Legal Academy Program Manager

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Are you passionate about igniting careers in legal technology through education? Do you have a talent for making the law understandable and relevant to laypeople? Are you a skilled program manager who drives ideas to execution?

If so, DISCO is an incredible career opportunity for you!

Your Impact

DISCO University’s Legal Academy deepens our understanding of the law and the industry we serve, fueling our employees’ sense of mission and purpose. This expertise differentiates us from our competitors - we build better products, and our sales, services and support professionals become trusted advisors to our customers and partners. The Legal Academy is also home to DISCO for Schools, our strategic educational partnership program for professors and students. 

The Program Manager will manage the DISCO for Schools program, a strategic initiative with significant linkages to our marketing organization, and will contribute to the development and delivery of legal education in multiple formats. Reporting to the VP of Customer and Talent Enablement, this role is a key member of the DISCO U team, and will partner with various functions to support the legal education of their team members and customers.

What You'll Do

  • Bring your creative, resourceful, and whole self to your work to make a positive impact every day
  • Create and execute a plan to enhance the reach and effectiveness of the DISCO for Schools program in support of DISCO brand, marketing, and educational objectives, working through a cross-functional team of volunteers
  • Build strong relationships with law schools, paralegal organization and other educational institutions
  • Support the creation and delivery of educational content included courses, CLE, webinars, reference guides, and videos
  • Facilitate programs to multiple internal and external audiences including employees, customers, partners and DISCO for Schools students
  • Partner with functional teams to understand their domain learning needs and create solutions in multiple formats that achieve measurable results
  • Build collaborative partnerships with other internal legal experts at DISCO as subject matter experts for content creation
  • Proficiently use standard and specialized tools for DISCO U and DISCO for Schools  (LMS, HRIS, G-suite, survey tools)
  • Partner with DISCO U curriculum designers in the creation of educational materials and content

Who You Are

You’re a legal expert, passionate educator, and skilled program manager with a talent for keeping it simple for your audience. You are energized by using your skills to solve problems and build from the ground up. Great listening and coaching skills make you a collaborative teammate and a trusted advisor to the business. 

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent
  • Law degree
  • Experience creating and delivering legal education
  • Experience successfully leading projects
  • Proven ability to build network of thought leaders and legal educators 
  • Ability to travel up to 25% (in line with COVID practices)

Even Better If You Have…

  • Internal/external consulting experience
  • Experience in sales or marketing and building a network
  • Experience working in legal field 
  • Coaching certification/experience
  • Elearning design and development skills
  • Certification or equivalent experience in instructional/learning design
  • Experience in legal technology industry
About DISCO

DISCO provides a cloud-native, artificial intelligence-powered legal solution that simplifies ediscovery, legal document review and case management for enterprises, law firms, legal services providers and governments. Our scalable, integrated solution enables legal departments to easily collect, process and review enterprise data that is relevant or potentially relevant to legal matters.

In 2020, 171 law firms in the 2020 AmLaw 200 used DISCO in the course of legal work on behalf of their clients. More than 800 enterprises, law firms, legal services providers and government organizations are DISCO customers.

Are you ready to revolutionize the practice of law? Join us!

Perks of DISCO

  • Open, inclusive, and fun environment
  • Benefits, including medical, dental and vision insurance, as well as 401(k) (EU coming soon)
  • Competitive salary plus stock options
  • Flexible PTO 
  • Opportunity to be a part of a company that is revolutionizing the legal industry
  • Growth opportunities throughout the company

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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