Full Job Description
We are seeking a strategic and execution-oriented Legal Operations Manager to transform how our Legal team operates. This is a high-impact, cross-functional role where you will own the full operational lifecycle of the department - from identifying inefficiencies to implementing the tools and workflows that solve them. You will be a force multiplier for our attorneys, enabling them to focus on high-value legal work while you ensure the department runs like a well-oiled machine.
The ideal candidate is someone who thinks in systems, thrives in ambiguity, communicates crisply with both legal and non-legal stakeholders, and has a track record of delivering measurable operational improvements in a legal or professional services environment. This role will report directly to the Senior Corporate Counsel.
What you'll do
- In partnership with other teams, own the legal tech stack: evaluate, select, implement, and manage software and AI-powered tools to improve the performance and efficiency of the team
- Partner with IT and procurement to ensure tools are properly integrated, adopted, and continuously optimized
- Build and maintain dashboards and reporting infrastructure to give leadership visibility into department performance
- Map and audit current legal workflows to identify bottlenecks, redundancies, and improvement opportunities
- Design and implement scalable processes for high-volume legal work
- Develop and maintain standard operating procedures, playbooks, and self-service resources for internal clients
- Manage relationships with outside counsel and legal vendors, including rate negotiations, matter budgeting, and invoice review
- Implement and enforce billing guidelines; analyze outside counsel spend and identify cost savings
- Manage legal billing and e-billing software and matter management systems
- Build and maintain legal department KPIs, scorecards, and operational reporting
- Support annual budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting for the legal department
- Drive special projects and cross-functional initiatives
- Build and curate a legal knowledge management system (templates, precedents, FAQs, training materials)
- Deliver training sessions to legal and non-legal stakeholders on processes, tools, and self-service resources
- Create onboarding programs for new legal team members
- Oversee and optimize compliance with multiple government relations regulatory requirements, including tracking and filing of required lobbying and political giving disclosures
- Support board and stockholder administration as needed, including maintaining the action tracker, filing consents, minutes, and meeting materials, and coordinating upcoming approvals
- Manage annual renewal of foreign qualifications across all registered jurisdictions, tracking deadlines and filing requirements to ensure timely compliance
- Support administration of company's equity plans, including processing award releases, maintaining cap table records, coordinating quarterly grant cycles, and ensuring compliance with applicable securities and tax requirements
What you have
- 5+ years of experience in legal operations, law firm management, management consulting, or a closely related field
- Deep familiarity with legal technology (CLM platforms, matter management systems, e-billing tools, contract repositories)
- Demonstrated experience leading process improvement initiatives from diagnosis through implementation
- Strong analytical skills
- Exceptional project management skills with the ability to manage multiple workstreams simultaneously
- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills; ability to present complex topics clearly to executives
- Collaborative approach, and proven ability to build trust with attorneys and business stakeholders
- Experience at a high-growth technology company
- Familiarity with AI tools being applied in a legal context
- Familiarity with data privacy and information governance
- CLOC or PMP certification
Perks
- Equity stake
- Discretionary annual bonus
- Flexible work environment, allowing you to work as many days a week in the office as you'd like or 100% remotely
- A WFH stipend to support your home office setup
- Unlimited PTO
- Eligible for the SG discretionary annual bonus based on individual and company performance
- Up to 16 weeks of fully-paid family leave
- 401(k) matching
- Student loan matching program
- Health, vision, dental, and life insurance
- Up to $25k towards family building, reproductive health services and Gender-affirming care
- $500 per year for wellness expenses
- Subscriptions to Headspace (meditation), Headspace Care (therapy), and One Medical
- $360 per quarter to spend on tickets to live events
- Annual subscription to Spotify, Apple Music, or Amazon music
The salary range for this role is $112,000 - $163,000 USD. This role is equity eligible. In addition, you may receive a discretionary annual bonus based on individual and company performance. Actual compensation packages are based on a wide array of factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, years and depth of experience, certifications, and specific location.
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