Legal Operations Specialist
Job Location:
New York City, NY - USA
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Job Summary
About Circular Services:
Circular Services is a leading developer and operator of circular economy infrastructure and services and the largest private recycling company in the U.S. with operations across the country. We help businesses and municipalities reduce and divert waste lowering disposal costs and fueling local supply chains by ensuring materials are recovered recycled and reused.
About the Role:
We are seeking a highly technical Legal Operations Specialist to serve as the primary liaison between the Legal IT and business teams. This role will drive the optimization integration and ongoing management of legal technology platforms contract lifecycle management systems corporate governance tools and emerging AI solutions.
The ideal candidate combines legal operations expertise with strong technology and systems integration experience. This individual will help scale legal operations through technology process improvement and strategic system design.
Benefits:
- Comprehensive Medical Dental and Vision coverage
- Company-paid Life Insurance
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- 401k with company match
- Paid Parental Leave
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Tuition Reimbursement Program
Responsibilities:
- Serve as the primary technology lead for the Legal Department.
- Administer enhance and review compliance for platforms including Ironclad CSC Legal Tracker DocuSign and other legal operations technologies.
- Design implement and maintain templates renewals entities playbook and AI functions in Ironclad.
- Integrate legal technology platforms with other business software including Claude Ramp Business Central Workday Carta.
- Lead update analyze and leverage business intelligence insights data and reporting projects for the Legal Department.
- Identify further opportunities to automate and continuously improve legal workflows approvals reporting and documentation.
- Ensure data integrity governance and security across legal technology ecosystems.
- Lead legal process improvement efficiency optimization and transformation of in-house functions through technology and drive adoption throughout the organization.
- Manage legal entity structures registrations annual filings and corporate governance documentation.
- Provide new legal technology functional training across the organization.
- Build and maintain dashboards provide solutions to track and improve KPIs and other metrics report out to management.
- Manage and assist with risk and compliance procurement litigation holds and discovery or subpoena responses and other legal department matters as needed.
- Support legal budgeting spend tracking financial reporting and forecasting.
- Translate legal requirements into technical solutions into business value and complexity into clear and concise solutions.
- Collaborate with the Chief Legal Officer Assistant GC IT executive team and cross-functional teams to identify and predict legal risks proposing new solutions and processes that align with the companys overall mission and growth trajectory and drive operational excellence and efficiency blending legal technology expertise with business acumen.
Minimum Job Qualifications:
- 3 years of experience in Legal Operations Legal Technology Legal Systems Administration Business Systems Analysis or related roles.
- BS/BA required JD/MBA preferred.
- Hands-on experience with legal technology platforms including Ironclad Legal Tracker CSC and comparable contract legal entity and matter management solutions.
- API Integration experience with Power BI Fabric Dynamics Claude/Anthropic.
- Experience managing software implementations integrations process design and technology projects.
- Strong understanding of enterprise system administration databases and data management workflow automation and regulatory compliance.
- Highly analytical with sharp attention to detail.
- Exceptional communication coaching negotiation and interpersonal skills with the ability to build strong relationships with internal clients and other stakeholders.
- Extremely high level of integrity & professionalism.
- Accountable and respectful.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and work effectively in a fast-paced dynamic environment.
- Strategic thinker with a passion for driving business growth and improving organizational processes.
- Ensures compliance with company policies procedures and standards.
Preferred Job Qualifications:
- Experience working in a growing legal department or working with or in a high-growth or start-up company.
- Experience at a private equity-backed company and a large public company.
EEOC:Circular Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind: Circular Services is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at Circular Services are based on business needs job requirements and individual qualifications without regard to race color religion or belief national social or ethnic origin sex (including pregnancy) age physical mental or sensory disability HIV Status sexual orientation gender identity and/or expression marital civil union or domestic partnership status past or present military service family medical history or genetic information family or parental status or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Circular Services will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.
Required Experience:
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About Company
Balcones Recycling is on a mission to recover as much valuable material from our waste streams as possible. Achieve sustainable future through recycling.
