Chief of Staff, Director of Legal Operations

Responsibilities

• Partner with the CLO and leadership team to define and execute long-term strategy. Own operational planning cycles, including OKR processes, roadmap development, and cross-functional coordination.
• Lead and develop the Legal Ops function, including direct management of the team. Own the global Legal budget, forecasting, and accruals.
• Lead strategy for Legal-specific vendors (outside counsel, legal tech, e-billing) with focus on data-driven performance and spend optimization.
• Maintain and evolve the Legal tech stack (CLM, e-billing, litigation tools) and design streamlined intake and triage systems.
• Design and own framework for tracking org performance. Build automated dashboards and real-time progress views, using AI to synthesize inputs.
• Act as strategic liaison between CLO org and Finance, GTM, Customer Success, Product, Engineering, and Marketing. Ensure integration into business decisions.
• Focus on critical cross-functional initiatives, including post-acquisition integration.
• Continuously identify and implement AI tools and workflows across the org, with focus on automation in Legal via the Legal Operations roadmap.

Requirements

• Led or built a Legal Ops function, understanding difference between running the budget and owning the strategy.
• 10+ years in Legal Operations, strategy, business operations, or similar broad operational role, with clear progression in scope and responsibility.
• Proven experience operating close to a CLO, General Counsel, or senior legal executive in a growth-stage technology company.
• Hands-on Legal Ops experience: budget management, outside counsel strategy, legal tech stack ownership (e.g., Ironclad, Brightflag), and metric development.
• Strong analytical instincts: comfortable with data, building financial models, translating findings into decisions for senior audiences.
• Track record of producing high-quality executive communications (briefings, presentations, strategic documents).
• Hands-on experience using AI tools to improve quality and speed of legal and operational work.
• Ability to hold ambiguity, prioritize under pressure, and move quickly without losing alignment.
• Sense of humor, bias for action, ability to manage immediate tasks alongside long-term strategy.

Nice-to-Haves

• EQ that matches your IQ.
• Background spanning legal or compliance depth alongside operational breadth.
• Active participation in legal ops or similar communities.
• Experience in or alongside Strategic Operations, BizOps, or Corp Dev function, familiarity with how Finance, GTM, or CS teams use data.
• Worked in open-source, AI, or data-intensive technology companies.
• Clear point of view on where AI changes what a lean, high-leverage legal org can deliver, with concrete examples.
• Embody values: Curious by Default, Build Together, Own It, Lead with Guts and Heart; behaviors: Clarity, Care, Candor.

Compensation

The base salary range for this role is...