Head of Legal Operations

Head of Legal Operations

This role is a new opportunity within Entegris highly regarded Law Department. The successful candidate will serve as an operational leader responsible for designing building and continuously improving the systems processes and infrastructure that enable our high performingcounselsto provide best in class legal servicesatscale. This is not a legal advisory role. The individual will be expected to identify strategic operational opportunities build business cases projectmanageimplementations and deliver measurable outcomes.

Responsibilities:

• LawDepartment Operations Leadership:Own and continuously improve the end-to-end operating model for theLawDepartment ensuring efficient scalable delivery of legal services across the organization.

• Outside Counsel and Vendor Management:Drive outside counsel and vendor strategy including e-billing administration invoice review workflows accruals matter budgets and spend forecasting; manage relationships with external firms and service providers establish guidelines and performance metrics and lead continuous improvementto maximizequality and cost-effectiveness.

• IP Operations:Oversee intellectual property operations including coordination with internal stakeholders and outside counsel on invention disclosures patent/trademark filings maintenance and IP docketing.

• Contract Operations (NDA Sales and Procurement):Manage the contract intake and execution process for core commercial and procurement agreements (including NDAs customer/sales agreements and vendor/procurement agreements) partnering withteam membersand the business to drive cycle-time improvements playbooks templates and approval workflows.

• Reporting & Analytics:Enhancea reporting frameworkthat gives Law Department and executive leadershipactionable visibility into operational performance resource allocation and service delivery.Build and maintain dashboards and recurring reporting for legalspend matter/portfolio health contract volumes and cycle times and IP activity; define KPIsdesigned to enhance Law Department engagement and service.

• Technology Systems & Process Improvement:Own theLawDepartments technology stack (e.g. CLM matter management e-billing IP docketing e-learning/knowledge tools) including requirements vendor management configuration adoption integrations and data quality.

• AI Strategyand Implementation:Driveand executetheAI strategy for the Law Department which will include evaluatingand deployingAI and automation tools across the legal functionanddevelopingappropriategovernance protocols and usage guidelines.

• Cross-Functional Partnership:Lead through influencepartner closely with IT Finance Procurement and other functions to implement and govern processes that support business objectives and meet applicable privacy/security requirements.

Qualifications:

• Demonstrated experience leading Legal Operations or law department business operations as an individual contributor or leader with end-to-end ownership of core operational functions (e.g. billing/e-billing vendor management reporting/analytics and legal technology).

• Bachelors degree with 15 years of experience or Masters/Doctoral/JDdegree with10years experiencein legal operations corporate legal management or related field; experience owning programs and driving outcomes in a complex cross-functional environment.

• Strong experience with legal spend management including outside counsel management budgeting/forecasting accruals and invoice review processes.

• Experience supporting IP operations (e.g. working with IP counsel docketing systems portfolio reporting and process management) isstronglypreferred.

• Experience supporting contract operations across common agreement types (including NDAs sales/customer agreements and procurement/vendor agreements) including intake workflows templates/playbooks and CLM administration.

• Proven track record implementing and optimizing legal systems (e.g. CLM matter management e-billing IP docketing) and driving adoption through training and change management.

• Excellent project management organizational and analytical skills; ability to define KPIs build reporting and communicate insights to leadership.

• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment; experience insemiconductor or technology companiesis a plus.

• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to influence and partner effectively across Finance Procurement IT and business stakeholders.

Compensation: The estimated pay for this position is $184000-$265000 with pay commensurate on candidates experience.