Latham & Watkins

Manager – Legal Engineering, Transactional

Latham & Watkins

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: New York City • California • Massachusetts • United States

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Salary

💰 $210,000 - $260,000 per year

Job Level

SeniorLead

About the role

  • Establishing and overseeing prompt engineering standards, workflow templates, and quality assurance protocols for AI-powered litigation tools, ensuring consistent, high-quality outputs across document review, legal research, and brief drafting workflows
  • Implementing the strategic vision for AI-enabled litigation workflows, fulfilling multi-year roadmaps for AI optimization initiatives aligned with firm strategy, practice group priorities, and attorney needs
  • Overseeing translation of litigation practice requirements into AI workflow specifications, prompt libraries, and knowledge repositories, ensuring AI outputs align with attorney expectations and legal best practices
  • Providing strategic input on AI workflow priorities, resource allocation, and optimization efforts, balancing practice group needs, technical feasibility, quality standards, and long-term strategic value
  • Establishing and monitoring KPIs, quality metrics, and attorney satisfaction measures for AI-powered litigation workflows, using data-driven insights to guide optimization, iteration, and scaling decisions
  • Protecting and maintaining any highly sensitive, confidential, privileged, financial, and/or proprietary information that Latham & Watkins retains

Requirements

  • A minimum of eight (8) years’ of experience in legal technology, knowledge management, or legal practice, with demonstrated experience in AI systems or workflow optimization
  • Previous management experience
  • A bachelor’s degree or equivalent, in Law, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field, preferably A J.D., preferably
Benefits
  • Healthcare, life and disability insurance
  • A generous 401k plan
  • At least 11 paid holidays per year, and a PTO program that accrues 23 days during the first year of employment and grows with tenure
  • Well-being programs (e.g. mental health services, mindfulness and resiliency, medical resources, well-being events, and more)
  • Professional development programs
  • Employee discounts
  • Affinity groups, networks, and coalitions for lawyers and staff
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills & Tools
AI systemsworkflow optimizationquality assurance protocolsdocument reviewlegal researchbrief draftingKPI monitoringdata-driven insightsprompt engineeringknowledge repositories
Soft Skills
strategic inputresource allocationbalancing needsoptimization effortsmanagement experienceinterpersonal skillscommunication abilitiesleadershiporganizational skillsquality standards
Certifications
J.D.Bachelor's degree in LawBachelor's degree in Computer ScienceBachelor's degree in Information Systems