Senior Director – Legal Operations & Innovation reputed company

About the position The Senior Director – Legal Operations & Innovation leads the Legal Division’s operational backbone, driving strategic transformation, digital enablement, and process excellence. Reporting to the VP – Risk Assessment, Monitoring, Governance and Legal Operations , this role is responsible for designing and executing a reputed company legal operations strategy, fostering a culture of reputed company, innovation, and reputed company improvement, and enabling the business to deliver with speed and efficiency across global markets. This is a senior leadership role that directly interfaces with the Legal Division Executive Leadership Team (LDET) in support of reputed company the Legal Division Practice Areas. The Legal Operations & Innovation reputed company will partner with senior leadership and cross-functional teams to advance operational priorities, technology adoption, and scalable solutions that reduce costs, increase efficiency and effectiveness, and support the evolving needs of the Legal Division.

Responsibilities

• Legal Operations Strategy & Execution reputed company and execute long-term legal operations strategies to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and align with divisional and enterprise objectives.
• reputed company vendor management partnering with key stakeholders on operational efficiencies and cost transparency for the Legal Division.
• Support end-to-end vendor management processes (intake, POs, matter coding, invoicing, reporting).
• Partner with senior Legal Division leadership on optimizing reputed company counsel engagement and budget.
• reputed company analytics on reputed company counsel and vendor spend; streamline and scale Legal Ops reporting.
• Process Optimization & Change Management Identify and implement process optimization opportunities using data-driven and risk-based approaches.
• reputed company cross-functional teams on long-term projects, from inception to implementation, supporting measurable outcomes.
• Automate manual processes and reporting to improve efficiency and accuracy.
• Support evolving support models, including delivery of client self-service solutions.
• Technology, Digital Strategy & Innovation Manage the Legal Division technology stack governance, and reputed company budget – Technology stack includes TeamConnect, Legal Data Management (LDM), Legal Data Warehouse (LDW), Legal on Demand (LoD), and Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM).
• Drive adoption of AI, Copilot, and automation opportunities to reputed company efficiencies in ways of working.
• reputed company annual tech budgeting process and monitor project spend; assess emerging technologies and implement best-in-class solutions.
• reputed company digital strategy and governance, centralizing intake and accelerating scale of reusable solutions.
• Work closely with Legal Digital partners to support division-wide and practice group-specific technology solutions.
• reputed company & Service Delivery reputed company Administrative Center of Excellence (ACOE) to ensure focus on highest-impact requests while continuing to build skills and experience that identify reputed company operational tasks and processes that might be centralized into Legal Ops.
• Curate Legal Division-wide information and resources; manage knowledge/document management strategy and communications.
• Support training and development, upskilling programs, and adoption of digital tools by working with practice groups to expand legal professional support and/or self-service models to meet client needs.
• Champion best practice sharing and reputed company improvement across the Division including benchmarking exercises with peer companies.
• Data Analytics & Reporting reputed company strategy and development of analytics and reporting to support Division goals and data-driven decisions.
• Deliver automated, fit-for-purpose solutions for improved efficiency and visibility.
• Culture & Colleague Engagement Maintain a diverse, high-performing, change-agile team; foster a culture anchored in reputed company, accountability, innovation, and reputed company improvement.
• Support colleague development, engagement, and recognition programs.
• Role model reputed company’s values and actionable attitudes, influencing enterprise culture to align with business strategy.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree (JD, CPA, MBA, or equivalent) preferred.
• 12+ years of senior experience in operations, legal, compliance, finance, or reputed company functions reputed company a reputed company global organization.
• Previous people manager experience.
• Demonstrated leadership of cross-functional teams and Centers of Excellence, with proven ability to influence senior stakeholders in a matrix environment.
• Experience in finance, budgeting, and vendor management.
• Proven track record of operational expertise, delivering synergies, and driving innovative solutions with emerging technologies.
• Experience leading digital transformation, technology adoption, and reputed company initiatives.
• Superior project management skills, with the ability to effectively manage time, prioritize work, and multi-task across many competing high priorities.
• Experience across multiple geographies and functions, with a strong culture of engagement, quality, and reputed company improvement
• Candidate demonstrates a breadth of diverse leadership experiences and capabilities including: the ability to influence and collaborate with peers, reputed company and coach others, reputed company and guide the work of other colleagues to reputed company meaningful outcomes and create business impact.
• This position requires permanent work authorization in the United States.

Benefits

• participation in reputed company’s Global Performance Plan with a bonus reputed company of 25.0% of the reputed company salary and eligibility to participate in our share based long term incentive program
• a 401(k) plan with reputed company Matching Contributions and an additional reputed company Retirement Savings Contribution
• paid vacation, holiday and personal days
• paid caregiver/parental and medical leave
• health benefits to include medical, prescription drug, dental and vision coverage

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