CLOC – Legal Operations Jobs Board

We are seeking a proactive, forward-thinking, and results-oriented professional to join our growing legal team as Senior Manager, Legal Operations. In this role, you will demonstrate specialized expertise and partner with the Vice President of Legal Operations to define and execute on a vision to build a world-class Legal Operations function in our dynamic, high-growth environment. This role requires a highly motivated change agent who is excited about developing and leading scalable processes, organizational models, and workflows to increase the quality, efficiency, value, and effectiveness of the department’s global operations and service delivery. 

How You Will Make a Difference  

What you will do:    

Optimize existing global processes and establish workflows for day-to-day operations by addressing complex issues related to large scale projects such as contract management, records retention, litigation support, document management and institutional knowledge management. Create efficient and effective ways of working processes by identifying opportunities, determining best practices, and creating solutions by streamlining processes. 

Identify and implement legal department tools to streamline new or existing operational practices and manage design, rollout, and training for new operational processes and systems such as new hire onboarding, new technology, or process rollouts. 

By partnering with senior leaders in the Legal department, create financial tracking, responsible spending practices, support Finance partners with forecasting to optimize spending and impact on business strategies. Influence all Legal team members have a financial mindset, optimize spending, ensure transparency of spending best practice and hold teams accountable by tracking, managing and analyzing spend practices. 
Develop and execute a coordinated, integrated legal technology roadmap by leveraging subject matter experts across multiple functions, establish timelines and lead the implementation of related systems across all areas of Legal. 

Identify, develop, and enforce processes and policies to manage legal operations including outside counsel usage and spend; selection of outside firms, negotiate alternative fee arrangements, develop billing guidelines, and optimize vendor relationships. 

Partner with cross-functional teams such as Brands, HR, DT, SC and Finance teams to build on established partnerships, drive strategic company-wide initiatives, and collaborate on projects. 

Demonstrate advanced knowledge, proactive planning, and skill by designing and driving legal department large scale transformation strategic projects, to positively impact the legal team’s productivity and effectiveness with on-time and on-budget results leveraging benchmarking and market best practices. Ability to be successful with ever changing priorities, flexibility to adapt to changing priorities, business drivers and organizational needs. 

Create and analyze key legal department metrics and KPI’s through reports and dashboards and implement changes to drive improvement and enhance operational performance.  

Free To Be, Inclusion & Diversity  

As a purpose-led, performance driven company, we strive to foster a culture of belonging based on respect, connection, openness and authenticity. We are committed to building and maintaining a workplace that celebrates the diversity of our associates, allowing them to bring their authentic selves to work every day. 

Skills for Success 

Years of Related Professional Experience: 8 years 

Educational Position Requirements: A formal education and subsequent undergraduate/graduate degrees are nice to have, but we are most interested in your total experience and professional achievements.  

What we expect you already know:   
Educational/ Position Requirements:  B.A. or B.S. required; advanced degree preferred 

Minimum 8 years of experience in a legal department, law firm, or relevant operational management role 

Financial background with an eye for analytics, as well as the ability to work closely with the Finance team 

Tech-savvy and well-versed in legal enterprise software, tools, and applications, such as e-billing, document management, matter management, and contract life-cycle management technology 

Prior experience developing playbooks, policies, and procedures 

Demonstrated ability to independently move projects forward by gaining support needed from others while working in a cross-functional role (collaboration with Finance, IT, HR, and brands) 

Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills  

Experience implementing alternative legal services provider programs 

The ability to develop a rapport with and listen to legal team members and business leaders in order to solicit inputs along with benchmarking best practices of demonstrably successful in-house legal departments 

Able to thrive in a fast-paced environment and successfully manage multiple deadlines to execute on key initiatives  

Special Physical and/or Mental Requirements:   

Travel by air and overnight, as required 10% amount of time 

Lifting and/or bending, lifting 10 lbs. of weight 

VF Guiding Principles: Live with Integrity, Act Courageously, Be Curious, Act with Empathy, and Persevere.  

What’s in it For You 

We’re in the business of unleashing human potential, driven by the ideas, energy and commitment of our people. That’s why we offer comprehensive benefits that encourage both mental, physical and financial well-being for all VF associates. When it comes to benefits, we’re the total package. Go to MyVFBenefits.com and click on “Looking to Join VF” to learn more.  

We just have one question. Are you in? 

WHAT IS BOX? 

Box is the market leader for Cloud Content Management. Our mission is to power how the world works together. Box is partnering with enterprise organizations to accelerate their digital transformation by creating a single platform for secure content management, collaboration and workflow. We have an amazing opportunity to further establish ourselves as leaders in the space, and we need strong advocates to help us achieve that goal.

By joining Box, you will have the unique opportunity to help capture a majority of this developing market and define what content management looks like for the digital enterprise. Today, Box powers over 97,000 businesses, including 70% of the Fortune 500 who trust Box to manage their content in the cloud.

WHY BOX NEEDS YOU 

We are looking for a Legal Operations Manager I to join our quest in optimizing and automating processes by implementing legal programs and tools. Our team solves problems and takes initiative, with the ability to pivot according to the business needs. We need someone like you to help make an immediate impact! You’ll have the opportunity to identify opportunities, and implement methods, for streamlining and increasing operational efficiencies within the legal department.  As a legal operations team member, you will support a wide variety of projects and programs across the Legal team. This role is based in our Austin office or Redwood City and reports into the Chief of Staff, Legal Operations.

WHAT YOU’LL DO 

Engage with stakeholders at different levels and across different departments to identify, mitigate, escalate, and resolve issues.

Manage and maintain our standard contract validation processes, including process documentation.

Assist in preparing reports and metrics.

Drive strategic projects for the Legal team and collaborate with cross functional stakeholders.

Gather business requirements and develop written documentations based on specific projects.

Prioritize, organize, and work efficiently in a high-volume, results-oriented environment.

Assist with other projects on the Legal team, as needed.

Stay knowledgeable on trends in legal software and technology.

WHO YOU ARE 

Bachelor’s degree required and 3+ years of legal work in areas such as legal operations, contracts administration, or paralegal.

Strong initiative and problem-solving skills with a history of investigating, scoping, establishing a framework, and executing legal processes.

You have a passion to create structure and insight from disorder and data.

A detail oriented, data driven individual who has advanced skills in Excel/G-sheets and MS Office.

Demonstrates a strong ability to communicate concepts clearly, accurately, and succinctly to a wide range of audiences, both orally and in writing.

A history of building strong relationships, credibility, and partnerships and of working in cross-functional teams.

Required experience in legal processes, operations and exposure to legal tools such as a contracts management system, e-billing/spend management solution, and/or electronic signature software.  Preferred experiences with any of the following tools: Coupa, Salesforce, and/or Certa.

BENEFITS 

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EQUAL OPPORTUNITY 

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Summary:

We are seeking a confident, analytical, and nimble Legal Operations Manager to support our Legal Team, primarily focusing on legal documentation processes and systems management. This individual will take the lead in enhancing the efficiency, organization, and automation of legal processes across several areas in collaboration with the Legal Team and other departments. The successful candidate will be comfortable working independently in a fast-paced environment, communicate clearly and effectively, have strong organizational skills and attention to detail, efficiently manage a high volume of daily tasks and longer-term projects, and be overall customer-service oriented.

Responsibilities:

-Primary administrator for team’s technology solutions, such as contract management, document management, and legal request intake

-Create new and maintain templates in the contract management system

-Provide training and support on the contract management system and other aspects of legal operations to internal stakeholders and users

-Manage corporate governance documentation, intellectual property portfolio, and privacy processes

-Identify areas for operational improvement with the Legal department and own the implementation of such initiatives

-Build cross-functional relationships with other stakeholders within the organization to support the client and internal requests

-Work with department members as well as cross-functional stakeholders to identify opportunities for workflow enhancement

-Manage the Legal department’s budget to accurately forecast needs and spending

-Build and maintain legal and compliance dashboarding

Required Qualifications:

-3-8 years experience in legal operations or a related field

-Excellent written and verbal communication skills

-Experience defining legal operations requirements and using data and metrics to measure improvements

-Strong project management skills

-Strong professional and interpersonal skills, including the ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with internal and external partners

-Highly organized with strong attention to detail. Able to multi-task, effectively prioritize, and thrive in a fast-paced environment

-Experience working with legal contracts and contract management systems and processes

-Skilled in using standard office software (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)

In a transaction valued at $9B, Intel Corp. is spinning-out its NAND Memory Business—which is a global leader in the design and manufacture of integrated circuits and solid-state drives (SSDs) for use in data centers, personal computers, and other devices—into an independent company that will be owned by SK Hynix.  The new company will be headquartered in San Jose, California, with aspirations to conduct an IPO and become a publicly traded US company.  Rob Crooke, who is the current head of Intel’s Memory Business, will be the CEO.  In addition to the US headquarters and other facilities in the US, the company has a significant international presence in Asia (including China), Europe, and the Americas.

A handful of former Intel lawyers are joining the new company, and we are creating a legal department, from scratch, to support this new venture.  This is an opportunity for the right applicant to join us and help design, build, and lead the new company’s legal team.

We want a team of lawyers and legal professionals who will be the strategic partners with the business.  We seek applicants who will build and thrive in our culture:  team-oriented, collegial, non-hierarchical, diverse perspectives, productive, and adaptable.

The newly formed company will continue to lead the world in innovating new Memory technologies and is expected to begin as the second largest NAND company in the world by revenue (over $10B annually).

Thus the new venture combines elements of an established, successful Silicon Valley technology company with the spirit, agility, and entrepreneurial mindset of a start-up.

Job Description

You will report to the General Counsel and be responsible for leading all business and operational aspects of the in-house legal department, including for example:

• developing, tracking, and reporting operational metrics to the CEO and CFO.
• managing all Legal-unique IT and software systems.
• supervising the curation of legal databases and inventories (e.g. contract management; matter management).
• managing the retention of vendors including outside counsel; lead negotiations concerning same.
• managing and tracking legal budgeting and performance to budget.
• supervising eDiscovery and litigation operations.
• supervising internal communications & newsletters.
• More generally, you will also have additional cross-disciplinary roles and responsibilities consistent with a senior position at a technology company.

Compensation and benefits will be competitive with the top Silicon Valley technology companies.

Qualifications

• Five to ten years’ experience in business operations, with preference for experience in legal operations.  This includes experience and demonstrated expertise in matter management and supervising outside vendors.
• Demonstrated expertise in managing IT and software systems.
• Ability to work closely with clients to understand their business, solve their biggest challenges, and achieve their business objectives.
• Superior judgment, problem-solving, communication, and project-management skills.
• Good business sense and entrepreneurial spirit.
• Exceptional attention to detail.
• Knowledge-of and skill-at Legal IT and software systems.
• Decisiveness and the ability to function independently.
• Talent for proactively anticipating the needs of the business and prioritizing among competing projects and tasks.

Senior Legal Administrator/Paralegal  – 93075

Organization: LD-Laboratory Directorate

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is seeking an experienced Senior Legal Administrator to join the Office of the Laboratory Counsel. The Senior Legal Administrator serves a variety of key roles, ranging from Paralegal and Associate Risk Manager functions, while also being responsible for matter management in the Office. In this role, the successful candidate will: 

• Provide a broad range of analytical support to multiple legal practice areas, including General Law, Business Law, Employment Law, Environmental Law, Patent Law, Regulatory Affairs and Compliance, Export Control, Public Records, Research and Institutional Integrity, and Enterprise Risk Management;

• Serve as a trusted advisor, overseeing and managing the flow and exchange of information, streamlining interactions with key executives and facilitating initiatives on behalf of the Chief Counsel and other attorneys in the Office; and 

• Function as a partner in developing and defining the objectives of the Office of the Laboratory Counsel and independently anticipates and carries out these objectives in creative and effective ways. 

This is a unique opportunity to be part of a vital in-house legal department at the nation’s premier national research laboratory! 

What You Will Do:

• Develop and lead a broad range of projects and legal issue resolution requiring in-depth knowledge of organizational objectives, current business trends, and Berkeley Lab organizational dynamics and culture.

• Define and manage integrated operating strategies, budget, and goals for the OLC, including all necessary reporting to the Department of Energy (DOE), University of California, and other agencies.

• Serve as a Laboratory-wide internal authority in areas of assigned responsibility, including records issues, human resources issues and risk management objectives.

• Manage all intake of and responses to Freedom of Information Act/California Public Records Act/Subpoenas and other records requests.

• Coordinate all Procurement agreement review requests, providing appropriate response or submitting to in-house attorneys for additional handling.

• Support Human Resources, including liaison between Berkeley Lab HR and UCOP Office of the General Counsel on individual employee issues and policy questions; work with retained outside counsel to prepare discovery responses and pleadings; and draft settlement and separation agreements. Interact with IT for electronic document discovery and organization.

• Manage outside counsel retention processes, including requests to the Department of Energy for retention and retention letters, joint defense agreements, and billing review, budgets and necessary reporting.

• Develop, advocate and implement policies and procedures that anticipate and respond to changes in legal issues relating to Berkeley Lab’s regulatory, contract compliance and funding environment.

What is Required:

• A minimum of 7 years of experience at the level of principal analyst, senior paralegal, business manager, principal legal administrator in a commercial firm, government, or educational institution, with expertise in one or more practice areas (e.g., General Law, Business Law, Employment Law, Environmental Law, Patent Law, Regulatory Affairs and Compliance, Export Control, Public Records, Research and Institutional Integrity, and Enterprise Risk Management).

• Proven ability to gain the confidence and trust of organization’s executive/senior leadership and key external stakeholders.

• Proven ability to gain the confidence and trust of an organization’s executive/senior leadership and key external stakeholders, as well as to develop and maintain productive working relationships with an array of diverse interests, individuals, and constituencies.

• Superior verbal and active listening skills; the ability to communicate clearly, logically, and persuasively; ability to effectively represent institutional positions to internal and external parties.

• Superior written, analytical, and research skills; ability to create, compose, and edit a variety of written materials, including legal documents. Thorough knowledge of the principles and procedures of legal research, including ability to research, analyze, and synthesize large amounts of data.

• Project management, document/information management and organizational skills to plan, coordinate, and independently execute projects/tasks within specific and sudden deadlines, and successfully assess, balance, and prioritize numerous competing priorities. 

• Demonstrated understanding and judgment related to ethical concerns in a National Laboratory or University setting; proven ability to maintain confidentiality with regard to sensitive issues and information and exercise discretion in dealing with sensitive or potentially sensitive topics.

• Time management skills to plan and manage a high-volume workload with competing deadlines, prioritize multiple tasks, organize workload of self and others, follow through to final solutions, and give adequate attention to detail. Must be able to work both independently with frequent interruptions and to work effectively in teams.

• Demonstrated proficiency in the use of MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, Access and PowerPoint) and other relational databases. Experience with applications to store, retrieve and analyze data and generate reports.

Desired Qualifications:

• J.D. or Paralegal Certificate, or knowledge and abilities normally acquired by completing an advanced degree in public administration, business administration or law.

Notes:

• For full consideration, please submit your resume and cover letter by July 23, 2021.

• This is a full-time career appointment, exempt (monthly paid) from overtime pay.

• This position will be hired at a level commensurate with the business needs, skills, knowledge, and abilities of the successful candidate. 

• This position may be subject to a background check. Any convictions will be evaluated to determine if they directly relate to the responsibilities and requirements of the position. Having a conviction history will not automatically disqualify an applicant from being considered for employment.

• Work will be primarily performed at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA.

How To Apply

Apply directly online at http://50.73.55.13/counter.php?id=202983 and follow the on-line instructions to complete the application process.

Learn About Us:

Working at Berkeley Lab has many rewards including a competitive compensation program, excellent health and welfare programs, a retirement program that is second to none, and outstanding development opportunities. To view information about the many rewards that are offered at Berkeley Lab- Click Here (https://recruiting.lbl.gov/benefits/).

Berkeley Lab (LBNL, http://www.lbl.gov/) addresses the world’s most urgent scientific challenges by advancing sustainable energy, protecting human health, creating new materials, and revealing the origin and fate of the universe. Founded in 1931, Berkeley Lab’s scientific expertise has been recognized with 13 Nobel prizes. The University of California manages Berkeley Lab for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science.

Equal Employment Opportunity: Berkeley Lab is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, or protected veteran status. Berkeley Lab is in compliance with the Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision under 41 CFR 60-1.4. Click here (http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/ofccpost.htm) to view the poster and supplement: “Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law.”

Cribl, Inc. is a fast-growing, remote-first company with a mission to unlock the value of all observability data. At our core, we believe in shipping phenomenal products and doing good by our customers and communities. We provide our customers with a new and unprecedented level of observability, intelligence, and control over their real-time data. We’re backed by Sequoia and CRV, and our products are deployed in some of the largest organizations in the world, processing 100s of TBs of IT & Security data, and managed by Site Reliability Engineers, System Engineers, and Technical Operations teams.

Cribl is expanding its Office of General Counsel to meet Cribl’s rapidly growing needs. This role will help ensure that Cribl’s legal operations run smoothly by managing outside counsel matters and ensuring all contracts are reviewed and assessed for risk as appropriate. This role reports to the Associate General Counsel for Governance and will supervise the Legal Operations team.

Responsibilities:

Manage matters referred to outside counsel, including through the use of legal operations systems to monitor work product, compliance with standardized billing guidelines, budgets, and spending.

Review contracts for obligations and risk, including sales and licensing contracts, non-disclosure agreements, reseller and partnership contracts, and vendor contracts.

Provide expert legal advice and support to sales and other cross-functional teams on legal issues, including without limitation negotiation with third parties and creative problem solving with a focus on providing available options, discussing risks for options, and executing on options the client selects.

Use and improve upon a standardized contract review and risk-assessment process, including to document contracts and obligations, use and implement new tools and software, and perform analyses on legal operations.

Coordinate with other internal legal teams on legal and other cross-functional issues, including without limitation the Corporate, Compliance, International, and Product Support teams.

Supervise other legal teams as assigned.

All other responsibilities, duties, functions, and activities as assigned.

Requirements:

At least seven (7) years of experience in corporate legal operations at a technology company or similar technical experience, including without limitation experience in managing matters with outside counsel, reviewing contracts for obligations, or using a standardized review and risk-assessment process.

At least four (4) years of experience in supervising attorneys in legal operations or related matters.

Experience with applicable contracting requirements, including federal or state procurement requirements, data protection requirements, and international requirements, including the General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 and related guidelines.

Experience with improving legal processes, implementing legal programs and programs with legal requirements, and managing projects and teams.

Experience with supporting sales and other cross-functional teams in a legal role.

Experience with using business and legal operations systems such as Jira, SalesForce, SimpleLegal, and Zoom.

Experience with using office software and services such as Google Drive, Docs, Sheets, and Google Slides, and Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Commitment to our core values of Customer First, Always; Irreverent, But Serious; Do-acratic; Transparent; and Together.

Education:

Juris Doctorate and relevant license to practice law in good standing.

Bonus Points:

Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including without limitation the ability to write simply.

Excellent attention to detail.

What we offer:

Competitive Salary

Stock Options

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Flexible spending account (FSA)

401(k) plan offered

Parental Leave

Professional Development and Career Growth

Generous Vacation and Holiday Policy, including 2 Floating Holidays to use for holidays you observe

Social Responsibility Employee Group that reflects our value-driven company culture

Diversity drives innovation, enables better decisions to support our customers, and inspires change for the better. We’re building a culture where differences are valued and welcomed. We work together to bring out the best in each other. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or any other applicable legally protected characteristics in the location in which the candidate is applying

UnitedLex is a technology and legal services company that delivers full scale Digital Transformation within in-house legal departments. United Lex is committed to optimizing the way legal departments function. Legal departments in over 25 global jurisdictions rely on the company’s expertise to support their operations. UnitedLex is hiring legal operations and contract lifecycle operations experts on a contract basis for client engagements. We rely heavily on our liquid talent community as we bring together teams of experts to work on a consulting basis to make these transformations possible.

The first step to being considered for a consulting opportunity is to join our talent community. We are now enrolling legal operations and contract lifecycle management professionals into our talent community to be considered across several opportunities under the following titles:

·         Legal Operations Advisory Consultant

Experience managing legal operations within a large law department and consulting with stakeholders on high-level operational strategy, legal department organizational design and operating models.

·         Contract Lifecycle Management Experts

Ability to implement and improve management and control over the entire contracting end to end process, removing redundant and focusing on added value activities, create an effective legal department operating model that includes vision/strategy, governance, service delivery framework and collaborate with key stakeholders in the commercial contracting chain.

·         Contract Negotiation Process Experts

Experience leading Commercial Contract negotiations; drafting of standard and non-standard commercial terms of business; design and drafting of negotiation playbooks; harmonization and simplification of contract terms; designing and presenting training packages for these deliverables. Strong mastery of term sheet and playbook analysis, optimization and design, with related operational experience of use of template term sheets and negotiation playbooks

·         Compliance SME

In-house compliance experts with extensive experience in any of the following: Anti-Bribery & Corruption, FCPA, Global Trade / Sanctions, Audit and Anti Money Laundering, Cyber Security, Privacy, HIPAA, Know Your Customer.

·         Contract Technical Engineers

Hands on implementation and use experience with a mixture of legal technology tools including Contracts Lifecyle Management, Artificial Intelligence, document assembly/automation, and matter management, preferably in a large scale, global in-house corporate setting.

·         Solutions Architect

Expert knowledge of solutions design involving technology within law departments (e-billing, contract lifecycle management, matter management, data retention, etc.)

·         Patent Attorney

Provide subject matter expertise in the evaluation of threats and/or in-bound licensing requests.

·         IP Expert Witness/SME

Source code reviewers, medical device or pharma SME, circuit code reviewers, experience or interest in participating in litigation or mergers.

We create solutions that uniquely solve challenges, ranging from basic to bet-the-company. We fuse legal pedigree with business pragmatism and an overriding focus on our clients. We think holistically: We guide, design, implement, and financially commit to the innovative strategies and solutions we provide.

If you are interested in joining this exciting and innovative organization please contact either Jana Murdocca at jana.murdocca@unitedlex.com or Lauren Firestein at laurenfirestien@unitedlex.com

Lex Mundi is the world’s leading network of independent law firms with in-depth experience in 100+ countries. Lex Mundi member firms offer clients preferred access to more than 21,000 lawyers worldwide – a global resource of unmatched breadth and depth. Each member firm is selected because of its leadership in – and continued commitment to – its local market. The Lex Mundi principle is one independent firm for each jurisdiction. Firms must maintain their level of excellence to retain membership within Lex Mundi.

Location:

This is a remote position, located anywhere in United Kingdom. 

Travel: 

Trips to Houston, Texas will be required 3-4 times a year; additionally there will be 1-2 additional trips to locations in North America / Europe (each trip 2-5 days in duration).

Overview:

The Technology and Innovation (T&I) team at Lex Mundi needs a special individual who can make a significant contribution to helping our member firms increase their use of practical legal technologies to enhance their competitiveness in their chosen markets (especially related to legal service delivery). The role provides a unique opportunity to build a global network of law firm leaders, vendors, and legal-tech industry analysts and thought leaders. This role will be a good fit for someone with a passion for, and experience in, helping professional service firms leverage new digital technologies. We are working to be data-driven, so comfort with numbers is key. Learning is a given; and dealing with ambiguity and complexity is a must. We have fun and make a difference around the world.

Key accountabilities

·        Act as an advisor to member firms regarding their selection, implementation and / or adoption of new legal technologies (especially related to legal service delivery)

·        Connect member firms to Lex Mundi’s resources and / or to other member firms who have experience with the software / vendor related to their interest(s)

·        Organize and facilitate calls / meetings on topics or issues so member firms can share and learn about legal technologies

·        Utilize our business systems and data to deliver impactful metrics and other analytics; analyze data and prepare reports that illustrate progress of plans against business results; respond to requests for ad hoc analysis by leveraging data and information to independently create requested metrics and report

·        Assist scope and prioritize T&I Team activities based on strategic and user impact by translating users’ needs / problems to be solved by new approaches, configurations of existing software, or proposing new approaches / software

Reporting:

·        Direct to Vice President, Operations

·        Priorities / guidance by Senior Advisor, Technology and Innovation

Qualifications:

8+ years of experience working in a professional services environment – a law firm or legal department is ideal

Master’s degree – or equivalent experience – related to business, software development, engineering, design, technology

Previous experience leading technology or innovation initiatives from start to finish – on time and on budget – and doing so by coordinating the work of others

Demonstrated experience bridging between the “user” and “technology” worlds – ideally within a law firms or a legal department or professional services firm

Creative problem solver with an innovative mindset able to explore diverse points of view

Critical thinking skills to recognize assumptions, evaluate arguments, draw conclusions, and proactively propose solutions

Comfortable being part of a distributed team with experience working multi-jurisdictionally / globally

Strong communication skills with the ability to develop and convey messages which influence change in others

Self-starter capable of comfortable handling a significant amount of complexity and ambiguity

Able to build trusting relationships including having difficult conversations

Business and organizational political acumen

Strong verbal, written, and collaboration skills

Salary range: 75,000-115,000 GBP

We will begin contacting candidates during the week of July 19-23.  Please apply via our ad on LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/2596226990

Bill.com is looking for a tech-savvy Legal Operations Manager to support the rapidly growing Legal and Compliance department at its brand-new headquarters in San Jose.  This legal operations professional will play a key role in the management of department operations, and will join a passionate and dedicated team of legal and compliance  professionals on a mission to support the company’s growth.  

Led by the office of the General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, Bill.com’s Legal and Compliance function is responsible for supporting the company’s growth, governance and compliance and building trust with its stakeholders.  

The Legal Operations Manager is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Legal and Compliance department and reports to the General Counsel.  The individual in this role provides critical infrastructure, which enables the legal team to meet its business priorities.

Professional Experience/Background to be successful in this role:
Bachelor’s degree
Paralegal certificate or project management certification  (or equivalent experience) preferred
8+ years of related professional experience in paralegal or project management with 3+ years legal operations experience at a small or midsize public company (SaaS preferred)
Experience with managing technology solutions such as Simple Legal, IronClad or  for in-house legal departments
Experience working with senior executives and project management
Familiarity with law firm billing practices 
Familiarity with common legal matter structure and progression
Competencies (Attributes needed to be successful in this role):
Committed to operational initiatives such as streamlining processes and creating scalable solutions
Collaborative, collegial, and a creative problem solver

Expected Outcomes in 12 months:
Working with GC and functional leadership team to develop legal and compliance functions priorities and operating plan, creating and tracking department and cross-functional metrics and reporting, including supporting new hire onboarding and performance management.
Managing workflow for the office of the GC. Implement and manage processes and tools to support the legal function, such as project management, contract and knowledge management, and external counsel spend.
Planning and administering staff meetings and agendas, and working with legal and compliance leadership to align workflow with priorities
Work with finance and accounting, legal and compliance leadership and external counsel and vendors to establish, track and report department budgets.  
Manage GC’s calendar and organize monthly and quarterly team meetings. Develop and implement a comprehensive departmental strategic communications plan.
Manage special legal and cross-functional projects and programs.
Partnering with other departments such as IT, finance and people team to coordinate the above

OVERVIEW:

The Director of Legal Operations (DLO) for Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation will work within the Legal Department and report to the General Manager, Deputy General Counsel and Head of Legal Department.

Primary responsibilities of the DLO will be:

Work with the General Counsel and the Head of Legal Department to oversee the various workstreams in improving administrative operations of the Legal Department, including but not limited to the selection and implementation of legal technology solutions, improvement and implementation of outside counsel relationship management and billing, participating in the strategy development for the operational aspects of the legal transformation efforts for SMBC’s Americas Division, and to function as the project manager of the transformation efforts.

Improve and implement effective operations management over the Legal Department support services and administrative functions, including Legal Department’s IT, vendor, administrative staff, and project management.

Supervise the administrative and support staff of the legal department, and act as point of contact with various support functions across the organization.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

-Partner with the General Counsel and the department management to develop and implement the strategic plan to improve the legal department’s organization, technology, and efficiency. Lead transformation project work streams on behalf of department management including a workstream to upgrade technology for the department. This includes finalizing the implementation of contract and document management systems and ensuring that the department’s technology meets the continued needs of the lawyers in the department and continue to evaluate technology solutions. Develop and manage the legal IT function.
-Develop and execute short and long term operations plans for the Legal function over Americas Division. Create metrics, measure progress of the strategic plan and transformation objectives.
-Manage the day to day department operations, at the direction of the General Counsel and the Head of Legal Department. Supervise the support staff, including but not limited to, the paralegals and administrative staff, and temp staff, to create an efficient support system for attorneys.
-Provide strategic and practical advice to the department management to improve and monitor efficiency and quality of the legal department’s operation. Work with the General Counsel and the Head of Legal Department to assist in the planning process over future head count and spend by practice areas and client needs. Create and manage periodic benchmarking process over department operations, and identify improvement opportunities, including assessment of financial data to identify spending trends, potential cost savings, and opportunities for efficiency.
-Manage the resources for the department operation, including reference materials and legal technology. Responsible for obtaining and maintaining licenses and subscription, implementation, and operation of said resources.  Support education and training programs for the department.
-Lead the planning process on behalf of department management to develop improved procedures for the law firm and vendor engagement process, from engagement, matter creation, and billing. Negotiate and document engagement letters and conflict waivers at the supervision and instruction of senior department attorneys.  Maintain a database of the law firm engagements, organizing and evaluating the data to leverage for future engagements and negotiations.  Implement an RFP process for approved panel law firms and the procedures to improve business clients experience in selecting and engaging approved law firms.
-Review, update, and maintain the department policies and procedures. Develop and implement the communications initiatives (staff meetings, newsletters, websites) work with Communications and Technology teams to improve and maintain the department’s online presence on the intranet, work with the department management to foster the department’s reputation and presence across the organization. Develop and optimize knowledge management process for collection and sharing of institutional knowledge, centralization and management of templates.
-Work with the attorneys, to improve quality of work (culture, satisfaction, engagement), access to training resources, and efficiency.

QUALIFICATIONS 

-10 years minimum experience as in business/administrative operations within a corporation or a law firm, including senior leadership roles in development and implementation of strategic initiatives on business operations. 5 or more years of experience managing direct reports.
-Excellent operational management, project management, and communications skills. Experience with law firm billing practices, alternative fee arrangements, law firm/vendor fee negotiations.
-Familiarity and expertise with Legal technology, including but not limited to electronic billing, document management, e-discovery solutions, knowledge management, workflow management.
-Strong communications skills, technical drafting skills, ability to work under pressure, and cross-cultural sensitivity required. Must be a team-player.
-A proven ability to comfortably operate in a fast-paced, constantly changing environment.
-The perseverance and patience necessary to work through ambiguity and see a matter through to completion.
-The ability to see past the question and understand the wider strategy.
-The ability to think tactically to get to the best result for the Legal Department.
-Financial services experience preferred, but not required.
-Bachelor’s in Business, Finance, or Information Technology required, MBA or JD preferred

Who is Berger Legal?

Berger Legal is a boutique law firm with a groundbreaking approach to providing legal services. Rather than building a fancy law office, we developed one of the country’s first virtual law firms, comprised of only senior level attorneys. This compelling alternative to a traditional law firm has enabled Berger Legal to charge clients below-market rates and develop innovative alternative fee arrangements due to significant savings on unnecessary overhead. We have established a new model in the practice of law that delivers a cost-effective solution to clients looking to maximize value and efficiency without compromising on quality.

Who are we looking for?

We are seeking a Director of Operations who will manage the operational processes for the firm. As the Director of Operations, you will be responsible for duties related to legal workflow, staffing, technology, process decisions and general oversight of the day-to-day operations of the firm. While this role will report to the firm principal, we are looking for someone who will serve as a strategic advisor and feel comfortable sharing ideas. You should feel confident in your problem-solving and project management abilities and be able to communicate effectively with the entire firm.

What will you bring to us?

Design and oversee strategy for the legal department to ensure operational efficiency. Set specific quarterly and annual goals and initiatives for the firm. Assess and make purchasing recommendations for legal technology software and tools.

Develop and implement internal process guidelines, templates and workflows. Develop and update marketing materials. Develop process for onboarding new staff including training of such individuals. Assist in business development initiatives.

Oversee and implement all other matters pertaining to the firm’s general operations.  Oversee firm’s Database Manager and proper functioning of technology department.  Work closely with back-office team on billing and other matters within the purview of such team.

Identify processes to streamline efficiency of firm. Monitor timely and effective performance of legal team. Allocate work assignment requests among firm’s attorneys.  Supervise spend management and handle budget and resource allocation accordingly.

What does the best candidate bring to Berger Legal?

Your background: BA or BS required, MBA or JD preferred. 8+ years’ experience in a legal department, law firm or relevant operational management role. Financial experience with an eye for analytics, as well as the ability to work closely with the finance and accounting departments.

Your abilities: Strong leadership and management skills. Exceptional judgment in handling day-to-day interactions with clients and firm attorneys and staff. Outstanding problem-solving skills. Tech-savvy and well-versed in legal enterprise software, tools, and applications.

Berger Legal is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

Responsibilities
• Design and drive revenue-generating contract approval process with internal stakeholders and decision-makers.
• Enforce contract compliance for commercial and go-to-market terms by collaborating with sales, marketing, product, finance, support, and IT within SMBC.
• Support legal team with implementing legal tools, best practices, and updates to partner-facing contracts for SMBC.
• Execute legal requirements for partner onboarding and offboarding processes.
• Administer and maintain contract lifecycle management for sales and operations teams.
• Drive program-related change management process for policy or T&C changes.
• Manage the Non-Disclosure process
• Maintain and deliver standard relevant and up-to-date partner contracts to sales.

Your First Three Months:
• Understand the nuances of the SMBC business and products and how contractual terms apply to each route to market.
• Build regular cadence with legal and operations team for business alignment.
• Design and drive a process for custom contract approval.
• Establish yourself as the POC for sales on contract-related questions.
• Support sales with vendor compliance ask.
• Create a repository of different T&Cs that currently exists.

Three to Six Months and Beyond:
• Establish yourself as a subject matter expert on SMBC partner contracts.
• Establish metrics to track the effectiveness and efficiency of our partner contracting process.
• Drive partner contract standardization efforts to move legal partners from a custom commercial arrangement to a standard commercial arrangement.
• Provide recommendations to optimize and automate partner contract processes during onboarding.

Key Challenges to Overcome:
• Becoming facile with the product and our offerings to counsel legal and sales from a business and operational perspective.
• Understanding legacy contracts and getting sales buy-in to support contract standardization effort.
• Building relationships with legal, sales, product, marketing, operations, support, and leadership to smoothly implement policy changes and contract customizations.

What will make you successful at OT SMBC:
• A track record of good judgment and decision-making in positions with significant responsibility
• Highly autonomous and able to independently identify high-value projects and drive them completion
• Demonstrated leadership capability in cross-functional team environments
• A high degree of comfort with complex environments

Skills & Experience:
• 3+ years experience in a legal operations role or supporting revenue-generating contract process in the sales operations organization.
• Experience implementing Conga or other contract management tools, DocuSign or other e-signature tools as well as Salesforce.
• Saas industry experience a big plus.
• Leadership is a key attribute of a better candidate. And effective leadership is based on knowledge, respect, and impact; it isn’t assigned.
• You can work effectively across functions (Operations, Legal, Marketing, Sales, Customer Support and Product) and organization levels (executives, peers, individual contributors).
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills.
• A sense of humor gets you bonus points. At OT SMBC we believe work should be rewarding.

Shopify is the world’s fastest growing commerce platform, with no plans to slow down, powering over 1.7 million stores in more than 175 different countries. It takes a whole team of dedicated legal professionals working behind the scenes to help Shopify create a platform that makes commerce better for everyone. Legal professionals on our team must be able to apply their knowledge and experience to novel scenarios and provide the best possible advice on sometimes unprecedented legal issues, in ways that allow Shopify’s business to stay agile and innovative. Every person on our team is committed to making commerce better for everyone, and it truly shows.

Job Description

We are searching for a results-oriented Director of Legal Operations to join our fast-growing Legal Department. Reporting directly to VP, Assistant General Counsel, this position will be responsible for the financial, operational, and technical functions of the legal department, including the development and execution of technology and document management strategies, prudent management of internal resources and external counsel, and the strategic development and implementation of key performance metrics. The role will build out a high-performing team in support of the operational functions of the legal department.

What You’ll Do:

• Build: Originate, build and scale a legal operations function supporting a fast moving and innovative legal team.
• Team Operations: Assist department leadership with day-to-day operations, including identification, development and implementation of department policies and procedures, reporting, and dashboarding. Partner with Legal Senior Leadership to manage organizational planning for the departments, including supporting efforts related to training, and performance management.
• Financial Management: Drive the development of monthly and quarterly business metrics, provide operational analysis through reports and dashboards, and implement changes to improve performance. Track accruals and forecasting, work with Finance to identify spending trends, potential cost savings and efficiency opportunities.  Drive governance of billing guidelines.
• Vendor Management: Manage and liaise with legal department vendors, including overseeing billing issues and budgeting/accrual process. Assist with budget matters and optimizing workflows within the Legal Department.
• Cross-functional Alignment: Create and drive relationships with other key company functions, such as Talent, IT, Finance and Internal Solutions.
• Technology & process support: Implement, manage and oversee legal technology platforms and initiatives across the Legal Department. Arrange or provide ongoing training on technology platforms. Serve as an advocate to drive user acceptance and use of technology to improve efficiency and effectiveness.
• Knowledge Management: Partner with Learning Acceleration to facilitate company-wide training on Legal topics, train the Legal team and the broader organization on legal processes and procedures (e.g. new hire onboarding training, new software or process rollout), and partner with the Knowledge Management team to improve the Legal department’s knowledge strategy. 
• Communication: develop, implement and enhance a comprehensive departmental strategic communications plan (e.g., newsletters, announcements, and messages from department leadership)

Qualifications

• A B.A. or B.S.; possibly an MBA or J.D. too
• 8+ years experience in a legal department, law firm, or relevant operational management role
• Tech-savviness, and a proficiency in legal enterprise software, tools, and applications
• Proficiency in legal spend and matter management tools and other legal software tools
• Experience collaborating with key resources and stakeholders across a legal department, advising, influencing decisions, managing change, and working to achieve strategic goals required
• Financial interest with an eye for analytics
• A “no task too big, no task too small” mentality. You love achieving big things, working as part of a team, and continuous improvement
• The ability to work collaboratively as part of a team and on an individual basis without a lot of guidance or oversight
• Exceptional business judgement and relationship-building skills
• Strong written and interpersonal communication skills
• The ability to thrive in a dynamic and entrepreneurial environment​​​​​​

Additional Information
If this role sounds like it’s right up your alley, please consider applying! Erin Zipes, Vice President, Assistant General Counsel, is looking forward to reading your cover letter. In your cover letter, please tell us (without violating any confidentiality obligations) about an interesting operational challenge you’ve worked on, and how you solved it.

Closing date: Monday, June 21 at 11:59PM EDT. Successful candidates can expect to hear back from us by Monday, July 5 at 5 pm EDT.

Our belief is that a strong commitment to diversity & inclusion enables us to truly make commerce better for everyone. We encourage applications from Indigenous peoples, racialized people, people with disabilities, people from gender and sexually diverse communities, and/or people with intersectional identities. Please take a look at our Sustainability Reports to learn more about Shopify’s commitments to our communities, and our planet.

At Shopify, we understand that experience comes in many forms. We’re dedicated to adding new perspectives to the team – so if your experience is this close to what we’re looking for, please consider applying

About the opportunity
Contentful is an innovative, high-growth, customer-focused company in a large and growing market. If you are energized by shaping a new role, adept at thinking strategically, have a combination of leadership skills, business savvy, IT systems knowledge, are comfortable rolling up your sleeves to implement, and able to work collaboratively, we would love to hear from you!

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to make a significant impact on the development of the legal department at Contentful as we ramp to support Contentful’s rapidly expanding business. You will be key in creating processes and practices to improve the day-to-day productivity and effectiveness of the Contentful Legal team in a dynamic and complex environment. This is a generalist role that involves managing and supporting projects across the full range of subject matter supported by the legal team. You must be able to adapt to changing priorities and business needs and be proactive in identifying areas of need and generating action plans. Candidates should work well in a fast-paced, challenging environment as part of a dynamic team of professionals and have the ability to communicate effectively in group settings and before senior management.

What to expect?

• Lead and manage key Legal Department initiatives and projects, including contract management, workflow automation, knowledge management and other areas
• Develop and maintain an internal Legal intranet page and content
• Ensure technology tools are properly configured and operated to support internal processes including measurement, reporting, and analysis
• Collaborate with stakeholders to improve processes, including workflow and toolset improvement
• Assist with the development of Legal Dashboards for metric reporting
• Analyze performance and results and provide insight to drive increased productivity, efficiency, quality, optimization, and the improvement of both client experience and business processes
• Share learned knowledge. Create a culture of growth, development, collaboration and accountability.
• Assist the department with in-house career development initiatives such as cross-training opportunities, speakers and continuing legal education, and new technology tools
• Keep current on the latest legal operations industry trends and developments and identify opportunities to implement best practices

What you need to be successful?

• Strong work ethic, exceptional judgment and uncompromising integrity
• 5+ years of experience or combination in legal operations, legal support, business operations, or technology.
• Bachelor’s degree with strong academic credentials
• Continuous improvement mindset and willingness to ask, “how can we do things better?”
• Exceptional organizational, project management, and prioritization skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills and proven ability to build strong and deep working relationships with internal stakeholders over multiple geographical locations and in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to understand complex issues and ability to interact with colleagues and present information in a clear and concise manner
• A practical, proactive, collaborative, and business-focused approach to problem-solving with the ability to make sound decisions and exercise good judgment
• The ability to think and execute both strategically and tactically
• Outstanding written and oral communications skills and attention to detail
• Enthusiasm for employing business skills in providing legal services, such as automation, strategic sourcing, embracing technology, design thinking, project management, and process improvement skill sets
• Demonstrated commitment and alignment with our Contentful values
• A sense of humor!

What’s in it for you?

• Join an ambitious tech company reshaping the way people build digital product
• Health, vision, dental insurance, an employee wellness program, life and disability insurance, and a retirement savings plan
• Commuter benefits to help you get to and from work
• A flexible time-off policy and paid holidays
• 16 weeks paid parental leave (after 6 months of employment)
• We set you up for success, equipping you with the latest and greatest hardware
• Use your personal education budget to improve your skills and grow in your career, with extra days off
• Plus, Contentful socks! Oh yeah!

Colorado Salary Statement: The salary range displayed is specifically for those potential hires who will work or reside in the state of Colorado if selected for the role. Any offered salary is determined based on internal equity, internal salary ranges, market data/ranges, applicant’s skills and prior relevant experience, certain degrees and certifications (e.g. JD/technology), for example.

Colorado Salary Range: $110,000-$115,000

[This position is eligible for equity awards in accordance with the terms of Contentful’s variable compensation plans.]

Associate Counsel

Practice Operation – Legal Innovation & Operations

Posting # 104595

The Associate Counsel will assist the Law Department’s Assistant General Counsel of Legal Innovation & Operations in forming, maintaining and continuously improving the department’s legal operations program. The Associate Counsel will be responsible for the oversight, development and implementation of a variety of legal technology projects and initiatives for the Law Department with a special focus on technology, information resources, knowledge management, and other legal operations support services designated by the Assistant General Counsel, that meets the needs of the Law Department’s diverse practice areas, enhances productivity, fosters best practices, and supports high performance. The Associate Counsel will implement policies, processes and procedures to optimize the Department’s use of various legal technologies to better serve the Company. The Associate Counsel will need strong interpersonal, writing and speaking skills; as well as the ability to influence across groups without direct oversight to achieve responsibilities.

Core Responsibilities:

Work with the Assistant General Counsel to develop, implement and oversee short and long term plans for building and maintaining a high-quality, cost-effective legal operations program.

Work with the Assistant General Counsel to oversee and manage the Law Department’s technology, information resources, knowledge management, and other similar legal support services, including the implementation of, and training for, matter management, document management, document scanning and coding, electronic research, contract management and discovery management technologies. Also assist in the oversight of the Caseworks system that is used by Regulatory Services to collect, organize, and submit information in connection with rate case and other regulatory discovery proceedings.

Develop, manage and oversee legal operations budgets.

Successfully oversee and manage day to day assignments and activities associated with the existing and planned technology projects and initiatives and provide ongoing support and management of their integration into the Department’s practices.

Participate in the selection and successful implementation of Law Department technologies.

Create requests for proposals and procurement documents as required.

Direct supervision of LTIG project specialists, application administrator and report writer.

Stay abreast of industry best practices for legal technology.

Collaborate with members of the department and with corporate Information Technology and other departments as needed.

Identify and track key Law Department technology metrics.

Select, retain and manage legal operations vendors as required.

Respond to emergency situations involving Law Department technology that might arise outside of normal working hours.

Provide other legal operations services designated by senior management of the Law Department.

Perform other related tasks and assignments as required.

Required Education/Experience

•Juris Doctorate NY Bar admission required And a minimum of 6 years of work experience

Required Work Experience

• Minimum of 3 years experience managing special projects, including legal technology initiatives, in a large corporate, governmental or comparable law department. Required

• Minimum of 3 years management experience managing a legal support team in a comparable corporate or governmental law department. Required

• Minimum of 5 years experience supervising legal support staff. Req

Licenses & Certifications

•Driver’s License Required

Interested in applying to this position, click on the below link and apply on-line:

https://careers.coned.com/jobs/6533895-associate-counsel

Mission Statement

Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. (Con Edison), Orange & Rockland Utilities (O&R), and Consolidated Edison Transmission (CET) employees are required to follow health, safety, and environmental policies, EEO, Standards of Business Conduct, and all other applicable company policy and procedures. We all share a responsibility to advance the company’s mission by excelling at our three corporate priorities – safety of our people and the public, operational excellence in all that we do, and ensuring the best possible customer experience.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. (Con Edison), Orange & Rockland Utilities (O&R), and Consolidated Edison Transmission (CET) are equal opportunity employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of the individual’s actual or perceived disability, protected veteran status, race, color, creed, religion, sex, age, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, citizenship, domestic violence victim status, or any other actual or perceived status protected by law.

This position is responsible for operational management of the Legal Department. This includes all Legal Information Technology Systems, including helping to develop and implement the Department’s technology strategy, intake process, matter management and file management systems, oversight over billing and invoicing systems and vendor relations, including legal spend reporting, developing and tracking metrics, and other general administrative responsibilities, as assigned. The ideal candidate will be someone with significant project management experience, who is customer service-focused and detail-oriented, comfortable with both technical and legal vernacular, and has exceptional judgment. This role requires someone who is able to work cross-functionally with members at all levels throughout the Department as well as members of other departments.

The Wonderful Legal Way:

-Develops and manages all Legal Department IT systems including tracking and implementing updates/renewals; design and roll out of new initiatives; suggesting and implementing improvements to current systems; working with or serving as network administrator for IT systems; and identifying opportunities to leverage technology solutions to resolve business issues
-Oversees Legal Department invoicing processes, including standardizing processes and procedures, overseeing billing guidelines, vendor management, ensuring proper coding, and analysis and recommendations for cost-saving measures
-Oversees financial reporting for outside legal fee spend including validating and ensuring integrity of data
-Develops and manages performance metrics, which may include client satisfaction surveys, spending benchmarking, etc.
-Partners with IT to help implement legal/compliance system upgrades, enhancements, patches, etc. as needed to support the goals of the Department
-Develops and manages training on Legal Department systems including overseeing and development of standard procedures/manuals
-Acts as a liaison for the Legal Department with corporate support functions including IT, Finance, Accounting, Treasury and Human Resources, as appropriate
-Oversees management of other Legal Department vendors and subscriptions
-Assists with general operational matters including department meetings and events, training opportunities, teambuilding strategies and other activities within the Legal Department, as requested
Additional duties, as assigned

The Wonderful You:

-Minimum 7-10 years of business experience in project management, information technology or comparable position leading large-scale projects/programs, preferably in a legal department or firm; understanding of full project lifecycle management
-Experience working with cloud-based and on-prem legal department technology solutions (e.g., e-billing, contract and document management, self-service contracting, e-signature, knowledge management, etc.)
-Strong technical skills; proficient in all Microsoft Office applications.
-Strong project management skills – consistently completes projects on-time with great attention to detail; proven ability to handle multiple assignments and manage major projects to successful completion
-Strong analytical skills, ability to gather, analyze and extract useful data
-High level of professionalism; handles sensitive/confidential information with appropriate care
-Eager to go the ‘extra mile.’ Takes ownership of an issue once aware of it — goes the extra step to proactively seek out answers to problems that may fall outside area of expertise
-Consistently looking for ways to improve/enhance processes, find efficiencies, think outside the box
-COVID vaccination will be required for this position unless candidate has a legally valid exemption

Desired:

-Experience with Onit, TyMetrix, iManage
-Knowledge and experience with process improvement skills, such as Six Sigma, Process/Program Management, or related certifications highly preferred.

The Wonderful Perks:
-Competitive benefits package including Medical (including 24/7 online access to a physician), Vision, Dental and 401k with match eligibility
-Opportunities for development and internal mobility
-Manager and leadership training, biweekly L&OD webinars, and eLearning offerings
-Companywide problem solving and continuous improvement training
-Wonderful Giving (com) – allowing you to donate company money to a cause of your choice
-Company focus on wellness and health including virtual yoga and mindful meditation classes

The Wonderful Company is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

Job Title: Legal Operations Analyst, Spend Optimization

Job Type: Full-Time
Location: US
Department: Legal

Want to change the way work…works? This is your moment.

RingCentral Glip integrates messaging with video to make conversation, collaboration and connection more meaningful than ever, no matter where or how people want to work.

When you join RingCentral Legal, you’ll bring your expertise to everything from policy to contracts to lawsuits. You’ll help protect the company from threats, guide internal policy decisions and drive ideas that change the way the world communicates. All in a strong, supportive culture designed to help you succeed.

We’re as proud of our working environment as we are of our market success. You’ll find all the training, opportunity and resources you could ever want here – with all the work/life benefits you expect, and none of the micromanagement. RingCentral regularly brings home Best Place To Work awards from locations all over the world, and outstanding company ratings on Glassdoor and Comparably!

RingCentral surrounds you with world-class technology and talent, in a people-first environment built from the ground up to help you do the best work of your career. We’re not just changing the nature of communication and teamwork. We’re winning, together.

RingCentral Legal is seeking a Legal Operations Analyst, Spend Optimization to join the Legal Operations team. In this role, you will assume responsibility for RingCentral’s cost management programs, collaborating with RingCentral’s legal and Finance teams to execute and further develop cost control initiatives. Working with our Head of Legal Operations and Legal leadership team, you will also track and report on progress made towards cost management on a regular basis. This role will also be responsible for supporting the operations of the Legal team directly, as needed.

Operational responsibilities include financial and budget management, including the annual budgeting and planning process around law firm spend, monthly forecast and accruals, program management and training for outside counsel-related programs, and ad hoc Legal Operations projects as needed. The ideal candidate will be process oriented, have a good grasp on the legal industry levers related to department cost management, customer service-focused and detail-oriented. The ideal candidate will also have the diplomatic presence to handle potentially difficult fee discussions with our most long tenured and valued outside counsel firms from diverse cultures around the world, and excellent communication skills. This person will be encouraged to innovate and build upon current processes, working closely with RingCentral’s Legal leadership team.

To succeed in this role, you will need to be able to multitask efficiently and effectively to manage competing priorities. The position will require partnering with key internal organizations (FP&A, Tax, etc.). Experience leveraging cost management programs in-house, working to measure their success and communicating results to leadership teams are essential.

Required Skills:

– Lead RingCentral’s Legal Cost Management Programs with the aim of driving effective pricing strategies, improving existing matter management and cost control processes for helping manage RingCentral’s external spend
– Provide creative thinking to help identify and develop cutting-edge strategies for reducing outside legal spend while maintaining excellent legal representation and optimizing engagement practices with our law firms
– Negotiate global retention agreements with our firms, including hourly rates, alternative fee arrangements
– Analyze outside counsel billing practices against in-house requirements
– Maintain and update outside counsel billing guides and related tools
– Partner closely with RingCentral’s Legal Operation partners, on resolving any firm billing issues, process improvements, and system enhancements
– Identify, collect, and report on global key performance indicators to provide visibility to the General Counsel and leadership team to help with legal spend management
– Work cross-functionally with professionals in Legal, Finance, IT, and others
– Document and automate spend management workflows using various technologies
– Collaborate on various ad hoc Legal Operations projects to ensure progress against larger strategic Legal Operations goals for RingCentral Legal
– Statistical analysis of complex data sets related to outside counsel engagements
 

Minimum Qualifications:

– Must have experience with Legal technology (e.g. Legal Tracker or other e-Billing tools and legal-department-focused tooling)
– 2+ years of work experience in legal operations and/or legal pricing environment
– Experience in all Microsoft Office applications, especially Excel and PowerPoint
– Time management and multitasking/prioritization experience
– Demonstrated track record of influencing senior level stakeholders (both internal and external)
– Experience dealing with all levels of an organization and law firms’ organizations (partners, attorneys, administrative assistants, billing teams, etc.)
– Experience recognizing needs, solving problems, and anticipating issues
– Demonstrable experience with designing, negotiating and evaluating alternative fee arrangements
– Proven communication experience with partner-level outside counsel attorneys and pricing directors of law firms
– Project management experience
– Knowledge in law firm pricing and billing practices
 

Preferred Qualifications:

– 3+ years in law firm pricing function and/or in-house legal cost management experience

What we offer: 

RingCentral offers all the work/life benefits you could ever want, (and none of the micromanagement.) 

– Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, disability, life and pet insurance
– Flexible PTO
– 401K match and ESPP
– Wellness programs including virtual yoga, bootcamp, meditation classes and more
– Paid parental leave
– Milkstork parental account
– New parent gift box
 

Say hello to the future of work. And the end of the resume black hole. 

We didn’t create Glip specifically for hiring, but we might as well have. No more wondering if your resume was jettisoned into the vast emptiness of space. Sign up for Glip (it’s free, no downloads,)  and discover how smooth, informative and great the hiring process can be. So start meeting on www.Glip.com —  we look forward to connecting soon.

About RingCentral

RingCentral is the worldwide leader in cloud-based communications. Our software communications platform delivers phone, group chat, mobile communications, video calls, videoconference, contact center and AI-driven digital engagement. It’s a powerful, global presence that allows businesses to communicate anywhere, anytime with anyone. 

RingCentral is headquartered in Belmont, California and has offices around the world. 

RingCentral is an equal opportunity employer that truly values diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Looking to leverage your project management and legal expertise in a professional services environment? Want to help manage and grow a thriving practice area?  Want to join a top workplace with an amazing culture? This opportunity could be perfect for you!

Overview

Bates White is a boutique consulting firm based in Washington, DC. Recognized as a top workplace, the firm provides advanced economic, financial, and econometric analysis to law firms, companies, and government agencies.

Through our supportive, collaborative, and collegial culture we invest in our talent and provide opportunities for career advancement. We are proud to have been consistently ranked among the top firms in the Vault Guide to the Top 50 Consulting Firms and named as a Top Workplace by The Washington Post for the past five years.

If you are looking for a place to do high-quality work and have fun along the way, read below to discover how you can be part of our team.

What you’ll do

In this role, you will be responsible for developing, managing, and executing strategic and tactical initiatives to help manage the Antitrust (AT) Practice. Primary areas of responsibility include overseeing day-to-day AT Practice operations, financial performance, staff development, and business development while implementing operational and strategic objectives.

• Lead Litigation Section management meetings by planning with the AT Practice Chairs, drafting agendas, facilitating discussions, marshalling appropriate firm resources, and following up as necessary. Leverage administrative support staff as appropriate.
• Track and assist with managing new matters, current workload, and staffing assignments within the Practice. Develop engagement tracking tools and track major client deliverables as well as key practice events. Keep the AT Practice management team informed by linking relevant client matters, practice initiatives and firm priorities.
• Coordinate with the AT Practice Chairs and Human Resources to ensure new hires, including summer consultants, are onboarded and integrated appropriately to the AT practice. Track the professional development and skills training of AT staff. Work with the AT Practice Chairs and management team to resolve specific staff development needs. Monitor new matters, utilization, and current/anticipated workload to assist the AT Practice Chair and AT staffing Czars with staffing needs and assignments.
• Serve as a liaison between the AT Practice and Accounting & Finance to assist with reporting, revenue analysis, and practice expenses. Make recommendations for appropriate actions to improve the practice’s financial performance.
• Augment the new matter process. Identify information gaps and, working with Accounting & Finance and Legal, resolve them. Coordinate with project supervisors in the Litigation Section, Accounting & Finance, and Legal as needed to establish client support relationships and client billing contacts at the origination of matters. Work with project supervisors in the Litigation Section to ensure new matters conform to firm billing guidelines.
• Proactively review and report on accounts receivable, unbilled time, invoices, and collections. Internally coordinate with Litigation Section management as well as Accounting & Finance and Legal. Spearhead client outreach as needed to ensure issues are appropriately and timely addressed.
• Work with AT Practice Chairs and Human Resources to address personnel issues as needed.
• Track relevant industry conferences and speaking opportunities, and monitor industry trends.

What you’ll bring to the table

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Minimum of five years of experience in a directly-related position, preferably in a professional services or law firm environment. Demonstrated track record of managing day-to-day operations for a line of business.
• Experience in antitrust-related industry is a plus.
• Must be very flexible to changing circumstances and effectively work under pressure in a deadline-driven environment.
• Strong business acumen, situational sensitivity, and emotional intelligence.
• Problem solving skills.
• Finely-tuned diplomatic people management skills.
• Must possess excellent writing, editorial, and oral communication skills.
• Must be a detail and results-oriented project manager with excellent interpersonal and organization skills and be highly motivated, with strong commitment to quality service.
• Requires excellent time-management and multi-tasking skills and the ability to excel in a team-oriented, collaborative, and fast-paced environment.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office software including Outlook, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.

What you can expect from us

• Competitive compensation and benefits including flexible work schedules, tuition reimbursement up to $50,000, low healthcare premiums, and much more!
• Open culture where your voice is heard, your input is sought, and your contributions are rewarded.
• Fun and engaging culture including frequent social events.
• Amenities including standing desks, fitness center, rooftop terrace, espresso, fresh fruit, pool table, and table tennis.
• Employee-driven community outreach featuring fundraising events (e.g., trivia, game shows, cooking competitions, etc.), volunteer opportunities, and matching funds.
• Investment in your career through training programs, assigned mentor and peer coach, and frequent feedback.
• Networking opportunities through employee interest groups, Women’s Network, International Network, and Diversity-Inclusion Council.

If you are interested in joining our team, please submit a resume and cover letter via our website at www.bateswhite.com.

Bates White is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer and does not discriminate based upon race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, protected veteran status, status as a qualified individual with a disability, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you are an individual with a disability and you need an accommodation or other assistance during the application process, please call our Human Resources department at (202) 408-6110 or email your request to careers@bateswhite.com. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply. Download the EEO is the Law poster for more information.

Looking to leverage your project management and legal expertise in a professional services environment? Want to help manage and grow a thriving practice area?  Want to join a top workplace with an amazing culture? This opportunity could be perfect for you!

Overview

Bates White is a boutique consulting firm based in Washington, DC. Recognized as a top workplace, the firm provides advanced economic, financial, and econometric analysis to law firms, companies, and government agencies.

Through our supportive, collaborative, and collegial culture we invest in our talent and provide opportunities for career advancement. We are proud to have been consistently ranked among the top firms in the Vault Guide to the Top 50 Consulting Firms and named as a Top Workplace by The Washington Post for the past five years.

If you are looking for a place to do high-quality work and have fun along the way, read below to discover how you can be part of our team.

What you’ll do

In this role, you will be responsible for developing, managing, and executing strategic and tactical initiatives to help manage the Environmental and Product Liability (EPL) Practice. Primary areas of responsibility include overseeing day-to-day EPL Practice operations, financial performance, staff development, and business development fostering practice productivity while implementing operational and strategic objectives.

• Lead EPL Practice management meetings by planning with the EPL Practice Chair, drafting agendas, facilitating discussions, marshalling appropriate firm resources, and following up as necessary. Leverage administrative support staff as appropriate.
• Track and assist with managing new matters, current workload, and staffing assignments within the Practice. Develop engagement tracking tools and track major client deliverables as well as key practice events. Keep the EPL Practice management team informed by linking relevant client matters, practice initiatives and firm priorities.
• Coordinate with the EPL Practice Chair and Human Resources to ensure new hires, including summer consultants, are on boarded and integrated appropriately to the EPL practice. In conjunction with Human Resources, coordinate professional development and skills training. Monitor new matters, utilization, and current/anticipated workload to assist the EPL Practice Chair with staffing needs and assignments.
• Serve as a liaison between the EPL Practice and Accounting & Finance to assist with reporting, revenue analysis, and practice expenses. Make recommendations for appropriate actions to improve the practice’s financial performance.
• Augment the new matter process. Identify information gaps and, working with Accounting & Finance and Legal, resolve them. Coordinate with EPL project supervisors, Accounting & Finance, and Legal as needed to establish client support relationships and client billing contacts at the origination of matters. Work with EPL project supervisors to ensure new EPL matters conform to firm billing guidelines.
• Proactively review and report on accounts receivable, unbilled time, invoices, and collections. Internally coordinate with EPL Practice management as well as Accounting & Finance and Legal. Spearhead client outreach as needed to ensure issues are appropriately and timely addressed.
• Work with Practice Chairs and Human Resources to address personnel issues as needed.
• Track relevant industry conferences, speaking opportunities, and monitor industry trends.

What you’ll bring to the table

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Minimum of five years of experience in a directly-related position, preferably in a professional services or law firm environment. Demonstrated track record of managing day-to-day operations for a line of business.
• Experience in the insurance or bankruptcy industries is a plus.
• Must be very flexible to changing circumstances and effectively work under pressure in a deadline-driven environment.
• Strong business acumen, situational sensitivity, and emotional intelligence.
• Problem solving skills.
• Finely-tuned diplomatic people management skills.
• Must possess excellent writing, editorial, and oral communication skills.
• Must be a detail and results-oriented project manager with excellent interpersonal and organization skills and be highly motivated, with strong commitment to quality service.
• Requires excellent time-management and multi-tasking skills and the ability to excel in a team-oriented, collaborative, and fast-paced environment.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office software including Outlook, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.

What you can expect from us

• Competitive compensation and benefits including flexible work schedules, tuition reimbursement up to $50,000, low healthcare premiums, and much more!
• Open culture where your voice is heard, your input is sought, and your contributions are rewarded.
• Fun and engaging culture including frequent social events.
• Amenities including standing desks, fitness center, rooftop terrace, espresso, fresh fruit, pool table, and table tennis.
• Employee-driven community outreach featuring fundraising events (e.g., trivia, game shows, cooking competitions, etc.), volunteer opportunities, and matching funds.
• Investment in your career through training programs, assigned mentor and peer coach, and frequent feedback.
• Networking opportunities through employee interest groups, Women’s Network, International Network, and Diversity-Inclusion Council.

If you are interested in joining our team, please submit a resume and cover letter via our website at www.bateswhite.com.

Bates White is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer and does not discriminate based upon race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, protected veteran status, status as a qualified individual with a disability, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you are an individual with a disability and you need an accommodation or other assistance during the application process, please call our Human Resources department at (202) 408-6110 or email your request to careers@bateswhite.com. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply. Download the EEO is the Law poster for more information.

This role will be the primary face of the company to our community and our customers and will guide our design and data leads to ensure the needs of the customers are understood and addressed. It is a senior role in a young, entrepreneurial legaltech company, so it has the opportunity to make an outsize impact on the industry, diversity, and the company itself.

Our customers and potential customers (i.e., the legal community) are corporate legal departments and large law firms. In corporate legal departments, we work with legal operations, procurement, and associate general counsels. In law firms, we work with leadership in diversity, human resources, innovation, technology, and finance.

The primary responsibilities of this role include:

• Growing Market Awareness: Legal departments are already actively engaged in calculating law firm performance metrics, including diversity information, but it is manual work, and they struggle to get complete data, especially as firms resist sharing personal diversity information of their timekeepers. Law firms spend hundreds of hours calculating 120+ client-specific and survey-specific diversity metrics and are largely unaware of the rest of their clients’ legal ops metrics used to assess their performance. Fortunately, we address these issues in a simple, automated way at no cost to the legal departments and low annual fees for the law firms. We have engaged over 60 firms and 30 departments in discussions so far. This role is to help us carry forward this momentum to ensure the legal community (hundreds of firms and law companies, thousands of legal departments) has a higher and continual level of awareness of the value we provide.
  Fortunately, we benefit from a network effect where law firms are referring us to their legal department customers, and these legal departments are reaching out to their outside counsel to get them engaged, and so on. And we have friendly relationships with diversity advocacy bodies, legal ops communities, consultancies, and others already involved in the community.
• Creating Customers: The core value of this role is evolving market awareness into signed-up customers. Doing so entails a sales process but one done by reflecting a shared passion for moving diversity forward, creating more understanding and transparency in business data and metrics, and automating work that is causing many good people hundreds of hours of low-value time. Our founder and our existing community have deep relationships in the market (and this role should also have a network of relationships), so the focus is not on cold calling but continual education, demonstrations, and follow-up with legal leaders. Potential customers have consistently been eager but busy, and each law firm wants many of its leaders to be a part of the decision, so facilitating each firm through the commitment process is key to our growth. This role will need to help each firm turn talk into action.
• Guiding Product and Metric Fit: Because this role is interfacing with the legal community and our customers, it has a responsibility to translate the needs and priorities of these leaders into our product and metrics roadmap. Ideas and requirements are to be conferred via ongoing informal communications with the team and formal user personas, user journeys, and use cases.
• Understanding Metrics of Legal Departments: The role will lead discussions with new legal departments to understand their objectives, priorities, terminology, and targets. And provide them with industry norms and best practices. These discussions are our simple onboarding process for the departments.
• Customer Satisfaction: Legal Metrics’ customer onboarding and data leadership leads facilitate the onboarding of law firms. This Engagement role is to stay involved at a high level during and after onboarding to ensure each customer is a raving fan. This involvement will provide an ongoing feedback loop for product and service improvements. Over time, this role should establish our ongoing protocols for customer satisfaction and feedback.

We are a small company, so each person wears multiple hats. The role will assist and coordinate with others on the team in areas including engaging our partner ecosystem (software, data, consulting, advocacy associations, etc.).

Qualifications of Candidates
Market engagement and reputation

Candidates must have:

• Existing experience in the U.S. legal market, with a network of trusted relationships in legal ops, diversity, or innovation
• A reputation in the market for accomplishing something meaningful, ideally in the data analytics, legal ops, or diversity areas

We are not open to a person who lacks this market experience or resides outside the United States.

Qualified candidates should have experience in:

• Legal operations, from either legal department’s and law firm / law company’s perspective
• Preparing and delivering persuasive presentations to executive leadership with personable style; persuasion via passion for making an impact rather than a sales approach
• Customer service and customer management in a professional services context
• Data analytics principles
• User design and business analysis methodologies
• Documenting requirements and interfacing with product teams
• Beneficial qualifications include:
• Social media, marketing, influencer experience
• Data design and data analytics
• Entrepreneurial leadership or previous role in a small company
• Project management experience in software and data environments

Hiring Information

Legal Metrics is a remote workforce company, so all employees and contractors work from home.

Legal Metrics is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status.

Due to the sensitive nature of data we collect and analyze, the selected candidate will be expected to undergo a background check. We cannot currently sponsor H1B; we are looking for Green Card / U.S. Citizens only.

Contact: recruiting@legalmetrics.com. A cover page shows that you are really interested. No agencies, please.

Orrick currently has an opening for a Vendor Management Contracts Professional.  This position can be located in any of Orrick’s US offices and consideration given for 100% remote US locations.

Who is Orrick? Orrick is a global law firm focused on serving the technology & innovation, energy & infrastructure and finance sectors. Founded more than 150 years ago in San Francisco, Orrick today has offices in 25+ markets worldwide. We are recognized worldwide for delivering the highest-quality legal advice through our diverse teams and for our culture of innovation and collaboration.  Financial Times selected Orrick as the Most Digital Firm of 2020, and in the past five years, the Most Innovative Law Firm of the Year three times and runner-up twice. For the sixth year in a row, Fortune named Orrick to its 2021 list of the 100 Best Companies to Work For.  Learn more about our awesome employee experience here: Fortune 100 Great Place To Work certified company.

Are you looking to work in a dynamic team-oriented work environment?  Are you a self-starter with a high level of initiative and drive? This may be the job you for you!

Your Responsibilities:  As a Vendor Management Contracts Professional, you will support the internal firm-wide procurement and vendor management operations. All “clients” are internal employees from across the firm who will be looking to the incumbent to provide contract guidance and direction as it relates to each client’s unique business circumstances.

·         Review, analyze, mark-up (in conformity with Firm standards), negotiate as necessary, and process of moderate to highly complex contracts of various types (eDiscovery, NDA, SaaS and other cloud services, software, evaluation and pilot agreements, marketing, conference, building lease and security, professional services, including Statements of Work, etc.

·         Support the Firm’s efforts in revising current and developing contract templates and Firm guidelines.

·         Asist in the cataloging of contracts and monitoring vendor performance.

·         Identifies and supports all training and development needs.

·         Work with Firm-wide internal clients and legal associates as needed.

Qualifications:

·         JD Degree and admission to practice in good standing in a US jurisdiction preferred, significant vendor contract review, drafting, revising and negotiation experience considered commensurate.

·         4-5 years of related Vendor Management experience including proven proficiency in managing contracts containing terms and conditions related to data privacy, information security, AI and machine learning, the procurement of computer related components and services (cloud, SaaS, software, hardware and maintenance), acquiring professional services, and general IT procurement is a plus.

·         Ability to draft in clear, concise, user-friendly terms.

·         Must have a strong foundation in contract management, which includes having the ability to draft contract terms and being fluent in contract negotiation as well as being comfortable conducting negotiations with opposing counsel and other vendor representatives from all management and executive levels.

·         Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; demonstrates a strong customer service orientation towards internal clients; proven ability to interact with all levels of management (both externally and internally), staff and external entities in a highly effective and professional manner.

·         Proficient computer skills including MS Word, PowerPoint and Excel and familiarity in working with a contract filing database.

·         Ability to manage change within a fast paced, dynamic and progressive organization while maintaining a commitment to the Firm’s core values.

·         Ability to exercise sound decision making abilities and good judgment.

·         Excellent project management, organizational, analytical and problem-solving skills.

·         Ideal candidates will have a firm understanding of the relationship between contract management and how this relates to procurement processes and policies, purchase order and invoice processing, and order management.

Please visit www.orrick.com for more information about the firm.

How to Apply: If you are searching for a chance to create an impact, you have a little grit and you love working with a team, we want to talk with you. To submit your resume and cover letter for this position, please visit our Staff and Paralegal Opportunities Listings at www.Orrick.com/Careers/Paralegals-and-Staff.

No phone calls please.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Consistent with the SF Fair Chance Ordinance, an arrest and conviction record will not automatically disqualify a qualified applicant from consideration.

Qualified applicants with criminal histories will be considered for the position in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring.

THIS IS BLUE APRON

Chefs around the world wear blue aprons when learning to cook, and for us it has become a symbol of lifelong learning.  Our highly motivated group of food enthusiasts are inspired to work on complex business problems with creativity and passion always looking to learn something new. We take preparation seriously, embrace a spirit of excellence, and put in the extra effort in everything we do.  We are thrilled to be part of our customers’ lives, cooking and creating experiences in their home kitchens.

WHO’S IN THE KITCHEN  

Blue Apron is seeking a bright, energetic, self-motivated, highly organized and detail-oriented Legal Operations Manager/Legal Analyst with a minimum of 4-5 years of experience gained in-house, ideally at a leading consumer-facing technology and ecommerce company, to join its legal team.  This is a unique opportunity to join a dynamic team and be involved in a wide range of legal matters across different practice areas for a fast-moving and complex business. This role will report to the General Counsel and  work closely with all members of the Legal team to support the company’s commercial, corporate, regulatory, litigation management, employment and strategic initiatives and day-to-day operations.

WHAT’S ON THE MENU 

-Manage plans or initiatives to make the Legal Department more efficient, including leading or assisting the legal team’s efforts in the preparation, implementation and refinement of forms, processes and procedures relevant to areas of coverage and partnering with business teams.
-Manage the Blue Apron contract lifecycle, from intake through execution and filing, and liaise with business teams on contract-related questions;  maintain contract management system.  
-Review and analyze documents (ex. invoices and agreements) for compliance with guidelines. Summarize contractual terms and other business and legal matters.
-Coordinate with other departments within Blue Apron on cross-functional projects and implementing legal initiatives.
-Build and maintain legal department dash-boarding. Administer and maintain key legal records and KPIs on performance, workload flows, contract volume and departmental budgets  to meet legal and organization needs.
-Manage incoming and outgoing NDAs and work through proposed changes.
-Handle preparation and filing of new and renewal permits and licenses, including tracking key dates.
-Assist in-house and outside counsel in the management of litigation and administrative matters, including organizing and maintaining internal litigation files (electronic and physical as needed), monitoring ongoing matter activity (including tracking of status and key dates), service of complaints/charges and pending deadlines; managing and coordinating discovery efforts between outside counsel and internal personnel; drafting, reviewing, analyzing and organizing internal documents.
-Review and respond to subpoenas, requests for personnel information from HR and other sources, including government agencies.
-Assist in the management of the legal hold process, including implementing, maintaining and tracking legal hold notices.
-Prepare summaries of litigation matters, as needed.
-Assist with corporate filings for new and existing entities, ordering documents from state Secretaries of State, and coordinate notarization, certification and apostille of corporate documents, as needed.
-Assist with public company matters, including SEC filings, SEC reporting process and preparation of materials for the Board of Directors. 
-Conduct periodic employee training on relevant legal topics.
-Coordinate Legal team bi-weekly meetings and other team events.
-Perform other special assignments, strategic projects or duties as needed.

NECESSARY INGREDIENTS 

-Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university.
-At least 4-5 years of relevant experience, ideally  gained in-house, preferably  at a consumer-facing technology and/or  ecommerce company.  Experience with litigation and public company  support is strongly preferred.
-Highly proficient with Microsoft Office Suite (e.g., Word, Excel and PowerPoint), Google Suite (e.g. Gmail and Google Drive) and Adobe Acrobat.  Experience with DocuSign, Tableau, electronic billing and contract management software is preferred.
-Be highly organized, extremely detail-oriented, autonomous, creative, efficient and resourceful with strong follow-through skills.
-Be able to manage competing deadlines and demands and nimbly adjust to shifting priorities within a fast-paced, rapidly evolving environment.
-Have a strong work ethic and sense of professionalism and discretion, demonstrating accountability, integrity, good judgment and respect for confidentiality.
-Be able to operate autonomously while being a team player who brings a positive, “can do” attitude to the workplace and works collaboratively with other members of the legal team and with internal business partners.
-Have excellent communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills.
-Be highly analytical and have exceptional problem-solving skills.
-Have a strong desire to learn the business and expand areas of expertise and to function integrally as part of an interdisciplinary team.

Blue Apron provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetics, marital status or veteran status. In addition to federal law requirements, Blue Apron complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

The Fastly Law Team is looking for a senior legal operations professional to build a legal operations function from the ground up in a fast-paced, high-growth environment. The ideal candidate will have the knowledge and experience to optimize existing systems and build new processes to empower the Fastly’s Law Team to use their time for its highest and best use. This is a rare opportunity to have a foundational impact at a rapidly scaling company. This position will be based remotely with the option to work out of a Fastly office when we re-open our offices, and will report to our Vice President & Deputy General Counsel, who is in San Francisco.

What You’ll Do

• Identify, evaluate and execute on operational improvement opportunities across Law Team functions to scale systems in collaboration with our partners
• Evaluate current team processes and identify, design and implement strategic operational solutions (both large and small) to eliminate inefficiency and the toil of high-volume, manual tasks
• Seek out, collect and synthesize data for informed and strategic decision-making and regular reporting against Law Team metrics
• Re-invent knowledge management for the team to optimize our playbooks, records, templates and Wikis, and maintain them going forward
• Maintain legal technology tools, including billing platforms with outside law firms and e-discovery, and take the lead on deploying newer and better technology
• Implement new contract management systems tools integrated with Salesforce and Coupa
• Train the Law Team and its partners effectively on changing workstreams and new systems and processes
• Manage the team’s budget to accurately forecast needs and spending, assist team members to manage expenses responsibility, and identify strategic opportunities for investment
• Lead on special projects supporting the Law Team’s intellectual property portfolio, corporate policy management, data security and privacy initiatives, record retention and many more.

What We’re Looking For

• 4+ years of legal operations experience with an additional 4+ years of in-house experience legal or finance functions, especially at high-growth tech companies
• Proven ability to build, re-design and implement long-term, scalable legal operational programs and processes
• Robust experience in implementing and using legal technology solutions
• Demonstrated skills presenting data in a creative, thoughtful and effective manner to drive better decisions
• A collegial self-starter who makes independent progress on complex projects and exercises excellent judgment in raising issues and when collaborating
• Meticulous attention to detail
• A keen focus on scale, end-to-end automation and liberating others from toil
• Able to thrive in a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities and to successfully manage multiple projects to completion across many different lines of communications
• A pragmatic and practical approach to problem solving and getting things done
• Experience with Salesforce.com and contract lifecycle management systems is required
• A penchant for discretion
• BA/BS from respected institution, JD preferred

Greenberg Traurig (GT), a global law firm, has an exciting full-time employment opportunity for a Manager, Pricing & Legal Project Management in the Revenue Management Department of our Atlanta, GA office.  We offer competitive compensation and an excellent benefits package. 

Position Summary:

As a member of the Firm’s Revenue Management team, the Manager, Practice Group Finance & LPM will work closely with attorneys in a large, high volume litigation practice to develop and track comprehensive and realistic budgets, assist with the finance portion of RFP responses, and prepare and provide client and attorney requested reports and data, including accruals.  This position will also assist in establishing best practices and operational procedures to ensure client relationship and matter support.  Will collaborate with practice attorneys, firm finance, accounting and IT departments, and client legal operations teams.

Duties & Responsibilities:

Develops budgets with pricing and staffing scenarios that meet client needs and firm profit objectives

Establishes budgets using budgeting software and monitors performance against actuals

Reviews budget to actual status, raises deviations with attorneys, and leads discussion of corrective action

Creates specific matter plans that are in line with client and attorney objectives to better track performance

Develops standardized practice group, client, and matter level processes and procedures to assure ease of administration of work and data and metric collection for reporting

Prepares monthly and/or quarterly accruals data and oversees attorney review and submission to clients;

Coordinates data gathering and analysis for annual client reviews and presentations

Provides detailed RFP input for plans and budgets related to prospective new matters, particularly where Alternative Fee Arrangements (non-hourly) are being proposed

Assists attorney team with ad hoc financial requests and provide recommendations for reporting consistency and accuracy

Works with attorneys to create rate cards when required by RFPs

Collaborates with IT to develop various automated reports to increase efficiency 

Skills & Competencies:

Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills; ability to assess management needs and craft innovative solutions to meet specific firm and client objectives

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (oral and written), professional demeanor and presentation. Including active listening and ability to convey information clearly

Candidate must be a self-starter who can work independently

Strong organizational skills, with the capability of managing multiple projects efficiently

Position also requires the ability to work under pressure to meet strict deadlines, adapt to a fast paced high pressure environment to achieve business goals and objectives

Qualifications & Prior Experience:

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting or related field from an accredited university required

Specialization in Finance, Accounting or similar quantitative focus preferred

3-5 years related experience required in professional services operations, preferably legal operations, legal project management and pricing, practice management

Exceptional computer skills with the ability to learn new software applications quickly
Proficiency with Windows-based software and Microsoft Office Suite required, including advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel (pivot tables, vlookups, formulas, macros)

Greenberg Traurig is an Equal Opportunity Employer and committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Individuals seeking employment at Greenberg Traurig are considered without regards to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identification, national origin, age, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, or genetic information, among other protected bases.  

The Knowledge Management (“KM”) Attorney manages development of and access to core practice content, related business intelligence data and helps drive process improvement through form adoption, process improvement, checklists and knowledge bases for practitioners within practice groups. This is a highly self-motivated individual that works closely with the Litigation practice leadership in aligning knowledge resources around expertise within each Litigation practice area to better leverage expertise within each practice specialty. This position can be based in any of our U.S. offices, with travel as needed.

Responsibilities Include:

• In coordination with practice area expert lawyers: assist with drafting, create processes for updating and managing standard forms, internal memoranda on practice legal issues, and practice process checklists; identify work product precedents (exemplar documents) in coordination with practice group leadership and subject matter experts.
• Initiate and coordinate legal knowledge projects and systems within assigned practice area(s).
• Train and assist practice area lawyers and paralegals in use of the firm’s relevant knowledge tools and information resources; coordinate with peers in other practice areas to exchange best practices in knowledge resources developed by each area; monitor and share with practitioners recent, relevant legal developments and current market practice developments and trends.
• Develop and manage legal knowledge information collections and databases; including experience databases, presentation collateral, engagement letters, legal opinions, and other topics as defined by practice needs.
• Coordinate with the IT and KM professional staff regarding content management and access systems; develop and manage legal knowledge information collections and databases.

Desired Skills & Qualifications:

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to build new systems and processes from the ground up, and to suggest and execute on solutions given practical constraints.
• Advanced data gathering and reporting skills, including development and use of database systems and reporting.
• Expert legal knowledge and practice skills in assigned practice area(s), such as Litigation.
• A desire to continually learn and grow, including regularly absorbing new information about the firm’s legal practice, business practices and the industries and technologies of our clients and aptitude for learning new systems and procedures quickly.
• Superior customer service ethic, communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to motivate participation in new systems, change behavior, and work seamlessly with and extract information at all levels.
• Advanced proficiency in document management search functionality and systems.
• Advanced knowledge of database structure and theory, business practices and philosophies, and of Inter/Intra/Extranet technologies, particularly for legal-specific uses (portals).
• Highly organized, efficient and extremely detail oriented, with ability to stay productive under pressure with tight deadlines.
• Self-motivated with proven ability to anticipate problems and move things forward with little input or direction.
• Expert knowledge of the workflows and the core needs of lawyers in the assigned practice area.
• Highly proficient in MS Office (Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, SharePoint).
• The ability to keep your cool in a demanding environment (a sense of humor helps, too).

The qualified candidate will have 3-5+ years of law firm experience as a Litigation associate with emphasis on technology company representation. Experience with knowledge document assembly applications. JD required.

To be fully considered for this position, please apply directly online: https://fenwick.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Fenwick_External_Careers/job/Mountain-View/Knowledge-Management-Attorney–Litigation-_R1239

Tired of ordinary?  Join a hot startup solving problems for the most innovative clients in the land.  If you’re extraordinary, we might be your next professional home.

Digital transformation is our jam.  Our clients have numerous business processes that require manual effort – boring work for humans that is prone to error.  Keesal Propulsion Labs is committed to bringing automation to this problem.

Our clients are the legal departments of Fortune 500 companies that are on the cutting edge of automation.  Our Business Analysts are the bridge between the possibilities posed by technology and the strategic needs of clients.  They analyze processes and work streams that can be improved through automation and design and build automated solutions. 

As a group, we’re friends, colleagues and partners in building a cool tech company. We’ve been around less than 3 years but are growing rapidly and looking for a tech savvy Business Analyst that thinks logically, is a problem solver and wants to be part of not only creating innovative solutions, but also building a company.

Desired Skills

·       Ability to work and play well with others – colleagues, clients, partners

·       Ability to identify and analyze business processes through client interviews and observation

·       Ability to think logically, understand how steps in a process fit together and create workflow diagrams

·       Experience in or working with corporate legal departments

·       Technical savvy – ability to use common productivity tools (Smartsheets, Airtable, CSS) and willingness to build solutions on no-code and low code platforms

·       Ability to manage a project

·       Strong communication and presentation skills

·       Passionate about being part of a growing startup

·       Optimism, confidence and ambition (mindset is a skill)

·       Knowledge of workflow automation software a plus

Responsibilities

·       Analyzing existing business processes and identify improvements

·       Translating Requirements: Understanding current state of a process and translate into a technical solution

·       Understanding the best way for a user to interact with software to get the best user experience (i.e., understanding user needs)

·       Make best practice recommendations and engage in real-time problem solving

·       Creating process maps and automated workflows reflecting business processes

·       Working on a multi-disciplinary team including engineers, developers and designers

·       Project ownership – making sure the project is meeting the client’s objectives and making sure the project stays on time and on budget.

·       Delivering reports and presentations to clients

What We Offer

·      Early-stage opportunity at a high growth tech company in a hot space, but with considerable career stability due to our strong financial condition

·      Great salary, profit sharing, benefits.  We are a team of stars and pay accordingly

·      Cool colleagues and clients.  We don’t work with people that we don’t enjoy and have built a culture of trust, support and humor

·      A great lifestyle – unlimited PTO and vacation time, great social connection, ability to live anywhere in a US time zone

HBR Consulting is seeking a manager for its Advisory Consulting Practice. Specifically, we are seeking a dynamic, team-oriented individual to assist our corporate legal department and law firm clients in identifying ways to improve strategy and operations and become more optimized legal functions through enhanced allocation of resources, streamlined processes, and improved use and adoption of technology. 

This Manager role will help lead client engagements and maintain day-to-day client interactions, delivering high quality client deliverables, project management, budget management and supervising and developing junior staff. 

Responsibilities

• Work with client personnel to structure a mutually agreed upon project plan
• Serve as the day-to-day manager on engagements, including developing team members
• Lead the data gathering process including analyzing client reports, conducting various interviews and focus groups, and developing and distributing surveys
• Work closely with team members and client personnel to review findings and help support implementation of recommendations
• Lead the client invoicing process including reviewing and approving all time entries and invoices
• Supports practice leadership in business development activities
• Support internal practice initiatives such as developing new revenue channels, other internal practice initiatives, proposals, recruiting, and external marketing efforts and thought leadership
• Demonstrate industry/practice expertise and consulting capabilities
• Implement proven solutions for recognized problems
• Understand and speak to the capabilities of HBR including key products and service offerings across other Advisory service lines 

Qualifications

• BA, BBA or BS in Business, Economics, Accounting or Finance preferred
• 5-7 years’ experience in a combination of the following: 
  • Big 4 or similar consulting experience (strongly preferred)
  • Law department or law firm operations
  • Outside counsel management
  • Benchmarking, data and financial analysis
  • Legal resource optimization
• Management experience in a team-oriented workplace preferred
• Demonstrated ability to lead and develop staff members.
• Travel is required domestically approximately up to 50%.   

Preferred Skills 

• Advanced skills and expertise across the Microsoft Suite of Products including Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint. These tools will be essential to the support the identification and implementation of opportunities to support our clients.
• Strong written and verbal communication
• Ability to manage several clients and projects, delegating where appropriate
• Highly developed organizational skills and ability to handle and prioritize multiple tasks in accordance with a timeline
• Highly developed attention to detail
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills including ability to define problems, collect information, establish facts, and draw valid conclusion
• Ability to work collaboratively and to build relationships
• Outstanding interpersonal relationship building and employee coaching and development
• Intellectual curiosity and willingness to take feedback

HBR Consulting LLC is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, civil union status, national origin, ancestry, age, parental status, disabled status, veteran status, or any other legally protected classification, in accordance with applicable law. 

The PayPal Legal Operations team is seeking an experienced, highly engaged and dynamic Sr. Manager to join our team. This is a Legal Operations generalist role; however, a key part of this role will be managing the department’s IT portfolio. Therefore, experience evaluating, implementing and maintaining legal department technology solutions (e.g., contract management/self-service contracting, ebilling/matter management, document management, knowledge management, etc.) is required.

Primary Job Responsibilities

• Tools and Technology:Serve as owner of Legal Department’s technology portfolio (approx. 25 systems) and 3-year roadmap.  Act as lead liaison and escalation point for work with corporate IT team dedicated to Legal.
• Active project team participant and lead along with the IT group for several technology projects, including reviewing/assessing potential new technology solutions, new system launches, system upgrades and product enhancements.
• For systems owned by Legal Operations, also serve as business system owner – manage the vendor selection, implementation, testing, global rollout and training for any new software and tools in this space.
• Responsible, in close coordination with the corporate IT team, for tracking the progress and performance of the Legal IT portfolio and making recommendations to management on the technology direction for the department.
• Assist with testing, training, implementation and adoption of technology solutions.
• Identify opportunities to leverage technology solutions to resolve business issues.
• Knowledge Management: Assist with further build-out/enhancement of Legal Department’s internal and company-facing portals.
• Create self-help tools (dashboards, toolkits, on-demand trainings/FAQs, etc.) to support knowledge management throughout the function.
• Document existing policies, procedures and guidelines; develop one-stop shop for online resources and training and formulate education plan around such policies/processes.
• Operational Excellence: Help translate Business Affairs goals and priorities into strategic vision for Legal function.  Assist with collection and assessment of benchmarks/metrics/KPIs.
• Ensure cross-functional alignment.  Create and drive relationships with other key company functions, such as HR, IT, Finance and Real Estate/Facilities.
• Assist with management of department operations, such as HR processes, new hire onboarding, communications, memberships, training, etc.
• Serve as a champion and change agent shaping the culture of the department.  Assist with development, implementation and enhancement of department processes.
• Support the implementation/roll-out of Company programs and practices to the function, promoting key leadership messaging.
• Proactively seek ways to improve current processes to maximize productivity, workflow, and maximize department’s efficiency.
• Provide support for special projects as requested.  Support Director of Legal Operations with various ad hoc projects.

Job Requirements

• High level of professionalism and emotional intelligence
• Excellent written, communication, research, and presentation skills
• Experience with fiscal and budget management and general project management in a technical environment; drafting business cases/ROI analyses.
• Strong project management skills – consistently completes projects on-time with great attention to detail.
• Strong working knowledge of, and hands-on practical experience with, technology tools and applications typically used in Legal department settings
• A demonstrated understanding of how to develop, implement, and enhance processes. Eager to learn new things and apply knowledge to innovate, improve/simplify processes.
• Thrives in a global, fast-paced, and dynamic work environment.  Ability to manage high job complexity and constant multi-tasking.  Well organized, able to prioritize well, work efficiently.  Shows flexibility as workloads fluctuate.
• Demonstrated ability to influence and work effectively with global teams at all levels (including senior leadership) within a highly matrixed organization.
• A genuine interest and ability to connect with, build and maintain relationships with people at all levels and across organizational and geographic boundaries.
• Experience developing strategic or departmental planning materials that required consensus gathering from multiple constituents.  Strong business partnering skills.
• An ownership mentality – sees tasks through to completion.  Goes the extra step to proactively seek out answers to problems that may fall outside his/her area of expertise.

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree (B.A. or B.S.) with a focus in Business or Technology preferred.