Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Attorney

• Lead end-to-end planning and execution of Firm-sponsored internal events
• Plan and execute a broad range of internal events
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define event objectives
• Serve as a lead project manager for large-scale recruiting and talent events
• Develop and manage event budgets
• Oversee all event logistics
• Draft and coordinate event communications
• Establish and maintain event protocols and best practices
• Identify process improvements to enhance event planning
• Track attendance and event metrics

Legal Talent Events Manager

Manager

• Support the firm’s pricing strategy by partnering with lawyers and finance teams
• Design, implement and track client fee agreements
• Collaborate with partners to develop and evaluate fee proposals and budgets
• Provide financial modeling and analysis to support negotiations
• Manage a team responsible for supporting pricing processes
• Oversee the firm's pricing databases, tools, and templates

Pricing Manager

Security Engineer

• Conduct information security due diligence including secure by design reviews, during vendor onboarding, at renewal, and periodic review cycles.
• Apply a risk-based approach to third party security assessments, including documenting compensating controls and risks acceptances where appropriate.
• Evaluate third-party architectures, including network connectivity (VPN, reverse proxy), data flows, encryption models, and access controls.
• Assess risks related to cloud environments (AWS/Azure/GCP), SaaS platforms, and API integrations.
• Analyze external risk intelligence sources (e.g., BitSight, SecurityScorecard) and correlate with internal findings.
• Review and challenge secure design, identity/access models (SSO, OAuth, SCIM), and data protection mechanisms.
• Enhance and maintain a comprehensive vendor inventory, including vendor profiling and inherent risk determination.
• Enhance and maintain a third-party risk register and track mitigation efforts for identified security risks.
• Develop and implement strategies to mitigate identified risks, working closely with third parties and internal stakeholders to address security gaps.
• Support a continuous monitoring program to assess third-party security posture and follow up on identified vulnerabilities and security risks.
• Partner with general counsel and vendor management to incorporate information security requirements into third-party contracts.
• Work with internal security teams to investigate and respond to third-party related security incidents.
• Support and enhance escalation procedures and remediation requirements related to third-party security breaches.
• Prepare and present third-party risk metrics, dashboards, trends, and highlighted risks to senior management and IT leadership.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement and scalability of the Firm’s third-party security risk management program.
• Partner with the Third Party Security Senior Manager to build and enhance strategic objectives of the program.

Senior Analyst, Third-Party Security

• Establish the Firm’s New Business Proposals function by designing and implementing foundational processes, tools, templates, governance, and operating procedures that support efficient, high-quality proposal execution.
• Build and organize reusable proposal content, matter descriptions, credentials language, and response libraries; identify opportunities to streamline workflows, reduce duplication, and improve consistency across submissions.
• Develop practical guidance and repeatable approaches for working with attorneys and professional staff, helping to define roles, expectations, and best practices in the proposal development process.
• Lead the preparation and production of RFPs, RFIs and surveys, ensuring submissions are clear, accurate and aligned with Firm standards.
• Draft, edit and refine proposal content using internal resources, databases and materials from across the Firm to craft compelling responses.
• Work closely with key CDE colleagues, attorneys, knowledge managers, and Finance to gather insights and tailor proposal materials to client needs.
• Lead proposal timelines, track deliverables and help keep attorneys, practice group teams and cross-functional teams organized to meet deadlines.
• Lead the creation of and format proposal drafts using Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel and client submission portals.
• Maintain proposal tracking and reporting using Microsoft Excel, SharePoint and Salesforce (CRM).
• Collaborate with Finance to gather billing rates, fee proposals, and address client fee inquiries.
• Lead the creation of and maintain proposal tracking systems and databases that support business development initiatives across the Firm.
• Leverage technology that can increase efficiency and enrich responses. Work with relevant AI tools to improve and enhance deliverables.

Legal Talent Events Manager

Pricing Manager

Senior Analyst, Third-Party Security

Senior Manager, New Business Proposals