Senior Manager, Legal Operations

Pattern Energy Group LP•San Diego, CA

1d•$118,000 - $146,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Pattern Energy is seeking a Senior Manager of Legal Operations to build and manage the operational infrastructure of an approximately 40-person department supporting a growing renewable energy platform. The department delivers legal, compliance, document management and real estate expertise across the company. This is a high-impact, high-visibility role working directly with the Chief Legal Officer to modernize how legal work gets done — from intake and staffing through contract lifecycle management, financial oversight, and performance measurement. This is not a maintenance role. The person we're looking for will inherit a partially-built foundation and be expected to refine, accelerate and own it. They will lead cross-functional teams, create systems that scale with the business and enable high performance with processes and tools that make important work visible, repeatable and successful.

Requirements

7+ years in legal operations, with demonstrated ownership of programs rather than participation in them
Hands-on experience implementing or resetting a CLM platform (Agiloft, Ironclad, Conga, Salesforce, or comparable); experience with Agiloft specifically is a plus
Experience managing legal department budgets and outside counsel billing
Track record of building metrics programs and using data to drive decisions
Experience leading cross-functional teams and change
Strong project management discipline — able to hold multiple workstreams, timelines, and stakeholders accountable simultaneously
Comfort with ambiguity and an ability to make decisions with incomplete information
Communication style that works with lawyers, IT teams, and business leaders equally well
Someone who sees broken workflows as puzzles to solve, not problems to avoid
Bachelor's degree required

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with the energy industry generally and energy industry contracts (PPAs, PSAs, commercial agreements) specifically would be a meaningful plus but not required
Paralegal Certificate or JD a plus but not required

Responsibilities

Execute a full program reset for the legal team’s CLM platform (currently Agiloft). Evaluate platform capabilities, map cross-functional workflows with IT and business stakeholders and drive end-to-end implementation through to full adoption.
Build a scalable, automated system for incoming legal work. Drive visibility into supply vs. demand, identify skillset bottlenecks, and transition the department from manual staffing tracking to a data-driven model.
Lead teams in bottom-up project planning, managing competing priorities to deconflict resources and set clear expectations across business units.
Own functional scorecards, KPIs, and department goals. Build executive dashboards with the CLO to measure velocity, capacity, and risk reduction, ensuring early escalation when metrics show signs of going off-track.
Ensure strategic continuous improvement goals are well-defined with documented assumptions, acting as quality control to maintain momentum on high-priority targets.
Facilitate Root Cause Analyses (RCAs), Kaizens, and Problem-Solving Reports (PSRs) to establish immediate containment and actionable, long-term resolution plans.
Author and refine standard operating procedures, embedding continuous refreshes and lessons learned into daily team operations.
Act as a key operational advisor, identifying risks early and directing leadership attention toward friction points before they escalate into larger operational issues.
Oversee the department’s portfolio of strategic initiatives, representing the legal function in cross-company workouts and navigating matrixed teams effectively.
Own tracking, forecasting, and reporting for the legal budget. Establish clear guidelines for conferences, memberships, and professional development to ensure equitable allocation across staff.
Oversee outside counsel engagement, billing guidelines, and performance evaluations in partnership with Procurement, working toward an automated e-billing model.
Accelerate the creation of deal summaries and standard negotiation guides for contract staff—expanding coverage to complex agreements (e.g., PPAs, PSAs, and key commercial contracts) to enable business self-service.