The Mom Project Hiring for Legal Operations Manager (EST or CST preferred) Job at Brooklyn, NY Full Time

Our client, Etsy , is looking for a Legal Operations Manager to join their legal team. This will start as a 6 month contract with the possibility of conversion.

The role is 100% remote, with a strong preference for someone based in EST or CST.

Etsy is looking for a self-motivated, detail-oriented professional with 8+ years of experience to lead the development of a legal operations function . In this role, you will be primarily responsible for building and executing the operational hub for Etsy’s rapidly growing Legal team, with a focus on mapping processes and improving efficiencies across a wide range of systems used to support our internal clients and manage our external partners. Our team supports each of the four brands within our existing ‘Family of Brands’ so there will be opportunity to partner with and support each of Reverb, Elo7 and Depop as well as Etsy.com.

Responsibilities:
End-to-end responsibility for the legal team’s technology strategy, from the RFP stage through implementation and maintenance, with the legal [and compliance], finance and accounting, and IT teams as your key stakeholders and partners.

Develop and implement process maps and OKRs for all legal operations processes, and provide project management, process oversight and reporting to measure results.

Develop and manage a process for positive and efficient outside counsel relationships, taking responsibility for identification and selection of new firms (in partnership with attorneys), pricing negotiations, ongoing fee management, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion assessments, and escalations.

Ensure effective budget planning and management for all legal department cost centers and initiatives, including support for legal leadership in headcount and resource planning.

Manage vendor relationships with legal technology services providers, including ebilling, contract management, ediscovery, document and litigation hold management, legal entity support, and more.

Help legal leadership develop personnel management processes, such as attorney onboarding, training and staffing processes.

Preferred experience:
A minimum of 10 years’ experience managing complex projects for in-house legal departments; experience in building a legal ops function from the ground up.

Demonstrated understanding of legal systems and technologies and vendor management experience, including RFP and implementation processes.

Strong grasp of the dynamics of in-house/outside counsel relationships and legal pricing.

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a business, operations, technology, or finance related field of study