Jobs at Sidley Austin LLP

Serves as a senior legal subject matter expert on an AI Engineering team, translating legal workflows and quality standards into AI product requirements. Leads legal-quality evaluation, develops datasets and testing rubrics, partners with engineering and product teams, advises on responsible AI and governance, evaluates vendors and emerging technologies, and drives lawyer adoption through training, pilots, and stakeholder engagement.

Leads revenue management for M&A and Private Equity practices, advising leaders on backlog, billing, collections, realization, write-offs, revenue risks, and financial performance. Monitors complex client matters, provides reporting and actionable insights, coordinates with billing and finance teams, resolves escalations, and improves revenue-cycle processes. Supports complex billing arrangements and develops mitigation strategies. Requires extensive revenue-cycle experience, strong analytical judgment, cross-functional collaboration, and legal or professional-services industry knowledge.

Leads the vision, strategy, roadmap, and full lifecycle of an enterprise business intelligence platform. Owns Power BI consolidation, unified dashboard discovery, AI-assisted analytics adoption, data governance standards, product backlogs, stakeholder collaboration, engineering direction, and platform success metrics. Partners across business functions to deliver trusted, accessible, and measurable analytics capabilities.

Supports revenue management by monitoring accounts receivable, unbilled and missing time, unapplied funds, backlog, and key revenue metrics. Analyzes financial risks, collectability, adjustments, and root causes; develops management reports and actionable insights; follows up on recoverable balances; and recommends process improvements. The role partners with attorneys, firm management, billing, accounts receivable, and other revenue teams while exploring AI and technology solutions to improve reporting and reduce manual work.

Leads hands-on development of scalable full-stack applications using React, .NET, Next.js, TypeScript, and Azure. Responsibilities include architecture, technical decision-making, code reviews, performance optimization, application security, CI/CD implementation, mentoring engineers, and cross-functional collaboration. The role also contributes directly to coding, database optimization, API development, and cloud-native deployment practices.

Plans and executes regional marketing programs, client events, sponsorships, legal updates, and client entertainment activities. Manages event communications, logistics, budgets, CRM engagement, lawyer credentialing opportunities, and marketing performance analysis. Supports lawyer onboarding, professional biography and LinkedIn workshops, and special projects while coordinating with lawyers, marketing teams, and administrative departments.

Supports attorneys and paralegals by organizing electronic and paper files, conducting non-legal research, maintaining client data and files, and assisting with practice-specific projects. The role requires strong communication, computer, organizational, analytical, proofreading, and problem-solving skills, along with discretion, confidentiality, multitasking, and the ability to meet billable-hour and deadline requirements in a fast-paced law firm environment.

Owns the backlog, requirements, Agile delivery, roadmap, and release planning for a Databricks data platform and business intelligence layer. Coordinates data engineering, BI, QA, DevOps, infrastructure, security, and stakeholder teams to deliver reliable, governed data solutions. Responsibilities include translating requirements into user stories, managing dependencies and risks, facilitating Scrum ceremonies, supporting testing and releases, and promoting data quality and governance practices.

Leads product design for complex AI-enabled legal products, guiding discovery, workflow modeling, product definition, prototyping, delivery, and iteration. Partners with Product Management, Engineering, and stakeholders to shape product direction, priorities, requirements, and tradeoffs. Establishes UX and UI quality standards, evaluates outcomes through research and analytics, mentors design team members, and advances AI-enabled design practices.

Manages client financial terms throughout the matter lifecycle, including reviewing agreements, configuring terms in 3E, implementing billing rates, monitoring discounts, investigating invoice disputes, and supporting compliance. Collaborates with intake, pricing, billing, accounts receivable, and other revenue teams. The role also contributes to process improvements, workflow documentation, training materials, automation opportunities, and special projects.

Manages client accounts receivable and collections, including aging analysis, payment follow-up, payment arrangements, account reconciliation, billing dispute resolution, e-billing issue coordination, and reporting. Maintains accurate collection records, communicates with clients and firm stakeholders, prepares correspondence and Excel spreadsheets, and supports special projects while handling confidential information and competing priorities.

Provides Level II hardware and software support for users, including desktop, laptop, mobile device, network, telephony, application, imaging, and remote-access troubleshooting. Maintains hardware assets, performs equipment moves and exchanges, coordinates warranty repairs and vendors, supports upgrades and office moves, and documents incidents in an IT service management system.

Lead strategy, roadmap, and lifecycle for AI-driven products. Collaborate with engineering, legal, IT, and marketing to define features, integrate AI models, ensure responsible AI practices, set KPIs, and deliver high-value production AI solutions.

Designs, develops, deploys, and maintains scalable full-stack applications using .NET, React/Next.js, and Azure. Owns complex features, contributes to architecture, monitors application performance, applies security practices, supports CI/CD and cloud deployments, participates in code reviews, and mentors less experienced engineers. Collaborates with product managers, designers, and technical teams to deliver reliable, maintainable, production-quality software.

Leads product design for complex AI-enabled legal products from discovery through delivery and iteration. Partners with Product Management, Engineering, and stakeholders to define workflows, prototypes, priorities, and user experiences. Establishes UX and UI standards, evaluates outcomes through research and analytics, advances AI-enabled design practices, and manages and develops Product Design team members.

Supports firm-wide budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting, variance analysis, general ledger review, and ad hoc financial analysis. Develops advanced Excel reports, identifies process improvements, reviews policy exceptions, and ensures accurate transactions. Supervises and develops accounting staff and Senior Accountants through workload management, training, coaching, feedback, and quality review.

Senior Accountant responsible for financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, general ledger review, account reconciliations, and management reporting. The role develops advanced Excel analyses, reviews policy compliance, supports system report testing, recommends process improvements, and mentors staff. It requires strong accounting judgment, analytical ability, organization, communication, confidentiality, and the ability to manage competing deadlines.

Supports legal recruiting operations for the New York office, including summer associate program planning, law student recruiting, application processing, interview scheduling, onboarding, events, reviews, database maintenance, and candidate engagement. Requires collaboration with recruiting teams and firm departments, strong organization, discretion, communication, and the ability to manage competing deadlines during busy recruiting periods.

Supports regional and firmwide marketing and client engagement initiatives, plans and executes client events and sponsorships, manages ticket assets and reporting, produces marketing communications and content, leverages CRM and experience management systems, assists with lawyer credentialing and promotional materials, and supports special projects and training.

Provides high-touch relationship support to partners and senior counsel throughout onboarding, role changes, compensation and benefits inquiries, transitions, retirement, and separation. Coordinates sensitive matters across HR, Finance, Payroll, Legal, Partner Operations, and other teams; maintains accurate records; resolves routine and moderately complex issues; escalates high-risk matters; and improves partner service processes while preserving confidentiality.