Legal Director Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• BA/BS from an accredited college or university.
• At least ten years of relevant experience in legal operations, corporate legal department management, or a related field.
• Equivalent combinations of education and relevant experience will be considered.
• Experience working in or supporting an in-house legal department (strongly preferred).
• Experience managing budgets, reporting, legal technology, outside counsel, legal vendors, and alternative legal service providers.
• Excellent analytical and communication skills, both oral and written, with the ability to prepare concise, executive-ready materials.
• Strong team player with strong interpersonal, organizational, project management, and change management skills.
• Ability to handle and prioritize multiple projects simultaneously, influence without direct authority, and operate with limited supervision.
• High degree of discretion, professionalism, judgment, and follow-through.
• Technical literacy, including expertise in foundational legal technology and AI.
• Legal operations experience is required; a law degree or bar admission is not required.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working with a publicly traded company, a consumer-packaged goods company, a manufacturer, or a retailer.

Responsibilities

• Lead legal operations and department initiatives: Develop, own, and drive execution of the Legal Department’s roadmap, including department planning, prioritization, project governance, process improvement, communications, knowledge management, change management, and Chief of Staff-type support for the Executive Vice President and General Counsel.
• Manage legal technology and innovation: Oversee administration, adoption, and continuous improvement of legal technology and collaboration tools, including e-billing, document management, contract-related resources, reporting tools, and AI-enabled solutions; partner with IT and vendors on implementations, upgrades, training, and change management.
• Oversee financial operations and reporting: Coordinate annual budget development, forecasting, legal spend reporting, accruals, reserve coordination, and other financial processes in partnership with Finance; develop practical dashboards and metrics to support timely decisions.
• Manage outside counsel, ALSPs, and other vendors: Support high-quality, cost-effective legal services through rate negotiations, engagement terms, alternative fee arrangements, RFPs, statements of work, onboarding, performance tracking, and relationship management for outside counsel, ALSPs, and other legal vendors.
• Improve processes, controls, and knowledge management: Identify opportunities to simplify, standardize, or automate legal work and administrative processes; develop playbooks, templates, workflows, and user guidance that improve consistency, preserve institutional knowledge, and reduce friction for attorneys and business partners.
• Provide analytics and leadership support: Analyze matter, spend, vendor, staffing, technology, and operational data to identify trends, risks, cost-saving opportunities, and service delivery improvements; prepare concise, executive-ready materials for senior leaders and support additional Legal Department operational matters as directed.

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• short and long-term disability
• AD&D
• life insurance (for individual, families, and domestic partners)
• matching 401(k) plan
• unlimited sick time
• paid time off
• holiday pay
• free access to the fitness center (if in WHQ)
• access to on-site day care (operated by Bright Horizons)
• company store