About Kirkland & Ellis

At Kirkland & Ellis, we are united in our ambition and drive to move forward. We share core values that help us achieve excellence: collaboration, talent empowerment, service, inclusion, respect and gratitude. Our people are our greatest asset, and we invest in the brightest talent and encourage a diversity of perspectives and strengths to create dynamic teams that operate at the pinnacle of their field. Our talented professionals show up every day knowing they will engage in meaningful work, continuous learning and professional development.

As one of the world's leading law firms, we serve a broad range of clients with market-leading practices in private equity, M&A and other complex corporate transactions; investment fund formation and management; restructurings; high-stakes litigation and trials; and government, regulatory and internal investigations. We handle the most complicated and sophisticated legal matters because we don't just meet industry standards, we create them. We bring innovation and entrepreneurialism to every engagement and, as a result, have long-standing client relationships with leading global corporations and financial sponsors. With 6,500 employees (including 3,500+ lawyers) operating from 19 offices across the United States, Europe and Asia, we are one of the largest law firms in the world and a top financial performer.

Essential Job Functions

This role will perform a Partner Alliance function that provides services to the Information Technology ("IT") team where third parties are being used to deliver services to the IT team. This role will assist IT with the implementation of new services provided by third parties and with the ongoing management of third parties with the goal of continually improving the value of third-party services provided to IT. An important goal for this role is to enable third parties to provide IT with market leading expertise, experience and scalability while also enabling IT to focus on strategic and urgent work related to business growth and innovation.

Essential Functions: (This list is not exhaustive and may be supplemented and changed as necessary.)

• Develop, implement and institutionalize supplier/partner alliance management framework and processes.
• Where needed, assist the Information Technology team in the development of certain business terms for a SOW including SLAs and in the development of Standard Operating Procedures.
• Plan, develop and lead the ongoing Tier 2 (monthly), Tier 3 (bi-annually), and Annual governance meetings for strategic IT suppliers and provide ongoing management of the meeting Action Items.
• Assist in any critical issue escalation or management of any ongoing critical issues.
• Regularly report on the status of all strategic IT suppliers to the Head of IT Enterprise Office and the CIO.
• Collaborate with the applicable IT team members to improve IT processes based on Action Items from the governance meetings.

Qualifications & Requirements

Education, Work Experience, Skills:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology ("IT"), Business or equivalent experience. Master's degree preferred.
• 7 years of experience in IT, engineering, strategic sourcing, business operations, including IT category or related experience.
• 5 years in managing suppliers/partners.
• Proficient in project management.
• Proficient in process development and improvement.
• Strong listening, written and verbal communication skills.
• Attention to detail.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, and filing cabinets.

How to Apply

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For applicants who are based in Los Angeles, visit the following link for pay range information: http://staffjobsus.kirkland.com/pages/LAJOBID7102

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Talemetry Abbreviated Job Desc

This role will perform a Partner Alliance function that provides services to the Information Technology ("IT") team where third parties are being used to deliver services to the IT team.