Practice Group Manager Position Available In Broward, Florida

Practice Group Manager Greenberg Traurig – 3.7

Fort Lauderdale, FL Job Details Full-time Estimated:

$122K – $157K a year 11 hours ago Benefits Travel reimbursement Qualifications Microsoft Word Practice management Microsoft Excel Windows Analysis skills Project management Bachelor’s degree Legal administrative experience Senior level Communication skills Employee evaluation Full Job Description Greenberg Traurig (GT), a global law firm with locations across the world in 15 countries, has an exciting employment opportunity for you. We offer competitive compensation and an excellent benefits package, along with the opportunity to work within an innovative and collaborative environment. Join our Government Law & Policy as a Practice Group Manager located in our Fort Lauderdale office. We are seeking a highly skilled professional who thrives in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment. The ideal candidate possesses strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities, ensuring efficiency and accuracy in every task. With a dedicated work ethic and a can-do attitude, you will take initiative and approach challenges with confidence and resilience. Excellent communication skills are essential for collaborating effectively across teams and delivering exceptional client service. If you are someone who demonstrate initiatives, adaptability, and innovation, we invite you to join our team. This role will be based in our Fort Lauderdale office, on an in-office basis. Regular in-office presence is required for day-to-day operations, as well as for team meetings, training opportunities, and relationship building. Position Summary The Practice Group Manager (PGM) provides essential operational and administrative support to the designated legal practice group(s), ensuring alignment with firm objectives and compliance standards. This role focuses on managing core functions such as retainer agreements, conflict checks, audit responses, and performance tracking. The PGM ensures that the group’s strategic and high-level objectives are met by coordinating cross-functional tasks, maintaining internal processes, and enhancing efficiency. Key Responsibilities Manages the lifecycle of retainer agreements, ensuring timely creation, renewal, and compliance with firm policies. Coordinates with attorneys to ensure all facets of new client intake and matter onboarding are functioning efficiently and effectively. Tracks and maintains documentation for active and historical retainers for audit readiness. Initiates and monitors conflict clearance processes for new matters and clients. Maintains internal records to ensure compliance with ethical and firm standards. Coordinates the practice group’s responses to internal and external audit requests. Supports tracking and reporting on the group’s performance metrics (billables, utilization, realization, etc.). Coordinates meetings, agendas, and follow-up actions to ensure strategic goals are being met by the supporting team. Serves as a liaison between attorneys and firm administrative departments and personnel. Helps ensure that administrative personnel are maintaining effective calendar and travel management for the attorneys. Helps facilitate training, onboarding, and internal communications within the practice group. Promotes consistency, alignment, and collaboration across teams. Ensures that all correspondence from attorneys to VIPs, including government officials, politicians, key clients, and others, are being handled in a professional and appropriate manner. Helps coordinate planning for key industry meetings throughout the year and support attorneys in attending those meetings. Supervises support staff to include providing ongoing performance feedback, during annual performance evaluation program, and through regular staff team member meetings either individual or group meetings Identifies employees who may require additional training and oversight and work with them to achieve performance expectations, work with HR when further performance concerns arise Assists staff members with Career Development goals through regular feedback and training opportunities Collaborates with HR to identify staffing needs; participate in interviewing and hiring decisions of new team members Opens new matters, drafting engagement letters, making travel arrangements, processing reimbursement expenses, maintaining attorney calendars and other administrative duties Qualifications Skills & Competencies 5+ years in a professional services or legal environment; experience in practice management is a plus. Familiarity with legal operations processes such as conflict checks, retainers, and audit responses. Strong organizational, project management, and analytical skills. Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities Education & Prior Experience Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in business, legal administration, or related field. Technology Proficiency with Windows-based software and Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook required GT is an EEO employer with an inclusive workplace committed to merit-based consideration and review without regard to an individual’s race, sex, or other protected characteristics and to the principles of non-discrimination on any protected basis.