Legal Operations Manager
Manages legal operations, contract intake and lifecycle processes, outside counsel, compliance activities, and data privacy workflows. Requires at least five years of legal administrative experience, strong attention to detail, and the ability to manage complex priorities independently.
About the job
Responsibilities
Legal Operations
- Drive the Legal team's operational strategy and improve systems and workflows.
- Implement, maintain, and optimize an AI-driven legal technology stack.
- Partner with AI, go-to-market, marketing, and partnerships teams to identify technologies, negotiate with vendors, and drive implementation.
- Manage legal budgets, forecasting, accruals, and spend tracking with Finance and Legal leadership.
- Own planning cycles, OKRs, reporting, and operational metrics.
- Manage outside counsel relationships, engagements, billing guidelines, invoicing, and e-billing.
- Build knowledge-management platforms and learning and development programs.
- Manage vendors, contract signatures, attorney memberships, practice guidelines, expenses, and team meetings.
Contract Lifecycle Management
- Serve as the primary intake point for legal requests, triaging by urgency and complexity and routing them to the appropriate owner.
- Conduct baseline legal reviews and approvals, escalating complex or high-risk matters to counsel.
- Develop and maintain systems and processes for tracking requests, contracts, deadlines, responsible managers, and renewals.
- Manage contract templates and organization, including vendor MSAs, NDAs, and offer letters.
- Implement and maintain operational safeguards.
Corporate and Compliance Matters
- Support corporate transactions, including due diligence and virtual data room preparation.
- Support post-closing integrations and follow-ups.
- Manage annual filings, updates, and deadline tracking.
- Prepare and update internal company policies and team training on legal issue spotting, privacy, governance, and HR.
- Track and implement website and privacy policy updates.
- Maintain general records and prepare checklists and project support materials.
Data Privacy
- Track data subject deletion requests and assist with transparency reporting.
- Organize and maintain data maps.
- Coordinate and track data protection impact assessments.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of legal administrative experience.
- Strong attention to detail and proofreading ability.
- Ability to prioritize multiple tasks, work independently, and meet deadlines.
- Motivation to grow and expand legal operations knowledge.
Nice to Have
- Experience at a high-growth startup.
- Experience building lean legal teams that support corporate responsibilities.
Compensation and Benefits
- Salary and equity.
- 401(k) program with a 4% match for US employees.
- Health, dental, vision, and life insurance.
- Short- and long-term disability coverage.
- Paid parental, medical, and caregiver leave.
- Flexible time off and holidays.
- Commuter benefits.
- Monthly wellness stipend.
- In-office setup reimbursement.
- Quarterly team gatherings.
Skills
Legal Operations, Contract Lifecycle Management, Legal Technology, Vendor Management, Budget Forecasting, Okrs, Data Privacy, Due Diligence, Virtual Data Rooms, E-Billing, Data Mapping, Dpias
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