Legal Operations Director

The Trade Desk • San Jose, CA

72d • $137,300 - $251,800

About The Position

The Trade Desk is changing the way global brands and their agencies advertise to audiences around the world. How? With a media buying platform that helps brands deliver a more insightful and relevant ad experience for consumers -- and sets a new standard for global reach, accuracy, and transparency. We are proud of the culture we have built. We value the unique experiences and perspectives that each person brings to The Trade Desk, and we are committed to fostering inclusive spaces where everyone can bring their authentic selves to work every day. We are looking for a strategic and execution-focused legal operations leader to help drive the legal department's technology roadmap. This role will work closely with legal, IT, and cross-functional teams to evaluate tools, lead system implementations, and continuously improve the user experience for both legal and business stakeholders. This is a highly impactful role with the opportunity to shape how technology enables and scales the legal function in a fast-paced, evolving environment. Your work will directly support the legal team's ability to operate more effectively, deliver services faster, and align more closely with broader business needs.

Requirements

• 12+ years of experience in legal operations or legal technology, ideally in a high-growth or enterprise environment.
• Strong technical acumen with hands-on experience implementing and managing legal systems and integrating them with broader enterprise platforms.
• Track record of driving automation initiatives and building measurable improvements in legal workflows.
• Strategic mindset with the ability to execute across multiple priorities and lead through ambiguity.
• Excellent project management and communication skills with the ability to engage across technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Collaborative, detail-oriented, and results-driven with a passion for legal innovation.
• Familiarity with legal tech platforms such as DocuSign CLM, Legal Tracker, Workflow Automation tools is a plus.
• Ability to interact and build trust across all levels of the company.

Responsibilities

• Help to create and lead the legal department's technology strategy, including implementation, optimization, and oversight of core legal systems (e.g., CLM, eBilling, and Workflow platforms).
• Own and manage legal digital platforms, including SharePoint, Confluence, and internal workflow tools, ensuring alignment with department needs and ease of use.
• Partner with cross functional teams to evaluate, and implement legal technology solutions that improve efficiency, and enhance user experience.
• Drive adoption of legal tools through effective change management, communication, stakeholder training, and documentation.
• Partner with Legal, IT, Procurement, Finance, and cross-functional stakeholders to integrate legal tools with enterprise systems.
• Manage legal tech vendor relationships.
• Lead complex, cross-functional projects aimed at transforming how legal services are delivered.

Benefits

• Comprehensive healthcare (medical, dental, and vision) with premiums paid in full for employees and dependents.
• Retirement benefits such as a 401k plan and company match.
• Short and long-term disability coverage.
• Basic life insurance.
• Well-being benefits.
• Reimbursement for certain tuition expenses.
• Parental leave.
• Sick time of 1 hour per 30 hours worked.
• Vacation time for full-time employees up to 120 hours thru the first year and 160 hours thereafter.
• Around 13 paid holidays per year.
• Employees can purchase The Trade Desk stock at a discount through The Trade Desk's Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees