Professional Development Manager

The Professional Development Manager at BakerHostetler plays a pivotal role in fostering the growth and continuous improvement of the Firm's attorneys and legal staff. This position requires a dynamic individual with experience in legal practice, training, and professional development. The primary responsibility is to design, implement, and manage comprehensive training programs for lawyers that align with the firm's strategic goals. We have offices across the U.S., and are open to having someone work from any of our offices.

SUMMARY: The Professional Development Manager at BakerHostetler plays a pivotal role in fostering the growth and continuous improvement of the Firm's attorneys and legal staff.  This position requires a dynamic individual with experience in legal practice, training, and professional development. The primary responsibility is to design, implement, and manage comprehensive training programs for lawyers that align with the firm's strategic goals.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

Manage professional development programs critical to attorney career progression.
Lead the development, design and delivery of firmwide training for attorneys.
Stay abreast of the latest trends and developments in the legal field to ensure that the Firm’s training programs remain current and relevant. Identify and work with internal and external training providers to conceptualize and customize professional skills and training content to meet the Firm’s needs.
Work with Practice Group Chairs and Practice Team Leaders to identify professional development needs and to create and implement tailored training solutions for various practice areas.
Implement new learning strategies such as e-learning.
Collaborate with the Chief Practice Partner, Director of Professional Development and others to ensure successful, relevant programming.
Oversee CLE credit delivery to internal and external audiences.
Facilitate mentorship programs to support the professional development of associates.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:

Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field with minimum of 5 years of Professional Development experience in a law firm is required. JD is highly preferred.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite including Word, Outlook, and Excel. 

COMMUNICATIONS SKILLS:

Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and group situations to all levels of attorneys, professional and support staff.

OTHER SKILLS and ABILITIES: 

Demonstrated ability to be detail-oriented with strong organizational and execution skills.  Strong analytical and communication skills both oral and written.  Excellent organizational and planning skills with ability to prioritize multiple tasks and projects to meet deadlines.  Outstanding creativity; flexibility and persistence; motivation and energy with the ability to work with little supervision and collaborate with other members of the team.  Ability to work overtime when needed.  Work occasionally requires more than 40 hours per week to perform the essential duties of the position.  Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with strict deadlines.  Demonstrated good judgment, tact, and flexibility under pressure in a mixed-matrix environment with many stakeholders and potentially competing priorities.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that should be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.  While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, documents, books, pen/pencil, paper, controls and manipulate a keyboard, and input data into a PC; and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to walk.  The employee is occasionally required to use hands to prepare correspondence and reports on a personal computer.  The employee is occasionally required to stand and reach with hands and arms. And stoop, kneel, bend, crouch or crawl.  Ability to operate a variety of standard office equipment including a computer, copy and facsimile machines.  The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

Baker & Hostetler LLP is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

The expected annual salary for this position ranges from $130,000-150,000. The salary offered will be determined by a wide range of factors including but not limited to experience level, education/training, and relevant skills.