Legal Operations Practice Manager

Sterlington, PLLC•Philadelphia, PA

20h•Remote

About The Position

Sterlington is looking for a Legal Operations Practice Manager to implement AI workflows and oversee the execution layer of a Senior Partner's Corporate and M&A practice — a high-volume, high-stakes environment serving founders, executives, and private capital clients on some of the most consequential transactions of their careers. This role sits at the center of the practice, ensuring that complex, multi-party matters progress with clarity, continuity, and control — bringing structure to evolving priorities, maintaining visibility across all active workstreams, and ensuring that commitments, internal and external, are delivered without friction. You will ensure that the operational dimension of the practice is reliable, anticipatory, and unobtrusive — working in alignment with the broader support infrastructure of the firm, never duplicating it.

Requirements

Hands-on AI fluency: You have built and deployed workflows in a professional context
Experience in practice management, legal operations, or transactional coordination within a law firm or professional services environment
Native or full professional English fluency required
Structured, systems-oriented mindset — you introduce clarity without over-engineering

Nice To Haves

Legal background preferred: J.D. or equivalent; US corporate and M&A familiarity is a strong plus

Responsibilities

Drive continuous improvement by refining workflows for greater operational efficiency and scalability, while integrating AI tools in a measured, high‑judgment manner to enhance matter tracking, document summarization, and internal coordination.
Maintain end-to-end visibility and structured tracking across all active matters — overseeing status, timelines, dependencies, and client-facing commitments within a high-volume transactional practice to ensure clarity and control without unnecessary process overhead.
Coordinate seamlessly across attorneys, co-counsel, clients, and external counterparties to advance complex, multi-party transactions, while serving as the primary liaison for internal and service-provider stakeholders on behalf of the managing partner—driving follow-through, accountability, and timely escalation where needed.
Prepare concise, decision-ready matter summaries and status updates that allow the senior partner to act quickly and with confidence and then drive execution for those actions.
Anticipate gaps, misalignments, and potential delays — and resolve them before they surface.
Support transaction pipeline visibility and business development follow-through in coordination with the senior partner.