Director, Talent & Organizational Design

Director, Talent & Organizational Design (250001CQ) Director, Talent & Organizational Design Firm Summary

White & Case is an elite global law firm serving leading companies, financial institutions and governments worldwide. Our long history as an international firm means we are perfectly placed to help our clients resolve their most complex legal challenges wherever they may be.

With lawyers operating from more than 40 locations, working around the world, we have invested heavily in building a high-quality full-service practice competing at the top of the market. We are distinguished by our on-the-ground presence in the world’s key financial markets and our strengths in handling complex cross-border work.

It’s not just about our global network of offices; it’s the global interconnectedness of the Firm that our people, and our clients, value most. We work well together across geographic and practice boundaries. It’s one of the reasons we attract and retain cross-border work.

Our lawyers are globally minded, enterprising, collaborative and committed to excellence. Our people represent 90 nationalities and speak 80 languages.

The Director – Talent & Organizational Design will play a critical role in shaping how White & Case aligns its talent and organizational structure to deliver on strategic priorities while fostering an environment where employees can grow, thrive, and feel connected to the Firm. This role combines a proactive, skills-based approach to workforce and organizational design with a thoughtful focus on employee experience, ensuring we have the right people, with the right capabilities, in the right roles at the right time.

The Director will partner with Firm leadership and the People team to identify the skills and organizational capabilities required for the Firm’s future, design workforce and organizational models that enable optimal work allocation and mobility of talent, and create a career experience that attracts, retains, and develops high-performing professionals.

Highly focused, you should display the organizational skills and composure needed to thrive in a demanding, fast-paced practice, working to tight deadlines and managing multiple work streams and communication channels. Given the fluidity of the deal-making process, you should also be mentally agile—adept at thinking on your feet, and quickly adapting to changing circumstances.

This role will lead a newly established Talent & Organizational Design team, working across the People function (partnering closely with People Advisory, Centres of Expertise, and HR Operations) and with senior business and legal leadership to deliver an integrated talent and organizational strategy that supports high performance, adaptability, and a differentiated employee and client experience.

• Lead capability assessments to identify skill gaps, capability risks, and future talent needs across the Firm.
• Design workforce and organizational models that optimize work allocation, role clarity, mobility, and engagement.
• Partner with business and legal leaders to align workforce plans with client demand and strategic priorities.
• Build and embed dynamic workforce planning processes to anticipate talent needs and support proactive decision‑making.
• Leverage workforce analytics to deliver insights on productivity, health, bench strength, and future needs.
• Ensure data quality within HR systems for effective reporting and analytics.
• Partner with HRIS, Analytics, and Technology teams to embed a firmwide skills taxonomy and integrate workforce planning processes into platforms such as Workday.

• Shape the Firm’s frameworks and processes for assessing performance and potential, aligning with Firm values, fostering high performance, and leveraging technology to enable and scale effectively.
• Partner with leadership to identify and develop high‑potential talent, ensuring readiness for promotion to Partner, Counsel, Local Partner senior business services roles.
• Partner with business and legal leaders to align workforce plans with client demand and strategic…