Cooley LLP

Associate Director of Insights & Optimization

Cooley LLP$200K — $240K *
Legal & Accounting
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of experience in marketing or business development, preferably in strategy or transformation roles
  • 4+ years of management experience, ideally at a senior level
  • Hands-on experience with audience segmentation and advanced reporting in various technologies
  • Basic to advanced data analysis and visualization skills (e.g., Excel, SQL, PowerBI)
  • Bachelor’s Degree required; prior experience in the legal industry preferred

Responsibilities

  • Define measurement framework and establish KPIs linking marketing activities to growth
  • Lead the development of an accessible self-service dashboard ecosystem for real-time insights
  • Strategy for audience segmentation and lifecycle modeling to target clients effectively
  • Translate complex data into high-impact narratives for leadership decision-making
  • Direct a team of analysts, managing both output speed and strategic depth
  • Collaborate across teams to align their goals with central data frameworks
  • Develop the 'Optimization Guidance' model for effective resource allocation based on performance data

Benefits

  • Professional development opportunities
  • Support for ongoing education
  • Flexible work hours
  • A diverse and inclusive working environment
  • Opportunities to work with cutting-edge data tools and technologies
Full Job Description
Associate Director of Insights & Optimization

Cooley is seeking an Associate Director of Insights & Optimization to join the Marketing and Client Development team.

Position responsibilities: 

  • Enterprise Analytics Strategy:Define the firm’s overarching measurement framework, establishinghigh-value KPIs that link Marketing & Client Development activities to firm-wide growth and practice revenue.

  • Democratized Dashboard Strategy:Lead the vision and architectural build of a democratized dashboard ecosystem, ensuring that self-service data tools are intuitive, accessible, and designed to empower MCD stakeholders with real-time, actionable insights.

  • Audience Architecture & Governance:Lead the strategy for audience segmentation and lifecycle modeling, ensuring the firm has a unified, governed approach to how we define and target clients.

  • Executive Data Storytelling:Act as the primary "MCD Data SME" for leadership, translating complex analytical findings into clear, high-impact narratives that inform strategic pivots.

  • Team & Resource Leadership:Direct a team of analysts and oversee the offshore delivery model, ensuring high-velocity reporting output without sacrificing strategic depth.

  • Cross-Functional Alignment:Partner across teams to align their specific goals with the firm’s central data-backed frameworks.

  • Optimization Framework Development:Architect the "Optimization Guidance" model, establishingthe process by which the MCD uses performance data to reallocate spend and resources or report out on campaign efficacy.

  • Data Stewardship & Ethics:Oversee the integrity of the MCD data ecosystem, ensuring compliance with firm-wide standards while maximizing the utility of data.

  • MarTechRoadmap Integration:Serve as a key stakeholder in the evolution of the firm’s data lake and BI tools (e.g., Tableau, PowerBI, CRM analytics), ensuring the stack supports advanced attribution.

  • Impact Reporting:Own the delivery of "enmasse" and bespoke reporting, demonstratingthe holistic impact of the MCD organization on the firm's market position and pipeline.

  • People Leader: 

  • Serve as direct supervisor and mentor to direct reports

  • Provide day-to-day supervision of direct reports, ensure compliance with assigned workhoursand monitor forcompliance with all firm and department policies. Manage staffing coverage, reviewand process time logs/time off requests

  • Support business professional development and continued educational opportunities

  • In collaboration with immediate supervisor and central HR,participatein hiring, performance appraisals, counseling, terminationand other employee lifecycle events 

  • All other duties as assigned orrequired

Skills and experience:  

Required: 

  • After orientation at Cooley LLP, exhibit proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite, iManage and other firm applications 

  • Ability to work extended and/or weekend hours, as required 

  • Ability to travel, as required 

  • 8+ years of applicable experience in the field (e.g., marketing or business development, preferably with an emphasis working in a strategy, transformation, or growth function), with 4+ years management experience (some at the senior level preferred)  

  • Hands-on experience in audience segmentation strategy and creation, including advanced reporting, querying, and cross-filter logic in CRM, MAP, and orchestration technologies 

  • Basic to advanced data manipulation, analysis and visualization skills (e.g. advanced Excel skills, SQL, PowerBI) 

  • Ability to deliver business-focused insights and data storytelling to xFunctional stakeholders 

  • Bachelor’s Degree 

Preferred: 

  • Prior legal industry experience 

Competencies:  

  • Entrepreneurial by nature 

  • Excellent attention to detail  

  • Approaches tasks through a lens of quality and consistency  

  • Approaches tasks through a digital first lens 

  • Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills with ability to facilitate and solve problems 

  • Ability to organize, prioritize and coordinate multiple activities often under tight timelines 

  • Takes a consultative approach to set goals, drive projects, and achieve outcomes  

  • Strong judgment 

  • Team-player with collaborative spirit 

  • Unwavering ability to handle and maintain confidentiality regarding  firm information, projects, client data  

  • High level of professionalism at all times 

  • Demonstrated ability to lead through influence and develop talent  

  • Proactive, analytical mindset 

  • Effective presentation skills 

About Cooley LLP

Cooley LLP is an American international law firm, headquartered in Palo Alto, California with offices worldwide. The firm's practice areas include corporate, litigation, intellectual property, fund formation, public markets, employment, life sciences, clean tech, real estate, and tax. Cooley's clients include private and public companies, financial institutions, venture capital firms, and nonprofit organizations. Cooley has been recognized as one of the top law firms for technology and life sciences companies. The firm has also been recognized for its diversity and inclusion initiatives.
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