Manager, Legal Operations
About The Position
The Manager, Legal Operations spearheads operational excellence across Condé Nast’s global Business and Legal Affairs department. Reporting directly to the Vice President, Corporate and Commercial Law, this role drives legal technology integration, workflow automation, and data-informed decision-making to improve departmental efficiency and streamline legal processes. The role oversees departmental financial expenditures and develops the technological and operational infrastructure supporting the global Business and Legal Affairs team. The Manager partners with executive cross-functional leaders across Finance and IT, as well as legal operations leadership at Advance Publications, Inc., Condé Nast’s parent company, to promote modern legal technology and agile operational delivery worldwide.
Requirements
- 4–7 years of progressive experience in legal operations, legal technology enablement, or legal project management within a fast-paced global company or enterprise legal department.
- Demonstrated success leading cross-functional transformation programs, automating legacy processes, and driving technology adoption across diverse global teams.
- Strong track record of collaborating effectively with finance teams, IT/Security, and in-house attorneys.
- Hands-on expertise administering modern legal technology solutions, such as CLM, e-billing, AI-assisted review tools, and workflow engines, and leveraging legal analytics platforms.
- Bachelor’s degree required.
Nice To Haves
- Professional certification, such as CCEP or a paralegal certificate.
Responsibilities
- Monitor law firm billing, enforce Outside Counsel Guidelines, process invoices, and track outside counsel spend against budget.
- Administer the department’s legal systems, investigate and demonstrate new platforms, and identify features in existing platforms—including AI tools—that improve contract lifecycle management, billing, and knowledge management.
- Track pending litigation, outside counsel budgets for pending cases, and risk assessments; serve as a point of contact for Finance and Advance’s legal department.
- Improve legal intake, triage, work assignments, and output through continuous process innovation; design automated self-service workflows, such as NDA request and fulfillment platforms.
- Design and maintain executive-level dashboards with actionable insights into operational velocity, contract turnaround times, intake trends, and compliance metrics.
- Provide operational support to the compliance function, including facilitating workflows, policy management, and initiative tracking.
- Partner with cross-functional leaders in Finance and IT and with legal operations leadership at Advance Publications, Inc.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
