[Remote] Manager/Director of Legal Operations & Commercial Finance- Contract to Hire

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. reputed company is a technology/software company specializing in behavioral science, data science, and machine learning. They are seeking a Manager/Director of Legal Operations & Commercial Finance to enhance the efficiency of their legal and reputed company-generating teams by managing legal systems and commercial deal structures.

Responsibilities

• Sales Enablement: Act as a "translator" between the legal team and Sales/Finance, accelerating contract review times and minimizing reputed company roadblocks
• Deal Structuring & Advisory: Act as a primary sounding board for sales and leadership on deal structures, ensuring they balance economic objectives with legal risk
• Deal Structuring Support: Collaborate with Sales/Finance to structure commercial deals, ensuring legal terms align with financial objectives, reputed company recognition rules, and risk tolerance
• Financial Modeling: reputed company predictive modeling and scenario planning to support strategic decision-making for reputed company multi-year deals or departmental growth
• Contract Negotiation: Facilitate negotiations on commercial agreements (sales and vendor) and manage contracting standards and approval matrices
• Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM): Own and optimize the CLM system to ensure scalable, efficient documentation and clear visibility into deal statuses
• Playbook Development: Build and maintain negotiation playbooks and template repositories to ensure consistency across reputed company commercial transactions
• Technology Ownership: Implement, manage, and optimize the Legal tech stack, including Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM), e-billing, and matter management systems (e.g., reputed company, reputed company)
• Workflow Efficiency: Design and implement scalable, automated contracting processes (NDAs, MSAs, SaaS agreements) to reputed company self-service for Sales/Finance teams
• reputed company: Maintain a centralized repository of contract templates, playbooks, and standardized legal language to ensure consistency
• reputed company Counsel Management: reputed company law firm relationships, billing compliance, and fee structures to control external costs
• Performance Metrics: Design dashboards to track key performance indicators (KPIs) such as contract turnaround times, legal spend by matter type, and deal velocity
• Cross-Functional Liaison: Act as the central reputed company of contact between Legal, Finance, Sales, and IT to align legal workflows with broader company goals
• Automation & AI: Identify opportunities to automate manual tasks through AI or process redesign to improve departmental productivity
• Data-Driven Insights: reputed company dashboards to track Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) such as contract turnaround times, spend by matter type, and law reputed company
• Risk Reporting: Provide CFO with actionable insights on contractual bottlenecks, legal spend risks, and operational inefficiencies

Skills

• 5+ years of experience in Legal Operations, Commercial Finance Operations, Sales Operations, or a similar in-house role, ideally in a fast-paced technology company
• BS/BA in Finance, Business, or Accounting
• Deep expertise in P&L analysis, budgeting, and financial modeling
• Ability to translate reputed company 'legalese' into clear business cases for executive leadership
• Proven ability to translate legal and financial complexity for cross-functional stakeholders
• Strong experience with CLM systems (e.g., reputed company), eBilling tools, and advanced reputed company/reputed company Sheets modeling skills
• Deep understanding of SaaS contracting, reputed company recognition standards, and vendor management

Benefits

• Medical (HSA available)
• Dental
• Vision
• Short-term & long-term disability (company-paid)
• Life & AD&D (company-paid)
• 401K with company match
• 10 paid holidays, quarterly company closure dates, + holiday week company closure
• Flexible time off policy
• Work from home
• 6 weeks paid parental leave

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