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Job Description

At K&L Gates, we are looking for smart, imaginative and hard-working people with diverse backgrounds, experiences and ideas to join us. Perhaps our search for talented visionaries and your search for important and impactful work lead to the same place.

We are seeking an AI Change Enablement Lead to join the firm. The AI Change Enablement Lead promotes firmwide AI adoption by developing tailored training programs and materials for diverse teams. This role creates engaging content, establishes an AI Champions program, and implements effective change management strategies. By collaborating with leadership and tracking outcomes, the Lead fosters innovation, ethical AI practices, and continuous improvement. Successful candidates bring expertise in AI, change management, technical training, instructional design, communication, and project management.

KEY RELATIONSHIPS

AI Adoption Manager, Business Transformation Office Director, IT department leadership

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

• Developing and implementing detailed change management strategies using established frameworks (e.g., ADKAR, Kotter) to support organizational transitions during AI adoption.
• Developing and implementing the firm's AI Change Enablement strategy, creating clear adoption plans aligned with organizational goals and objectives.
• Managing organizational resistance by creating and implementing multi-channel communication plans to clearly convey and emphasize the value proposition during the adoption process.
• Partnering with leadership, practice group heads, and business unit leaders to secure sponsorship and drive top-down commitment.
• Designing and delivering role-based AI training programs for diverse audiences using in-person, virtual, and on-demand sessions and supporting materials.
• Using instructional design principles and adult learning theory to create accessible, relevant, and actionable customized for different groups across the firm. Identifying capability gaps, gather requirements, and design training solutions to address those needs.
• Establishing a firm-wide AI Champions Network of individuals to serve as AI advocates, early adopters, and first-line support within their teams.
• Designing programs and organizing meetings and activities aimed at fostering development and engagement of AI Champions.
• Engaging in pilot initiatives and proof-of-concept programs to evaluate user experience and refine enablement methods. Working directly with end users to understand workflows, pain points, and training needs.
• Developing deployment playbooks and creating adoption resources combining technical rollout with structured change management.
• Partnering with legal, compliance and other IT teams to develop AI usage guidelines and policies, and promote responsible AI adoption.
• Establishing KPIs. metrics, dashboards, and feedback mechanisms to track adoption rates, engagement levels, and business impact. Conducting retrospectives to identify process improvement opportunities.

EXPERIENCE SKILLS REQUIRED

Compensation $111,000 - $209,000

The compensation salary for this position will be determined during the interview process and will vary based on multiple factors, including but not limited to prior experience, relevant expertise, current business needs, and market factors.

ABOUT THE FIRM

K&L Gates is a fully integrated global law firm with lawyers located across five continents in more than 40 offices. We have experienced dramatic growth in the past decade and now rank among the largest U.S. based law firms in the world. We take pride in constantly striving for innovation, imagination and an entrepreneurial spirit. We come up with big ideas and then roll up our sleeves to get the job done, guiding our clients through their most complex issues in a variety of industry sectors and across multiple regions of the world.

The industry recognition the firm has garnered emanates from the foundation of a global community aligned on behalf of our clients. The people at K&L Gates are committed to working together to create a legacy for each other, the firm, our clients, and the communities in which we serve. We thrive in an inclusive and socially conscious environment that embraces diversity and takes a holistic approach to the career evolution of all our professionals.