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Legal Project Management Job Details:

Snell & Wilmer, a nationally recognized firm, is expanding its Pricing and Legal Project Management (LPM) function and is seeking an Analyst-level professional to support this growing, high-impact team in our Phoenix office.

This role operates at the intersection of legal project management, pricing strategy, and legal operations, supporting attorneys and firm leadership in improving the planning, execution, and financial performance of legal matters. The Analyst will support matter budgeting, pricing analysis, scope management, and performance reporting, while helping institutionalize best practices across the firm.

This is an excellent opportunity for candidates with experience or a strong interest in legal pricing, legal project management, or professional-services analytics who are looking to grow their careers within a collaborative and evolving team.

Primary responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Support attorneys, pricing professionals, and LPMs in planning and managing legal matters using LPM and pricing best practices.
• Assist with matter scoping, task and phase breakdowns, and timeline development, often aligned to UTBMS or firm-standard structures.
• Assist in preparing budgets, fee estimates, and pricing models, including support for alternative fee arrangements (AFAs).
• Track actuals vs. budget and priced assumptions, identify variances, and flag potential scope, staffing, or realization risks.
• Support pricing and profitability analyses, including margin, leverage, and realization insights.
• Prepare matter status, budget, pricing, and performance reports for attorneys and firm leadership.
• Support post-matter reviews focused on profitability, pricing accuracy, and process improvement.
• Maintain and enhance pricing and LPM templates, dashboards, and tracking tools.
• Collaborate with Finance, Billing, and Legal Operations to ensure alignment between pricing, budgets, billing, and reporting.
• Support adoption of legal technology and AI-enabled workflows related to pricing, budgeting, and matter management.

Experience and Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, economics, project management, legal studies, or a related field.
• At least 1 year of experience in legal pricing, legal project management, law firm finance, billing, legal operations, or a related analytical or professional services environment.
• Strong analytical skills with advanced proficiency in Excel (modeling, variance analysis, reporting).
• Ability to manage multiple matters or analyses simultaneously.
• Strong communication skills and comfort working directly with attorneys.
• High attention to detail and interest in improving how legal work is scoped, priced, and delivered.
• Preferred Experience:
• Familiarity with legal billing, budgeting, or UTBMS task and phase codes.
• Exposure to alternative fee arrangements, pricing models, or matter profitability analysis.
• Experience with legal financial, pricing, or matter management systems (e.g., Elite, Aderant, Intapp).
• Project management coursework or certifications (CAPM, PMP) or pricing/finance training (a plus, not required).

Snell & Wilmer offers a competitive performance-based compensation and a generousbenefits packagestarting on your first day. The benefits package includes medical, dental, vision, disability, life insurance, 401K/profit sharing, paid holidays, tuition reimbursement and paid time off including vacation time, personal time, and sick time where appropriate. Snell & Wilmer values the principles of Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging.

Snell & Wilmer is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.