Senior Pricing and Legal Project Management Specialist

Dentons is designed to be different. Our firm leads the way in a rapidly changing legal marketplace. We challenge the status quo and deliver consistent results as well as uncompromising quality and value to our clients. Our global presence is renowned as a firm with over 21000 individuals in more than 200 offices serving clients across 80 countries.

Dentons Canada is committed to its people and communities. We are consistently recognized as an employer of choice having received numerous awards including being selected as one of Canadas Top 100 Employers (2026); Canadas Top Employers for Young People (2026) and Canadas Best Diversity Employers (2026).

This role is an opportunity for you to join Canadas global law firm a firm that offers opportunities to build your career while growing your skills and deepening your expertise.

This is a new position.

POSITION SUMMARY

The Senior Pricing and Legal Project Management Specialist is a new role created to build out the firms pricing capability. The Senior Pricing and Legal Project Management Specialist will report to the Canada Director Pricing & Legal Project Management supporting partners across the full pricing lifecycle: scoping and pricing new and ongoing matters developing matter budgets and Alternative Fee Arrangements (AFAs) assisting with the pricing aspects of pitches and proposals monitoring budget-to-actuals and matter profitability for ongoing matters and portfolios of work and developing pricing-related reporting for firm leadership.

This is a high-visibility role with direct exposure to partners and firm leadership. It offers significant scope to shape how the Firm approaches pricing across all practice areas and best suits someone with a strong interest in the business of law and the evolving market dynamics of the legal industry.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Pricing Strategy Pitches RFPs and Panel Submissions

Supporting ongoing adherence to the Firms pricing methodology policies and governance

Set guidance on hourly rates AFAs and discounting protocols

Model AFA scenarios (hourly fixed capped blended success-based retainer) and assist with the pricing response to RFPs panel submissions and significant client proposals

Maintain an internal pricing knowledge base and library of precedent fee structures and scoping and budgeting templates for common matter types

Brief partners ahead of pricing negotiations and attend client meetings where required

Partner Support and Training

Act as a trusted advisor to partners on pricing scoping and budget management

Deliver training and coaching to lawyers on commercial pricing concepts

Support lawyers in client conversations on pricing-related matters

AFA Design and Monitoring

Scope design and price AFAs across all practice groups

Build budgets scoping and assumption details staffing plans and tracking tools for different fee arrangements

Monitor AFA performance and budget-to-actuals to flag variances proactively

Conduct post-matter reviews and feed lessons learned back into pricing methodology

Client and Procurement Engagement

Serve as the Firms commercial counterpart to client procurement and legal operations teams

Respond to client requests for rate cards budgets accruals and reporting

Build relationships with key client contacts in procurement and legal operations

Analytics and Reporting

Support the sourcing building or maintenance of matter/client portfolio dashboards covering realization leverage matter profitability and AFA performance

Provide reporting to the firms National Management Committee and Practice Group Leaders

Conduct ad hoc analysis to support partner decision-making on pricing scoping and staffing

Identify trends and opportunities for improvement in firm-wide pricing performance

QUALIFICATIONS

• Minimum 3-5 years of experience in legal pricing legal finance legal operations professional services pricing or a related commercial role
• Bachelors degree in finance accounting business economics mathematics or a related discipline
• Understanding of law firm economics including realization leverage and matter profitability concepts.
• Demonstrated experience designing and managing budgets and AFAs in a law firm or in-house legal environment
• Strong financial modelling and analytical skills with advanced Excel proficiency
• Experience working with legal practice management systems (e.g. Elite 3E Intapp Aderant Fulcrum SAP etc.)

and BI tools (e.g. Power BI)

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present complex commercial concepts clearly to partners and clients
• Track record of influencing senior stakeholders without direct authority

Preferred Qualifications

CPA CFA MBA or equivalent professional designation

Working knowledge of French considered an asset

Familiarity with legal project management methodologies

Prior client-facing experience with corporate procurement legal operations or in-house counsel teams

SQL or other data query skills.

We thank all applicants for their interest however only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

The target salary range for this position is $95000 $112000 commensurate with the successful candidates skills experience and qualifications. Dentons is committed to equitable and competitive compensation. This target range falls within our internal salary ranges which are based on comparable roles in the external market. We strive to hire promote and transfer individuals at the entry point of the range with consideration given to prior experience relevant skills and market conditions.

We recognize that rewarding exceptional talent goes beyond salary. Our comprehensive total rewards package includes inclusive and flexible benefits that support the wellbeing and development of our people. This includes extended health and mental health benefits paid time off retirement savings plans a fitness subsidy parental leave top-up and more.

In addition our learning and development programssuch as mentorship opportunities employee networks and leadership development initiativesare designed to support personal and professional growth.

At Dentons all candidate screening assessment and hiring decisions are made by people. From time to time we use AI-enabled tools to assist in enhancing our recruitment process and materials; however these tools do not screen candidates or make hiring decisions.

Note: Availability of benefits and programs may vary depending on your location and employment type and may be subject to eligibility criteria. Dentons reserves the right to modify or discontinue offerings in whole or in part at its discretion and without prior notice.

Equal Opportunity Statement

At Dentons Canada inclusion diversity equity and accessibility (IDEA) are not just ancillary values they are foundational to our business. We believe that IDEA is essential to the shared success of our team and our clients. Our forward-thinking and inclusive culture supports the professional development of all our people enhances the leading services we offer to our clients and informs our commitment to make a positive impact in the communities where we live and work. As a testament to our commitment to IDEA we have been recognized as one of Canadas Best Diversity Employers for 15 consecutive years (2011-2026) as well as one of Canadas Top Employers for Young People (2026) for the eighth time.

Dentons Canada is an equal opportunity employer and we welcome your application. All employment decisions including hiring will be made without regard to age ancestry citizenship colour creed disability ethnic origin family status gender identity marital status place of origin race sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by applicable human rights legislation.

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