Manager, Litigation Legal Directories & Rankings

Overview

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP is one of the world’s leading international law firms. The Firm was established in 1884 and has approximately 2,000 lawyers. Headquartered in New York with offices in Beijing, Boston, Brussels, Dallas, Hong Kong, Houston, London, Los Angeles, Luxembourg, Palo Alto, San Francisco, São Paulo, Singapore, Tokyo and Washington, D.C., the Firm provides coordinated legal advice and transactional capability to clients around the globe.

The Client Development & Engagement (CDE) function sits at the heart of the Firm’s growth strategy, bringing together business development, marketing, events and communications. Working closely with Partners, practice leaders, and cross functional teams, CDE supports high impact initiatives such as pitches and RFPs, strategic marketing and communications, and practice level business initiatives. The team leverages data, insights, and creative problem solving to help Partners drive sustained growth through repeatable excellence and differentiated client experience.

J ob Summary

This is a high-impact opportunity to partner with senior litigators and the Litigation Client Development & Engagement (CDE) team, helping to showcase the Litigation Department and underlying practices and deepen directories relationships and rankings growth.

The Manager, Litigation Legal Directories & Rankings is a critical role in support of Simpson Thacher’s market leading Litigation Department, responsible for leading litigation submission content strategy across all major legal directories — Chambers, Legal 500, Benchmark Litigation, IFLR, GCR, GIR, and others. This role partners closely with senior members of the Litigation CDE team and key litigators, showcasing STB’s exceptional litigation, investigations, and regulatory matter work through tailored submissions development in an effort to achieve rankings that reflect our leading market position.

In this capacity, the Manager, Litigation Legal Directories will report to the Firm’s Director of Client Development & Engagement for Litigation and work in close coordination with the CDE Litigation team. This is a high-visibility, high-impact role with direct partner interaction and meaningful exposure to Litigation Department leadership.

Responsibilities

• Elevate the Litigation Department’s directories and rankings strategy to help build brand recognition to contribute to the Department’s overall growth strategy
• Manage the Litigation CDE team’s deadlines, submission drafts, reference outreach, researcher interviews, and results tracking across relevant practices
• Serve as the primary connective layer between the Litigation CDE team and the submissions process — ensuring that matter flow, client relationships and market narratives captured day-to-day are translated into compelling annual submissions
• Collaborate with STB partners, practice group leaders and Litigation CDE team members to develop matter narratives, surface the right client references, and position the Department’s work in a favorable way for directories
• Manage the researcher interview process for Litigation Department submissions from prep through debrief — supporting prep calls, attending where appropriate, and documenting outcomes to inform future cycles
• Build and maintain a centralized litigation matter and best practices database that functions as a year-round strategic asset, not a deadline scramble — integrated with CDE’s broader corpus, CRM infrastructure, and matter database.
• Track and benchmark the Litigation Department’s (and competitors) rankings using Chambers’ BI tool; brief CDE Litigation team and relevant partners on results and trends
• Advise and train CDE Litigation colleagues and partners on how directories and relevant rankings submissions work, what drives movement, and how STB’s work compares to our peers in key practice areas
• Coordinate with STB’s communications function on results announcements and internal visibility of ranking outcomes
• Work with stakeholders in other departments and in other offices as needed
• Support Client Development projects and other Firm initiatives as needed
• Perform additional duties as needed

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor’s degree

Preferred

• Major in Advertising, Marketing, Communications, Public relations, Pre-law, or related field preferred

Skills & Experience

Preferred

• 5-8 years of legal marketing, BD, or directory submission experience strongly preferred
• An in-depth familiarity with Chambers, Legal 500, Benchmark Litigation, IFLR, GCR, GIR methodologies — including how submissions are evaluated and what moves rankings
• Exceptional writer capable of turning complex matters into clear, differentiated narratives under deadline pressure
• Good judgment, critical thinking, and the ability to problem solve
• Strong project manager who can run an annual calendar for the Litigation Department
• Familiarity with litigation, investigations, and regulatory disputes matters
• Advanced proficiency in internet research and equivalent resources

Salary Information

NY Only: The estimated base salary range for this position is $180,000 to $220,000 at the time of posting.

The actual salary offered will depend on a variety of factors, including without limitation, the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and if applicable, the location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will be performing the job. This role is exempt meaning it is not overtime pay eligible.

Simpson Thacher will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.

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