Legal Operations Manager

Cedar

2d • Remote

About The Position

Cedar is seeking an experienced Legal Operations Manager to join our Legal & Compliance Team.
The Legal Operations Manager will be responsible for driving process efficiency in Cedar’s legal and compliance operations, bringing creativity, energy, and tech-savvy expertise to support our growing Legal & Compliance Team. Serving as a key operational partner across many internal teams, including Finance, Procurement, Growth, IT Operations, and People, this role will manage contract workflows, support compliance, and drive process improvements. This role is ideal for a self-motivated legal operations professional with a background in contracts management, legal technology, procurement, and corporate administration who thrives in a fast-paced environment and enjoys developing new skills. This position will report to the Sr. Director, Head of Legal and Compliance Operations.

Requirements

• 5+ years of relevant experience, ideally with experience in both a law firm and an in-house corporate legal team, supporting contracts management, corporate administration, and legal technology.
• Excellent verbal, written, analytical, and persuasive skills, including contract negotiation and the ability to interact effectively and collaboratively with all levels of employees and management.
• Resourceful, inquisitive, and driven to learn new skills with a strong desire to gain a comprehensive understanding of Cedar’s business.
• Strong organizational skills to manage multiple projects with shifting priorities and high attention to detail.
• A team player with superior interpersonal skills, a positive attitude, and a sense of humor who works effectively in a collaborative environment.
• Proficiency in GSuite, Slack, Jira, Confluence, and collaboration tools, including experience using CLM and procurement workflow systems.

Responsibilities

• Manage and support the process workflow and negotiation cycle for various contract documents, including NDAs, procurement agreements, client agreements, amendments, and renewal order forms.
• Provide vendor contracting support for the Cedar Procurement team and client contracting support for the Cedar Growth team by reviewing and negotiating assigned contract requests, in collaboration with other members of the Legal & Compliance team.
• Assist with improving and managing contract templates and processes to address recurring business needs, and communicate changes clearly and effectively to internal teams.
• Provide project management support for various contracts data collection projects as needed.
• Oversee insurance policy applications, renewals, questionnaires, insurance certificate requests, and related processes.
• Collaborate with Cedar’s corporate compliance and statutory representation vendor to prepare, review, and manage annual reports, Secretary of State filings and document orders, required notice letters, certifications, information requests, and administrative filings, including tracking and calendaring corporate compliance-related deadlines.
• Collaborate with outside counsel and Cedar attorneys to provide paralegal support as needed (insurance claims, wage garnishments, litigation support).
• Support transactional business development initiatives.
• Assist with implementation and on-going management of the legal and compliance technology tool stack, including CLM, electronic signature, outside counsel billing, eDiscovery, project management, procurement workflow, vendor risk management, and budget development and tracking.
• Help drive process improvements and support Cedar’s CLM initiatives and updates.
• Assist in solving process and technology challenges that come with rapid growth, partnering closely with IT Operations and People Operations to deliver optimized and efficient process solutions as issues arise.

Benefits

• This role is equity eligible
• This role offers a competitive benefits and wellness package
• Unlimited PTO for vacation, sick and mental health days–we encourage everyone to take at least 20 days of vacation per year to ensure dedicated time to spend with loved ones, explore, rest and recharge
• 16 weeks paid parental leave with health benefits for all parents, plus flexible re-entry schedules for returning to work
• Diversity initiatives that encourage Cedarians to bring their whole selves to work, including three employee resource groups: be@cedar (for BIPOC-identifying Cedarians and their allies), Pridecones (for LGBTQIA+ Cedarians and their allies) and Cedar Women+ (for female-identifying Cedarians)
• Competitive pay, equity (for qualifying roles), and health benefits, including fertility & adoption assistance, that start on the first of the month following your start date (or on your start date if your start date coincides with the first of the month)
• Cedar matches 100% of your 401(k) contributions, up to 3% of your annual compensation
• Access to hands-on mentorship, employee and management coaching, and a team discretionary budget for learning and development resources to help you grow both professionally and personally

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees