Sr. Legal Project Specialist – Hybrid based in Nashville, TN

Conifer Health Solutions • Nashville, TN

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Sr. Legal Project Specialist works independently to help Tenet’s in-house legal counsel efficiently manage a growing portfolio of legal matters. The role supports the administration of business relationships with outside law firms and legal vendors, serves as an operational point of contact for those firms, and develops and drives process improvements that streamline legal service delivery.

The position is based in Nashville, Tennessee, with a hybrid schedule: in the office two to three days per week and working from home on the other days. The specialist also provides litigation and administrative support to in-house counsel, outside counsel, and internal stakeholders.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or relevant work experience.
• Competency in Microsoft Word and Excel.
• Ability to learn and use other tools.
• Inquisitive, self-starting approach and ability to use available resources to find answers, including when they are not readily apparent.
• Strong planning, organization, and time, task, and resource management skills.
• Strong attention to detail and written communication skills, particularly email.
• Comfort with ambiguity and ability to work independently.
• Ability to work and manage across a wide range of business and executive team members without direction.
• Ability to work on a small but important team and willingness to pitch in as needed.

Nice To Haves

• Three or more years of legal administrative support, paralegal, and/or project management experience.
• Healthcare or litigation experience.

Responsibilities

• Manage and administer business relationships with outside law firms and legal service vendors.
• Set up and update legal matters in Tenet’s LegalTracker enterprise legal management, e-billing, case tracking, and budgeting platform.
• Assist with billing functions, including reviewing and analyzing legal invoices, ensuring proper cost allocation and posting to the correct legal matter, and identifying cost-reduction opportunities.
• Serve as a primary point of contact for Tenet’s Legal operations team and law firm client relations representatives.
• Work with Tenet in-house counsel to develop and establish litigation priorities and calendars.
• Help ensure outside counsel timely receive documents and information from Tenet business functions so they can prosecute and defend legal claims efficiently and effectively.
• Work with outside counsel and internal Tenet stakeholders to facilitate reporting of legal updates, including litigation status, legal costs, and net recovery.
• Maintain and update the litigation calendar used by Tenet lawyers, business clients, and witnesses.
• Provide other administrative support as needed.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior