Senior Manager of Legal Engineering - Transactional

Latham & Watkins LLP • New York, NY

2d • $280,000 - $360,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Latham & Watkins is seeking a Senior Manager of Legal Engineering - Transactional to join their Technology & Information Services team. This role is crucial for leading the implementation of the firm's strategy to optimize AI systems and workflows supporting transaction practices. The position involves developing and leading a team of legal and knowledge engineers, providing strategic direction, performance oversight, coaching, and professional development. This role will be based in New York, Boston, or Silicon Valley and may offer a hybrid working schedule.

Requirements

• A minimum of eight (8) years’ of experience in legal technology, knowledge management, or legal practice, with demonstrated experience in AI systems or workflow optimization
• Previous management experience
• A bachelor’s degree or equivalent, in Law, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field
• Demonstrate a deep expertise in AI systems and prompt engineering, with the ability to optimize large language model outputs for accuracy, consistency, and alignment with legal practice standards
• Display a strong understanding of transactional practice, including diligence, drafting, negotiation, and other common workflows, with the ability to translate practice requirements into AI workflow specifications
• Possess advanced knowledge engineering capabilities, including developing prompt libraries, workflow templates, knowledge repositories, and quality assurance frameworks for AI-powered practice tools

Nice To Haves

• A J.D., preferably

Responsibilities

• Leading and developing a team of legal engineers and knowledge engineers responsible for optimizing AI systems for transactional workflows, providing strategic direction, performance oversight, coaching, and professional development
• Establishing and overseeing prompt engineering standards, workflow templates, and quality assurance protocols for AI-powered practice tools, ensuring consistent, high-quality outputs across document review, legal research, and brief drafting workflows
• Implementing the strategic vision for AI-enabled transactional workflows, fulfilling multi-year roadmaps for AI optimization initiatives aligned with firm strategy, practice group priorities, and attorney needs
• Overseeing translation of transactional practice requirements into AI workflow specifications, prompt libraries, and knowledge repositories, ensuring AI outputs align with attorney expectations and legal best practices
• Providing strategic input on AI workflow priorities, resource allocation, and optimization efforts, balancing practice group needs, technical feasibility, quality standards, and long-term strategic value
• Establishing and monitoring KPIs, quality metrics, and attorney satisfaction measures for AI-powered transactional workflows, using data-driven insights to guide optimization, iteration, and scaling decisions
• Protecting and maintaining any highly sensitive, confidential, privileged, financial, and/or proprietary information that Latham & Watkins retains

Benefits

• Healthcare, life and disability insurance
• A generous 401k plan
• At least 11 paid holidays per year
• A PTO program that accrues 23 days during the first year of employment and grows with tenure
• Well-being programs (e.g. mental health services, mindfulness and resiliency, medical resources, well-being events, and more)
• Professional development programs
• Employee discounts
• Affinity groups, networks, and coalitions for lawyers and staff

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level