Legal Operations Manager
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Legal Operations Manager overseeing outside counsel and vendor relationships. Enhancing operational excellence in legal operations while supporting strategic planning and process improvements.
Responsibilities:
- Manage outside counsel and legal department vendor relationships, including onboarding, billing compliance, performance tracking, cost optimization, Request for Proposal (RFP) facilitation, and coordination with supplier relations team.
- Support legal department budgeting, forecasting and reporting activities, and act as legal department liaison to finance department.
- Support the development, maintenance and ongoing improvement of knowledge management systems to ensure effective document management, centralized resources and accessibility for the legal team, while promoting best practices for knowledge sharing.
- Oversee and support the legal department's monthly meetings, annual retreat, and ongoing engagement and training initiatives.
- Oversee and manage timelines, budgets, and deliverables for legal operations projects.
- Support change management and legal technology enablement, adoption and effective use, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and timelines.
- Monitor and track implementation of strategic plan; coordinate with senior team leadership re: updating and modifying the plan as appropriate.
- Assist with certain significant legal department matters, such as regulatory exams, submission and meeting preparation, transactional due diligence, litigation support and the annual stockholders’ meeting.
- Enhance operational excellence by identifying and implementing opportunities for workflow automation and process and systems improvement.
- Perform other duties as assigned or apparent.
Requirements:
- Degree Requirement: Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Experience
- Work Experience: 5 or more years of prior work experience
- 5-8 years of experience in legal operations, practice group management, project management, vendor management, paralegal or compliance functions, or related roles, preferably in insurance or financial services.
- Demonstrated success leading projects and process improvements; Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or equivalent a plus.
- Strong understanding of legal department functions, operations and technology.
- Experience with e-billing, contract management systems, legal project management tools, and e-discovery platforms.
- Highly proficient with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
Benefits:
- Competitive Compensation: anticipated base salary from $120,000 to $135,000 based on skills and experience.
- This position is eligible to participate in an annual incentive program.
- 25 days of paid time off annually, prorated in the year of hire based on hire date.
- Eligible for 9 paid holidays + 2 floating holidays.
- Parental leave offered for all new parents.
- Multiple medical plan choices, including HSA and FSA options, dental, vision, and basic life insurance.
- 401(k) with a top of market company match, immediately vested.
- Opportunity to participate in Radian’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP).
- Homebuyer Perks program to aid employees in home ownership.
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