, to deliver integrated transformation programs.
- Oversee high-impact client engagements, ensuring quality, consistency, and measurable value realization.
- Support client teams in designing and executing transformation programs that integrate data, AI, knowledge, and innovation strategies.
- Partner with delivery leads to ensure projects align with scope, budget, and desired business outcomes.
- Recruit, develop, and retain exceptional talent across strategy, data, and innovation disciplines.
Requirements
- Proven record of owning and growing a consulting P&L of at least $3 million annually, with clear success in driving 30 to 50 percent year-over-year growth through strong financial management, pricing, and utilization oversight.
- Experience developing and scaling consulting offerings, including frameworks, delivery playbooks, and repeatable methodologies.
- Deep understanding of how law firms and corporate legal departments operate, and how data, KM, and AI transformation enable performance and innovation.
- Demonstrated success leading multidisciplinary teams and guiding programs that integrate strategy, data, and emerging technology.
- Strong leadership and talent-development skills, with the ability to build, coach, and inspire a diverse team.
- Executive presence and communication ability, able to advise and influence senior leadership across legal, business, and technology functions.
- Market-facing experience through conferences, panels, or publications on topics related to legal technology, data, or innovation.
- Familiarity with cloud, AI, and analytics ecosystems sufficient to lead conversations with technical counterparts while remaining focused on business outcomes.
Benefits
- Flexible work arrangements
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
financial managementbudget managementrevenue forecastingutilization managementmargin optimizationconsulting offerings developmentdelivery playbooksdata transformationAI transformationperformance measurement
Soft Skills
leadershiptalent developmentcommunicationteam buildingcoachinginfluencingcollaborationstrategic thinkingproblem solvingclient engagement