What are the responsibilities and job description for the AI Solutions Analyst position at McDermott Will & Schulte?
Build your big career with the firm that does Big Law, Better. McDermott Will & Schulte is a leading global law firm that brings together more than 1,750 lawyers and 1,400 business professionals. We celebrate excellence, collaboration, and community and have been recognized as a top workplace by USA Today, Fortune, The American Lawyer, Vault and others. We are also certified by Great Place to Work.
At McDermott, we don’t just invest in your future, we accelerate your career – wherever it may lead. That includes supporting you both in and outside of the office.
With Us, You’ll Find
Position Summary:
The AI Solutions Analyst designs, develops, and implements AI-powered solutions that improve efficiency and productivity across McDermott’s administrative teams and legal practices, strengthening the firm’s ability to better serve clients. This role collaborates closely with Product Management, firm AI leadership, Knowledge Management, and business sponsors to translate needs and ideas into secure, scalable, and innovative AI solutions.
The ideal candidate has an engineering and business analysis background, is analytical, detail-oriented, and collaborative, and applies strong technical and problem-solving skills to create intelligent solutions that advance the firm’s AI capabilities. This role builds advanced prompt-based solutions and orchestrates agentic workflows that automate and enhance complex business and legal processes, leveraging firm knowledge and operational data through MCP, APIs, and other integration frameworks.
Acting as both technologist and business analyst, the AI Solutions Analyst works with stakeholders to surface needs, assess current processes, and translate requirements into practical AI-driven workflows. The analyst gathers, synthesizes, and tests stakeholder feedback to ensure each solution aligns with firm standards for security, compliance, and reliability while delivering measurable operational impact and an improved user experience.
Essential Functions And Responsibilities
Successful candidates will be provided with outstanding career opportunities and will receive a competitive total rewards package with the opportunity to earn performance-based bonuses.
Target Hiring Range $110,000 - $161,000
Please note that quoted salary ranges are not guarantees of what final salary offers may be. Base pay is based on market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and geographic location. Base pay is only one part of the Total Rewards that MWE provides to compensate and recognize our staff professionals for their work. Full time positions are eligible for a discretionary bonus and a comprehensive benefits package.
As part of our ongoing commitment to be #AlwaysBetter for our people, clients and communities, we have created a culture of belonging that champions your individuality as both a person and a professional. From our competitive compensation, top benefits and award-winning professional development programs to industry-leading wellness initiatives, we support you through every stage of your life and career. With McDermott, you can live a life you love both in and outside of the office.
Physical Demands And Work Environment
The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Physical Demands
Typical indoor office environment
Disclaimer
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by people within this classification. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of employees assigned to this job.
At McDermott, we don’t just invest in your future, we accelerate your career – wherever it may lead. That includes supporting you both in and outside of the office.
With Us, You’ll Find
- A firm where everyone belongs: Our award-winning culture prioritizes warmth and authenticity — we encourage you to be yourself!
- Enthusiasm for all perspectives: We’re smarter and stronger when everyone has a voice and a seat at the table. We welcome unique viewpoints and ideas, and we make opportunities for you and your career to thrive.
- Support to feel your best and do your best: Wellness is integral to building a successful career and a rich life. That’s why our benefits program supports your physical, emotional, mental, and financial health, with an emphasis on work-life balance.
- Real rewards for real work: We offer generous compensation packages that recognize hard work and excellence.
Position Summary:
The AI Solutions Analyst designs, develops, and implements AI-powered solutions that improve efficiency and productivity across McDermott’s administrative teams and legal practices, strengthening the firm’s ability to better serve clients. This role collaborates closely with Product Management, firm AI leadership, Knowledge Management, and business sponsors to translate needs and ideas into secure, scalable, and innovative AI solutions.
The ideal candidate has an engineering and business analysis background, is analytical, detail-oriented, and collaborative, and applies strong technical and problem-solving skills to create intelligent solutions that advance the firm’s AI capabilities. This role builds advanced prompt-based solutions and orchestrates agentic workflows that automate and enhance complex business and legal processes, leveraging firm knowledge and operational data through MCP, APIs, and other integration frameworks.
Acting as both technologist and business analyst, the AI Solutions Analyst works with stakeholders to surface needs, assess current processes, and translate requirements into practical AI-driven workflows. The analyst gathers, synthesizes, and tests stakeholder feedback to ensure each solution aligns with firm standards for security, compliance, and reliability while delivering measurable operational impact and an improved user experience.
Essential Functions And Responsibilities
- Engage directly with stakeholders across legal practices and administrative departments to understand business needs, pain points, and workflow challenges; translate these into clear AI use cases, functional requirements, and prototype concepts.
- Design, build, and deploy AI applications, prototypes, and integrations using AI foundation models, APIs, and cloud-based platforms; Facilitate iterative feedback loops with stakeholders to refine prompts and workflows, validate solution designs, and ensure that AI assistants meet operational and user experience expectations.
- Leverage leading AI models and related technologies to drive initiatives in productivity improvement, research, and process optimization.
- Build, test, and maintain AI agents and conversational interfaces that improve user experience and operational efficiency.
- Implement and maintain secure, compliant, and well-documented AI workflows in accordance with firm policies and governance standards.
- Evaluate and integrate third-party AI platforms and APIs (e.g., OpenAI, Anthropic, Microsoft, etc.) into internal systems where appropriate.
- Create, test, and optimize prompt templates and instruction sets to improve model performance, reliability, and alignment with user needs.
- Support data preparation, feature engineering, and model optimization in collaboration with data engineers and developers.
- Participate in agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, backlog refinement, and cross-functional demos, to plan, prioritize, and showcase work.
- Stay current on developments in AI agents, orchestration tools, and large language model technologies, sharing practical insights and recommendations with the team.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related UX engineering field.
- Minimum three (3) years of experience supporting or leading the delivery of advanced technology software-based solutions.
- Familiarity with 2 or more AI platforms with deep experience with at least one of the leading AI platforms (ChatGPT, MS Copilot, Claude, Gemini, etc.).
- Experience integrating and deploying APIs; familiarity with RESTful services and cloud environments.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with exceptional attention to detail.
- Ability to communicate technical concepts effectively to non-technical stakeholders.
- Knowledge of agile software development practices and version control (e.g., Git).
- Experience developing AI agents, chatbots, or prompt-based systems using generative AI models (e.g., GPT-based systems) preferred.
- Familiarity with data governance, privacy, and ethical AI best practices a plus.
- Demonstrated commitment to staying current with AI orchestration frameworks, LLM technologies, and emerging best practices.
Successful candidates will be provided with outstanding career opportunities and will receive a competitive total rewards package with the opportunity to earn performance-based bonuses.
Target Hiring Range $110,000 - $161,000
Please note that quoted salary ranges are not guarantees of what final salary offers may be. Base pay is based on market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and geographic location. Base pay is only one part of the Total Rewards that MWE provides to compensate and recognize our staff professionals for their work. Full time positions are eligible for a discretionary bonus and a comprehensive benefits package.
As part of our ongoing commitment to be #AlwaysBetter for our people, clients and communities, we have created a culture of belonging that champions your individuality as both a person and a professional. From our competitive compensation, top benefits and award-winning professional development programs to industry-leading wellness initiatives, we support you through every stage of your life and career. With McDermott, you can live a life you love both in and outside of the office.
Physical Demands And Work Environment
The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Physical Demands
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to sit, use hands, reach with hands and arms, stoop, talk and hear
- Employee must occasionally lift up to twenty (20) pounds
Typical indoor office environment
Disclaimer
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by people within this classification. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of employees assigned to this job.
Salary : $110,000 - $161,000