Global Senior Manager

Summary

Join Dentons as a trusted partner/advisor to the Global GCOO, ensuring effective execution of global priorities. This central role drives collaboration, communication, and alignment across the global team. Focus is on operational efficiency, strategic planning, and cross-functional coordination, without financial or line management responsibilities. You will partner with the GCOO to define and execute strategic initiatives, monitor project progress, and prepare reports and presentations. Responsibilities include cross-functional liaison, facilitating collaboration, and managing action items. You will identify and address operational bottlenecks, support priority management, and serve as a sounding board for the GCOO. Finally, you will draft internal communications, build stakeholder relationships, and represent the GCOO in meetings.

Requirements

• Exceptional knowledge of PowerPoint, google slides or presentation software
• Ability to visualise data e.g. charts, graphs, infographics
• Strong research skills
• Ability to align operational initiatives with business objectives
• Excellent drafting skills, able to research, analyse and present information from varied sources to diverse audiences in an engaging format
• Strong project and coordination skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication
• Collaboration and teamwork
• Stakeholder management
• Strong attention to detail
• Analytical thinking
• Strong organisation and time management skills
• Able to work remotely in a multicultural, global team environment
• Critical thinking – Ability to assess complex problems, identify root causes, and propose actionable solutions
• Bachelor’s degree in business, economics, law or related field
• 6-8 years’ experience in research, consulting, operations or a related field
• Proven track record of creating executive-level reports and presentations
• Exposure to c-suite dynamics and corporate governance
• Knowledge of good practice in relation to operations
• Good understanding of social and digital media approaches and associated technologies for sharing knowledge
• Project Management experience

Responsibilities

• Partner with the GCOO to define, prioritize, and execute strategic initiatives across the firm
• Monitor progress on key projects and ensure alignment with the firm’s global objectives
• Prepare briefing materials, reports, and presentations for the GCOO to support decision-making
• Act as a liaison between the GCOO and global leadership teams, ensuring clear communication and alignment on priorities
• Facilitate collaboration across geographies and practice areas to drive consistency in global operations
• Coordinate and manage the follow-up on action items
• Identify and address operational bottlenecks, proposing solutions to improve processes and workflows
• Support the GCOO in managing competing priorities and ensuring the timely delivery of key initiatives
• Serve as a sounding board for the GCOO, providing insights and recommendations on operational challenges
• Draft internal communications on behalf of the GCOO to ensure consistent messaging across the firm
• Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, including and regional / country teams
• Represent the GCOO in meetings / discussions where applicable, ensuring alignment with the firm’s strategic goals

Preferred Qualifications

• A Project Management qualification is preferred
• We are a truly global law firm and as such, always welcome hearing from those with foreign language capabilities
• Additionally, we would be delighted to hear from candidates with a global background including professional experience gained across different geographies

Benefits

Remuneration and benefits package will reflect the successful candidates experience and competencies