Vice President, Legal Strategy + Innovation

Description

Ares is seeking a Vice President, Legal Strategy + Innovation to serve as the operating leader and second-in-command for its Legal Strategy + Innovation (LSI) function.

This role is responsible for translating LSI’s strategic vision into an integrated operating model and execution roadmap across legal data, workflow, technology, vendor strategy, performance management and innovation. Working closely with the Head of LSI, this leader will help build the systems, governance, cross-functional partnerships and management disciplines required to modernize how Ares Legal captures knowledge, manages work, measures performance and scales delivery.

This is not a narrow legal operations or knowledge management role. It is a cross-functional transformation leadership role spanning operating model design, workflow and product implementation, legal data strategy, change management, management reporting and integrated service delivery. The successful c...