Practice Manager, Australia, Digital Legal Delivery

The Opportunity

Practice Manager Australia Digital Legal Delivery

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced person to join our Digital Legal Delivery (Digital) team in Australia in the Practice Manager role. This role can be based in any of our Sydney Melbourne Brisbane or Perth offices.

In this pivotal role you will help drive Digitals strategic business objectives and provide both daytoday operational and strategic support. As the Practice Manager you will lead the execution of strategic goals and priorities to foster growth and development within the Digital Practice Group.

You will collaborate with Digital stakeholders to ensure alignment across diverse functions within the Practice Group and work broadly across the firm to elevate the profile of the Practice Group. Additionally you will facilitate the implementation of key strategic initiatives involving Digital.

Some of the key responsibilities for this role include the following:

Strategy and Governance

• Supporting leadership in development and implementation of strategic plans to drive growth and improve profitability.

• Ownership of leadership sessions/offsites and practice group conferences including agenda preparation communication delivery and follow up.

• Ownership of leadership meetings (eg Digital Global Executive Digital Regional Executive; Working Groups; Management team meetings) including setting agendas chairing meetings and driving actions.

• Reporting as required including bimonthly Managing Partner Reporting and reports and presentations to firmwide governance forums including the Australian Regional Executive or Asian Executive Committee.

• Leading on special projects including team work type or product reviews; go to market concepts; new technology or services on behalf of the Digital leadership.

• Producing compelling and effective governance papers and business cases (eg for the approval of strategic projects or recruitment).

• Leading on firm processes as required including partner promotions leadership and talent lateral recruitment onboarding.

• Leading on the continuous improvement of relevant business processes.

Communications

• Responsibility for strategy drafting and execution of all internal communications including Digital APAC Townhalls Digital AU Newsletters and special communications (eg end of year messages).

• Ensuring appropriate coverage for Digital on firm wide channels by driving engagement with the internal communications team regarding the intranet regional and global communications.

• Overseeing the development implementation and ongoing management of an external communications plan for Digital in conjunction with the External Communications and Business Development teams. This may include award submissions media enquiries media releases conferences and speaking opportunities social media (LinkedIn) and the HSF website.

• Identifying opportunities for Digital to contribute to thought leadership initiatives.

Financial Management

• Maintaining visibility and understanding of the overall Budget and financial performance of Digital to facilitate input into strategic projects and direction.

• Supporting the proper administration of financial controls and approvals and driving good financial hygiene.

Relationship Building and Connectivity

• Liaising with colleagues across Digital ensuring efforts are both efficient and strategically aligned.

• Developing strong credible and trusted relationships with key stakeholders in Business Services and other Practice Groups and influencing where required.

• Representing Digital both internally and externally acting as an ambassador to build the Practice Groups profile.

• Leading on connectivity and knowledge building initiatives within Digital.

Learning and Development

• Liaising with Learning and Development colleagues with ownership of Digital specific L&D program addressing skill and knowledge gaps across the group.

To be successful in this role you will have:

Relevant tertiary qualification.

Experience in working with senior stakeholders in a professional services environment.

Knowledge and experience of working in the legal sector.

Experience leading change initiatives.

Proven experience in leading and implementing projects.

Ability to translate financial data to practical and commercial application.

Excellent written and oral communication skills.

Attention to detail with a high level of accuracy.

Self starter who is confident and able to work under pressure or to tight deadlines.

Strong organisational skills and ability to prioritise.

The team:

Our Digital Legal Delivery combines the best analytical legal minds backed by investments in cuttingedge tools and technologists.

Continuing to support our clients we deliver a holistic response to clients and our problem solvers support businesses needing invention and fresh thinking from their legal advisers alongside the technical excellence you expect from a leading global law firm.

Leveraging experience to map the intersections where people and tech deliver results our group supports businesses undergoing their own digitisation projects and those who seek freedom from the manual and inefficient processes of traditional legal services delivery.

Experienced at delivering large and complex legal services we are experts in the delivery of dataintensive mandates.

Imagining possibilities our Digital Legal Delivery group is implementing the best solutions today while experimenting with emerging tools to understand their practical applications for tomorrow.

Evolving through design thinking legal project management advisory and new law frameworks generative AI came as no surprise to HSFs digital team neither will the next big digital transformation.

Herbert Smith Freehills is proud to be awarded Number 1 Attraction Firm (Lawyers Weekly Legal Firm of Choice 202223) Law Firm of the Year (Australasian Law Awards 2021) and Most Innovative International Law Firm Asia Pacific (Financial Times Awards 2020).

What you can expect from us:

• Were a world leading international law firm with a global team of over 5000 professionals. As the market leader in Australia we are committed to high performance collaboration diversity and digital innovation. We are clientcentred commercially driven and renowned for our solutionfocused expertise. We will align your growth with our ambitions.

• We make your personal and professional growth our business. And as part of the team our ambition is yours too. Wherever you are in your career: grow and help the firm grow with you.

• We will provide opportunities to learn on the job as well as a mix of learning opportunities tailored to you. Daily experiences supportive challenges team collaboration mentors and structured learning opportunities help you to expand your knowledge and reach your goals.

• We value your wellbeing both at home and work and we place a strong emphasis on mental health. If you need support youll have it and well empower you to harness your personal strengths navigate uncertainty embrace opportunities and effectively manage things within your control.

• For more benefits on offer such as our 26 weeks paid parental leave holistic wellbeing fund or home office allowance please click/ copy this link into your browser us to be part of a human bold and outstanding team at Australias market leading law firm.

We are committed to attracting people from all backgrounds and creating a respectful and inclusive culture where everyone thrives. We see this as essential to our success including our ability to innovate and achieve sustained high performance. This is a key part of our ValuesHuman Bold and Outstanding.

For any questions or a confidential discussion please contact Lindsay Kay Senior Recruitment Adviser on

This vacancy is being managed directly by Herbert Smith Freehills Recruitment team. We will contact our preferred agency partners should we require additional assistance. Thank you.

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Diversity & Inclusion

We are committed to attracting people from all backgrounds and creating a respectful and inclusive culture where everyone thrives. We see this as essential to our success including our ability to innovate and achieve sustained high performance. This is a key part of our ValuesHuman Bold and Outstanding.