Attorney Talent Development Manager

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Attorney Talent Development Manager — Locations:
San Francisco, California;
Los Angeles, California;
Palo Alto, California;
San Diego, California. Categories:
Legal. Req .

At MoFo, we couldn’t write our own success story without yours. Ready to write your story? Join MoFo as an ATTORNEY TALENT DEVELOPMENT MANAGER on our Attorney Learning & Development team. This role can be based in San Francisco, Palo Alto, Los Angeles or San Diego.

About the role

The Attorney Talent Development Manager (Manager) plays a vital role in fostering attorney growth and excellence throughout their careers at the Firm. Serving as a strategic partner to attorneys, practice groups, and firm leadership, the Manager designs and delivers impactful learning and development initiatives that align with firm-wide, departmental, and practice-specific goals. Through close collaboration with Practice Group Learning & Development Liaisons (L&D Liaisons), the Manager ensures that professional development programs address evolving business needs while supporting attorney engagement, performance, and morale.

Acting as a trusted advisor and resource, the Manager drives initiatives in onboarding, integration, performance management, and work allocation, cultivating a high-performing culture rooted in collaboration, continuous learning, and exceptional client service.

• Supports attorney integration. Establishes ongoing touch points with assigned first year and lateral cohorts, including one-on-one check-ins, regular office hours and/or group coaching. Builds community and implements structures to develop strong relationships with the first year and lateral cohorts.
• Creates position and resource awareness among summer associates, associates, and partners through email communication, personal outreach, and office visits. Promotes the firm’s culture of L&D as a market differentiator to attorneys.
• Promotes awareness of the performance expectations in the My Mo Fo  career path structure to guide associates in assessing their development and setting goals to achieve success.
• Works with local leadership to promote attorney engagement and morale; implements related plans and strategies.
• Partners with Associate Committee members to promote transparency and open communication between non-partner attorneys and local and firm leadership. Supports local committee members in developing as leaders within the firm. Attends local and firm-wide Associate Committee meetings.
• Guides and supports attorneys and local offices in areas of performance management and talent development, including requests for resources, coaching, and guidance for associates on career development matters.
• Works closely with assigned Practice Groups to ensure preparation and delivery of evaluations consistent with firm standards for the spring, interim, and annual evaluation process.

• JD with minimum four years of practice experience at a major law firm.
• Strong background in Learning and Development in a professional services environment preferred, including experience in talent management and instructional design.
• Ability to apply effective independent judgment and decision making.
• Ability to evaluate and research training options and alternatives, with a focus on continuous improvement and innovation.
• Understanding of the business of law firms and how to create strategic learning opportunities to further business goals.
• High level of emotional intelligence and ability to handle interpersonal relationships judiciously and empathetically.
• Ability to keep confidential information, observations or viewpoints regarding firm personnel or matters with a high degree of professionalism.
• Ability to build strong relationships among personnel in different offices.
• Advanced communication skills, with the ability to interact substantively with all individuals in the firm.
• Ability to present ideas comfortably in public fora, including excellent group facilitation skills.
• Keen sense of accountability, taking ownership over projects and responsibilities and resolving issues proactively.

At MoFo, we collaborate as one firm, across borders, practice areas, and business functions and…