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SalarySheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP, a global Am Law 50 firm, has an opening for a Senior Manager – Information Technology, who will serve as an internal technology management consultant to the CIO.
We strongly prefer candidates who can work from our Downtown Los Angeles or Century City office but will consider candidates who can work from one of our other Southern California offices.
The other offices we are considering are Orange County, Downtown San Diego, or Del Mar. There is only one opening.
We strongly prefer candidates who can work from our Downtown Los Angeles or Century City office but will consider candidates who can work from one of our other Southern California offices.
The other offices we are considering are Orange County, Downtown San Diego, or Del Mar. There is only one opening.
The Senior Manager – Information Technology (SMIT) will work closely with the firm’s Chief Information Officer to design, plan, and integrate the primary services and applications used by the firm. The SMIT will also be asked to collaborate closely with the CIO and work on projects and tasks as assigned. The SMIT should be able to work independently, manage their time effectively, and be open to learning and consulting their peers on the firm’s primary applications and services.
Responsibilities:
- Works closely with application owners and other IT stakeholders to provide guidance and oversight on existing and new technologies.
- Be proactive in researching IT industry and market trends to determine their potential impacts on the enterprise and relation to future operations and project needs.
- Analyze the current business and IT environment to detect critical deficiencies and provide suggestions for improvement.
- Assist the CIO in the management of the day-to-day operations of the IT department.
- Manage relationships with external vendors and service providers.
- Proven ability and comfort in facilitating deep technical reviews with IT organizations and building a trusted relationship with the CIO and IT Management team.
- Understand business objectives, research potential strategies, architect, and design solutions.
Essential Functions of Job:
- Directs and facilitates enterprise solution architecture for specific initiative by understanding the current state, articulating the desired future state, identifying the gaps between the two, and creating principles and implementation models to close the gaps.
- Facilitates the development of and documents enterprise standards guiding principles, designs, roadmaps, plans and position papers that direct the selection, development, implementation, and use of Information Technology within the enterprise.
- Consults on application and infrastructure projects to fit them to enterprise big picture.
- Automate operations and integrate with firms’ change management and operational systems.
- Review systems performance daily and work with the CIO to provide suggestions for improving services within the IT department.
- Document and resolve identified issues to ensure continuous operations.
- Provide mentorship and knowledge transfer to other members of the team.
- Maintain professional decorum when representing the IT department to attorneys and staff.
- Complete additional tasks as assigned.
- Provide 24x7 support as needed.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
This role is expected to grow into a supervisory position but will start with managing technology and projects.
Qualifications and Experience
Required Qualifications: Five (5) or more years of progressive experience with comprehensive knowledge of hardware, software, application, and systems engineering in at least two (2) IT disciplines (such as strategic planning, solution architecture, technology architecture, network management, security management, change management, application development, middleware design, information analysis, database management, project management and operations management).
Education
Strongly Preferred: Bachelor’s Degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Major (if applicable): Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field.
License and Certification
Preferred: PMP, ITIL, Microsoft, Cisco and other enterprise technology certifications
Computer/Software Knowledge
Required:
- Advanced technical knowledge and understanding of architecture, applications, systems design, and integration.
- Ability to see how parts interact with the whole (big picture thinking).
- Knowledge of multiple components of enterprise architecture and applications used in a law firm.
- Demonstrated knowledge of business re-engineering principles and processes and as well SLAs used to monitor systems and performance.
Work Environment
- The current Firm policy is hybrid–working in the office a minimum of 3 days per week and working from home the rest of the week (subject to change).
- Evening and weekend work will be required as job duties demand.
Travel Requirements
Normal travel might include 5-10% with peaks that may hit up to 15-25% during projects that may require local implementation oversight.
The salary range for this position is $150,000 to $192,500 per year.
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We will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance.
Sheppard Mullin is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, marital status, protected medical condition, physical or mental disability, veteran status, or any other characteristics protected by law.
