Global Value Pricing and Project Manager (Dentons Business Services EMEA)

Global Legal Project and Value Pricing Manager

About Dentons

Dentons is the world's largest global law firm, with over 12,000 people across 80+ countries. We are driven to challenge the status quo and provide holistic business solutions to our clients in innovative ways, combining local knowledge with global insight.

Purpose of the Role

The Global Legal Project and Value Pricing Manager plays a critical operational role on global client engagements spanning more than 50 countries. This role manages day-to-day budgeting and coordination of services, ensuring consistent execution across teams, ALSPs, and technology platforms. The Manager owns the full budget lifecycle—from annual planning and forecasting through real-time monitoring and reallocation—acting as the primary financial partner to firm partners and client stakeholders, in collaboration with a global billing coordinator. The Manager also leads legal service delivery efficiency initiatives and the integration of AI and automation into financial workflows, transforming manual processes into intelligent, scalable systems and serving as a trusted operational partner for the Firm’s most strategically important client relationships.

Important Note: This role requires availability to work within the 13:00–21:00 CET time slot.

Responsibilities:

• Lead annual budget planning and monitoring for complex, value-based fee arrangements, ensuring real-time visibility into financial performance.
• Act as the primary financial partner to Partners and client stakeholders on budget planning, spend optimization, and fee arrangements.
• Develop, manage, and report on multi-jurisdictional matter budgets in coordination with the Global Billing Coordinator, ensuring compliance with client Outside Counsel Guidelines (OCGs).
• Manage the end-to-end project lifecycle for large, cross-border client programs across 50+ countries, with clear governance and reporting.
• Coordinate multi-disciplinary teams (internal lawyers, local counsel, ALSPs, technology) across time zones and workstreams.
• Proactively identify and mitigate project risks, scheduling conflicts, and resourcing gaps.
• Support client relationship management through regular reporting, governance meetings, and preparation of materials for partner and executive forums.
• Prepare communications and presentations to leadership with excellent strategic analysis and insights.
• Identify, implement, and embed AI-powered and legal technology tools to improve efficiency, quality, and matter management.
• Availability to work within the 13:00–21:00 CET time slot is mandatory.

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of financial management/pricing and legal project management experience in a law firm, in-house legal department, or ALSP environment.
• Deep expertise in legal matter budgeting, Alternative Fee Arrangements (AFAs), outside counsel guideline compliance, and/or legal financial reporting.
• Exceptional communication skills with the ability to prepare and present to senior client and firm leadership.
• Excellent proficiency in Excel, SharePoint, and AI tools like CoPilot (or similar) for project management and workflow.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated experience managing multi-jurisdictional legal budgets with significant budget responsibility.
• Experience in a dedicated client service or embedded legal operations role.
• Exposure to cross-border regulatory, M&A, or commercial matters.
• Working knowledge of legal AI platforms such as Harvey, Legora, or comparable tools.

Key Competencies:

• Financial Acumen
• Project Leadership
• AI Fluency
• Stakeholder Management
• Data & Analytics

Benefits:

• Private medical healthcare provided by Medicover
• MultiSport card
• Benefit Cafeteria system
• Veterinary care for your pet provided by PetHelp
• Option to join a private insurance plan
• An additional day off for your birthday
• Tailored learning & development opportunities
• Hybrid work model with a modern office in Warsaw city center

Application Instructions:

Please apply with an English resume. The above description is intended to outline the general nature and level of work performed; it is not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required.