Jobs at Goodwin

Supports the general ledger accounting team with financial transactions, month-end close, bank and ledger reconciliations, budgeting, forecasting, reporting, VAT support, journal entries, banking transactions, and audit and tax schedules. The role investigates variances, documents procedures, improves internal controls, identifies automation opportunities, and provides cross-team backup support. Strong attention to detail, organization, communication, Excel proficiency, and financial analysis skills are required.

Manage cross-functional IT and technology initiatives across the firm. Responsibilities include developing roadmaps, establishing project plans and budgets, coordinating stakeholders, tracking progress, managing risks and dependencies, providing leadership updates, standardizing project management practices, and ensuring delivery aligns with firm priorities.

Leads employee lifecycle operations, including onboarding, offboarding, HRIS data maintenance, payroll changes, compliance, reporting, and employee support. Partners with HR, Talent Acquisition, Payroll, IT, and leadership to improve processes, manage HR projects, ensure data integrity, and support confidential employee relations activities. Serves as a subject matter expert for HR systems and processes, mentors junior staff, monitors employment law changes, and provides data-driven recommendations.

Build, test, maintain, and improve data pipelines, data models, and ETL/ELT processes supporting firm analytics and reporting. Ensure data accuracy, reliability, governance, monitoring, and observability while troubleshooting quality issues. Collaborate with data engineers, product owners, and business stakeholders; document pipelines and schemas; participate in Agile ceremonies; and use Git for code changes. The role also supports data modernization and may involve cloud data platforms, orchestration tools, and AI/LLM technologies.

Supports U.S. federal, state, local, and international tax compliance, accounting, and payment processes. Responsibilities include preparing tax workpapers and returns support, processing payments, reconciling general ledger accounts, managing partner tax withholdings, preparing journal entries, supporting audits, maintaining partnership accounting schedules, and improving compliance workflows. The role requires strong analytical, organizational, communication, confidentiality, and deadline-management skills across multiple jurisdictions.

Manages attorney development, performance, engagement, onboarding, staffing, and retention for an assigned cohort. Partners with firm leaders, recruiting, practice management, talent, and employee relations teams to guide evaluations, career progression, training, succession planning, and performance matters. Uses workforce data, technology, and AI tools to inform talent decisions, improve programs, and support hiring and development strategies. Also manages advisor programs, policy awareness, engagement initiatives, and attorney transitions.

Manages lateral partner recruiting searches from launch through onboarding, including market research, candidate assessment, communications, interviews, diligence, approvals, and transition planning. Coordinates with firm leaders, practice management, finance, conflicts, integration, and search firms. Maintains pipelines, reports, recruiting materials, and confidential records while tracking deadlines, risks, and dependencies. Supports value propositions, candidate presentations, process improvements, and informed recruiting and practice-development decisions.

The eDiscovery Project Manager oversees the eDiscovery process for litigation cases, collaborates with teams, manages projects, and ensures compliance with industry standards while leveraging eDiscovery technology.

Leads operations for Goodwin’s Boston office, overseeing workplace experience, administrative support, facilities coordination, vendors, budgets, projects, change initiatives, and cross-functional service delivery. Manages administrative staff, office space planning, operational improvements, and employee engagement efforts while advising local leadership and aligning Boston operations with firmwide objectives. The role requires strong leadership, financial judgment, stakeholder influence, and experience managing complex office environments.

Provide hands-on and remote desktop, mobile device, and application support for attorneys and staff; perform hardware diagnostics, imaging, upgrades, procurement, and inventory; deliver 2nd-level escalations (software, Windows 365, Citrix, VPN); mentor team members; liaise with vendors and IT groups; assist with server room and occasional infrastructure tasks; maintain documentation, asset management, and participate in off-hours on-call rotation.

Lead client development for the global Life Sciences practice by identifying growth opportunities, managing pitches and RFPs, crafting strategic marketing materials, conducting market and competitive research, supporting rankings and awards submissions, and enabling cross-selling. Partner with attorneys and internal teams to strengthen client relationships and business development strategies. Mentor team members and translate industry insights, data, and emerging technologies into actionable recommendations.

Supports business development and marketing for the firm’s Private Equity practice. Responsibilities include preparing pitches and RFPs, coordinating campaigns, events, conferences, and rankings submissions, maintaining credentials and marketing materials, conducting market research, managing activity in CRM systems, and developing client and prospect insights. The role collaborates with partners, lawyers, communications, research, and global client development teams to strengthen relationships and identify new business opportunities.

Develop and support AI-powered applications, automation solutions, and agent-based systems for business operations. Responsibilities include software development, integrations, Azure AI configuration, RAG and prompt engineering, testing, architecture participation, monitoring, troubleshooting, documentation, security collaboration, code reviews, and user enablement. The role works cross-functionally with engineers, stakeholders, legal teams, data professionals, and technology partners to deliver scalable and reliable AI solutions.

Leads the strategy, operating model, talent lifecycle, technology enablement, performance, and daily execution of paralegal services across a global law firm. Designs practice-specific delivery models, improves workflows and quality, develops managers and career paths, establishes performance metrics, oversees case assistants, drives AI and automation adoption, and partners with attorneys and firm leadership to improve service delivery and scalability.

Build and deploy governed AI and legal technology solutions for a global law firm. Translate legal and business requirements into workflows, prototypes, agentic GenAI applications, and RAG systems. Conduct user research, testing, prompt evaluation, benchmarking, and hallucination assessments. Support pilots, training, adoption, analytics, documentation, and continuous improvement while ensuring ethical, confidentiality, and data governance standards. Collaborate with attorneys, knowledge and innovation lawyers, technologists, and other stakeholders.

Supports domestic patent prosecution by preparing and filing USPTO documents, maintaining patent dockets and electronic files, processing official communications, opening and updating matters, conducting conflict checks, and assisting attorneys and clients. The role requires strong organization, communication, technical, analytical, and prioritization skills in a deadline-driven environment.

Owns full-cycle recruiting for complex technical and business professional roles, including sourcing, screening, interviewing, offer negotiation, and closing. Partners with hiring managers and business leaders as a talent advisor, using market intelligence, recruiting metrics, and creative sourcing strategies to build pipelines and influence hiring decisions. Manages candidate relationships, provides hiring guidance, and contributes to recruiting programs and process improvements.

Own product strategy, roadmaps, backlogs, requirements, and delivery for an enterprise-wide legal services transformation program. Lead stakeholder discovery, process mapping, solution design, Agile ceremonies, user acceptance testing, adoption, and continuous improvement. Partner with technology, data, security, design, and governance teams to identify responsible applications of AI, automation, and emerging technologies while ensuring measurable business value, privacy, reliability, and human oversight.

Leads paralegal and case assistant services across staffing, workforce planning, performance management, training, recruiting, and service delivery. Partners with attorneys and business teams to improve workflows, adopt legal technology and AI, standardize processes, share knowledge, and enhance operational scalability. Uses staffing, utilization, demand, and performance data to guide decisions while coaching teams and driving continuous improvement across offices.

Process domestic and international payrolls, including biweekly, monthly, partner, and tax-related activities. Maintain payroll documentation, load changes, reconcile reports, manage taxable fringe benefits, respond to employee inquiries, and provide payroll data for audits and surveys. The role also supports process improvements, quality control, regulatory compliance, accounting inquiries, cross-training, and effective task prioritization.