Drive legal department KPIs, reporting, and dashboards to measure performance and value.
Oversee outside counsel and legal vendor engagements, onboarding, and billing.
Manage legal team’s tech stack and collaborate with IT as needed.
Partner with IT, Finance, Procurement, Compliance, and other key teams on operational initiatives.
Ensure smooth communication between Legal and business stakeholders.
Maintain centralized repositories for contracts, templates, policies, and legal knowledge.
Lead or support legal projects from planning to execution, including process improvement and change adoption.
Identify opportunities for automation and implement solutions to reduce manual workload.
Requirements
8+ years of experience in legal operations, strong track record for project management, or operations roles within a legal department or law firm.
Tech industry experience and familiarity with commercial transactions strongly preferred.
Background experience with legal systems and technologies such as Ironclad, ServiceNow, and Brightflag knowledge are a plus, but not required.
Strong track record for project management and process optimization.
Excellent communication, collaboration, interpersonal and organizational skills.
Eagerness to learn new things and ability to navigate complicated and nuanced issues.
Familiarity with contracting and procurement processes, as well as with negotiating, drafting and advising clients on commercial contracts is a plus but not required.
BA/BS from a top university and excellent academic credentials.
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