Senior Pricing and Legal Project Management Specialist

Senior Pricing and Legal Project Management Specialist

Toronto, ON, CA | May 28, 2026

The Senior Pricing and Legal Project Management Specialist is a new role created to build out the firm’s pricing capability. The Senior Pricing and Legal Project Management Specialist will report to the Canada Director, Pricing & Legal Project Management, supporting partners across the full pricing lifecycle: scoping and pricing new and ongoing matters, developing matter budgets and Alternative Fee Arrangements ("AFAs"), assisting with the pricing aspects of pitches and proposals, monitoring budget-to-actuals and matter profitability for ongoing matters and portfolios of work and developing pricing-related reporting for firm leadership.

This high‑visibility role has direct exposure to partners and firm leadership, shaping how the Firm approaches pricing across all practice areas.

• Support ongoing adherence to the Firm’s pricing methodology, policies, and governance
• Set guidance on hourly rates, AFAs, and discounting protocols
• Model AFA scenarios and assist with pricing responses to RFPs, panel submissions, and significant client proposals
• Maintain an internal pricing knowledge base and library of precedent fee structures, scoping and budgeting templates for common matter types
• Brief partners before pricing negotiations and attend client meetings where required

• Act as trusted advisor on pricing, scoping, and budget management
• Deliver training and coaching to lawyers on commercial pricing concepts
• Support lawyers in client conversations on pricing‑related matters

• Scope, design, and price AFAs across all practice groups
• Build budgets, scoping and assumption details, staffing plans, and tracking tools for different fee arrangements
• Monitor AFA performance and budget-to-actuals, flag variances proactively
• Conduct post‑matter reviews and feed lessons learned back into pricing methodology

• Serve as Firm’s commercial counterpart to client procurement and legal operations teams
• Respond to client requests for rate cards, budgets, accruals, and reporting
• Build relationships with key client contacts in procurement and legal operations

• Support sourcing, building or maintenance of dashboards covering realization, leverage, matter profitability and AFA performance
• Provide reporting to National Management Committee and Practice Group Leaders
• Conduct ad‑hoc analysis to support partner decision‑making
• Identify trends and opportunities for improvement in firm‑wide pricing performance

• Minimum 3‑5 years of experience in legal pricing, legal finance, legal operations, professional services pricing, or a related commercial role
• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, business, economics, mathematics, or related discipline
• Understanding of law firm economics, including realization, leverage, and matter profitability concepts
• Demonstrated experience designing and managing budgets and AFAs in a law firm or in‑house legal environment
• Strong financial modelling and analytical skills, with advanced Excel proficiency
• Experience with legal practice management systems (e.g., Elite 3E, Intapp, Aderant, Fulcrum SAP) and BI tools (e.g., PowerBI)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, presenting complex commercial concepts clearly to partners and clients
• Track record of influencing senior stakeholders without direct authority

• CPA, CFA, MBA, or equivalent professional designation
• Working knowledge of French considered an asset
• Familiarity with legal project management methodologies
• Prior client‑facing experience with corporate procurement, legal operations, or in‑house counsel teams
• SQL or other data query skills

Target salary range: $95,000 – $112,000, commensurate with successful candidate’s skills, experience, and qualifications. This range falls within internal salary ranges. Comprehensive total rewards package includes extended health and mental health benefits, paid time off, retirement savings plans, a fitness subsidy, parental leave top‑up, and more. Learning and development programs are also available.

We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applicants regardless of age, ancestry, citizenship, colour, creed, disability, ethnic origin, family status, gender identity, marital status, place of origin, race, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected under applicable human rights legislation. We are committed to providing an inclusive, barrier‑free, and accessible workplace. Accommodations can be requested at