Director of Performance Management

With 500+ professionals and 350+ business professionals, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP (www.manatt.com), is a multidisciplinary, integrated national professional services firm known for quality and an extraordinary commitment to clients. The Firm’s groundbreaking approach—bringing together legal services, advocacy and business strategy—differentiates Manatt from its competitors and positions the Firm to provide a distinct and compelling value proposition. Opportunity We are seeking a highly motivated and strategic Director of Performance Management to lead the development and implementation of a comprehensive performance management program for our firm. This role will play a pivotal role in ensuring our Attorney and Consulting Professionals, and Business and Administrative Professionals are empowered to achieve their full potential and contribute to the overall success of the firm. This position will report to the Senior Director of Professional Development and can be located in Los Angeles, Orange County, San Francisco, San Diego, Silicon Valley, New York City, Boston, or Washington D.C. Key Responsibilities Design, implement, and oversee a performance management program aligned with the Firm's strategic goals and objectives and with the guidance of Firm leadership to ensure each professional level on both the legal and consulting side of the business have a defined performance management process in place. This role will also evaluate with Firm leadership whether to expand over time this function to include Business and Administrative Professionals. Lead the continuous improvement of the Firm wide performance management processes that supports Firm wide goals and objectives and integrates performance management into all phases of development. Identifies best practices and current trends in performance management. Develop and maintain performance evaluation tools and processes, including setting clear expectations, providing ongoing feedback, and conducting performance reviews. This role will also evaluate whether to implement a “Realtime Feedback” tool where the Firm is not using one now. Review and revise the core competencies at all levels of the Firm, incorporating core competencies in the performance evaluation processes and work with other roles within the Firm (including professional development, practice management and human resources team members as appropriate) to ensure proper training tools in place to develop all professionals in line with core competencies at each level. Partner with Firm leaders (including business unit and group leaders and department heads) to establish individual performance goals. Oversee advancement process for the associate group and actively participate in the annual associate compensation process. Coach and mentor performance evaluators on providing effective performance feedback and development opportunities for their teams and develop and deliver training programs on performance management, as approp