Legal Operations Manager

About the Role

Sellers Dorsey is seeking a Legal Operations Manager to support the Office of the General Counsel by managing budgeting processes operational workflows M&A technology platforms and cross-functional initiatives. This role plays a critical part in improving efficiency ensuring compliance and enabling the legal team to deliver strategic value to the organization. You must reside within and work during Eastern Time (ET) business hours.

Key Responsibilities

1- Budgeting & Financial Administration:

• Support annual legal budgeting and forecasting processes.
• Administer department-wide budget surveys and consolidate inputs.
• Maintain budget tracking tools and reporting for Finance (A&F).
• Track and maintain attorney bar licenses and in-house counsel memberships

2- Legal Operations & Systems Management:

• Administer legal intake and workflow systems including contract system requests (LEAH) request assignment and queue management
• Monitor request lifecycle troubleshoot issues and ensure timely follow-up
• Manage user access onboarding/offboarding and license utilization reporting.
• Develop and maintain SOPs job aids and process documentation.

3- Reporting Analytics & Strategic Initiatives:

• Develop and maintain Legal Operations Maturity Model and Value Proposition.
• Assist with preparing board-level materials dashboards and legal metrics reporting.
• Analyze system and operational data to support decision-making and demonstrate value.

4- Project & Program Management:

• Manage project plans in Smartsheet for legal and compliance initiatives.
• Oversee entity management using company vendor(s) in coordination with attorneys.
• Assist executive assistant with coordinating quarterly team meetings including logistics timelines and materials.
• Support cross-functional projects (e.g. Compliance Week policy review initiatives).
• Track tasks manage deadlines and ensure timely completion of deliverables.
• Assist with government relations tracking and special projects as needed.
• Assist with M&A due diligence and integration activities as applicable.

5- Administrative & Team Support:

• Provide backup executive assistant support to legal leadership as needed.
• Maintain Legal & Compliance SharePoint site and internal resources.
• Coordinate vendor relationships (e.g. legal research tools training platforms outside counsel conferences memberships etc.).
• Support team communications meeting materials and documentation.
• Other general administrative support.

Key Qualifications

• Legal Studies Paralegal Studies Business Administration or related field. Bachelors degree and Paralegal Certificate preferrred.
  
  
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience in a legal compliance legal operations or related field.
• Familiarity with platforms such as CPAI LEAH or similar contract lifecycle management (CLM) preferred. Experience in project management preferred.
• Proficiency in MS Office required. Experience with tools such as Asana Smartsheet Microsoft Teams SharePoint and generative AI (MS Copilot) are preferred.
• Strong communication organizational and project management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities. Excellent written and verbal communication skills. High attention to detail and ability to manage sensitive/confidential information.

Compensation & Benefits

The anticipated salary range for candidates is $87100/year in our lowest geographic market range to up to $115000/year in our highest geographic market range. The final pay offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to the type and years of experience within the job the type of years and experience within the industry the candidates education and the candidates market location. Typically candidates are not hired near the top of the range and compensation decisions are made based upon Sellers Dorseys Total Compensation Policies & Guidelines. The successful candidate will also be eligible to participate in our annual Corporate Incentive Plan (CIP) that can range to up to9% of annual salary.

Provided they meet all eligibility requirements under the applicable plan documents the successful candidate (and their eligible dependents) will be eligible to enroll in group healthcare plans that offer medical dental and vision and for insurance plans offering short term disability long term disability and basic life. Employees are also able to enroll in Sellers Dorseys 401k plan provided they meet plan requirements. Sellers Dorsey offers a Flexible Time Off that allows employees to use what they need. Additionally we offer 10 paid holidays throughout the calendar year paid time off for qualifying medical leave and up to 12 weeks of combined paid parental and bonding leave. The foregoing benefits and paid time off including an employees eligibility therefore will be controlled by applicable plan documents and Sellers Dorsey policy.

This is intended to provide a general description of benefits and other compensation and is not a substitute for applicable plan documents or company policies.

Sellers Dorsey is an Equal Employment/Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex gender identity sexual orientation race color religious creed national origin physical or mental disability protected Veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local law.

If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process please contact us by email at and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Requests for accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this e-mail address.

Sellers Dorsey maintains a Drug-Free workplace.

Required Experience:

Manager