Sr Director, Strategic Intelligence; Hybrid

Position: Sr Director, Strategic Intelligence (Hybrid Schedule)
Position summary This position is open in any of our following offices:
Pittsburgh, Washington DC, Philadelphia, New York, Princeton, Global Solutions Pittsburgh, Chicago, Houston, Dallas, Atlanta The Senior Director of Strategic Intelligence is a new role for a seasoned intelligence leader to take our data-driven decision making to the next level. This is a chance to shape how one of the world's most forward-leaning law firms turns information into action - helping partners and executives move further beyond reporting and dashboards and into predictive, prescriptive insights powered by AI, modern data science, and emerging AI-native intelligence capabilities.

This is not a traditional data or analytics leadership role. The Senior Director must be a translator, storyteller, and change leader who can guide senior partners and executives in evolving how decisions are made - shifting from intuition alone to a model where experience is enhanced by data and AI-driven insight. The role requires the ability to connect complex intelligence to real business decisions, build trust over time, and drive meaningful adoption across leadership, not simply to produce analysis.

While many law firms remain anchored in accounting-centric views of data, this role will further expand the firm's intelligence capabilities across a broader set of dimensions, including client behavior, market dynamics, talent allocation and planning, and matter value, ensuring that intelligence reflects how the firm actually operates and competes. Financial reporting is addressed by the firm's Financial Intelligence Unit and is not part of this role.

The Strategic Intelligence team works closely with that group to blend financial and non-financial reporting and analysis. Job duties and responsibilities Lead the firm's enterprise analytics and intelligence strategy, expanding beyond traditional financial reporting to include predictive, forward-looking insights that support strategic and client-facing decision-making. Evolve and lead a high-impact team spanning strategic insights, data integrity, reporting, and growth processes and technology, integrating these capabilities into a single, coordinated function.

Integrate these capabilities into a unified operating model with coordinated workflows, shared priorities, and a focus on delivering intelligence efficiently and gn intelligence priorities with firmwide strategic initiatives and the Innovation department's role as a strategic incubator and accelerator, partnering with key stakeholders across Practice Innovation, Applied AI, Legal Operations, Learning & Development, IT, Marketing/Business Development, Finance, Strategy, and Client Value to ensure insights support enterprise growth and transformation.

Align with our Financial Intelligence team to unify intelligence and reporting for these teams and firm leadership. Apply and oversee the use of language models, machine learning, data science, and AI-native techniques (including agent-based and retrieval-augmented approaches) to uncover insights not accessible through traditional reporting approaches and drive the firm's ability to identify patterns across complex datasets and generate scalable, decision-ready intelligence.

Partner with Finance and IT to guide the ongoing growth and design of the firm's enterprise data warehouse. Support the firm's evolution toward AI-enabled delivery models by informing how legal work is scoped, staffed, and priced, including the development of more efficient staffing models, improved leverage strategies, and alternative pricing approaches. Monitor competitor activity, legal industry trends, client expectations, and innovation investments to inform strategic planning and maintain a forward-looking view of the firm's competitive position.

Collaborate with Marketing/Business Development and Client Value to enhance the client experience and identify opportunities for new or improved service offerings informed by strategic intelligence insights. Guide the strategic review and evaluation of data-infused software assets, such as growth tech systems, pricing agents, and next-generation data-infused platforms. Ensure data, tools, and intelligence outputs are integrated into a broader intelligence and decision-making framework rather than operating as standalone tools.

Act as a bridge between technical innovation and business decision-making, ensuring that capabilities developed across Innovation translate into measurable operational impact. Communicate intelligence findings and strategic recommendations to firm leadership, partners, and business stakeholders, translating complex analyses into clear, actionable insights that inform business decisions and drive firmwide performance. Serve as a senior point of contact for the firm's intelligence and analytics strategy, providing thought leadership and strategic guidance to executive stakeholders, client teams, and client-facing professionals.

Anticipate and adapt to…