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Senior Specialist, Telecom Practice Group

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The Senior Specialist, Telecom Practice Group, working in collaboration with and in support of the firm's strategic initiatives, plays a central role in organizing, managing, and extracting insights from large, complex bodies of regulatory and commercial materials gathered from jurisdictions around the world. The Sr Specialist designs and maintains AI-assisted databases and knowledge management systems, leverages AI tools, particularly Harvey and Microsoft Copilot, to accelerate research and analysis and automate workflows to enhance the efficiency and quality of the practice group's work product. This individual thrives at the intersection of law, technology, and data and wants to help shape the future of legal service delivery.

This position can sit in our New York, Washington DC, or Boston office and offers a hybrid work schedule.

Responsibilities

• Knowledge Management & Information Architecture

  • Organize, catalog, and maintain large, complex bodies of telecom regulatory and commercial survey materials gathered from multiple jurisdictions worldwide, ensuring materials are structured for efficient retrieval and analysis.

  • Design, build, and continuously improve AI-assisted databases and knowledge management systems that enable attorneys and practice group members to readily extract insights from high-volume survey materials.

  • Develop and maintain standardized taxonomies, tagging systems, and information architectures to support the practice group's expanding portfolio of multi-jurisdictional regulatory and transactional work.

• AI-Driven Research & Analysis

  • Use AI tools particularly Harvey and Microsoft Copilot to analyze regulatory and commercial materials, generate insights, identify trends, and support attorney work product across a wide range of telecom matters.

  • Leverage AI capabilities to synthesize complex regulatory and commercial information from multiple jurisdictions into clear, actionable summaries, comparative analyses, and reports.

  • Stay current on emerging AI tools, features, and best practices, and proactively identify opportunities to enhance the practice group's use of technology.

• Workflow Automation & Efficiency

  • Identify, design, and implement automated workflows using AI and productivity tools (including Microsoft 365, Harvey, Copilot, and other available platforms) to streamline administrative, research, and document management processes.

  • Develop templates, macros, and automated processes for recurring tasks such as regulatory filings, survey compilation, data extraction, and report generation.

  • Collaborate with attorneys and other team members to continuously improve operational efficiency and reduce manual effort across the practice group.

• Practice Group Support

  • Provide comprehensive administrative, research, and operational support to the Telecom practice group, including preparing reports, analyses, and multi-jurisdictional surveys.

  • Create, edit, and maintain documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and other work product as required.

  • Assist with document management systems, including updating, organizing, and collating documents, brochures, and other materials.

  • Attend and participate in team meetings to stay informed of practice group objectives, recent developments, and upcoming projects.

  • Communicate effectively both verbally and in writing with clients, attorneys, business professionals, and third parties.

  • Participate in special projects as needed.

Desired Skills

Demonstrated, hands-on experience using AI tools in a professional setting, with specific experience using Harvey and/or Microsoft Copilot strongly preferred. Interest in and aptitude for emerging legal technology, AI, and innovation in legal service delivery. Proven ability to design, build, and manage databases, knowledge management systems, or structured information repositories. Strong information architecture skills, including experience developing taxonomies, tagging systems, and organizational frameworks for large document sets. Ability to synthesize complex regulatory and commercial materials from multiple jurisdictions into clear, organized, and actionable formats.

Experience automating workflows using AI tools, Microsoft 365 (including advanced Excel, Power Automate, SharePoint, or similar), or other productivity platforms. Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and SharePoint. Excellent analytical, written, and verbal communication skills. Strong attention to detail with the ability to produce timely, accurate, and high-quality work product. Exceptional organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple projects and competing deadlines in a fast-paced environment. Ability to work independently and collaboratively, fostering positive working relationships across a distributed team.

Experience with telecom regulatory matters or familiarity with telecom and satellite engineering is helpful but not required. Familiarity with legal technology platforms and document management systems is preferred.

Minimum Education

• Bachelor's Degree in Information Science, Data Management, Technology, or a related field.

Preferred Education

• Master's Degree in Information Science, Data Analytics, or a related discipline.

Minimum Years of Experience

• 4 years' experience in a law firm, professional services environment, legislative setting, federal agency, or corporate legal department, with substantial exposure to telecommunications, regulatory, or technology-related matters.

Essential Job Expectations

• Effectively communicate, verbally and in writing, with clients, lawyers, business professionals, and third parties.

• Produce deliverables, answer phone calls, and reply to correspondence in an efficient and responsive manner.

• Provide timely, accurate, and quality work product.

• Successfully meet deadlines, expectations, and perform work duties as required.

• Foster positive work relationships.

• Comply with all firm policies and practices.

• Engage in both physical and sedentary activity, such as (a) working at a computer for extended periods of time, including on-screen reading and typing; (b) participating in digital/virtual conference calls; (c) participating in meetings as needed.

• Ability to work under pressure and manage competing demands in a fast-paced environment.

• Perform all other duties, tasks or projects as assigned.

Our employees are expected to embrace and uphold our firm values as a part of our DLA Piper culture. We are committed to excellence in how we represent our clients and develop our people.

Physical Demands

Sedentary work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.

Work Environment

The individual selected for this position may have the opportunity for a hybrid work arrangement comprised of remote and in-office work, the requirement for which will be determined in coordination with the hiring manager or supervisor and may be modified in the firm's discretion in the future.

Disclaimer

The purpose of this job description is to provide a concise statement of the work elements and to organize and present the information in a standardized way. It is not intended to describe all the elements of the work that may be performed by every individual in this classification, nor should it serve as the sole criteria for personnel decisions and actions. The job duties, requirements, and expectations for this position may be modified at the Firm's discretion at any time. This job description does not change the at-will nature of employment.

Application Process

Applicants must apply directly online instead of sending application materials via email.

Accommodation

Reasonable accommodations may be made upon request to permit individuals with a disability to perform the essential functions and responsibilities of the position or to participate in the job selection process.