Commercial Pricing Analyst Legal

Location: Greater London

## Commercial Pricing Analyst Legal Apply locations:
London - Shell Centre time type:
Full time posted on:
Posted Todayjob requisition :
R202326, United Kingdom
** Job Family Group:
** Legal Jobs
** Worker Type:
** Regular
* * Posting

Start Date:

** June 16, 2026
** Business Unit:
** Legal
* * Experience Level:
** Experienced Professionals
*
* Job Description:

*** Join a high-impact commercial analytics team at the intersection of procurement, pricing, and legal services. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys combining data, negotiation, and stakeholder management to drive real business value.
*** What is the Role?
** The Legal Pricing and Financial Analyst role sits in the Legal Sourcing & Analytics team, within Legal Services Global Operations (LSGO).The role plays a pivotal role in driving efficient and effective management of external legal spending with an emphasis on analysis, negotiation and commercial optimization. The goal is to optimize value, reduce costs, and support Shell Legal’s strategic objectives.

The focus broadly sits across 3x pillars:
* Operationalization of existing processes – Preparation, analysis and negotiation of RFPs ensuring decisions are made within a rigorous, consistent, and cost-conscious framework
* Continual improvement – Monitoring, review and enhancement of existing performance metrics / outputs to inform enhanced future processes
* Stakeholder Management – Collaboration with lawyers, internal stakeholders (including Finance/ IT / Admin/ RtP), and external vendors and 3rd party law firms
** What we need from you
** Legal is a positive place to work, where our culture of innovation and collaboration enables us to deliver ever more efficient and cost-effective results in support of the business. We work as one team and are committed to excellence.

Key Responsibilities:

* Lead negotiations of fee arrangements and alternative pricing structures with external law firms, ensuring alignment with company objectives and maximising value
* Implement and continuously improve E2E processes for sourcing legal services, including RFP development, proposal assessment, and vendor selection
* Analyse data derived from fee arrangements and legal spend to identify historic trends and explore opportunities for commercial improvement
* Collaborate with legal, finance, and analytics teams to develop and track key performance indicators (KPIs) related to external legal spend and vendor performance
* Provide actionable insights and recommendations to legal leadership to inform sourcing strategy and improve outcomes
* Leverage shared knowledge of industry best practices, and innovation across legal operations, to continually evolve processes
* Support the development and implementation of systems and metrics to monitor, report, and improve legal sourcing and pricing effectiveness
* Maintain strong relationships with law firms and internal stakeholders, acting as a trusted advisor on sourcing and pricing matter
* Proactively identify opportunities to evolve our processes from the benefit of both commercial returns and stakeholder engagement
** What you bring
*** Strong interpersonal, communication, and relationship-building skills. Comfortable working with both internal and external stakeholders, often at a senior level
* Proven years’ experience in a legal sourcing, pricing, or procurement role, preferably in a large law firm or corporate legal department
* Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organisation
* Proven experience negotiating fee arrangements and pricing structures either with law firms opposite clients, or within a legal operations function opposite law firms
* Organisational skills. Strong experience across project and programme leadership
* Analytical skills. Skilled at MS Excel (at least intermediate level) with experience in data analysis, reporting, and performance tracking
* Demonstrated ability to manage KPIs for legal teams and external vendors
* Experience in RFP management, alongside vendor and procurement processes
* Creative and innovative mindset, with some evidence of driving process improvement in a complex, global environment
* Experience in supporting RFP processes and…