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It’s more than what you do: it’s how you do it. That’s why O’Melveny is counsel of choice to an ever-expanding list of market leaders. Opportunity at O’Melveny means working alongside diverse, dynamic, and team-oriented colleagues on evolving issues and opportunities for prominent clients around the world. It’s a place to build a rewarding career by tackling new challenges; being appreciated, included, and supported; and creating lasting connections.

With approximately 850 lawyers on three continents, more than 40 practice and industry service areas, and strong cultural ties to all our locations, O’Melveny is a global law firm with a local feel. At our core, you’ll find a dedication to excellence, a drive to lead and innovate, and a deep sense of civic responsibility. We’re proud to have ranked among the Top 3 “Best Law Firms To Work For” in Vault’s Law Firm Rankings for eight consecutive years.

So, tell us. What do you want to achieve? Visit us at www.omm.com/dna or learn more in our firm at-a-glance, year-end highlights, and on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.

Our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) begins as a key pillar of our business strategy and permeates our culture and values, our day-to-day operations, our work with our clients, and our engagement with the communities where we live and work or those that need our assistance.

At O'Melveny, we know our commitment to DE&I is a true differentiator—a fundamental requirement of a healthy business and a key to its success. We want our firm to be a place where all people can enjoy a sense of belonging and feel empowered to contribute and grow. The diverse perspectives and experiences that our people bring to their work drive innovation and excellence. They create a vibrant and dynamic workforce that make us uniquely prepared to serve our clients. At O'Melveny, we are proud of our achievements, but diversity and inclusion is a work in progress. It always will be because our profession, our firm, our clients, and their issues keep changing. So must we.

We are currently seeking a firmwide Manager of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion who will work under the supervision and direction of the Director of Diversity & Engagement. This position can be based in the Century City, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, or Washington DC office.

In collaboration with Firm leadership, the DE&I team (including a DE&I Partner and an additional Manager of DE&I), Talent Development, and other teams, this position will be responsible for developing, promoting, and implementing initiatives and programs that enhance O’Melveny’s culture of belonging and support its strategic goals to foster, recruit, retain, and promote underrepresented attorneys and staff.

The salary range in CA for this role is $150,000 - $190,000 and represents the firm’s good faith minimum and maximum range for this role at the time of posting. The actual compensation offered to a candidate will be dependent on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, the candidate’s experience, qualifications, and location.

Responsibilities:

• Support the development and execution of Firmwide and local office DE&I plans, events, and activities.
• Advise and counsel on a myriad of diversity-related issues and topics.
• Provide thought leadership on DE&I trends, innovation, best practices, and emerging issues and solutions. Establish, nurture, and manage relationships with peers, DE&I organizations, consultants, vendors and others who offer access to knowledge and opportunities that will help O’Melveny grow and progress.
• Develop relationships with key internal stakeholders and with our diverse attorneys and staff to identify priorities and challenges for the DE&I team to address. Recommend solutions and action items.
• Manage data and analytics related to surveys, RFPs, special programs, and internal and external data, including partnering with Finance and other internal functions to conduct sophisticated projections and analyses. Track the Firm’s progress through analyses of quantitative and qualitative data.
• Provide recommendations for the development of training content in support of our DE&I agenda and for impactful and topical speakers for the DE&I speaker series.
• As needed, support law school on-campus interviewing programs and processes including managing pipeline programs, collaborating to organize on-campus outreach activities, and supporting diversity-related technology or events.
• Provide leadership to our Employee Networks and national and office-centered DE&I Committees to ensure consistency, support programming and increase impact.
• Partner with our Client Development and Communications teams to build O’Melveny’s internal and external DE&I brand. Provide regular updates to the Firm about our DE&I goals, actions, and progress.
• Assist with the planning and coordination of internal and external workshops, programs and meetings, including but not limited to sponsorships, attendance, catering, audio-visual, marketing, and promotion.
• Support the development of the Firm's annual DE&I budget and tracking expenses.
• Develop, manage and support a supplier diversity program.
• Speak confidently with clients about O’Melveny’s DE&I efforts.
• Execute and implement additional initiatives to ensure we are executing effectively on the firm’s DE&I strategy.