Senior Manager, Data Modernization

Summary

Join Harbor's growing team as a Senior Manager, Data Modernization and lead strategic client initiatives focused on improving data architecture, operational insights, and practice data enablement across the legal ecosystem. Serve as a trusted advisor to clients, helping them develop how they manage, structure, and utilize their data. Lead teams, mentor professionals, and serve as a subject matter expert at the intersection of data, technology, and legal business operations. Play an important role in growing Harbor’s thought leadership through presentations and collaboration. This is a full-time, remote position open to candidates in the US or Canada. You will lead client engagements focused on data strategy, modernization, and governance, with an emphasis on legal and professional services organizations.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degrees or certifications in business, data, or technology-related fields preferred
• Minimum 10 years of experience in legal or professional services organizations, with significant client-facing responsibility
• Practical knowledge of executing strategies, managing teams, and overseeing projects within a data-focused function
• Strong understanding of how legal organizations use data to support operational performance and business decision-making
• Demonstrated experience with enterprise data strategies, including people, client, and matter data domains
• Familiarity with legal business services, law firm practice group operations, and/or corporate legal department functions
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to influence stakeholders and explain data concepts to broad audiences
• Ability to make moderate to significant improvements in process, systems, or products to drive function performance
• Demonstrated leadership in building short-term operational plans and implementing process improvements within established budgetary parameters
• Experience managing small to mid-sized teams with oversight of hiring, performance, and team development
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate cross-functionally and provide input to new processes or standards

Responsibilities

• Lead client engagements focused on data strategy, modernization, and governance, with an emphasis on legal and professional services organizations
• Communicate complex strategies and recommendations clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences, including internal and external stakeholders
• Design and implement solutions that support centralized enterprise data for people, organizations, and matters
• Define and lead initiatives that structure, capture, and analyze practice-level data, collaborating closely with attorneys and business teams
• Deliver hands-on support and strategic guidance around tools such as data catalogs, MDM platforms, data lakes/warehouses, and BI solutions
• Support legal AI enablement efforts through curated data initiatives and AI/analytics project design
• Present Harbor’s vision and client solutions at executive-level meetings and industry events
• Collaborate across Harbor teams to build integrated, multidisciplinary solutions for clients
• Mentor junior team members, supporting career development and fostering a culture of excellence and curiosity
• Guide teams through process improvement initiatives, contributing to the design and implementation of new standards and solutions
• Communicate complex strategies and recommendations clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences, including internal and external stakeholders
• May lead cross-functional teams and external collaborators to support successful strategy implementation and adoption
• Manage project delivery in alignment with project scope and available resources

Benefits

This is a full-time, remote position open to candidates based in the United States or Canada