Legal Operations Manager (Lead Compliance Specialist)

Job Summary

Responsibilities

• Lead Legal operations for key technology platforms, including CLM/CMS solutions, e-billing systems, electronic signature platforms, AI-enabled legal tools, and knowledge management resources.
• Manage outside counsel and vendor operations, including onboarding, engagement processes, invoice workflows, budget tracking, renewals, and collaboration with Finance and Procurement teams.
• Build and maintain dashboards, operational KPIs, workload reporting, spend analytics, and leadership reporting that enable data-driven decisions.
• Develop and enhance legal playbooks, templates, process documentation, repositories, precedent libraries, and self-service resources.
• Coordinate Legal onboarding, training initiatives, adoption programs, team operating rhythms, and legal technology upskilling initiatives.
• Support legal diligence activities for transactions, financing, regulatory reviews, customer engagements, and market-entry initiatives through structured project coordination and documentation management.
• Partner across Legal, Compliance, Finance, Procurement, IT, Sales Operations, and business teams to streamline processes and improve organizational effectiveness.

Qualifications

• A law degree (LL.B., JD, or equivalent legal qualification), along with professional experience supporting legal operations within a multinational or global organization.
• Experience working directly within an in-house legal department and contributing to legal operations, contract lifecycle management, matter management, legal technology, spend management, or knowledge management initiatives.
• Expertise working with legal technology platforms, workflow tools, reporting solutions, and data-driven operational processes.
• Strong analytical and financial capabilities, including budget management, spend reporting, KPI tracking, dashboard development, and executive-level reporting.
• Experience partnering effectively with Legal, Finance, Procurement, IT, Compliance, Sales Operations, and other business stakeholders.
• An interest in legal innovation, automation, AI-enabled tools, and continuous process improvement.
• Experience supporting legal diligence, transaction activities, regulatory reviews, audit programs, governance initiatives, or legal technology implementations would be especially valuable.

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