Reports to: Global Director of Knowledge Solutions
Role overview
Sitting within the Knowledge Solutions team, but working closely with our Technology Department and external vendor partners, you will be responsible for the design, optimisation, and management of internal and external data into, from and between our firm’s knowledge management applications, including (but not limited to):
* Our Enterprise Search (iManage Insight)
* Our analytics dashboards and reports (Power BI)
* Our AI clause drafting assistant (Lexis Create DMS).
You will also:
* help evaluate and integrate Generative AI products from a KM perspective;
* participate in information governance policies across the firm, ensuring standards around data management and quality.
What’s in it for you?
* A rare opportunity to work cross-functionally between Knowledge Management (KM), Technology, and Practice Innovation within a forward-thinking global organization that is continually innovating.
* Enjoy the freedom to make change happen by creating blueprints for future data architecture and data connections that facilitate the dissemination of knowledge and information around our firm.
* Oversee and lead complex data projects, but maintain a hands-on approach to data design and maintenance work.
Key responsibilities
Your main responsibilities fall into the following three broad categories:
* With other key stakeholders, inform decision-making for future knowledge and information capture solutions, including exploration of the use of Generative AI;
* Understand where all relevant data lives within our Firm’s systems today; what we capture; and how it is classified. Use this information to work with our Technology team to design and implement new KM data integrations, and improve classification methodologies (e.g. SALI).
* Have business oversight of all existing firm KM systems, including devising and enforcing policy around content management standards.
KM Systems Integrations and Operations
* Architectural owner of our Firm’s KM systems and responsible for new data projects, phased releases and BAU.
* Work cross-departmentally to identify and integrate additional internal and external data sources for use in KM Systems and on analytics projects.
* Investigate use of Generative AI tools and external data sources/feeds to support matter and document profiling in KM Systems.
* Liaise with the Practice Innovation team on development of client facing products using KM data.
* Design dashboards to translate and visualize KM Systems usage data via Excel, SSRS and PowerBI.
* Develop and maintain PowerBI dashboards and reports, and train Central KM team members to do the same.
Key relationships
This role is situated within Knowledge Solutions, a team comprising 9 Knowledge Management professionals located across the US and UK. You would report to the Global Director of Knowledge Solutions.
You would have 2 direct reports (Senior Knowledge Systems Lead and KM Systems Analyst).
Other key relationships for this role are:
* Global Chief Knowledge Officer
* CIO and members of the global Technology team
* Practice Innovation team
* Partners, attorneys, and Knowledge Lawyers in all depts
* Director of Records & Information/Office of General Counsel
* BD/Marketing Directors and Managers globally
* Research, Information and Intelligence team globally
Experience and knowledge
* Experience of enterprise knowledge/information architecture in a law firm or other professional services environment
* Experience of Foundation or other Business intelligence database within a professional services organization
* Excellent IT understanding, including of IT enterprise architecture and data flows within professional organisations
* Experience with SQL / NoSQL and relational databases
* Experience designing, building, and deploying reports/dashboards using Microsoft Power BI
* A true technologist who is passionate about optimizing the use of data and sharing your skills across a team
* Effective communication skills with technical and non-technical audiences
* Experience of supervising and/or mentoring others.
Advantageous experience, but not essential:
* Experience of iManage Work DMS databases, or a similar DMS
* Experience in cloud technologies, data pipelines and Python
* Experience of business process design and management, including formal business and functional requirements-gathering processes and procedures
* Experience of information governance policy and enforcement at enterprise level.
Diversity, inclusion and working differently
Diversity and inclusion is at the heart of BCLP. We are wholly committed to creating an inclusive and inspirational culture where all our employees are valued, motivated and able to make the most of their skills qualities and points of difference and, most importantly, be themselves.
We believe that our goals of always exceeding client expectations and being the most attractive place to work will only be achieved if we recruit, retain, reward and develop our people with regard to their abilities and contributions and without reference to their background, gender, gender identity, ethnic origin, age, religion, sexual orientation, political belief or disability.
BCLP is a firm with an increasingly flexible workforce. We are supportive of a range of working arrangements, tailored to you as an individual, wherever possible.
Please ask the Resourcing Team about the flexible working arrangements that are available to you within this role.
Confidentiality
BCLP ensure that all hardcopy and electronic materials containing confidential information are securely stored and accessible only to those authorised to view such content.
Disclosure
As a regulated firm of solicitors, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP (“BCLP”) is required to undertake appropriate vetting of staff. In addition to completion, by applicants who accept a job offer, of a regulatory questionnaire, BCLP uses a specialist provider to undertake professional verification and background checks (including through electronic data sources, and directly with employers and professional bodies/regulators) on our behalf. We will also undertake certain verifications ourselves.
BCLP adopts a risk-based approach to its vetting procedures, which are only undertaken with consent, and in accordance with IT, legal and regulatory obligations. For further details, please see our recruitment website: https://www.bclplaw.com/
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