Legal Operations Manager

About the Role:

Hello Heart is hiring a Legal Operations Manager to join our Legal team. Reporting to our General Counsel you will create manage and improve processes for the efficient delivery of legal services by the Legal and Compliance teams to stakeholders throughout the company. Duties will include managing strategic and high visibility projects improving the use of legal technologies improving workflows developing process documentation and training. This position will also work cross-functionally across business teams and collaborate with a diverse group of stakeholders to maximize the efficiency of the Legal team create and execute plans to improve Legal Ops functionality and impact and scale processes to support our Legal team and enterprise goals.

Responsibilities:

• Work cross-functionally in project managing key company-wide initiatives driven by our team building and tracking project features milestones and dependencies
• Create processes and templates to organize projects legal advice and document business processes
• Provide ongoing assistance to various legal functions including product commercial employment and compliance including managing administration of the companys patent program
• Build manage and improve legal self-service and knowledge management resources
• Establish and maintain key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics to measure the legal teams performance and efficiency; create and maintain dashboards and reports to provide leadership with insights into legal spend and operational trends
• Lead the selection implementation and management of legal technology solutions including AI e-billing and ticketing systems
• Oversee the entire outside counsel and legal vendor management lifecycle including onboarding billing and performance tracking; manage and administer the legal teams billing platform
• Develop and manage the legal departments annual budget and forecasting processes in collaboration with Finance

Qualifications:

• B.A. or B.S. degree and legal operations management experience
• 3 years experience in the areas of legal operations or project management in-house or at a law firm preferred
• Able to develop project plans and timelines align key stakeholders and drive project completion
• Experience breaking down processes and identifying key pain points to support business improvements
• Able to prioritize effectively and handle multiple projects simultaneously
• Detail-oriented well-organized and able to prioritize multiple high-importance activities driving results
• Exercise sound judgment learn quickly and work well under time pressures

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working with a healthcare technology company
• Able to provide executive-level project management
• Proactive resourceful and able to function independently with minimal supervision
• Excellent oral and written communication research interpersonal and organizational skills
• Able to cover a wide range and level of tasks - from thinking strategically to troubleshooting detail where needed
• Desire and aptitude for learning new concepts on the job and taking on new responsibilities
• Previous experience managing IP programs
• Strong understanding of legal department metrics budgeting and financial analysis
• Legal operations certification (e.g. CLOC ACC Legal Ops) or Project Management Certification
• Experience with legal technology:
• Contract lifecycle management or CLM (e.g. home-grown systems Ironclad Salesforce)
• Workflow automation (e.g. Tonkean Streamline Checkbox)
• Legal AI tools (e.g. GC AI Harvey Ivo Luminance)
• Knowledge management software
• Legal e-billing software (e.g. Brightflag Legal Tracker Team Connect Passport SimpleLegal Onnit)

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $115000 to $135000. Salary ranges are determined by role and level. Compensation is determined by additional factors including job-related skills experience and relevant education or training. Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the annual salary and bonus only and do not include equity or benefits.