Conference Rooms Technologies Manager
Linklaters
Linklaters is a global law firm, providing legal services in 20 countries and through 30 offices.
Linklaters is a people business. Being best in class in the eyes of our clients means that our people must be exceptional.
We look not only for brilliant minds, but for people who will thrive in our environment: people who love working collaboratively and demonstrate the innovative, efficient, agile, entrepreneurial, and responsible mind-set we aim to bring to every interaction.
Ours is an environment of outperformance. We achieve this not with targets and incentives, but by fostering a positive, supportive, fair, and open atmosphere.
We respect and value difference but insist on inclusivity. We celebrate all aspects of diversity and challenge any form of bias. This is vital to our ability to work as one team, with a common goal.
Your role
Leads the delivery and operations of the Firm's conferencing technologies, ensuring compliance with legal and security requirements, and providing training to drive tool adoption. Oversees large event support, recommending enhancements, and developing business continuity protocols to ensure seamless conferencing operations.
Joining Team Linklaters will see you qualify for a range of benefits designed to reward the vital contribution you'll be making to our success. These include:
Health & Wellbeing
This list of duties and responsibilities above is not exhaustive. It is intended to describe the general content of, and requirements for, the performance of this job. As such, the role may also include the undertaking of additional tasks as required.
Linklaters is a global law firm, providing legal services in 20 countries and through 30 offices.
Linklaters is a people business. Being best in class in the eyes of our clients means that our people must be exceptional.
We look not only for brilliant minds, but for people who will thrive in our environment: people who love working collaboratively and demonstrate the innovative, efficient, agile, entrepreneurial, and responsible mind-set we aim to bring to every interaction.
Ours is an environment of outperformance. We achieve this not with targets and incentives, but by fostering a positive, supportive, fair, and open atmosphere.
We respect and value difference but insist on inclusivity. We celebrate all aspects of diversity and challenge any form of bias. This is vital to our ability to work as one team, with a common goal.
Your role
Leads the delivery and operations of the Firm's conferencing technologies, ensuring compliance with legal and security requirements, and providing training to drive tool adoption. Oversees large event support, recommending enhancements, and developing business continuity protocols to ensure seamless conferencing operations.
- Manages the delivery and operations of the Firm's conferencing capabilities, including conference space technology, collaboration tools, audio & web conferencing platforms, and streaming platforms.
- Oversees the installation, maintenance and support of audio-visual systems, control equipment, video conferencing technology, and related components.
- Provides training and education to employees to drive adoption of conferencing tools.
- Ensures solutions are compliant with legal, privacy, and security requirements.
- Works with internal personnel, managed service partners, and key vendors to ensure service levels are consistently met for critical services.
- Works closely with architecture to enhance conference room technologies, additions, or changes that will assist in meeting the needs of the Firm.
- Establishes standards for efficiency and efficacy, analysing conferencing technology performance and providing recommendations for improvements.
- Develops and implements business continuity and disaster recovery protocols to minimise disruption to conferencing operations in the event of emergency situations.
- Guides a collaborative team, holding team members and others accountable for consistently following through on commitments in event support and ensuring that results are achieved.
- Leads a high-performing team, developing and implementing team goals and providing guidance to enhance team performance.
- Monitors new technologies and the business ecosystem for opportunities to improve the conference room technology ecosystem.
- Proven experience managing conferencing technologies, including collaboration tools, audio-visual systems, and video conferencing platforms.
- Strong understanding of legal, privacy, and security compliance related to conferencing solutions.
- Demonstrated ability to provide engaging training and support to drive adoption of conferencing tools among employees.
- Track record of overseeing successful installation, operation, and troubleshooting of audio-visual and control equipment.
- Experience working effectively with internal stakeholders, managed service partners, and key external vendors to maintain service quality.
- Skilled in supporting large-scale events, ensuring seamless delivery and high-quality conferencing performance.
- Ability to analyse technology performance data and recommend enhancements for greater efficiency and efficacy.
- Expertise in developing and implementing robust business continuity and disaster recovery protocols for conferencing operations.
- Capable of leading, motivating, and holding a collaborative team accountable to deliver and meet commitments.
- Committed to continual improvement, innovation, and excellence in conferencing technology operations and support.
Joining Team Linklaters will see you qualify for a range of benefits designed to reward the vital contribution you'll be making to our success. These include:
Health & Wellbeing
- Private Medical Insurance
- Free in-house fitness centre and subsidised health club memberships
- Free onsite GP service and periodic health assessments
- Pension and flexible savings options
- Income protection and life assurance
- Mortgage advice and will-writing services
- Electric car and cycle to work schemes
- Emergency family care
- Additional holiday/birthday leave
- Maternity/paternity/shared parental leave
- Travel insurance and season ticket loan
- Option to join sports and social clubs, as well as our employee networks groups (such as our Gender Equality Network, With Pride, or Social Mobility Networks
This list of duties and responsibilities above is not exhaustive. It is intended to describe the general content of, and requirements for, the performance of this job. As such, the role may also include the undertaking of additional tasks as required.