Director of Law Office Administration (250K+) - Century City

Career Developers•Los Angeles, CA

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

Career Developers Inc. is seeking a Director of Office Administration for a Century City office. This role serves as a senior strategic and operational partner to the Office Leader, Partners, and firm leadership. The position involves leading strategic planning, workforce planning, financial performance evaluation, and driving change management initiatives. The Director will oversee office administration, facilities, vendor relationships, and foster a collaborative office culture. This is a hybrid role with a salary of $250,000 commensurate with experience.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred.
Eight or more years of progressively responsible office administration, business services, operations, HR, or law firm management experience.
Significant experience in a law firm, legal services, or similarly complex professional services environment.
Current or recent experience managing an organization or team of 50 employees, including direct and indirect reports.
Demonstrated success serving as a strategic, consultative partner to Partners, office leadership, or senior executives.
Proven experience leading workforce planning, resource allocation, financial performance initiatives, and operational strategy.
Experience managing managers and multi-level teams across administrative, finance, legal support, technology, or office services functions.
Strong understanding of law firm economics, billing efficiency, staffing models, budgeting, and operational performance measures.
Proven ability to lead through change, influence without direct authority, and navigate a matrixed organization.
Exceptional executive communication, judgment, discretion, analytical ability, and relationship-management skills.
Ability to travel and adjust working hours as business needs require.

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree preferred.

Responsibilities

Serve as the senior strategic and operational partner to the Office Leader, Partners, and firm leadership for a Century City office of approximately 150 attorneys and business services professionals.
Lead strategic planning efforts that align local office priorities, workforce needs, resource allocation, and operational initiatives with broader firm goals.
Provide consultative direction to office leadership on workforce planning, staffing models, organizational design, talent needs, and support-service delivery.
Evaluate office financial performance and identify opportunities to improve billing efficiency, productivity, expense management, resource utilization, and overall operating results.
Lead, mentor, and develop eight direct reports across office administration, finance, and support services.
Provide oversight to a senior Office Oversight Support Manager who manages a team of approximately 37 executive assistants, paralegals, IT professionals, legal assistants, and related support staff.
Partner with finance, technology, people, legal support, real estate, and other enterprise teams to execute firmwide initiatives locally.
Drive change management, process improvement, and technology adoption initiatives that improve client service, attorney support, and employee experience.
Monitor operational metrics, financial trends, staffing needs, and strategic initiative outcomes; present recommendations and progress updates to office and firm leadership.
Oversee office administration, facilities, vendor relationships, infrastructure, emergency response readiness, employee engagement, and business continuity planning.
Ensure local policies, procedures, and people practices are implemented consistently and in alignment with firm standards, employment requirements, and organizational priorities.
Foster a collaborative, inclusive, high-accountability office culture across attorneys, business services professionals, and leadership teams.