Applied AI Manager; White Collar

Covington’s Applied AI function exists to leverage advanced technology to positively impact the organization, the business, and client service delivery. The Applied AI team designs, builds, and deploys AI-enabled workflows, automation, and matter-support tools across the firm’s legal practice areas. The White Collar Applied AI Manager will report to the Director of Applied AI and serve as the dedicated Applied AI lead for the firm’s White Collar Defense and Investigations practice, including internal investigations, government enforcement matters, FCPA and sanctions matters, and related risk reviews.

The White Collar Applied AI Manager will partner with White Collar attorneys and investigation teams, the White Collar Knowledge Management (KM) and Practice Technology Manager, and the broader Applied AI team to identify, build, and scale AI-enabled tools that improve investigation efficiency, work-product consistency, and client service delivery, with appropriate care for the sensitivity of enforcement-related matters.

• Design, build, and maintain AI-enabled workflows and automation for white collar defense, internal investigations, enforcement matters, and risk reviews, including large-scale document review, witness preparation and interview support, timeline and chronology construction, enforcement trend tracking, and reporting workflows.
• Partner with White Collar attorneys and investigation team leads to identify, prioritize, and sequence the highest-impact AI use cases for White Collar work streams.
• Translate White Collar practice knowledge – investigation methodologies, interview approaches, enforcement patterns, and reporting conventions – into reusable prompt patterns, agent workflows, and AI tooling, with appropriate controls for sensitive matters.
• Partner with the White Collar KM and Practice Technology Manager to ensure AI tools are grounded in well-curated investigation playbooks, enforcement trend trackers, interview outlines, chronology models, and matter intelligence suitable for controlled AI use.
• Educate and enable White Collar attorneys and investigation teams on the safe, effective, and confident use of AI tools through demos, training sessions, office hours, and ongoing support, with attention to the heightened controls required for sensitive matters and partnering with practice group leadership and the White Collar KM and Practice Technology Manager to drive adoption.
• Evaluate, configure, and implement third-party AI tools and platforms relevant to investigations and enforcement work, advising on build-versus-buy decisions and integrating selected tools into matter workflows with attention to confidentiality and matter-specific access controls.
• Define and apply quality controls, evaluation criteria, and review checkpoints to ensure AI-enabled work product is accurate, defensible, and consistent with Covington standards.
• Track adoption, performance, and value metrics for White Collar AI tools, surfacing actionable insights to the Director of Applied AI and White Collar practice leadership.
• Coordinate with the broader Applied AI team to share patterns, evaluations, and reusable components across practices wherever applicable.
• Stay actively informed of developments in legal AI for investigations and enforcement work, and proactively bring forward new opportunities, pilots, and pattern improvements suited to the sensitivity of these matters.
• Operate with appropriate attention to data handling, privilege protection, confidentiality, and AI governance in all tool design and deployment.
• Perform other duties as assigned by Firm management.
• Uphold high standards of confidentiality, discretion, and integrity, particularly with respect to all sensitive and/or confidential firm and client information to which this position will have access.

• Minimum of 5 years of transferable professional experience, with a meaningful portion in applied AI, machine learning, or legal technology delivery within a law firm, professional services organization, or comparable environment.
• Track record of designing, building, and shipping AI-enabled tools or workflows into…