Managing Director of Enterprise Applications and Data

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP is a global law firm of more than 1,500 lawyers focused on helping clients navigate their most complex legal and business challenges. Known for the depth and excellence of its corporate, litigation and restructuring practices, Paul, Weiss works collaboratively to deliver commercial and innovative solutions, supported by a firmwide commitment to developing and empowering exceptional legal talent and an unwavering dedication to client service. The world’s largest and most important public and private corporations, asset managers and financial institutions look to the firm for advice.

The Managing Director, Enterprise Applications & Data serves as a senior member of the firm’s technology leadership team and is responsible for the strategic direction, governance, modernization, and operational leadership of the firm’s enterprise applications, application development, data platforms, and related technology services. This executive will lead the vision, execution, and continuous evolution of the firm’s application and data ecosystem, including commercially available and custom built solutions, ensuring that technology capabilities advance the firm’s business objectives, strengthen operational performance, support exceptional client service, and scale effectively with the firm’s long-term growth strategy.

This role requires a highly strategic and operationally disciplined leader who can operate effectively at both the executive and technical levels. The Managing Director will partner closely with the CIO, firm leadership, practice groups, and Business Professional Teams to shape and execute a multi-year enterprise technology roadmap that balances innovation, resiliency, security, governance, and service excellence. The position will oversee a broad portfolio of enterprise platforms and business-critical systems supporting legal operations, financial management, collaboration, information governance, reporting, and data services across the firm. This role is based in New York on a hybrid schedule and reports to the Chief Information Officer.

Job Responsibilities Include But Are Not Limited To:

•           Define and lead the firm’s enterprise applications, application development and data strategy, aligning technology roadmaps and platform investments with the firm’s strategic priorities, operational objectives, and risk management standards.

•           Serve as a senior technology advisor to the CIO, firm leadership, practice groups, and administrative departments on enterprise systems, data governance, modernization initiatives, and emerging technologies.

•           Provide executive oversight and accountability for the firm’s enterprise application portfolio, including legal, financial, collaboration, business, and data platforms.

•           Oversee the strategy, lifecycle management, performance, resiliency, scalability, and continuous improvement of platforms including iManage, SharePoint Online, Aderant, Intapp Walls, ServiceNow, Litera, Microsoft O365, CRM systems, data warehouse environments, and related enterprise technologies.

•           Oversee, lead and build application development best in class expertise such as Open AI Azure-based development, .NET applications, Python, Java, PowerApps, PowerBI, Claude code, etc. for Windows and iOS platforms.

•           Lead the planning, prioritization, and execution of complex enterprise initiatives and multi-year transformation programs, ensuring delivery against defined scope, budget, timeline, quality, and business outcomes.

•           Establish and maintain governance frameworks for enterprise architecture, application lifecycle management, project intake and prioritization, release management, integration strategy, platform standards, and technical debt management.

•           Drive enterprise data strategy and governance initiatives to strengthen reporting, analytics, integrations, information management, data quality, and regulatory compliance capabilities across the firm.

•           Ensure enterprise platforms and data services maintain the highest standards of security, availability, disaster recovery, operational resiliency, and compliance with firm policies and regulatory requirements.

•           Oversee vendor strategy, contract negotiations, licensing, renewals, third-party relationships, and service performance across all managed application and data platforms.

•           Serve as the executive escalation point for critical application issues, operational risks, cross-functional dependencies, and high-impact technology decisions.

•           Drive organizational maturity, process improvement, and operational discipline through effective governance, resource planning, change management, and service delivery practices.

•           Partner closely with Infrastructure, Security, PMO, and other Information Systems leaders to ensure enterprise platforms integrate effectively within the firm’s broader technology ecosystem.

•           Lead organizational change initiatives associated with major platform implementations, upgrades, process modernization efforts, and evolving business requirements.

•           Communicate technology strategy, priorities, risks, and initiative progress effectively to executive leadership and key stakeholders across the firm.

•           Ensure technology services are delivered with a strong emphasis on responsiveness, professionalism, reliability, and client-service excellence.

•           Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing management team across enterprise applications, financial systems, and data services, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, operational excellence, and client service.

•           Other projects as needed.