Senior Director of Professional Development
Calibrate Inc
Senior Director Of Professional Development
Shape how a premier law firm develops and advances high-performing legal talent and future firm leaders
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP, a global leader in intellectual property law, is seeking a Senior Director of Professional Development to lead firmwide attorney development and talent management programs across offices and practice groups. This role focuses on ensuring the firm's approach to training, career progression, and leadership development is structured, consistent, and aligned with long-term business priorities.
Reporting to the Chief People Officer, the Senior Director will shape and operationalize the firm's professional development strategy, bringing discipline and clarity to how attorneys are onboarded, developed, evaluated, and advanced while partnering closely with firm leadership to strengthen engagement, retention, and leadership readiness.
The role in action:
- Establish consistency and clarity across attorney development programs firmwide
- Translate firm priorities into integrated professional development strategies
- Advance onboarding, training, and career progression frameworks
- Ensure alignment across offices and practice groups on development standards
- Build and evolve leadership development and succession pipelines
- Use data and insight to assess development outcomes and inform strategy
- Lead and develop a high-performing Professional Development function
We are seeking candidates who:
- Bring significant experience in attorney development, talent management, or legal practice within a law firm or professional services environment
- Have partnered at the enterprise level with firm leadership and practice groups
- Understand how development, engagement, and retention connect to firm performance
- Demonstrate strength in designing and scaling development programs
- Use data and insight to guide talent and leadership decisions
- Lead with credibility, judgment, and a balance of strategy and execution
- Possess 10+ years of relevant experience; law firm experience strongly preferred; JD or advanced degree a plus
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