JOB SUMMARY:

The Practice Development Specialist (PDS) will work closely with the Practice Development Manager (“PDM”), other practice development team members, Practice Group Leaders (“PGLs”) and partners in managing all aspects of the Health Care Group, including providing marketing, business development, lateral partner integration and other business and administrative support critical to its day-to-day operations and long-term growth. The PDS will contribute to the overall success of the Health Care Group by helping to develop and implement the Health Care Group's strategy within the context of the overall firm strategy. The PDS will support a variety of cross-practice group, cross-office, client-specific and firm initiatives as needed.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

1. Work closely with PDM, PGLs, attorneys and other internal firm resources to develop and implement practice group strategic plan.

2. Support practice group marketing and business development efforts by coordinating and preparing pitches and proposals, responses to RFPs, client presentations and other deliverables.

3. Work with PDM to create and maintain marketing materials and collateral through coordination with the Creative and Proposals teams.

4. Help identify, assess and coordinate industry visibility and externally focused activities, working closely with the firm’s Events, Creative and PR teams.

5. Assist PDM and partners in conducting research and gathering and analyzing practice group, industry, competitive and client-specific data to inform and support business development and marketing initiatives.

6. Coordinate and prepare legal ranking submissions, including working with PDM and PGLs to determine rankings strategy for each submission, drafting and finalizing submissions accordingly and tracking submission information from year to year.

7. Assist PDM and PGLs with the onboarding and integration of lateral partners and counsel into the practice groups, including helping prepare and execute integration plans and track progress.

8. Maintain internal practice group data and resources, such as client lists, experience lists, intranet sites and various databases.

9. Work with PDM and PGLs to plan and execute practice group and partner meetings, as well as internal practice group social and team-building events.

10. Assist and at times take the lead in drafting practice group presentations working with PDM, partners and PGLs.

11. Assist PDM in supervising and developing the team’s Practice Development Experience Analyst.

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS REQUIRED:

• An undergraduate degree with a minimum of three years of relevant experience in a law firm, professional services firm or other corporate environment.
• Goal-oriented with a positive, can-do attitude and a collaborative working style.
• Excellent oral communication and business writing skills, and attention to detail.
• Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to establish credibility with Ropes & Gray partners and bring to bear the right mix of confidence, tact and persistence in working with the firm’s lawyers and professional staff in a multi-office environment.
• Exceptional project management and organizational skills, including ability to develop project plans and set deadlines to meet business objectives, manage and prioritize multiple projects simultaneously.
• Ability to anticipate, identify and solve problems, work independently, take initiative and make decisions using sound judgment.
• Ability to compile, review, analyze and determine logical conclusions or recommendations based on data and information that is varied in context, content and format.
• Ability to contribute to the training and supervision of entry level team members.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively use technology, database, presentation, spreadsheet, document management and other software applications.

Working Conditions:

The team is currently operating on a hybrid work schedule.