Manager – Legal Technology & Operations

u&u Recruitment Partners; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

u&u Recruitment Partners in Melbourne is seeking a Manager - Legal Technology & Operations to join its legal team. The role focuses on modernising how legal services are delivered, sitting at the intersection of legal, technology, data and business transformation.

You will identify opportunities to improve legal processes, implement technology solutions and develop smarter, more efficient ways of working across a dispersed legal and compliance function.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering technology and process improvements in legal settings.
• Strong project management and implementation experience.
• Ability to translate technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders.
• Degree or equivalent in information management, IT, PM, CS or related discipline.

Responsibilities

• Lead legal technology and systems projects from concept to implementation.
• Develop and improve legal workflows, precedents, and knowledge management.
• Identify opportunities to automate legal processes and boost efficiency.
• Support implementation and optimisation of legal technology platforms.
• Manage legal information, data and technical solutions to standards.
• Support investigations and provide technical and information-management solutions to the Legal and Compliance teams.
• Develop systems that improve retention and accessibility of legal knowledge.
• Coordinate resources, manage stakeholders and deliver projects on time and to a high standard.

Skills

Legal technology

Legal operations

Information management

Project management

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

SQL Server

HTML/XML/JSON

eDiscovery

Education

Degree in information management

Degree in information technology / computer science

Tools

MS Office

PDF software

Recite Me accessibility tool

HTML

Job description

u&u are pleased to be partnering with an established and highly regulated Australian business in Melbourne who are seeking a Manager - Legal Technology & Operations to join its legal team. The role will play a key role in modernising the way legal services are delivered across the organisation.

Reporting to the Group General Counsel, the opportunity will sit at the intersection of legal, technology, data and business transformation. You will be responsible for identifying opportunities to improve legal processes, implementing technology solutions and developing smarter, more efficient ways of working across a geographically dispersed legal and compliance function.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Leading legal technology and systems projects from concept through to implementation;
• Developing and improving legal workflows, processes, precedents and knowledge management;
• Identifying opportunities to automate legal processes and improve efficiency;
• Supporting the implementation and optimisation of legal technology platforms;
• Managing legal information, data and technical solutions in line with agreed standards;
• Supporting investigations and providing technical and information-management solutions to the Legal and Compliance teams;
• Developing systems that improve the retention and accessibility of legal knowledge and institutional memory;
• Coordinating resources, managing stakeholders and delivering projects on time and to a high standard;
• Working with internal teams to identify risks, solve problems and develop commercially focused solutions;
• Building relationships with technology and external service providers and bringing new ideas and market developments into the business; and
• Educating and supporting the wider business to build capability and adopt smarter ways of working.

Legal experience is well regarded but not essential. What is essential is the ability to understand complex business problems, work collaboratively with legal and technology stakeholders, and deliver practical solutions.

u&u are pleased to be partnering with an established and highly regulated Australian business in Melbourne who are seeking a Manager - Legal Technology & Operations to join its legal team. The role will play a key role in modernising the way legal services are delivered across the organisation.

Reporting to the Group General Counsel, the opportunity will sit at the intersection of legal, technology, data and business transformation. You will be responsible for identifying opportunities to improve legal processes, implementing technology solutions and developing smarter, more efficient ways of working across a geographically dispersed legal and compliance function.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Leading legal technology and systems projects from concept through to implementation;
• Developing and improving legal workflows, processes, precedents and knowledge management;
• Identifying opportunities to automate legal processes and improve efficiency;
• Supporting the implementation and optimisation of legal technology platforms;
• Managing legal information, data and technical solutions in line with agreed standards;
• Supporting investigations and providing technical and information-management solutions to the Legal and Compliance teams;
• Developing systems that improve the retention and accessibility of legal knowledge and institutional memory;
• Coordinating resources, managing stakeholders and delivering projects on time and to a high standard;
• Working with internal teams to identify risks, solve problems and develop commercially focused solutions;
• Building relationships with technology and external service providers and bringing new ideas and market developments into the business; and
• Educating and supporting the wider business to build capability and adopt smarter ways of working.

About you:

You will be a legal technology, legal operations or information management professional with a strong track record of delivering technology and process improvement initiatives.

You will ideally bring:

• Broad experience across legal technology, systems and processes;
• Strong project management and implementation experience;
• Experience translating technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders;
• Excellent communication, consulting and stakeholder management skills;
• A proactive, commercially minded and solutions-focused approach;
• The ability to manage multiple priorities and work autonomously;
• Strong MS Office and PDF software skills, with MS Access experience desirable;
• Familiarity with SQL Server and technologies such as HTML, XML or JSON advantageous;
• Experience in litigation eDiscovery highly desirable; and
• A degree or equivalent experience in information management, information technology, project management, computer science or a related discipline.

At u&u Recruitment Partners, we value diversity, equity and inclusion. We welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds and people with disability.

Should you require reasonable adjustments or have a preferred method of communication throughout the recruitment process, we encourage you to make a request via ***********@uandu.com or phone the above-mentioned u&u consultant to discuss. In response to these requests, we will collaborate closely with you to implement the appropriate adjustments.

Additionally, for a barrier-free and inclusive online experience, you can access u&u's opportunities using accessibility software Recite Me at https://www.uandu.com/jobs.