Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Cloud Engineer

• Design, deploy, and maintain cloud-based applications environments primarily on Microsoft Azure
• Provide second-level support for cloud applications
• Manage and resolve incidents through ServiceNow
• Monitor cloud environments and applications using Azure Monitor and related tools
• Collaborate with DevOps and IT teams to implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Cloud Engineer II

Events

• Organize, coordinate and support execution of Firm-sponsored events
• Coordinate and provide logistical event support
• Serve as liaison between Office of General Counsel, internal stakeholders and third parties
• Establish and cultivate relationships with restaurants, caterers, hotels and other service providers
• Track expenses and approvals
• Work with key stakeholders to execute event protocol
• Research ways to optimize the event planning process
• Maintain and ensure the integrity of the Firm’s CRM

Events Coordinator

Solutions Engineer

• Provide technical and strategic leadership for enterprise integration architecture, APIs, middleware platforms, and automation workflows.
• Lead the design, implementation, and maintenance of scalable integration solutions across internal and external systems.
• Collaborate with business analysts, application owners, and infrastructure teams to define integration requirements and translate them into technical and architectural standards.
• Manage and mentor integration engineers, providing technical guidance, code reviews, and professional development support.
• Oversee the development and maintenance of data pipelines, ensuring reliability, performance, and data integrity.
• Ensure integrations comply with enterprise security standards, data governance policies, and regulatory requirements.
• Partner with DevOps and platform teams to support CI/CD pipelines, release management, and environment strategy.
• Participate in testing, deployment planning, and production readiness reviews for integration solutions.
• Continuously evaluate and improve integration tools, platforms, and architecture to align with business and technology roadmaps.

Senior Integration Engineering Manager

Attorney

• Assist with reviewing, negotiating, and drafting a wide variety of commercial contracts and vendor agreements
• Conduct due diligence reviews of vendors
• Participate in continuing education and conduct research
• Perform other duties as assigned

Commercial Contracts Attorney

• Collaborate with PG heads, partners, and key stakeholders to develop a strategic vision for the PG that includes clear, achievable goals aligned with the firm’s strategy and focused on revenue generations, profitability enhancement, headcount, brand positioning and competitive differentiation;
• Support daily operations of the PG, including the preparation of meetings and retreats, setting agendas, preparing meeting materials, and coordinating meeting logistics;
• Collaborate with Finance to analyze PG financial performance (revenue, profitability, realization, utilization, A/R); monitor PG operational expenditures; report regularly on KPI’s; make recommendations for appropriate actions to improve PG financial performance and execute on related action items;
• Partner with Legal Talent to create and execute on PG talent management strategy, including recruitment, onboarding, and integration programs for lateral hires, training, resource planning and management, retention strategies, partnership pipeline reviews, and succession planning;
• Collaborate with Client Development and Engagement Team to analyze and increase cross-selling efforts within the Firm and work with client teams to enhance client collaboration;
• Collaborate with Knowledge Team to continually drive efficiencies, improve processes, and incorporate innovation in legal service delivery;
• Collaborate with Practice Directors in other groups to reinforce strategic and operational alignment with key adjacent practices (Funds and other groups);
• Continually identify opportunities for operational efficiency, improvement and innovation in matter management, business operations, infrastructure, methodologies, and other areas of business performance; develop solutions and plans for corresponding action;
• Monitor current trends and best practices in legal and professional services firms; communicate the impact of new innovations, developments, and regulations; and
• Foster a culture that is collaborative and committed to professional excellence.

Director, Practice Management – Tax

Director

• Drive firmwide adoption of legal technology, collaboration tools, and AI-enabled capabilities
• Lead a team of digital adoption professionals focused on scaling engagement, governance, and training programs
• Collaborate closely with AI enablement leadership
• Engage firm stakeholders in building a network of digital champions
• Define adoption/engagement metrics and monitor adoption trends
• Lead the strategic roadmap and continuous evolution of the firm’s digital workplace including the intranet and related platforms
• Establish governance frameworks ensuring digital tools and platforms are compliant and optimized
• Deliver project support for initiatives assigned by the Director of Practice Solutions

Associate Director – Digital Adoption, Enablement

Procurement

• Oversee the Firm’s vendor management function, consisting of 6-9 vendor management professionals
• Collaborate closely with internal IT Department vendor management function and the Office of the General Counsel
• Lead initiatives to enhance policies, controllership and capabilities within the vendor management function
• Oversee outsourced travel management company and group hotel bookings
• Design and implement a firm-wide procurement program, unifying purchasing activities across business functions
• Collaborate internally and with third party resources to develop standardized procurement processes and policies
• Drive the Firmwide communication and rollout of procurement, travel policies and procedures
• Execute vendor management strategies aligned with Firm leadership priorities
• Lead contract management, sourcing, financial negotiations, and ongoing relationship management with vendors
• Oversee development and implementation of measurement tools and reporting to track vendor performance, outcomes, and efficiency

Associate Director, Global Vendor Management – Travel

Manager

• Identify practice-specific training needs aligned with the substantive legal skills and knowledge required at each level of associate development
• Develop and maintain a dynamic, annual curriculum of training programs tailored to each associate level
• Continuously evaluate and update training curricula to ensure they remain relevant, practical, and aligned with evolving substantive learning needs
• Create training content for in-person, virtual, and on-demand delivery, including detailed case studies, templates, practical exercises, slides, and facilitator guides
• Embed the firm’s practice-specific tools and technologies directly into hands-on training
• Design and deliver training that simulates real-world deal scenarios and encourages active problem-solving
• Develop content for client CLEs, as needed
• Co-facilitate live trainings with Partners and Associates
• Deliver 1:1 or small group training to associates who require targeted development
• Collaborate closely with the M&A Practice Group Head, Partners, Associates, and members of the Legal Talent and Knowledge teams
• Measure the effectiveness of training through meetings with associates and partners, feedback surveys and other relevant metrics
• Stay informed about changes in law and trends in the M&A market, and incorporate relevant updates into training content and materials

Manager, Strategic Training Initiatives – M&A

• Identify practice-specific training needs aligned with the substantive legal skills and knowledge required at each level of associate development, including junior, mid, and senior associates.
• Develop and maintain a dynamic curriculum of training programs tailored to each associate level.
• Continuously evaluate and update training curricula to ensure they remain relevant, practical, and aligned with evolving substantive learning needs and market trends and developments.
• Create training content for in-person, virtual, and on-demand delivery, including detailed case studies, templates, practical exercises, slides, and facilitator guides.
• Embed the firm’s practice-specific tools and technologies directly into hands-on training to ensure associates learn legal content in the context of the systems and workflows they will use in real-world deal work.
• Design and deliver training that simulates real-world deal scenarios and encourages active problem-solving.
• Develop content for client CLEs, as needed.
• Co-facilitate live trainings with Partners and Associates, primarily supporting interactive exercises to enhance practical application of legal concepts.
• Deliver 1:1 or small group training to associates who require targeted development, with a particular focus on lateral hires and associates for whom a particular development need has been identified.
• Collaborate closely with the B&C Practice Group Head, Partners, Associates, and members of the Legal Talent and Knowledge teams.
• Serve as a subject matter expert and trusted source of knowledge within the B&C practice.
• Measure the effectiveness of training through feedback surveys and other relevant metrics to ensure that training programs are meeting the needs of the associates and the practice.
• Stay informed about changes in law and trends in the market, and incorporate relevant updates into training content and materials as appropriate.

Manager, Strategic Training Initiatives – Banking & Credit

• Serve as a Client Development & Engagement lead for the Funds and Boston office initiatives and pitches
• Advise partners and practice leadership on client development strategies, market trends, competitive positioning, and growth opportunities across relevant practices.
• Lead the development of strategic pitches, proposals, and responses to RFPs for Investment Funds and related specialist areas.
• Oversee research and analysis related to clients, prospects, competitors, and industry trends impacting fundraising, investment funds, private equity.
• Provide guidance, mentorship, and oversight to junior Client Development & Engagement team members supporting registered Funds, Private Funds, GP Stakes and related practices.

Assistant Manager, Client Development

Data Engineer

• Oversee the development and optimization of SQL Server databases and queries to meet complex reporting and analytical needs.
• Write and maintain Python scripts for sophisticated data transformation, analysis, and automation tasks.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including data scientists, analysts, and business stakeholders, to understand and translate data requirements into technical solutions.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex data-related issues, ensuring high data quality and reliability.
• Monitor, optimize, and scale data workflows to improve performance and cost-efficiency.
• Develop and enforce best practices for data engineering processes, documentation, and governance.

• Lead the design, development, and implementation of advanced data pipelines and ETL processes using Azure Data Lake Storage and Azure Data Factory.
• Architect and manage scalable data solutions on Databricks for high-performance data processing and analytics.
• Oversee the development and optimization of SQL Server databases and queries to meet complex reporting and analytical needs.
• Write and maintain Python scripts for sophisticated data transformation, analysis, and automation tasks.
• Spearhead data migration projects from on-premises systems to Azure cloud services, ensuring strategic planning, minimal disruption, and data integrity.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including data scientists, analysts, and business stakeholders, to understand and translate data requirements into technical solutions.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex data-related issues, ensuring high data quality and reliability.
• Monitor, optimize, and scale data workflows to improve performance and cost-efficiency.
• Develop and enforce best practices for data engineering processes, documentation, and governance.

Senior Data Engineer

• Provide high-value competitive intelligence and evidence-based recommendations to support business development and strategic decision-making.
• Design and execute competitive intelligence research and analysis of competitors, market shifts, industry trends and external forces shaping the legal and professional services landscape.
• Work with the Strategic Intelligence Director to lead competitive intelligence research and analysis and produce strategic reports on key competitors, market shifts and emerging industry trends and opportunities.
• Monitor industry and regulatory developments affecting the legal services market, identifying implications and recommended actions.
• Produce concise, high impact briefing materials and executive level reports to support strategic planning, business development, innovation and investment decisions.
• Develop and maintain competitive intelligence framework and research methodologies, including internal and external data sources, tracking systems, and reporting workflows.
• Conduct competitive market benchmarking, opportunity assessment, client portfolio analysis and white-space research.
• Support strategic projects related to growth initiatives, lateral hiring analysis, geographic expansion and product / service development.
• Ensure compliance with ethical and professional standards in competitive intelligence activities.
• Engage in coaching, mentoring and developing competitive intelligence skills and capabilities across the Strategic Intelligence team.

Manager – Strategic Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence

• Lead implementation of Medallion architecture (Bronze, Silver, Gold layers).
• Oversee lifecycle management of enterprise data platforms.
• Advance the firm’s Data Modernization capabilities.
• Operationalize scalable data ingestion transformation, governance and reporting frameworks.
• Operations Management (including incident, problem, and change monitoring)
• Promote a culture of accountability and transparency with clear line of sight to goals
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement and service excellence
• Demonstrate ability to manage timeframes involving multiple functions
• Think critically and make quick decisions to address Firm challenges effectively
• Translate technical concepts for non-technical audiences
• Demonstrate flexibility and agility in adapting to changing needs and priorities
• Facilitate solutions for Microsoft tools like Azure OpenAI Service, Microsoft Purview, SharePoint Syntex, and Copilot into legal workflows
• Collaborate with IT to ensure robust architecture, data governance, and security for Azure-based AI solutions
• Ensure alignment between AI initiatives and enterprise cloud strategy, data privacy regulations, and legal risk frameworks.