Director, Career Coaching

Join Goodwin’s Global Operations Team, and make a real impact on a global scale. At Goodwin, we work with some of the world’s most successful and innovative investors, entrepreneurs and disruptors in the life sciences, private equity, real estate, technology and financial industries, and where they converge. As part of the Global Operations Team – all business professionals at the firm – you’ll collaborate with colleagues from varied backgrounds and experiences, fostering an environment where cross-functional learning, networking, and collaboration are at the core of what we do.

Here, we’re not just supporting a law firm; we’re partnering with attorneys and clients to deliver cutting-edge solutions in high-stakes litigation and dispute resolution, world-class regulatory compliance and advisory services, and complex transactions. Our commitment to integrity, ingenuity, agility, and ambition drives us, and we’re proud to have been recognised as the “Best Business Team” by The American Lawyer.

This is your opportunity to grow professionally in a dynamic, global environment, surrounded by forward-thinking peers.

Goodwin is a global law firm, comprised of 3,000+ Partners and employees, with world-class, award-winning career development programs. The Director of Career Coaching will help elevate individual and firm performance through leadership of Goodwin’s distinctive Career Coaching function. This individual will also leverage insights and experience gained in this role to serve as a trusted advisor to leaders around the firm and to collaborate on coaching-adjacent programming related to career development and well-being.

What You Will Do

Lead the Career Coaching function, which offers confidential career coaching to firm attorneys and professional staff to enable:

colleagues to increase their self-awareness, to realize their full potential, and to steer their careers in a direction that aligns with their individual values and goals at Goodwin and beyond, and

the firm to develop and invest in colleagues by cultivating effective leaders, elevating individual growth, and promoting teamwork, thereby enhancing culture, performance, and engagement at the firm.

Apply coaching mindsets and practices, initiate and collaborate on firm projects that promote the exchange of feedback, build community, and foster a culture characterized by curiosity, empathetic listening, inclusivity, and continuous growth.

Develop strategies to smartly expand the Career Coaching function’s reach and impact, through targeted outreach and support of key audiences within Goodwin

Provide 1:1 coaching to colleagues throughout the firm, and manage and empower a team of internal and external coaches and consultants. Have systems in place to monitor and measure quality across their coaching engagements

Lead culture explorations with various internal practice groups to identify and empower culture enhancements

Lead the firm’s Career Compass program to offer coaching to high-performing attorneys considering in-house or other roles outside of Goodwin

Work together with other Learning & Professional Development colleagues to offer broadly-focused career development programs, including workshops on topics such as effective team management and team building

Partner with the Benefits team on advancing well-being initiatives

Serve as a trusted advisor to leaders around the firm, by understanding their opportunities and recommending coaching-inspired programs and tools that could improve team effectiveness
Ensure operational excellence within the Coaching function by developing strong systems for tracking, budgeting, and reporting

Keep abreast of innovation and news in the talent development industry and identify opportunities for innovation or greater efficiency