Senior Manager - IT

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About Eleven Recruiting

We are a specialized technology staffing agency supporting Aerospace, Professional, and Financial Services companies. We listen and act as advisors for our candidates on how they can best add value, find interesting projects, and pave a path for career advancement.
We advocate for best pay, diversity, and best job-fit for every candidate we place.

Our client is seeking a Senior Manager - IT in the Legal industry!

The Senior Manager – Information Technology (SMIT) will work closely with the firm's Chief Information Officer to design, plan, and integrate the primary services and applications used by the firm. The SMIT will also be asked to collaborate closely with the CIO and work on projects and tasks as assigned.
The SMIT should be able to work independently, manage their time effectively, and be open to learning and consulting their peers on the firm's primary applications and services.

This role will work from either Downtown Los Angles or Century Office.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Works closely with application owners and other IT stakeholders to provide guidance and oversight on existing and new technologies.

Be proactive in researching IT industry and market trends to determine their potential impacts on the enterprise and relation to future operations and project needs.

Analyze the current business and IT environment to detect critical deficiencies and provide suggestions for improvement.

Assist the CIO in the management of the day-to-day operations of the IT department.

Manage relationships with external vendors and service providers.

Proven ability and comfort in facilitating deep technical reviews with IT organizations and building a trusted relationship with the CIO and IT Management team.

Understand business objectives, research potential strategies, architect, and design solutions.

Directs and facilitates enterprise solution architecture for specific initiative by understanding the current state, articulating the desired future state, identifying the gaps between the two, and creating principles and implementation models to close the gaps.

Facilitates the development of and documents enterprise standards guiding principles, designs, roadmaps, plans and position papers that direct the selection, development, implementation, and use of Information Technology within the enterprise.

Consults on application and infrastructure projects to fit them to enterprise big picture.

Automate operations and integrate with firms' change management and operational systems.

Review systems performance daily and work with the CIO to provide suggestions for improving services within the IT department.

Document and resolve identified issues to ensure continuous operations.

Provide mentorship and knowledge transfer to other members of the team.

Maintain professional decorum when representing the IT department to attorneys and staff.

Complete additional tasks as assigned.

Provide 24x7 support as needed.

This role is expected to grow into a supervisory position but will start with managing technology and projects.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Five (5) or more years of progressive experience with comprehensive knowledge of hardware, software, application, and systems engineering in at least two (2) IT disciplines (such as strategic planning, solution architecture, technology architecture, network management, security management, change management, application development, middleware design, information analysis, database management, project management and operations management).

Advanced technical knowledge and understanding of architecture, applications, systems design, and integration.

Ability to see how parts interact with the whole (big picture thinking).

Knowledge of multiple components of enterprise architecture and applications used in a law firm.

Demonstrated knowledge of business re-engineering principles and processes and as well SLAs used to monitor systems and performance.

Bachelor's Degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Ideally in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field.

Preferred Certifications: PMP, ITIL, Microsoft, Cisco and other enterprise technology certifications

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Location: Los Angeles, CA
Seniority Level: Mid-Senior Level
Employment Type: Direct Hire
Job Function: Information Technology
Salary: $150,000-$185,000
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