Strategic Legal Operations Leader - CLM & AI Transformation

Interim Legal AG

Lausanne

On-site

CHF 140,000 - 190,000

Full time

13 days ago

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Job summary

Interim Legal AG seeks an experienced Legal Operations Manager to build and optimize the legal function’s operational backbone in a multinational setting. You will lead CLM deployment, oversee matter management and e-billing, and drive policy creation and adoption across teams including IT and Finance.

Fluency in English and French is essential as you coordinate with stakeholders in multiple countries and liaise with the General Counsel.

Qualifications

8+ years of experience, in legal operations and in-house legal practice.
End to end implementation of a CLM system and hands on administration of matter management and e-billing platforms.
Good understanding of the legal technology market and of generative AI tools for legal work, including vendor evaluation, pilots and data protection requirements.
Strong project and change management skills, comfortable with data, reporting and process design; familiarity with legal operations frameworks (for example CLOC) is a plus
Experience in commercial contracting and corporate legal practice areas
Law degree and legal practice experience required
Fluency in English and French
Based in or willing to relocate to the Lausanne area

Responsibilities

Lead the selection, configuration and roll out of a CLM system across legal and business users, including template and clause libraries, approval workflows, repository migration and reporting, and own the system after go live.
Administer and develop the matter management and e-billing platforms: outside counsel onboarding, billing guidelines, invoice review, accruals and budget tracking, and spend and matter reporting for the General Counsel.
Design, document and roll out the legal function’s policies and procedures (intake and triage, signature and delegation rules, outside counsel engagement, document retention, templates and playbooks) and train the legal team and business stakeholders.
Evaluate, pilot and implement AI assisted legal tools for contract review, research, knowledge management and workflow automation, in coordination with IT, information security and data protection; measure results and build the business case for further investment.
Help run the day-to-day legal operations: legal budget and forecasting, outside counsel panel and rate management, vendor management, KPIs and dashboards, knowledge management and onboarding.
Act as the bridge between Legal, Finance, Procurement and IT, lead cross functional projects to agreed timelines and budgets, and drive adoption across a multilingual, multi country organisation.
Offer legal advisory support in contractual and corporate legal matters