Senior Director of Global Litigation Management, Global Legal Pharma

The Opportunity:

Litigation Operations Leadership

• Provides strategic oversight and leadership of three operational teams — the Litigation Resource Center, eDiscovery, and the Information Advisory and Protection Law Group — fostering a culture of excellence, service delivery, and continuous improvement.
• Oversees the Global Litigation function’s technology strategy and roadmap, including partnering with other internal stakeholders on electronic billing, matter management, document and knowledge management, eDiscovery platforms, and AI-enabled legal tools, ensuring solutions are fit-for-purpose and adopted effectively across the function.
• Regularly assesses processes, workflows, and systems across the Global Litigation team, driving continuous improvement initiatives that enhance productivity, reduce spend, and improve quality of output.
• Develops and maintains robust knowledge management systems and practices that ensure institutional knowledge is captured, organized, and accessible across the global team.

Strategy & Business Enablement

• Serves as a trusted advisor and strategic partner to the Head of Global Litigation, enabling the Head to focus on the highest-value legal, strategic, and leadership priorities.
• Steers the development and management of the Global Litigation Team’s budget, including forecasting, accruals, variance analysis, and the identification of cost savings and efficiency opportunities across the portfolio.
• Manages internal communications within the Global Litigation team, as well with internal and external business partners.
• Develops and executes short and long term operations plans, as well as strategic initiatives, including change management.
• Organizes and facilitates meetings of the Global Litigation leadership team, including agenda-setting, pre-reads, follow-up on action items, and ensuring accountability for key decisions.
• Participates in leadership decision-making and strategy development, synthesizing complex inputs from across the function and distilling them into clear options and recommendations.
• Leads and coordinates the implementation of the Global Litigation team’s operational and strategic objectives, tracking progress against goals and escalating issues proactively.
• Serves as a connector and relationship-builder across Global Legal Pharma, identifying opportunities for alignment and collaboration across practice groups, regions, and operational functions.

Who You Are

• Bachelor’s degree required; JD preferred.
• 12+ years of progressive experience in litigation operations, legal operations, or administrative leadership within a large corporation, law firm, or professional services environment.
• People management experience required.
• Deep expertise in litigation operations or legal operations within a large in-house legal department or major law firm, with hands-on experience across outside counsel management and legal technology.
• Experience evaluating, selecting, and implementing legal technology solutions, including matter management systems, e-billing platforms, eDiscovery tools, document management systems, and AI-powered legal applications.
• Experience overseeing or closely partnering on fact-finding, discovery, eDiscovery and information governance programs.
• Pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or life sciences industry experience is a strong plus.

Location

• This role is located at Genentech’s South San Francisco, California campus. A remote working arrangement is not available.
• Relocation assistance is not available for this position.