Legal Operations Lead
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Legal Operations Lead managing legal operations and senior paralegal support at CARIAD. Overseeing legal processes and partnering with legal leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.
Responsibilities:
- Own, maintain and continuously optimize legal processes, workflows, and tools to improve efficiency, consistency, and visibility.
- Own and administer legal technology platforms, ensuring data integrity and leading vendor coordination.
- Represent Legal on cross-functional calls and initiatives related to legal operations.
- Support departmental budgeting and forecasting, including outside counsel spend and vendor cost tracking.
- Lead functional-level legal operations initiatives, serving as the Legal team’s subject matter expert.
- Draft, review, and manage a broad range of contracts and legal documents.
- Act as a key liaison between Legal and business teams.
- Support legal leadership with ad hoc projects and operational initiatives.
- Coordinate with internal and external counsel on active matters.
- Maintain accurate legal records and information across internal systems.
Requirements:
- 8+ years of relevant experience in legal operations and/or paralegal roles within an in-house legal department or law firm
- Demonstrated experience operating as a senior individual contributor, independently determining approaches within established legal and business frameworks
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience
- Familiarity with supporting legal matters in regulated industries (e.g. automotive, technology)
- Legal operations management including triage, assignment, and tracking of requests
- Leading contract lifecycle management
- Administering and owning legal technology tools, with preference for tools currently in use by CARIAD Legal (e.g. Ironclad, Streamline, Legora)
Benefits:
- Performance based merits and annual bonus
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- 401k with employer match and defined contribution plan
- Short and long term disability
- Basic life and AD&D insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Tuition reimbursement
- Student loan repayment plans
- Maternity and non-primary caregiver leave
- Adoption assistance
- Employee referral program
- Vacation and paid holidays
- Unique vehicle lease program covering registration and insurance fees
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