Program Director (Legalworks)

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West Legalworks is seeking a Program Director to join the business.  This position reports to the Senior Director of Content, and will be located in New York City, Eagan, MN or Washington, DC.  The Program Director has overall responsibility for the planning, execution, and financial success of approximately 25 of the West Legalworks programs and conferences.

This position is responsible for the topic selection, faculty acquisition and agenda development plus the onsite execution of half day and full day programs and longer conferences.

This position also teams with the business' marketing and sales groups to drive the successful marketing and sales of the programs and conferences the program director produces.  Additionally, this position is responsible for developing senior level relationships with speakers, and conference chairs, all of whom are typically high profile senior partners, in-house counsel and government regulators.

This role is accountable for both the revenue and the expenses of the programs and conferences well as the best in class satisfaction of program and conference speakers and chairs.  The goal is simply to be the program and conference provider of choice for speakers and conference chairs. 

Primary responsibilities include: The annual development of substantive law topics to be produced by the business. A significant percentage of each years events should be new topics within the teams designated law practice areas or new programs in new law practice areas. Accountability for the P&L of programs and conferences. Ability to work across organizational boundaries to leverage West resources. Accountability for best in class satisfaction of speaker and chairs of our programs and conferences. Ability to provide superior customer service with a sense of urgency to program and conference speakers and chairs. Develop substantive legal topical content for events, including agendas and oversee the collection of substantive print material. Engage senior lawyer speakers on a substantive law level to plan agenda of events. Provide strategic and tactical direction to team members and other junior members of the business. Define and implement best practices at the business unit level. Contribute as a member of the management team to overall development of the business including process development, documentation, and talent development.

Qualifications Superior oral and written communication abilities: demonstrated ability to work with a wide range of sensitive and confidential issues Self-starter with ability to work with minimal supervision and manage workload effectively with competing demands for resources and time. Ability to problem solve with little to no supervision. Ability to travel regularly. Desire and ability to identify, develop and track new developments in substantive legal areas. Proactive approach to identifying and persuading industry leaders. Experience working with senior level attorneys and executives. Knowledge of large law firms and the legal industry. Demonstrated competencies in being accountable for financial goals, high touch customer service, experience understanding the needs of lawyers in large law firms in the areas of business development and client service. Proven competencies in managing large conferences and significant numbers of speakers. Outstanding organizational skills and attention to detail. Ability to react quickly, assess, create and execute solutions.Our employees embrace a number of commonly shared values - collaboration, accountability, customer focus, a bias toward action and results, appreciation and respect for diversity, entrepreneurial spirit and, at all times, the highest ethical standards. These values represent the behavior each employee is expected to exhibit in their role. In our view, fostering a culture that embodies these values will lead to success and growth for our employees and our business.

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