Your role
You'll be a part of our Integrated Legal Solutions (ILS) team, which provides specialized data management, analysis, and document review solutions to support our disputes, investigations, and transaction matters, as well as directly supporting our clients.
As part of our wider Innovation & Digital Solutions team, you will be joining one of Australia's largest legal technology teams. Our people are technical experts, but they’re also trusted business advisers who think bigger, more broadly, and more strategically. Together, we play a leadership role in advancing the legal industry, ensuring our business processes are modern, innovative, and efficient, and exploring areas beyond traditional law that align with our core business and our clients' needs.
This is where you fit in.
As a Senior Legal Technology Specialist, you will:
- Play a key role in evolving and developing our ILS practice, including new legal technology and review services, to deliver value for clients and drive sustainable and profitable growth for the firm.
- Contribute to the leadership and development of strategic initiatives and growth opportunities for the firm.
- Partner with lawyers to develop and lift the adoption of innovative and technology-enabled solutions on matters.
- Act as a Performance Coach for Legal Technology Managers as well as other members of the Integrated Legal Solutions team as nominated.
- Act as a trusted advisor to Partners to facilitate strategic client engagement opportunities, help win work, and increase internal awareness of Legal Services offerings.
- Work with Partners/BD to pitch new and existing services and solutions to internal stakeholders and clients.
- Scope matters and prepare cost estimates and proposals for legal teams and clients.
- Establish and execute the legal technology and review strategy on matters.
This is a permanent, full-time opportunity. Hybrid working (60% in the office) is how we work; however, flexibility matters at Allens, so if you are looking for flexibility in your work, we would be happy to discuss what arrangements would work best for you.
About you
You will have:
- A depth and breadth of experience within legal technology (~10 years is about right).
- Legal technology experience specifically in litigation eDiscovery, regulatory or internal investigations or corporate due diligence.
- In-depth working knowledge of RelativityOne, including instance management and management of complex workspaces. Experience with other leading eDiscovery platforms such as Nuix and / or Reveal is desirable.
- Experience working in a legal or professional services environment.
- Excellent leadership and organisational skills with experience working in a team environment.
- The ability to manage large-scale projects with a proactive approach.
- Experience liaising with, and influencing, a variety of stakeholders and clients.
- A desire to learn, grow, network, and mentor others.
Your development
In joining Allens, you will receive unparalleled learning and development opportunities. You will be challenged, supported and guided as you learn and develop, and will be encouraged to grow. We foster greatness, and will coach and support you to meet your goals and aspirations.
Our unique Career Deal allows you to take control of your career and provides a transparent approach to career development. Our international alliance with Linklaters means we are able to support secondments all over the world.
Our perks
Our benefits include:
- Financial: market competitive fixed remuneration, employee recruitment referral program, discounts at hundreds of suppliers including retail outlets, health and travel insurance, charity matched funding program.
- Health and wellbeing: fully subsidised gym memberships, annual flu vaccinations, skin checks, in-house snacks and catered meals, subsidised sporting and social activities, Employee Assistance Program including confidential counselling, wellbeing coaching and financial coaching for employees and their families and regular wellbeing sessions with our in-house consulting Psychologist.
- Flexibility: hybrid and flexible working arrangements to support you in your work and life commitments and passions, equipment to support working from home.
- Leave: ability to purchase additional annual leave, access to an enhanced, inclusive and flexible parental leave policy – 26 weeks paid parental leave with no minimum service for permanent employees and high quality executive coaching to support the transition.
- Recognition: team based recognition including social activities and contribution based recognition activities, and annual Allens Values Awards to nominate and recognise the incredible contributions of our people.
Allens is also proud to invest in our communities, giving you the opportunity to make a difference through our work on reconciliation, the environment and other social justice issues as well as our workplace giving and volunteering programs.
How to apply?
We'd love to hear from you so please click "apply now"! If you would like to find out more, please visit "This is Allens" or listen to our podcast Allens Confidential to hear real stories from real people about life at Allens. Alternatively, for a confidential discussion, please phone Olivia Newport, Talent Acquisition Consultant on +61 2 9230 5848.
At Allens, our culture is made up of unique backgrounds and varying life experiences. We celebrate our people's differences across gender and gender identity, sexual orientation, age, ability, cultural backgrounds, First Nations communities, and family and caring arrangements. If you require adjustments to fully participate in our application process, please contact us at [email protected]. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align, please express your interest by emailing us at [email protected]. The right role for you might be just around the corner!
