Associate Director of Knowledge Management, Investment Funds

Location: New York

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* Job Description:

** The Associate Director of Knowledge Management, Investment Funds (ADKM) reports to the Senior Director of Knowledge Management and supports the Investment Funds Group attorneys (IFG Attorneys) overall knowledge infrastructure. This position manages processes, data, creates model forms, and facilitates training to enable IFG Attorneys to operate more efficiently to produce both time and cost savings while providing additional value-add for clients.
The ADKM coordinates the implementation of firm-wide knowledge management efforts for IFG Attorneys, collaborates with advisory partners designated by IFG Attorneys to create best practices, gains consensus on standards of operational efficiency, and develops measures of success for the KM program to support IFG Attorneys while promoting a culture of knowledge-sharing and practice innovation. This role works to implement GenAI solutions for IFG Attorneys, including the creation of custom GenAI Assistants that solve real world challenges for IFG Attorneys.
** Essential Functions and Responsibilities:
**** Organization and Dissemination of Knowledge
*** Evaluate current KM infrastructure for IFG and work to improve the ability to capture and disseminate information and research, identify and prioritize new projects to enhance the efficiency of IFG Attorneys in partnership with the Chief Knowledge Officer, Senior Director of Knowledge Management and advisory partners designated by IFG Attorneys
* Lead the redevelopment and ongoing curation of the IFG market terms database, which includes supervising both automated and manual extraction of fund formation data, validating, analyzing and visualizing that data and enabling regular thought-leadership reflecting current fund terms, trends and outcomes
* Partner with practice teams to support the successful implementation and adoption of side letter and MFN management platforms within the IFG practice
* Maintain, update and develop fund formation and related IFG forms, ensuring consistency with current market practice and regulatory requirements
* Monitor key industry updates, legal decisions, and client alerts to provide important updates to IFG Attorneys
* Develop procedures for generating, maintaining, updating, accessing, and disseminating information (including surveys of fund term market data and updated IFG publications and client-facing tools) and other materials
* Act as point person for IFG Attorneys to develop use cases, pilot and successfully deploy new technology and other AI-enabled solutions for IFG Attorneys
* Work with…