The Sr. Manager - Operations- Legal Services is an operations leader who will communicate a vision for how Williams Lea best serves our clients across national or multiple service offerings, and who empowers and enables their team to bring that vision to life.  The role is responsible for the overall leadership, performance, and strategic direction of a large-scale legal Onsite services operation supporting law firm clients. This role oversees a team of (3) Account Manager and (1) Supervisor responsible Print, Mail, Digital services, Reception & Hospitality, and Compliance Services. The Sr. Manager serves as the secondary operational leader under the direction of the Account Director, accountable for service delivery, financial performance, process optimization, client satisfaction, SLA attainment, and continuous improvement initiatives. The role requires knowledge of client vendor platforms, billing, team member development , and reporting analytics.Responsibilities: Customer Focus and Working Relationships:Ensure managers actively engage in the department’s processes by understanding client goals, aligning them with offered capabilities, and leading teams to develop and support campaigns and services that meet client needs.Guide managers in effectively influencing stakeholders to adopt courses of action on critical, complex, or sensitive matters. Ensure cross-functional collaboration and build trust with internal and external customers to drive success.Process Improvement and Issue Resolution:Proactively identifying and resolving highly complex and unique issues across multiple functional areas.Direct managers to take a broad, strategic approach to implementing innovative solutions while safeguarding business interests and relationships.Provide oversight and strategic direction in solution development, ensuring collaboration across departments and divisions to achieve the best outcomes.Ensure smooth execution of solutions, including client positioning and negotiation as needed.Workload Management:Lead and oversee a team through direct management of managers and employees to support the assigned vertical/region, ensuring workload balance to optimize resources and control costs.Direct the development and execution of management and functional strategies through leadership oversight to drive revenue and profit growth.Leverage knowledge of various business segments to support managers in leadership roles and strategic planning initiatives.Evaluate and Reward Performance:Lead through reporting managers to establish clear expectations, assess performance against job requirements and objectives, and ensure regular feedback is provided.Guide managers in developing both leaders and individual contributors, implementing company policies, and leveraging reward tools to recognize high performers.Oversee the timely completion and delivery of performance reviews, ensuring managers facilitate promotions, pay increases, disciplinary actions, and terminations as needed.Provide strategic input into budget development and maintain oversight of budget execution.
