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Working closely with partners, Firm leadership, and cross-functional teams, the Senior Manager guides the development of pricing proposals, provides strategic advice on pricing structures and rate frameworks, and identifies opportunities for process improvement and innovation. The Senior Manager helps translate the firm's pricing vision into practice and plays a critical role in fostering collaboration across revenue cycle functions.\nDuties and Responsibilities:\nLead and oversee team members in the development of hourly rate and alternative fee arrangement proposals, including financial modeling, benchmarking, and reporting on matter performance against agreed upon terms.\n\nAnalyze fee arrangements to increase client value, competitiveness, efficiency, and profitability; provide guidance to partners on pricing structures, negotiation tactics, and internal approval policies.\n\nLiaise with client legal operations teams on pricing negotiations, as appropriate.\n\nSupport Global Practice Leaders and the Pricing Committee by reviewing fee proposals and analyzing financial data, including client statistics, as part of the approval process.\n\nSupport the execution of the Firm's annual billing rate strategy by coordinating benchmarking data, timelines, and communication with key stakeholders.\n\nDraft and tailor pricing-related language for inclusion in Requests for Proposals (RFPs) and fee renegotiation materials.\n\nPartner with Business Development leadership to establish best practices and protocols for collaboration on RFP responses and client proposals.\n\nIdentify and implement opportunities for process improvement, automation, and increased efficiency in pricing operations.\n\nStay current on legal pricing trends, tools, and industry benchmarks to assist Pricing Leadership in driving innovation and continuous improvement.\n\nDevelop and manage a high-performing team through coaching, mentoring, feedback, and career development to project confidence and professionalism in interactions with partners, clients and Firm leadership.\n\nCollaborate with leaders across Strategic Planning, Marketing, Financial Terms Management, Conflicts and New Business, and Revenue Management to ensure alignment of pricing operations with business objectives.\n\nDevelop and maintain training materials, tools, market data and resources to support innovation and ongoing learning across the Pricing team.\n\nEducation and/or Experience:\nRequired:\nBachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance.\n\nA minimum of 8 years of accounting and financial analysis experience, including substantial experience in legal pricing.\n\nAdvanced capabilities and knowledge of Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.\n\nA minimum of 4 years of supervisory experience with demonstrated ability to train and develop business professionals.\n\nProject management experience with the ability to efficiently and effectively complete projects.\n\nPreferred:\nExperience working in a large law firm or other professional services environment.\nMaster's degree, MBA, or CPA.\nOther Skills and Abilities:\nThe following will also be required of the successful candidate:\nStrong organizational skills\n\nStrong attention to detail\n\nGood judgment\n\nStrong interpersonal communication skills\n\nStrong analytical and problem-solving skills\n\nAble to work harmoniously and effectively with others\n\nAble to preserve confidentiality and exercise discretion\n\nAble to work under pressure\n\nAble to manage multiple projects with competing deadlines and priorities\n\nThe target salary range for this role is:\n$150,000 - $210,000 if located in Illinois.Salaries vary by location and are based on numerous factors, including, but not limited to, the relevant market, skills, experience, and education of the selected candidate. Our compensation package also includes bonus eligibility and a comprehensive benefits program. Benefits information can be found at Sidley.com/Benefits.\nTo perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the Duties and Responsibilities above satisfactorily and meet the requirements. The requirements listed above are representative of the minimum knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job. If you need such an accommodation, please email  (current employees should contact Human Resources).\nSidley Austin LLP is an Equal Opportunity Employer.","description_format":"text","description_chars":4677,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":8,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Legal Services"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-14T12:24:39Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":40,"band":"fade","label":"Fading","p_open":1,"p_active":0.728,"p_room":0.55,"age_days":53,"expected_fill_days":40,"reasons":["conf:5","velocity","win:tail"],"computed_at":"2026-10-22T06:10:10Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":210000,"is_top_pay":true},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/sidley-pricing-senior-manager","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/sidley-pricing-senior-manager.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-22T21:05:37Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":5524,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-23T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":15213},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=15213"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fsidley-pricing-senior-manager"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fsidley-pricing-senior-manager"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fsidley-pricing-senior-manager"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/sidley-pricing-senior-manager\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fsidley-pricing-senior-manager"}]}