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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher, & Flom LLP Business Applications & Development Manager in NEW YORK, New York
We invite you to review our current business services professionals openings to learn about the opportunities available across the firm. About UsSkadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP has forged a reputation as one of the most prestigious law firms in the world. Relying on innovation, intellect, teamwork and tenacity, our lawyers deliver the highest quality advice and novel solutions to our clients' legal issues. We are known for handling the most complex transactions, litigation/controversy issues, and regulatory matters, as well as for the strong partnerships we build with clients and each other. Our attorneys, who reflect a broad range of experiences and perspectives, work together seamlessly across 50-plus practices and 21 offices in the world's major financial centers. The OpportunityWe are seeking a Business Applications & Development Manager to join our Firm. This position will be based in our New York office (hybrid). The Business Applications and Development Manager will lead the strategy, delivery, and operations of enterprise data pipelines, system integrations, and data platform capabilities. You will manage a team responsible for enabling reliable, secure, and scalable data exchange across the firm's core business systems. * Leads and mentors a team of data engineers and integration developers.* Defines and executes the firm's data integration roadmap aligned to business priorities.* Establishes best practices for data movement, orchestration, and API management.* Partners with various departments and practice teams to support cross platform data needs.* Drives adoption of modern integration patterns and guides modernization of legacy integration platforms (including BizTalk) toward future state architectures, where appropriate.* Manages integrations across key firm platforms, including Workday, financial systems (e.g., Aderant), CRM, and data warehouse environments.* Leads design and support of BizTalk.* Evaluates and implements tools for data orchestration and integration.* Enables data access for analytics, reporting, and AI use cases (including RAG/LLM pipelines).* Ensures reliability of integration and data workflows through monitoring, observability, error handling, alerting, and incident response practices.* Ensures secure data handling and that integrations meet firm security, privacy, and compliance standards.* Partners with InfoSec on vendor and third party data flows.* Ensures proper governance of Workday integration users, APIs, and data extracts.* Develops and maintains documentation, runbooks, and departmental guidelines for integration platforms and operational procedures.* Maintains knowledge of Firm policies, procedures, and industry trends, ensuring compliance and supporting ongoing professional development.* Participates in the interviewing, selection and training process.* Oversees employees' work performance and provides guidance in the resolution of problems.* Effectively utilizes the Firm's performance management process to communicate expectations, monitor performance, coach employees, and manage unsatisfactory performance.* Initiates disciplinary procedures in collaboration with the People Strategy Team.* Monitors time, attendance, overtime, and expense reports to ensure accuracy and compliance with Firm policies.* Recommends guidelines and practices to promote efficiency, effectiveness, excellent customer service, and improved employee relations in alignment with the Firm's Core Values.* Ensures accurate and timely responses to requests for departmental services.* Oversees department projects, day to day operations, and long range planning, including development of departmental goals and objectives.* Demonstrates effective interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills to facilitate effective work relationships.* Manages Firm resources responsibly.* Performs other related duties as assigned. Q